New York's 97th State Assembly district

New York's 97th State Assembly district
Assemblymember	John McGowan R–Pearl River

New York's 97th State Assembly district is one of the 150 districts in the New York State Assembly. It has been represented by Republican John McGowan since 2023, succeeding Mike Lawler.

Geography

District 97 is located in southern Rockland County, comprising portions of Ramapo and Orangetown.

Recent election results

2024

2024 New York State Assembly election, District 97

Primary election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Aron Wieder	4,186	68.7
	Democratic	Eudson Francois	1,868	30.6
	Write-in		43	0.7
Total votes			6,097	100.0
	Conservative	Thomas F. Sullivan	272	57.1
	Conservative	John McGowan (incumbent)	194	40.7
	Write-in		10	0.2
Total votes			476	100.0
General election
	Republican	John McGowan (incumbent)	20,458	44.34%
	Democratic	Aron Wieder	23,906	51.82%
	Conservative	Thomas F. Sullivan	1,656	3.59%
	Write-in		114	0.25%
Total votes				100.0

2022

2022 New York State Assembly election, District 97

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	John McGowan	19,635
	Conservative	John McGowan	4,624
	Total	John McGowan	24,259	66.9
	Democratic	Eudson Francois	11,945	32.9
	Write-in		62	0.2
Total votes			36,266	100.0
	Republican hold

2020

2020 New York State Assembly election, District 97

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Mike Lawler	26,527
	Conservative	Mike Lawler	2,697
	SAM	Mike Lawler	397
	Independence	Mike Lawler	315
	Total	Mike Lawler	29,936	52.2
	Democratic	Ellen Jaffee (incumbent)	27,359	47.7
	Write-in		35	0.1
Total votes			57,330	100.0
	Republican gain from Democratic

2018

2018 New York State Assembly election, District 97

Primary election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Reform	Ellen Jaffee	422	98.8
	Reform	Rosario Presti Jr.	3	1.2
	Write-in		0	0.0
Total votes			427	100
General election
	Democratic	Ellen Jaffee	22,855
	Reform	Ellen Jaffee	975
	Working Families	Ellen Jaffee	742
	Women's Equality	Ellen Jaffee	528
	Total	Ellen Jaffee (incumbent)	25,100	65.6
	Republican	Rosario Presti Jr.	11,169
	Conservative	Rosario Presti Jr.	1,954
	Total	Rosario Presti Jr.	13,123	34.3
	Write-in		12	0.0
Total votes			38,248	100.0
	Democratic hold

2016

2016 New York State Assembly election, District 97

Primary election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Ellen Jaffee (incumbent)	6,200	65.4
	Democratic	Thomas Gulla	3,279	34.6
	Write-in		0	0.0
Total votes			9,479	100
	Working Families	Thomas Gulla	41	62.1
	Working Families	Ellen Jaffee (incumbent)	25	37.9
	Write-in		0	0.0
Total votes			66	100
	Green	Ellen Jaffee (incumbent)	11	91.6
	Green	Thomas Gulla	1	8.3
	Write-in		0	0.0
Total votes			12	100
General election
	Democratic	Ellen Jaffee	27,509
	Green	Ellen Jaffee	2,273
	Total	Ellen Jaffee (incumbent)	29,782	61.2
	Republican	Joseph Chabot	15,209
	Conservative	Joseph Chabot	1,941
	Reform	Joseph Chabot	520
	Total	Joseph Chabot	17,670	36.3
	Working Families	Thomas Gulla	1,088	2.2
	Write-in		63	0.1
Total votes			48,693	100.0
	Democratic hold

2014

2014 New York State Assembly election, District 97

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Ellen Jaffee	14,732
	Working Families	Ellen Jaffee	1,643
	Total	Ellen Jaffee (incumbent)	16,375	58.6
	Republican	Robert Romanowski	9,591
	Conservative	Robert Romanowski	1,966
	Total	Robert Romanowski	11,557	41.3
	Write-in		29	0.1
Total votes			27,961	100.0
	Democratic hold

2012

2012 New York State Assembly election, District 97

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Ellen Jaffee	27,920
	Working Families	Ellen Jaffee	1,626
	Total	Ellen Jaffee (incumbent)	29,546	65.1
	Republican	Joseph Gravagna	9,591
	Conservative	Joseph Gravagna	1,966
	Independence	Joseph Gravagna	582
	Total	Joseph Gravagna	15,801	34.8
	Write-in		32	0.1
Total votes			45,379	100.0
	Democratic hold