New York Assembly District 49
Assembly District 49
Covers part of Kings County.
Who Holds This Seat
Running in 2026
IncumbentNov 3 General
Lester ChangRepublican · Assemblymember
- Ballot
- On the 2026 ballot
- Last Change
- Profile updated · Oct 3
- Raised
- Not on file
- Cash on Hand
- Not on file
No finance filing on record.
ChallengerNov 3 General
Joyce Xiaoqiong XieDemocrat
- Ballot
- On the 2026 ballot
- Last Change
- Profile updated · Oct 3
- Raised
- Not on file
- Cash on Hand
- Not on file
No finance filing on record.
The District
Includes New York (part).
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56 precincts · Precinct lines: 2020 EDs and 2020 VTDs at >=10%; EDs present in the district's own 2024 contest (and 2022 Senate contest) always kept; assembly maps require the 2024 ED's embedded AD number to match
Results in This District
| Contest | First | Second | Margin | Votes | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 President53 precinctsNew York county boards of electionsCertified / official county board of… | Donald J. Trump / JD Vance (R)13,689 · 59.0% | Kamala D. Harris / Tim Walz (D)9,060 · 39.0% | R+19.9 | 23,221 | New York county boards of electionsCertified / official county board of… |
| 2024 U.S. Senate53 precinctsNew York county boards of electionsCertified / official county board of… | Michael D. Sapraicone (R)11,156 · 52.8% | Kirsten E. Gillibrand (D)9,694 · 45.9% | R+6.9 | 21,135 | New York county boards of electionsCertified / official county board of… |
| 2022 U.S. Senate50 precinctsNew York county boards of electionsCertified / official county board of… | Joe Pinion (R)7,672 · 53.9% | Charles E. Schumer (D)6,443 · 45.3% | R+8.6 | 14,238 | New York county boards of electionsCertified / official county board of… |
| 2022 Governor50 precinctsNew York county boards of electionsCertified / official county board of… | Lee Zeldin / Alison Esposito (R)9,025 · 61.5% | Kathy C. Hochul / Antonio Delgado (D)5,623 · 38.3% | R+23.2 | 14,675 | New York county boards of electionsCertified / official county board of… |
| 2020 President75 precinctsNew York county boards of electionsCertified / official county board of… | Joseph R. Biden / Kamala D. Harris (D)15,469 · 53.8% | Donald J. Trump / Michael R. Pence (R)12,880 · 44.8% | D+9.0 | 28,728 | New York county boards of electionsCertified / official county board of… |
Totals add up the certified precinct results for the precincts inside today's district lines. A precinct split by the district line counts in full, or only in the district holding most of its voters where the linkage assigns it to one, and votes a county reported only countywide (some counties' absentee and early votes) are left out, so totals can differ from an official canvass.
Past Results
Member of Assembly - District 49
New York General Election 11/05/2024 — county board canvasses · Nov 5, 2024| Candidate | Party | Votes | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| Lester ChangRepublican | Republican | 15,093 | 97.3% |
| Scattered (write-ins) | 425 | 2.7% |
Certified / official county board of elections canvasses, by election district, as published by the New York county boards of elections · New York county boards of elections: certified/official election-district…
Sources (2)
- Certified / official county board of elections canvasses, by election district, as published by the New York county boards of elections
- reconciled to the certified county totals. Results for Allegany County are pending official confirmation
Member of Assembly - District 49
New York General Election 11/08/2022 — county board canvasses · Nov 8, 2022| Candidate | Party | Votes | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| Lester ChangRepublican | Republican | 7,424 | 52.0% |
| Peter J. Abbate Jr.Democratic | Democratic | 6,842 | 47.9% |
| Scattered (write-ins) | 21 | 0.1% |
Certified / official county board of elections canvasses · New York county boards of elections: certified/official election-district…
Sources (20)
- Certified / official county board of elections canvasses (Erie County BOE: Official canvass (Erie County Board of Elections canvass book); NYC BOE: Certified (NYC BOE Statement and Return Report for Certification); Onondaga County BOE: Official results (Onondaga County BOE 'Official Results' file); Ontario County BOE (Enhanced Voting): Official results (isOfficialResults=true, as of 2026-04-30T20:55:36.823995Z); Westchester BOE: Official canvass (Westchester County Board of Elections canvass book))
- Putnam County Board of Elections — certified general election results by election district: certified ED results
- Otsego County Board of Elections — 2022 General Election Results by District (official): certified ED results
- Rensselaer County Board of Elections — 2022 General Official Results: certified ED results
- Rockland County Board of Elections — 2022 General Election official results by election district (Historic Election Results): certified ED results ( (Rockland BOE Historic Election Results folder 270714479124 / GE 2022)) · app.box.com
- Columbia County Board of Elections — 2022 General Election certified results by election district (XLS): certified ED results
