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New York Senate District 63

Erie County. Population 312,864 (2020). Partisan lean D+19.

2026 candidates

Current senator: April Baskin (D), first elected 2024.

Provisional candidate list. It will be replaced by the New York State Board of Elections certified ballot, including all minor-party lines.

April Baskin

Incumbent · provisional

DemocraticWorking Families

Matching funds $167.5K

New York uses fusion voting: a candidate can appear on several party lines, and votes on every line count toward their total.

Campaign finance

April Baskin

Raised (2026 cycle)
Not yet imported
Spent
—
Cash on hand
Not reported
Public matching funds
$167,506

Source: NYS Public Campaign Finance Board, public funds payments. Updated Sep 28, 2026, 9:29 PM ET.

Geoffrey Szymanski

No campaign finance records matched yet.

Past results in this district

Legislative results are as reported for this district. Statewide races are estimated for the current district lines.

2024 State Senate

Nov 5, 2024 · 105,530 votes

CandidateVotesShare
April Baskin(D)
By party line
  • Democratic: 64,386
  • Working Families: 5,580
69,96666.3%
John P. Moretti Jr.(R)
By party line
  • Republican: 30,043
  • Conservative: 5,341
35,38433.5%
Write-ins
1800.2%
District margin
D+32.8
All contested seats
D+8.1
Relative to chamber
D+24.7

Source: OpenElections New York. Updated Sep 28, 2026, 9:21 PM ET.

2022 State Senate

Nov 8, 2022 · 69,176 votes

CandidateVotesShare
Timothy M. Kennedy(D)
By party line
  • Democratic: 50,977
  • Working Families: 6,210
57,18782.7%
Faye Pietrak(C)
11,88517.2%
Write-ins
1040.2%
District margin
—
All contested seats
D+0.2

Source: OpenElections New York. Updated Sep 28, 2026, 9:19 PM ET.

2024 President

Nov 5, 2024 · 115,022 votes (estimated for current lines)

CandidateVotesShare
Kamala D. Harris(D)
74,79465.0%
Donald J. Trump(R)
38,14433.2%
Other candidates
2,0841.8%
District margin
D+32.5
Statewide
D+12.7
Relative to state
D+19.8

Precinct results re-aggregated to current district lines using 2020 census block populations. Source: The New York Times, 2024 Precinct-Level Election Results. Updated Sep 28, 2026, 9:21 PM ET.

2020 President

Nov 3, 2020 · 123,618 votes (estimated for current lines)

CandidateVotesShare
Joseph R. Biden(D)
85,88469.5%
Donald J. Trump(R)
35,75328.9%
Jo Jorgensen(L)
8800.7%
Howie Hawkins(G)
5970.5%
Brock Pierce(I)
4140.3%
Write-ins
910.1%
District margin
D+41.2
Statewide
D+23.5
Relative to state
D+17.8

Precinct results re-aggregated to current district lines using 2020 census block populations. Source: Voting and Election Science Team, precinct-level results (Harvard Dataverse, CC BY 4.0). Updated Sep 28, 2026, 7:50 PM ET.

2018 U.S. Senate

Nov 6, 2018 · 83,617 votes (estimated for current lines)

CandidateVotesShare
Kirsten E. Gillibrand(D)
63,76376.3%
Chele Chiavacci Farley(R)
19,85423.7%
Write-ins
00.0%
District margin
D+52.5
Statewide
D+34.0
Relative to state
D+18.5

Precinct results re-aggregated to current district lines using 2020 census block populations. Source: Voting and Election Science Team, precinct-level results (Harvard Dataverse, CC BY 4.0). Updated Sep 28, 2026, 9:15 PM ET.

2018 Governor

Nov 6, 2018 · 86,160 votes (estimated for current lines)

CandidateVotesShare
Andrew M. Cuomo(D)
58,05467.4%
Marcus J. Molinaro(R)
24,44228.4%
Howie Hawkins(G)
1,6822.0%
Larry Sharpe(L)
1,3021.5%
Stephanie A. Miner(SAM)
6800.8%
Write-ins
00.0%
District margin
D+40.7
Statewide
D+24.4
Relative to state
D+16.3

Precinct results re-aggregated to current district lines using 2020 census block populations. Source: Voting and Election Science Team, precinct-level results (Harvard Dataverse, CC BY 4.0). Updated Sep 28, 2026, 9:15 PM ET.

2018 Comptroller

Nov 6, 2018 · 82,980 votes (estimated for current lines)

CandidateVotesShare
Thomas P. DiNapoli(D)
63,78676.9%
Jonathan Trichter(R)
17,58221.2%
Mark Dunlea(G)
1,0831.3%
Cruger Gallaudet(L)
5290.6%
Write-ins
00.0%
District margin
D+56.8
Statewide
D+36.3
Relative to state
D+20.5

Precinct results re-aggregated to current district lines using 2020 census block populations. Source: Voting and Election Science Team, precinct-level results (Harvard Dataverse, CC BY 4.0). Updated Sep 28, 2026, 9:15 PM ET.

2018 Attorney General

Nov 6, 2018 · 83,494 votes (estimated for current lines)

CandidateVotesShare
Letitia James(D)
56,33667.5%
Keith Wofford(R)
24,99429.9%
Michael Sussman(G)
9711.2%
Christopher Garvey(L)
6440.8%
Other candidate (O)
5500.7%
Write-ins
00.0%
District margin
D+38.5
Statewide
D+27.9
Relative to state
D+10.7

Precinct results re-aggregated to current district lines using 2020 census block populations. Source: Voting and Election Science Team, precinct-level results (Harvard Dataverse, CC BY 4.0). Updated Sep 28, 2026, 9:15 PM ET.

2016 U.S. Senate

Nov 8, 2016 · 109,622 votes (estimated for current lines)

CandidateVotesShare
Charles E. Schumer(D)
89,23781.4%
Wendy Long(R)
18,03316.5%
Robin Laverne Wilson(G)
1,6241.5%
Alex Merced(L)
7280.7%
Write-ins
00.0%
District margin
D+66.4
Statewide
D+44.4
Relative to state
D+22.0

Precinct results re-aggregated to current district lines using 2020 census block populations. Source: Voting and Election Science Team, precinct-level results (Harvard Dataverse, CC BY 4.0). Updated Sep 28, 2026, 9:17 PM ET.

2016 President

Nov 8, 2016 · 115,083 votes (estimated for current lines)

CandidateVotesShare
Hillary Clinton(D)
76,99666.9%
Donald J. Trump(R)
33,62429.2%
Gary Johnson(L)
2,5132.2%
Jill Stein(G)
1,8061.6%
Write-ins
1440.1%
District margin
D+39.2
Statewide
D+23.5
Relative to state
D+15.7

Precinct results re-aggregated to current district lines using 2020 census block populations. Source: Voting and Election Science Team, precinct-level results (Harvard Dataverse, CC BY 4.0). Updated Sep 28, 2026, 9:17 PM ET.

Page data updated Sep 28, 2026, 9:22 PM ET. How we compute these numbers.