New York's 142nd State Assembly district

New York's 142nd
State Assembly district

Assemblymember
  Patrick B. Burke
DSouth Buffalo

New York's 142nd State Assembly district is one of the 150 districts in the New York State Assembly. It has been represented by Patrick B. Burke since 2019.

Geography[edit]

District 142 is in Erie County. It contains South Buffalo, the City of Lackawanna, and the towns of West Seneca, Ellicott and Orchard Park.

2010s[edit]

District 142 is in Erie County. It contains South Buffalo, the City of Lackawanna, and the towns of West Seneca, Ellicott, Duells Corner and Orchard Park.

Recent election results[edit]

2022[edit]

2022 New York State Assembly election, District 142[1]
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Patrick Burke 24,163 53.0
Republican Sandra Magnano 16,767
Conservative Sandra Magnano 4,606
Total Sandra Magnano 21,373 46.9
Write-in 38 0.1
Total votes 45,574 100.0
Democratic hold

2020[edit]

2020 New York State Assembly election, District 142[2][3]
Primary election
Party Candidate Votes %
Independence Patrick Burke 520 52.9
Independence Matthew Szalkowski 458 46.6
Write-in 5 0.5
Total votes 983 100
Working Families Patrick Burke 46 79.3
Working Families Madison Klimowicz 11 19.0
Write-in 1 1.7
Total votes 58 100
General election
Democratic Patrick Burke 32,296
Working Families Patrick Burke 3,302
Independence Patrick Burke 1,160
Total Patrick Burke 36,758 56.0
Republican Matthew Szalkowski 24,081
Conservative Matthew Szalkowski 4,717
Total Matthew Szalkowski 28,798 43.9
Write-in 51 0.1
Total votes 65,607 100.0
Democratic hold

2018[edit]

2018 New York State Assembly election, District 142[4][5]
Primary election
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican Erik Bohen 1,454 57.1
Republican Timothy Nolan 1,092 42.9
Write-in 0 0.0
Total votes 2,546 100
Independence Michelle Kennedy 213 52.2
Independence Erik Bohen 195 47.8
Write-in 0 0.0
Total votes 408 100
Conservative Erik Bohen 250 75.5
Conservative Thomas Mescall Jr. 81 24.5
Write-in 0 0.0
Total votes 331 100
General election
Democratic Patrick Burke 23,154
Working Families Patrick Burke 1,415
Reform Patrick Burke 266
Total Patrick Burke 25,195 51.9
Republican Erik Bohen 17,650
Conservative Erik Bohen 4,411
Total Erik Bohen (incumbent) 22,061 45.4
Independence Michelle Kennedy 1,308 2.7
Write-in 0 0.0
Total votes 48,564 100.0
Democratic gain from Republican

2018 special[edit]

2018 New York State Assembly special election, District 142[6]
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican Erik Bohen 4,107
Conservative Erik Bohen 1,229
Independence Erik Bohen 742
Total Erik Bohen 6,078 51.5
Democratic Patrick Burke 5,157
Working Families Patrick Burke 432
Reform Patrick Burke 94
Total Patrick Burke 5,683 48.2
Write-in 30 0.3
Total votes 11,791 100.0
Republican gain from Democratic

2016[edit]

2016 New York State Assembly election, District 142[7]
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Michael Kearns 29,996
Republican Michael Kearns 18,156
Conservative Michael Kearns 4,766
Independence Michael Kearns 2,629
Total Michael Kearns 55,547 100.0
Write-in 0 0.0
Total votes 55,547 100.0
Democratic hold

2014[edit]

2014 New York State Assembly election, District 142[8]
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Michael Kearns 16,651
Republican Michael Kearns 9,840
Conservative Michael Kearns 3,876
Independence Michael Kearns 2,082
Total Michael Kearns 32,449 100.0
Write-in 0 0.0
Total votes 32,449 100.0
Democratic hold

2012[edit]

2012 New York State Assembly election, District 142[9]
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Michael Kearns 30,372
Republican Michael Kearns 15,848
Conservative Michael Kearns 3,440
Working Families Michael Kearns 2,755
Total Michael Kearns 52,415 100.0
Write-in 0 0.0
Total votes 52,415 100.0
Democratic hold

References[edit]

  1. ^ "2022 Election Results". New York State Board of Elections. Retrieved February 9, 2023.
  2. ^ "2020 Election Results". New York State Board of Elections. Retrieved October 30, 2022.
  3. ^ "2020 State and Local Primary Results" (PDF). New York State Board of Elections. Retrieved October 30, 2022.
  4. ^ "2018 Election Results". New York State Board of Elections. Retrieved October 30, 2022.
  5. ^ "2018 State and Local Primary Results". New York State Board of Elections. Retrieved October 30, 2022.
  6. ^ "April 24, 2018 Special Election Results" (PDF). New York State Board of Elections. Retrieved October 30, 2022.
  7. ^ "2016 Election Results" (PDF). New York State Board of Elections. Retrieved October 30, 2022.
  8. ^ "2014 Election Results" (PDF). New York State Board of Elections. Retrieved October 30, 2022.
  9. ^ "2012 Election Results" (PDF). New York State Board of Elections. Retrieved October 30, 2022.