{{short description|American politician (born 1964)}} {{Infobox officeholder | name = Andrew Lanza | image = (06-13-19) NY State Senator Andrew Lanza during Senate Session at the NY State Capitol, Albany NY (cropped).jpg | state_senate = New York State | district = 24th | term_start = January 1, 2007 | term_end = | predecessor = John J. Marchi | successor = | office1 = Member of the New York City Council<br>from the 51st district | term_start1 = January 1, 2002 | term_end1 = December 31, 2006 | predecessor1 = Stephen Fiala | successor1 = Vincent M. Ignizio | birth_name = Andrew Joseph Lanza | birth_date = {{birth date and age|1964|3|12}} | birth_place = Brooklyn, New York, U.S. | death_date = | death_place = | party = Republican | spouse = Marcele Lanza | education = St. John's University (BS)<br>Fordham University (JD) | signature = Andrew Lanza signature.png | website = {{url|nysenate.gov/senators/andrew-j-lanza|State Senate website}} }} '''Andrew Joseph Lanza''' (born March 12, 1964) is an American lawyer and Republican politician. He is a member of the New York State Senate, representing the 24th district, which includes most of Staten Island. He was elected in 2006 after having served on the New York City Council for the 51st district.
==Early life and career== Born in Brooklyn, Lanza grew up in Great Kills, Staten Island.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Bascome |first=Erik |date=2022-08-12 |title=Mayor urged to add Staten Islander to MTA board |url=https://www.silive.com/news/2022/08/mayor-urged-to-add-staten-islander-to-mta-board.html |access-date=2022-10-18 |website=silive |language=en}}</ref> He graduated from Monsignor Farrell High School in Oakwood in 1982.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.silive.com/sports/2018/03/staten_islander_wrestles_adver.html|title=Monsignor Farrell wrestler overcomes obstacles, adversity to win on and off the mat|last=Island|first=Staten|date=2018-03-19|website=silive.com|language=en-US|access-date=2019-02-01}}</ref>
He attended St. John's University, receiving a B.S. in Accounting. He obtained his Juris Doctor degree from Fordham University School of Law. He is admitted to practice law in New York, New Jersey, and United States District Courts for the Southern District of New York and New Jersey.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://lucarelliandcastaldi.com/the-attorneys/andrew-j-lanza/|title=Andrew J. Lanza, Esq.|website=Lucarelli & Castaldi, LLP|language=en-US|access-date=2019-02-01}}</ref>
Before entering politics, Lanza was Managing Member and General Counsel Partner of Mercury Securities LLC, a Wall Street software development and stock trading firm.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.silive.com/news/2018/05/post_2159.html|title=State Sen. Andrew Lanza considering running for attorney general|last=Kashiwagi|first=Sydney|date=2018-05-10|website=silive.com|language=en-US|access-date=2019-02-01}}</ref> Previously, he was an Assistant District Attorney in the Manhattan District Attorney's Office and prosecuted street crimes, felony cases, New York State Welfare fraud, and procedural and constitutional issues.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://observer.com/2015/05/republicans-urging-andrew-lanza-to-run-for-staten-island-district-attorney/|title=Republicans Urging Andrew Lanza to Run for Staten Island District Attorney|date=2015-05-08|website=Observer|language=en|access-date=2019-02-01}}</ref> Lanza also was a senior auditor with KPMG Peat Marwick, where he audited public and private firms, banks, importers, and hospitals.
