New York's 18th State Assembly district

New York's 18th State Assembly district
Assemblymember	Taylor Darling D–Hempstead

New York's 18th State Assembly district is one of the 150 districts in the New York State Assembly. It has been represented by Democrat Taylor Darling since 2019, after defeating then 30-year Assemblymember Earlene Hooper in the 2018 Democratic primary. In 2024, she announced that she would run for a seat in the New York State Senate, and will not run for re-election in the Assembly.

Geography

District 18 is in Nassau County. It contains parts of the town of Hempstead, including the village of Hempstead, Roosevelt, Freeport, Lakeview, and Uniondale.

Recent election results

2024

2024 New York State Assembly election, District 18

Primary election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Noah Burroughs	2,918	52.6
	Democratic	Lisa Ortiz	2,615	47.1
	Write-in		18	0.3
Total votes			5,551	100.0
General election
	Democratic	Noah Burroughs
	Working Families	Noah Burroughs
	Total	Noah Burroughs
	Republican	Danielle Smikle
	Conservative	Danielle Smikle
	Total	Danielle Smikle
	Write-in
Total votes				100.0

2022

2022 New York State Assembly election, District 18

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Taylor Darling	20,260
	Working Families	Taylor Darling	472
	Total	Taylor Darling (incumbent)	20,732	84.8
	Republican	LaMont Johnson	3,300
	Conservative	LaMont Johnson	403
	Total	LaMont Johnson	3,703	15.1
	Write-in		20	0.1
Total votes			24,455	100.0
	Democratic hold

2020

2020 New York State Assembly election, District 18

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Taylor Darling (incumbent)	36,878	84.2
	Republican	Cherice Vanderhall	5,734
	Conservative	Cherice Vanderhall	961
	Total	Cherice Vanderhall	6,695	15.2
	Write-in		244	0.6
Total votes			43,817	100.0
	Democratic hold

2018

2018 New York State Assembly election, District 18

Primary election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Taylor Raynor	6,345	53.5
	Democratic	Earlene Hooper (incumbent)	5,523	46.5
	Write-in		0	0.0
Total votes			11,868	100
General election
	Democratic	Taylor Raynor	29,362
	Working Families	Taylor Raynor	379
	Women's Equality	Taylor Raynor	200
	Reform	Taylor Raynor	48
	Total	Taylor Raynor	29,989	86.1
	Republican	James Lamarre	2,893
	Conservative	James Lamarre	388
	Total	James Lamarre	3,281	9.4
	Write-in		1,569	4.5
Total votes			34,839	100.0
	Democratic hold

2016

2016 New York State Assembly election, District 18

Primary election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Earlene Hooper (incumbent)	2,271	60.0
	Democratic	Carmen Pineyro	1,513	40.0
	Write-in		0	0.0
Total votes			3,784	100
General election
	Democratic	Earlene Hooper	36,419
	Women's Equality	Earlene Hooper	592
	Total	Earlene Hooper (incumbent)	37,011	88.0
	Republican	Cornelius Smith	4,227
	Conservative	Cornelius Smith	675
	Reform	Cornelius Smith	128
	Total	Cornelius Smith	5,030	12.0
	Write-in		23	0.0
Total votes			42,064	100.0
	Democratic hold

2014

2014 New York State Assembly election, District 18

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Earlene Hooper	16,513
	Independence	Earlene Hooper	517
	Total	Earlene Hooper (incumbent)	17,030	84.1
	Republican	Cornelius Smith	2,686
	Conservative	Cornelius Smith	469
	Tax Revolt Party	Cornelius Smith	65
	Total	Cornelius Smith	3,220	15.9
	Write-in		10	0.0
Total votes			20,260	100.0
	Democratic hold

2012

2012 New York State Assembly election, District 18

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Earlene Hooper	35,070
	Independence	Earlene Hooper	501
	Total	Earlene Hooper (incumbent)	35,571	90.2
	Republican	Elton McCabe	3,247
	Conservative	Elton McCabe	601
	Total	Elton McCabe	3,848	9.8
	Write-in		10	0.0
Total votes			39,429	100.0
	Democratic hold

2010

2010 New York State Assembly election, District 18

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Earlene Hooper	20,169
	Independence	Earlene Hooper	497
	Total	Earlene Hooper (incumbent)	20,666	83.0
	Republican	Derek Partee	3,662
	Conservative	Derek Partee	558
	Total	Derek Partee	4,220	16.9
	Write-in		13	0.1
Total votes			24,899	100.0
	Democratic hold