New York's 43rd State Senate district

New York's 43rd State Senate district is one of 63 districts in the New York State Senate. It has been represented by Republican Daphne Jordan since 2019, when she succeeded retiring fellow Republican Kathy Marchione.[3]

New York's 43rd State Senate District
Current senator	Daphne Jordan (R–Halfmoon)
Registration	31.5% Republican 30.5% Democratic 27.0% No party preference
Demographics	90% White 3% Black 3% Hispanic 2% Asian
Population (2017)	297,962[1]
Registered voters	214,964[2]

Geography

District 43 covers some of the Hudson Valley and the eastern limits of the Capital District, including all of Columbia County and parts of Rensselaer County, Saratoga County and Washington County; the largest municipality in the district is Saratoga Springs.[1][3]

The district overlaps with New York's 19th, 20th, and 21st congressional districts, and with the 102nd, 106th, 107th, 108th, 112th, and 113th districts of the New York State Assembly.[4]

Recent election results

2020

2020 New York State Senate election, District 43[5]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Daphne Jordan (incumbent)
	Democratic	Patrick Nelson
Total votes

2018

2018 New York State Senate election, District 43[5]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Daphne Jordan	67,377	53.0
	Democratic	Aaron Gladd	59,615	46.9
Total votes			127,028	100
	Republican hold

2016

2016 New York State Senate election, District 43[5]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Kathy Marchione (incumbent)	85,057	61.2
	Democratic	Shaun P. Francis	50,660	36.4
	Green	Joseph Levy	3,330	2.4
Total votes			139,047	100
	Republican hold

2014

2014 New York State Senate election, District 43[5]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Kathy Marchione (incumbent)	59,394	64.4
	Democratic	Brian F. Howard	32,901	35.6
Total votes			92,295	100
	Republican hold

2012

2012 New York State Senate election, District 43[5]

Primary election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Kathy Marchione	7,339	50.3
	Republican	Roy McDonald (incumbent)	7,240	49.7
Total votes			14,579	100
General election
	Republican	Kathy Marchione	60,856	47.2
	Democratic	Robin Andrews	47,022	36.5
	Independence	Roy McDonald (incumbent)	20,929	16.2
Total votes			128,807	100
	Republican hold

Federal results in District 43

Year	Office	Results[6]
2016	President	Trump 48.5 – 45.6%
2012	President	Obama 52.9 – 45.2%
	Senate	Gillibrand 67.8 – 30.9%

References

1. "State Senate District 43, NY". Census Reporter. Retrieved July 17, 2019.
2. "Enrollment by Senate District". New York State Board of Elections. February 2019.
3. "Our District". Daphne Jordan, The New York State Senate. Retrieved July 17, 2019.
4. David Jarman. "How do counties, House districts, and legislative districts all overlap?". Daily Kos. Retrieved September 4, 2019.
5. "New York State Senate District 43". Ballotpedia. Retrieved July 5, 2020.
6. "Daily Kos Elections Statewide Results by LD". Daily Kos. Retrieved July 17, 2019.