Lanza was first elected to the New York City Council as a Republican in 2001.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.ourcampaigns.com/RaceDetail.html?RaceID=84646|title=Our Campaigns - New York City Council 51 Race - Nov 06, 2001|website=www.ourcampaigns.com|access-date=2019-02-01}}</ref> At the time, he was one of three Republicans on the 51-member council. He was re-elected in 2003 and 2005.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.ourcampaigns.com/RaceDetail.html?RaceID=318810|title=Our Campaigns - New York City Council 51 Race - Nov 08, 2005|website=www.ourcampaigns.com|access-date=2019-02-01}}</ref>
Lanza lives in Great Kills with his wife, Marcele, a public middle school administrator, and their three children. He is a childhood friend of former U.S. Congressman Vito Fossella of Staten Island.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.nydailynews.com/news/vito-fossella-admits-love-child-virginia-woman-article-1.328837|title=Vito Fossella admits he has love child with Virginia woman - NY Daily News|last=Moore|first=Rich Schapiro, KENNETH R. BAZINET, Tina|website=nydailynews.com|date=9 May 2008 |access-date=2019-02-01}}</ref>
==New York State Senate== Lanza was elected to the New York State Senate in 2006, replacing Senator John J. Marchi, who retired after holding the seat for 50 years. Since his initial election, he has won by large margins and been unopposed three times.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.ourcampaigns.com/CandidateDetail.html?CandidateID=43367|title=Our Campaigns - Candidate - Andrew Lanza|website=www.ourcampaigns.com|access-date=2019-02-01}}</ref>
After Democrats took control of the state senate in the 2018 elections for only the third time since World War II, Lanza was the only Republican representing part of New York City.
===Judicial independence=== On June 21, 2007, Lanza and Assemblyman Michael Cusick announced the introduction a law establishing the 13th Judicial District, consisting solely of Richmond County and separating Staten Island from Brooklyn’s 2nd Judicial District. Although Staten Island accounted for more than 15% of the 2nd Judicial District’s population, 91.6%<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://nyassembly.gov/leg/?default_fld=&bn=A02688&term=2007&Summary=Y&Actions=Y&Memo=Y|title=New York State Assembly {{!}} Bill Search and Legislative Information|website=nyassembly.gov|access-date=2020-02-06}}</ref> of its elected judges were from Brooklyn. Lanza introduced other legislation to increase the number of elected judges. In 2018<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.silive.com/news/2018/03/staten_island_to_get_new_supre.html|title=Staten Island to get new Supreme Court justice|date=2018-03-31|website=silive|language=en|access-date=2020-02-06}}</ref> and 2019,<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.silive.com/news/2019/06/here-comes-the-judge-staten-island-to-get-new-supreme-court-justice.html|title=Here comes the judge! New Supreme Court seat on tap for S.I.|date=2019-06-28|website=silive|language=en|access-date=2020-02-06}}</ref> the legislature established new elected Supreme Court seats.
===Ending child marriage=== Lanza and Assemblywoman Amy Paulin introduced a bill to end child marriage in New York by raising the age of consent from age 14<ref>{{Cite web |title=In NY, marriage is legal at 14 – but maybe not for long |url=https://www.lohud.com/story/news/politics/politics-on-the-hudson/2017/02/14/ny-marriage-legal-14-but-maybe-not-long/97899464/ |access-date=2020-02-06 |website=lohud.com |language=en}}</ref> to 18.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://legislativegazette.com/legislators-move-to-change-antiquated-child-marriage-laws/|title=Legislators move to change 'antiquated' child marriage laws – The Legislative Gazette|last=Smith|first=Kaleb H.|date=22 February 2017 |language=en-US|access-date=2020-02-06}}</ref> The bill addressed an issue highlighted in a ''New York Times'' Op-Ed, "America's Child-Marriage Problem.”<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2015/10/14/opinion/americas-child-marriage-problem.html|title=Opinion {{!}} America's Child-Marriage Problem|last=Reiss|first=Fraidy|date=2015-10-13|work=The New York Times|access-date=2020-02-06|language=en-US|issn=0362-4331}}</ref> The piece stated: "A survey by the Tahirih Justice Center, an NGO that provides services to immigrant women and girls, identified as many as 3,000 known or suspected forced-marriage cases just between 2009 and 2011, many involving girls under age 18." Lanza's bill passed the Senate unanimously and Governor Andrew Cuomo signed it into law.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.governor.ny.gov/news/governor-cuomo-signs-legislation-ending-child-marriage-new-york|title=Governor Cuomo Signs Legislation Ending Child Marriage in New York|date=2017-06-20|website=Governor Andrew M. Cuomo|language=en|access-date=2020-02-06}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/new-york-marriage-laws-marital-age-raised-14-178-governor-andrew-cuomo-a7800986.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170621150953/http://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/new-york-marriage-laws-marital-age-raised-14-178-governor-andrew-cuomo-a7800986.html |archive-date=2017-06-21 |url-access=limited |url-status=live|title=New York finally bans marriage of 14-year-olds|date=2017-06-21|website=The Independent|language=en|access-date=2020-02-06}}</ref>
===I-STOP=== New York's Internet System for Over-Prescribing Act, or I-STOP, passed unanimously, with Lanza taking the lead in the senate and Assemblyman Michael Cusick a primary sponsor in the State Assembly.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2015-10-03 |title=NY State Senate Bill S7637 |url=https://www.nysenate.gov/legislation/bills/2011/s7637/amendment/original |access-date=2020-02-06 |website=NY State Senate |language=en}}</ref> The bill was signed into law in 2012 effective in 2013.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://ag.ny.gov/feature/i-stop|title=I-STOP {{!}} New York State Attorney General|website=ag.ny.gov|access-date=2020-02-06}}</ref> I-STOP established New York as the first state to mandate that physicians consult a database of a patient's prescription history before prescribing certain drugs.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.healthcaredive.com/news/with-i-stop-new-york-mandates-a-promising-solution-for-opioid-prescription/416299/|title=With I-STOP, New York mandates a promising solution for opioid prescription misuse, fraud|website=Healthcare Dive|language=en-US|access-date=2020-02-06}}</ref> It also made New York the largest state to require real-time data exchange between pharmacists and doctors.
