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2012Final results

2012 election for New York Assembly District 79

New York State Assembly · New York

Eric Stevenson (D) won with 97.0% of the vote, defeating Jose A. Padilla Jr. (Ind) by 94.7 points.

Eric StevensonDemocrat · winner · incumbent
97.0%28,225
2.2%651
Selsia M. EvansConservative
0.8%228
29,104 votes

Source: Harvard Dataverse / Carl KlarnerUpdated Sep 30, 2026, 7:29 AM ET

The seat over time

D − R margin in this seat's races around 2012

Races before and after

EvenD+87.92002D+90.02004D+90.22006D+93.02010D+88.32014D+93.42018

Source: Harvard Dataverse / Carl KlarnerUpdated Sep 30, 2026, 7:29 AM ET

The candidates

Eric Stevenson (D)Jose A. Padilla Jr. (I)

Also on the ballot: Selsia M. Evans (Conservative), 0.8%