New York Assembly District 49
New York State Assembly · New York
Joyce Xie flipped the seat for Democrats, winning by 5.8 points over Lester Chang.
Fusion voting
Source: New York State Board of Elections unofficial resultsUpdated Nov 7, 2026, 12:46 PM ET
Where the race moved
Against the 2024 presidential vote
The seat's recent races
Source: Past results: 99chambers results archive (MEDSL, Klarner, state election offices)
Money in this race
Each line compares the two campaigns on one scale.
Top funders
Largest contributors to each campaign; the color shows which candidate they gave to.
| NYS Democratic Assembly Campaign CommittTo Xie's campaign | $77.5K | |
| Thomas ChanTo Chang's campaign | $5.6K | |
| Weng's Group NY INC.To Xie's campaign | $3.8K | |
| JGH Franklin LLCTo Chang's campaign | $3.7K | |
| Rodneyse BichotteTo Xie's campaign | $3K | |
| New York Hotel Trades CouncilTo Xie's campaign | $3K | |
| Grace LeeTo Xie's campaign | $3K | |
| Wonderful Adult Care Center LLCTo Chang's campaign | $3K | |
| Century Legend Management IncTo Chang's campaign | $2.6K | |
| Daniel ChenTo Chang's campaign | $2.5K |
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Campaign money: New York State Board of Elections, through Oct 19, 2026.
Source: New York State Board of Elections campaign filingsUpdated Oct 19, 2026
Pre-election forecast (final, Nov 3)
Our model's last run before Election Day, Nov 3, 2026. It no longer updates.
- Joyce Xie
- 8%
- Lester Chang
- 92%
- Projected margin
- R+12.2
The candidates
District leaderLester Chang (R)
Incumbent assemblymember
Also on the ballot: Write-in (Other party), 0.2%