===Safe Disposal program=== Lanza joined Assemblyman Michael Cusick to enact bipartisan that established a dedicated Safe Disposal program<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.nyacp.org/i4a/pages/index.cfm?pageID=3802|title=What is the I-STOP Act? - New York Chapter of the American College of Physicians|website=www.nyacp.org|access-date=2020-02-06}}</ref> allowing New Yorkers to safely dispose of expired and unneeded prescription drugs all year long at dedicated locations, including local police precincts.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.silive.com/news/2014/11/nypd_staten_islanders_have_bee.html|title=NYPD: Staten Islanders have been stuffing 'drop-off boxes' with their unwanted Rx pills|date=2014-11-03|website=silive|language=en|access-date=2020-02-06}}</ref>
===Fentanyl analogs=== In October, 2017 Governor Andrew Cuomo joined with Senator Lanza, Assemblyman Michael Cusick, and District Attorney Michael McMahon to announce a series of actions to combat the fentanyl crisis on Staten Island and across New York. The Governor promoted legislation to add 11 fentanyl analogs to the state controlled substances schedule. The bill gave law enforcement the ability pursue the dealers who manufacture and sell these drugs. According to the ''Staten Island Advance'', "On Staten Island, fentanyl-related deaths increased more than 700 percent from 2015 to 2016. In 2015, there were seven fentanyl-related deaths which jumped to 58 in 2016."<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.silive.com/news/2017/10/to_combat_deadly_fentanyl_cris.html|title=To combat fentanyl crisis, Cuomo unveils strategy|date=2017-10-13|website=silive|language=en|access-date=2020-04-19}}</ref> In 2018, the US Drug Enforcement Administration approved an emergency order placing "all illicit fentanyl analogues not already regulated by the Controlled Substances Act into Schedule I - the category for substances with no currently accepted medical use-for two years"<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.dea.gov/press-releases/2018/02/07/us-drug-enforcement-administration-emergency-schedules-all-illicit|title=U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration Emergency Schedules All Illicit Fentanyls In An Effort To Reduce Overdose Deaths|website=www.dea.gov|access-date=2020-04-19}}</ref> The State Legislature enacted the law in 2020, closing the fentanyl loophole.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.nysenate.gov/newsroom/press-releases/andrew-j-lanza/deadly-fentanyl-analogs-added-states-controlled-substances|title=Deadly fentanyl analogs added to State's controlled substances list|date=2020-04-17|website=NY State Senate|language=en|access-date=2020-04-19}}</ref>
===Same-sex marriage=== In 2011, Lanza voted against the Marriage Equality Act, stating he believed marriage should "describe a union between a man and a woman."<ref>{{cite web |last1=Confessore |first1=Nicholas |last2=Barbaro |first2=Michael |date=24 June 2011 |title=New York State Senate to Vote on Same-Sex Marriage |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2011/06/25/nyregion/new-york-state-senate-to-vote-on-same-sex-marriage.html |access-date=20 August 2017 |website=The New York Times}}</ref> The bill passed the Senate 33–29, legally recognizing same-sex marriages performed in New York.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://open.nysenate.gov/legislation/bill/a8354-2011|title=NY State Assembly Bill A8354|date=3 October 2015|website=Opensenate.gov|access-date=20 August 2017}}</ref>
