2020 New York State Assembly election

Elections to the New York State Assembly were held on November 3, 2020 in the U.S. state of New York. The elections were part of the biennial elections in the United States, with elections for the State Senate, the U.S. House, and U.S. president being held on the same day. Primary elections were held on June 23.

Assembly Democrats won 105 of the chamber's 150 seats on election day, while Republicans won 43 seats and two other seats were won by members of third parties.

Summary
Longtime Asm. Carmen Arroyo (D-Bronx) was disqualified from the Democratic primary ballot due to election fraud.

Incumbent Asms. Michael DenDekker, Joseph Lentol, Michael Miller, Walter Mosley, Felix Ortiz, and Aravalla Simotas were defeated in Democratic primaries.

Incumbents Ellen Jaffee (D-Suffern) and Mark Johns (R-Webster) were defeated in the general election.

Assemblymember Rebecca Seawright was disqualified from seeking re-election as a Democrat due to paperwork errors, but instead campaigned as the candidate of the Rise and Unite Party and was re-elected.

Assemblymember Fred Thiele, a member of the Independence Party who caucuses with the Democrats, was re-elected in Assembly District One.

Assembly districts

 * +Elected in a special election.

District 1
The incumbent was Fred Thiele, who ran for re-election.

District 2
The incumbent was Anthony Palumbo, who retired to successfully run for state senate. Republican Jodi Giglio, a former member of the Riverhead, New York town board, was elected.

Candidates

 * Laura Jens-Smith, Riverhead town supervisor
 * William Schleisner

District 61
The incumbent was Charles Fall, who ran for re-election.

District 63
The incumbent was Michael Cusick, who ran for re-election.

District 64
The incumbent was Nicole Malliotakis, who retired to successfully run for congress.