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New York State Democratic Committee
Chairperson	Jay S. Jacobs
Speaker of the Assembly	Carl Heastie
Senate leader	Andrea Stewart-Cousins
Founded	1829; 190 years ago (1829)
Headquarters	New York City, NY
Ideology	Modern liberalism Progressivism Social liberalism
Political position	Centre to centre-left
National affiliation	Democratic Party
Colors	Blue
New York State Assembly	107 / 150
New York State Senate	40 / 63
Governorships	1 / 1
New York City Council	48 / 51
U.S. House of Representatives (New York)	21 / 27
U.S. Senate (New York)	2 / 2
Website
www.nydems.org
Politics of New York Political parties Elections

The New York State Democratic Committee is the affiliate of the Democratic Party in the state of New York. Its headquarters are in Midtown Manhattan, New York City, and it has an office in Albany.^[1]

Recent history

In the early Twentieth Century when New York State was without a Democratic governor, county leaders often had near-fiefdoms in which they controlled nominations and campaign finances.^[2] President John F. Kennedy got involved in the early 1960s, funneling federal patronage through New York City mayor Robert Wagner to the detriment of state chair Michael H. Prendergast.^[2] Robert F. Kennedy was elected to the U.S. Senate from New York in 1964 and, through both personality and considerable financial support, exerted a unifying influence. Following his assassination in 1968, the state Democratic Party was more divided than ever. When New York City mayor John Lindsay switched from Republican to Democrat in 1971, he brought a charisma to the Democratic Party that it was sorely lacking. In 1974 the Democrats benefited from Republican problems stemming from the Watergate scandal, winning control of the New York State Assembly and electing a governor, Hugh Carey.^[2] The Democrats have controlled the Assembly ever since. Republicans maintained control of the State Senate for many years, with control switching between the parties several times in the early Twenty-First Century.

The State Committee is chaired by Buffalo Mayor Byron Brown. The Executive Committee is chaired by former New York City Council Speaker Christine Quinn. The Executive Director is Geoff Berman.

Current elected officials

The following is a list of elected statewide and federal Democratic officeholders beginning in 2019:

Members of Congress

Democrats comprise 22 of New York's 29-member Congressional delegation - including both US Senators and 21 member of the House of Representatives, with one vacancy.

U.S. Senate

Democrats have controlled both of New York's seats in the U.S. Senate since 1999:

• Class I: Kirsten Gillibrand (Junior Senator)


• Class III: Chuck Schumer (Senior Senator, Senate Minority Leader, Chairman of Senate Democratic Policy Committee)

U.S. House of Representatives

Democrats hold 21 of the 27 U.S. House of Representatives seats New York was apportioned following the 2010 census:

List of chairpersons

Executive Committee Chair, Christine Quinn

Christine Callaghan Quinn (born July 25, 1966) is an American politician. A member of the Democratic Party, she formerly served as the Speaker of the New York City Council. The third person to hold this office, she is the first female and first openly gay speaker.^[3][4] As City Council speaker, Quinn was New York City's third most powerful public servant, behind the mayor and public advocate. She ran to succeed Michael Bloomberg as the city's mayor in the 2013 mayoral election, but she came in third in the Democratic primary.

See also

• Independent Democratic Conference


• New York Republican State Committee

References

External links

• New York State Democratic Committee


• New York High School Democrats


• New York State College Democrats