===Religion=== In December 2013, Lanza took issue with an American Atheists’ billboard in Times Square. He issued a press release stating "While it is not surprising to me that people who do not believe in God are hateful and malicious, I would have hoped that the people who own this billboard, those who live in Manhattan and around Times Square and the community’s political leaders, would have decried this hate speech as something not to be tolerated or allowed.”<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.dnainfo.com/new-york/20131220/bloomfield/unholy-war-of-words-breaks-out-as-staten-island-pol-calls-atheists-hateful|title=Unholy War of Words Breaks Out as Staten Island Pol Calls Atheists Hateful|website=DNAinfo New York|access-date=20 August 2017|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170821004021/https://www.dnainfo.com/new-york/20131220/bloomfield/unholy-war-of-words-breaks-out-as-staten-island-pol-calls-atheists-hateful|archive-date=21 August 2017}}</ref> likening the billboard to "religious persecution of the kind that similarly lead to the Holocaust.”<ref name="villagevoice.com">{{cite web |url=http://blogs.villagevoice.com/runninscared/2013/12/andrew_lanza_american_atheists_billboard_christmas.php |title=State Senator Andrew Lanza Called Atheist Billboard "Hateful," So Now There's One in His District |access-date=2013-12-24 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131224134917/http://blogs.villagevoice.com/runninscared/2013/12/andrew_lanza_american_atheists_billboard_christmas.php |archive-date=2013-12-24 }}</ref> He called for a boycott of Times Square while the billboard was up and for the IRS to investigate the American Atheists’ tax-exempt status.<ref name="villagevoice.com"/> American Atheists responded by asking if he would call for a business boycott in his own district if a similar billboard were there, and they replicated the Times Square billboard in Staten Island.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.atheists.org/2013/12/new-york-state-senator-andrew-lanza-calls-for-boycott-of-times-square-revocation-of-atheists-nonprofit-status/|title=New York State Senator Andrew Lanza Calls For Boycott of Times Square, Revocation of American Atheists' Nonprofit Status|date=17 December 2013|website=Atheists.org|access-date=20 August 2017}}</ref> Lanza issued a press release stating that his assumptions of malice and hatred were targeted at the billboard supporters, not all atheists.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.patheos.com/blogs/friendlyatheist/2013/12/20/ny-state-senator-quietly-rewrites-press-release-denouncing-atheists-unaware-of-something-called-a-screenshot/|title=NY State Senator Quietly Rewrites Press Release Denouncing Atheists, Unaware of Something Called a 'Screenshot'|first=Friendly|last=Atheist|website=Patheos.com|access-date=20 August 2017}}</ref> He later relented on his calls for an IRS investigation and a boycott of Times Square.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.nysenate.gov/press-release/senator-andrew-lanza-denounces-american-atheists-hateful-times-square-advertisement-sa|title=Senator Andrew Lanza Denounces American Atheists' Hateful Times Square Advertisement Saying 'Nobody' Needs 'Christ During Christmas' - NY State Senate|newspaper=NY State Senate|date=13 December 2013 |access-date=20 August 2017}}</ref>
== Electoral history == === 2026 === {{Election box begin no change|title= 2026 New York State Senate election, District 24<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://publicreporting.elections.ny.gov/ActiveDeactiveFiler/ActiveDeactiveFiler|title=NYSBOE Public Reporting System : Active/Deactive Filer|website=New York State Board of Elections|publisher=New York State Board of Elections|date=May 24, 2026|access-date=May 24, 2026}}</ref>}} {{Election box candidate with party link no change | party = Republican Party (United States) | candidate = ''Andrew Lanza'' | votes = | percentage = }} {{Election box candidate with party link no change | party = Conservative Party of New York State | candidate = ''Andrew Lanza'' | votes = | percentage = }} {{Election box candidate no change | party = Total | candidate = Andrew Lanza (incumbent) | votes = | percentage = }} {{Election box candidate with party link no change | party = Democratic Party (United States) | candidate = Alexis Rodriguez | votes = | percentage = }} {{Election box write-in with party link no change | votes = | percentage = }} {{Election box total no change | votes = | percentage = }} {{Election box end}}
