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2022 New York State Assembly election

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Record originEnglish Wikipedia
Text licenseCC BY-SA 4.0
Source revisionJul 30, 2026
Entity authorityQ108366242 ↗
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The 2022 New York State Assembly election was held on November 8, 2022. Elections were held to elect representatives from all 150 districts across the State of New York. This election coincided with New York elections for the governorship, U.S. Senate, and state senate, among others. Districts for this election were redrawn following the 2020 United States census. Democrats had held a majority in the New York State Assembly since 1975.

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Incumbents not seeking re-election

Michael Montesano (R) retired.

Brian Barnwell (D) retired.

Catherine Nolan (D) retired.

Michael Cusick (D) retired.

Yuh-Line Niou (D) ran for the U.S. House of Representatives in newly redrawn 10th congressional district.

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