- Tioga County Board of Elections — 2022 General Election official results by election district: certified ED results
- Broome County Board of Elections — 2022 General Election official results, condensed recanvass report by election district: certified ED results
- Dutchess County Board of Elections — 2022 General Election certified results by election district: certified ED results
- Ulster County Board of Elections — 2022 General Election certified results by election district: certified ED results
- Greene County Board of Elections — 2022 General Election official results per election district: certified ED results
- Chenango County Board of Elections — 2022 General Election official results by election district and counting group
- the Member of Assembly table printed without its office heading is identified as AD 121 by its candidate (Joe Angelino): certified ED results
- Cortland County Board of Elections — 2022 General Election official tabulation by election district: certified ED results
- Tompkins County Board of Elections — Elections Database, 2022 General Election official results by election district (source document: November 8, 2022 General Election (document 22; Attorney General document 92)): certified ED results | Note (2026-09-24): Tompkins County, Attorney General (NY-2022-11-08-cboe::Attorney General) — precinct figures Unconfirmed against the official document: the county Elections Database total row for this contest is a partial figure and the cited Statement of Votes Cast (document 92, Attorney General results) is a per-counting-group sheet with no county total
- rows remain loaded as published by the county database
- Madison County Board of Elections — 2022 General Election official detailed results by contest by election district: certified ED results
- Oswego County Board of Elections — 2022 General Election official results by election district (Excel), contests titled and reconciled against the county's official Election Book Grand Total rows: certified ED results
- Orange County Board of Elections — 2022 General Election official detailed results by contest by election district: certified ED results
- Albany County Board of Elections — 2022 General Election official recanvass results by election district: certified ED results (;; Saratoga County BOE: Official district-level results PDF, reconciled to printed ED/town/county totals; Niagara County BOE (ENR, Official Results): Candidate Results by District CSV, reconciled to county Candidate Summary Results PDF; Jefferson County BOE: Official results by ED (county Google spreadsheet), reconciled to County Totals; Chautauqua County BOE: Certification workbook by ED, reconciled to Totals row; St. Lawrence County BOE: Official results by ED (PDF), ED sums equal the Total row and candidate totals equal the Statement of Canvass; Cayuga County BOE: NYS Sovc Report by ED (Official 2022-11-23), named candidates reconciled to the County Board of Canvassers' statement; write-ins omitted; Steuben County BOE: 2022 official results by ED (six contests), row-checked and cross-checked to Nysboe certified county results; Clinton County BOE (ENR, Official Results): Candidate Results by District CSV, reconciled to the county Candidate Summary Results report; Warren County BOE: 2022 District Level Results by ED, reconciled to Recapitulation totals and Nysboe certified county results; Washington County BOE: 2022 General Election Results By District, reconciled to the county General Election Summary; Cattaraugus County BOE: 2022 General Election Recanvass (official, amended) by ED plus four countywide absentee/early units, reconciled to the recanvass Total row and Nysboe certified county figures; Livingston County BOE: 2022 General Election Statement of Canvass by ED, reconciled to the canvass Totals and Nysboe certified county figures; Fulton County BOE: 2022 General Election Results per ED (official), each contest = its printed Total row; Chemung County BOE: 2022 General Election results by ED (Archive item 496), ED sums = Grand Totals; Governor = Nysboe certified; Essex County: Canvass of all the Votes 2022 by ED; Hamilton County BOE: 2022 Results per ED (official scan, read and cross-checked; candidates = Total rows and Nysboe certified; write-ins not loaded); Orleans County BOE: certified 2022 Statement of Canvass (scan), read from images; every row, column and line = printed totals and Nysboe certified) · apps.albanycounty.com
Member of Assembly - District 49
New York General Election 11/03/2020 — county board canvasses · Nov 3, 2020| Candidate | Party | Votes | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| Peter J. Abbate Jr.Democratic | Democratic | 18,104 | 99.1% |
| Scattered (write-ins) | 162 | 0.9% |
Certified / official county board of elections canvasses, by election district, as published by the New York county boards of elections · New York county boards of elections: certified/official election-district…
Sources (2)
- Certified / official county board of elections canvasses, by election district, as published by the New York county boards of elections
- reconciled to the certified county totals. Results for Allegany County are pending official confirmation