=== 2024 === {{Election box begin no change|title= 2024 New York State Senate election, District 24<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://vote.nyc/sites/default/files/pdf/election_results/2024/20241105General%20Election/00502000024Richmond%20State%20Senator%2024th%20Senatorial%20District%20Recap.pdf|title=00502000024Richmond State Senator 24th Senatorial District Recap.pdf|website=Vote NYC|publisher=New York City Board of Elections|date=December 3, 2024|access-date=May 24, 2026}}</ref>}} {{Election box candidate with party link no change | party = Republican Party (United States) | candidate = ''Andrew Lanza'' | votes = 109,201 | percentage = 88.9 }} {{Election box candidate with party link no change | party = Conservative Party of New York State | candidate = ''Andrew Lanza'' | votes = 11,443 | percentage = 9.3 }} {{Election box winning candidate no change | party = Total | candidate = Andrew Lanza (incumbent) | votes = 120,644 | percentage = 98.2 }} {{Election box write-in with party link no change | votes = 2,167 | percentage = 1.8 }} {{Election box total no change | votes = 122,811 | percentage = 100.0 }} {{Election box hold with party link no change | winner = Republican Party (United States) }} {{Election box end}}
=== 2022 === {{Election box begin no change|title= 2022 New York State Senate election, District 24<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://vote.nyc/sites/default/files/pdf/election_results/2022/20221108General%20Election/00501900024Richmond%20State%20Senator%2024th%20Senatorial%20District%20Recap.pdf|title=00501900024Richmond State Senator 24th Senatorial District Recap.pdf|website=Vote NYC|publisher=New York City Board of Elections|date=December 2, 2022|access-date=May 24, 2026}}</ref>}} {{Election box candidate with party link no change | party = Republican Party (United States) | candidate = ''Andrew Lanza'' | votes = 79,313 | percentage = 90.4 }} {{Election box candidate with party link no change | party = Conservative Party of New York State | candidate = ''Andrew Lanza'' | votes = 7,329 | percentage = 8.4 }} {{Election box winning candidate no change | party = Total | candidate = Andrew Lanza (incumbent) | votes = 86,642 | percentage = 98.7 }} {{Election box write-in with party link no change | votes = 1,105 | percentage = 1.3 }} {{Election box total no change | votes = 87,747 | percentage = 100.0 }} {{Election box hold with party link no change | winner = Republican Party (United States) }} {{Election box end}}
=== 2020 === {{Election box begin no change|title= 2020 New York State Senate election, District 24<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://vote.nyc/sites/default/files/pdf/election_results/2020/20201103General%20Election/00500400024Richmond%20State%20Senator%2024th%20Senatorial%20District%20Recap.pdf|title=00500400024Richmond State Senator 24th Senatorial District Recap.pdf|website=Vote NYC|publisher=New York City Board of Elections|date=December 1, 2020|access-date=May 23, 2026}}</ref>}} {{Election box candidate with party link no change | party = Republican Party (United States) | candidate = ''Andrew Lanza'' | votes = 112,028 | percentage = 85.4 }} {{Election box candidate with party link no change | party = Conservative Party of New York State | candidate = ''Andrew Lanza'' | votes = 11,400 | percentage = 8.7 }} {{Election box candidate with party link no change | party = Independence Party of New York | candidate = ''Andrew Lanza'' | votes = 6,468 | percentage = 4.9 }} {{Election box winning candidate no change | party = Total | candidate = Andrew Lanza (incumbent) | votes = 129,896 | percentage = 99.0 }} {{Election box write-in with party link no change | votes = 1,285 | percentage = 1.0 }} {{Election box total no change | votes = 131,181 | percentage = 100.0 }} {{Election box hold with party link no change | winner = Republican Party (United States) }} {{Election box end}}
