New York's 18th State Senate district

New York's 18th
State Senate district
New York's 18th; State Senate district
Senator
	Julia Salazar; D–Bushwick
Registration	76.5% Democratic; 4.5% Republican; 16.3% No party preference
Demographics	22% White; 20% Black; 49% Hispanic; 6% Asian
Population (2017)	330,422
Registered voters	216,940

New York's 18th State Senate district is one of 63 districts in the New York State Senate. It has been represented by Democrat Julia Salazar since 2019, following her defeat of incumbent Martin Malavé Dilan in the 2018 primary election.^[3]

Geography

District 18 is located in northern Brooklyn, including the neighborhoods of Bushwick, Cypress Hills, Greenpoint, Williamsburg, and parts of Bedford-Stuyvesant, Brownsville, and East New York.^[1]^[3]

The district overlaps with New York's 7th, 8th, and 12th congressional districts, and with the 50th, 53rd, 54th, 55th, 56th, and 60th districts of the New York State Assembly.^[4]

2022 New York State Senate election, District 18^[5]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Julia Salazar	33,964
	Working Families	Julia Salazar	9,291
	Total	Julia Salazar (incumbent)	43,255	98.6
	Write-in		599	0.5
Total votes			43,854	100.0
	Democratic hold

2018 New York State Senate election, District 18^[7]
Primary election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Julia Salazar	21,419	58.7
	Democratic	Martin Malavé Dilan (incumbent)	14,974	41.0
	Write-in		114	0.3
Total votes			36,507	100.0
General election
	Democratic	Julia Salazar	71,329	99.2
	Write-in		594	0.8
Total votes			71,923	100.0
	Democratic hold

2016 New York State Senate election, District 18^[7]
Primary election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Martin Malavé Dilan (incumbent)	5,844	59.2
	Democratic	Debbie Medina	3,988	40.4
	Write-in		35	0.4
Total votes			9,867	100.0
General election
	Democratic	Martin Malavé Dilan	84,182
	Independence	Martin Malavé Dilan	3,431
	Total	Martin Malavé Dilan (incumbent)	87,613	99.6
	Write-in		329	0.4
Total votes			87,942	100.0
	Democratic hold

2014 New York State Senate election, District 18^[7]
Primary election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Martin Malavé Dilan (incumbent)	5,533	57.4
	Democratic	Debbie Medina	4,061	42.3
	Write-in		329	0.3
Total votes			9,635	100.0
General election
	Democratic	Martin Malavé Dilan (incumbent)	21,352	81.3
	Working Families	Debbie Medina	4,028	15.3
	Conservative	Jonathan Anderson	861	3.3
	Write-in		38	0.1
Total votes			26,279	100.0
	Democratic hold

2012 New York State Senate election, District 18^[7]
Primary election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Martin Malavé Dilan (incumbent)	7,245	67.0
	Democratic	Jason Otano	3,526	32.6
	Write-in		49	0.4
Total votes			10,820	100.0
General election
	Democratic	Martin Malavé Dilan (incumbent)	69,749	94.5
	Republican	Michael Freeman-Saulsberre	3,195
	Conservative	Michael Freeman-Saulsberre	792
	Total	Michael Freeman-Saulsberre	3,987	5.4
	Write-in		101	0.1
Total votes			73,837	100.0
	Democratic hold