=== 2018 === {{Election box begin no change|title= 2018 New York State Senate election, District 24<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://vote.nyc/sites/default/files/pdf/election_results/2018/20181106General%20Election/00502100024Richmond%20State%20Senator%2024th%20Senatorial%20District%20Recap.pdf|title=00502100024Richmond State Senator 24th Senatorial District Recap.pdf|website=Vote NYC|publisher=New York City Board of Elections|date=December 3, 2018|access-date=May 23, 2026}}</ref>}} {{Election box candidate with party link no change | party = Republican Party (United States) | candidate = ''Andrew Lanza'' | votes = 65,185 | percentage = 80.1 }} {{Election box candidate with party link no change | party = Conservative Party of New York State | candidate = ''Andrew Lanza'' | votes = 6,561 | percentage = 8.1 }} {{Election box candidate with party link no change | party = Independence Party of New York | candidate = ''Andrew Lanza'' | votes = 6,238 | percentage = 7.7 }} {{Election box candidate with party link no change | party = Reform Party of New York State | candidate = ''Andrew Lanza'' | votes = 2,169 | percentage = 2.7 }} {{Election box winning candidate no change | party = Total | candidate = Andrew Lanza (incumbent) | votes = 80,153 | percentage = 98.5 }} {{Election box write-in with party link no change | votes = 1,183 | percentage = 1.5 }} {{Election box total no change | votes = 81,336 | percentage = 100.0 }} {{Election box hold with party link no change | winner = Republican Party (United States) }} {{Election box end}}
=== 2016 === {{Election box begin no change|title= 2016 New York State Senate election, District 24<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://vote.nyc/sites/default/files/pdf/election_results/2016/20161108General%20Election/00502100024Richmond%20State%20Senator%2024th%20Senatorial%20District%20Recap.pdf|title=00502100024Richmond State Senator 24th Senatorial District Recap.pdf|website=Vote NYC|publisher=New York City Board of Elections|date=December 5, 2016|access-date=May 23, 2026}}</ref>}} {{Election box candidate with party link no change | party = Republican Party (United States) | candidate = ''Andrew Lanza'' | votes = 88,720 | percentage = 82.1 }} {{Election box candidate with party link no change | party = Conservative Party of New York State | candidate = ''Andrew Lanza'' | votes = 9,522 | percentage = 8.8 }} {{Election box candidate with party link no change | party = Independence Party of New York | candidate = ''Andrew Lanza'' | votes = 7,404 | percentage = 6.9 }} {{Election box candidate with party link no change | party = Reform Party of New York State | candidate = ''Andrew Lanza'' | votes = 1,711 | percentage = 1.6 }} {{Election box winning candidate no change | party = Total | candidate = Andrew Lanza (incumbent) | votes = 107,357 | percentage = 99.3 }} {{Election box write-in with party link no change | votes = 718 | percentage = 0.7 }} {{Election box total no change | votes = 108,075 | percentage = 100.0 }} {{Election box hold with party link no change | winner = Republican Party (United States) }} {{Election box end}}
=== 2014 === {{Election box begin no change|title= 2014 New York State Senate election, District 24<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://vote.nyc/sites/default/files/downloads/pdf/election_results/2014/20141104General%20Election/00502200024Richmond%20State%20Senator%2024th%20Senatorial%20District%20Recap.pdf|title=00502200024Richmond State Senator 24th Senatorial District Recap.pdf|website=Vote NYC|publisher=New York City Board of Elections|date=August 27, 2015|access-date=May 23, 2026}}</ref>}} {{Election box candidate with party link no change | party = Republican Party (United States) | candidate = ''Andrew Lanza'' | votes = 39,010 | percentage = 66.3 }} {{Election box candidate with party link no change | party = Conservative Party of New York State | candidate = ''Andrew Lanza'' | votes = 5,531 | percentage = 9.4 }} {{Election box candidate with party link no change | party = Independence Party of New York | candidate = ''Andrew Lanza'' | votes = 2,684 | percentage = 4.6 }} {{Election box winning candidate no change | party = Total | candidate = Andrew Lanza (incumbent) | votes = 47,225 | percentage = 80.2 }} {{Election box candidate with party link no change | party = Democratic Party (United States) | candidate = ''Gary W. Carsel'' | votes = 10,329 | percentage = 17.6 }} {{Election box candidate with party link no change | party = Working Families Party | candidate = ''Gary W. Carsel'' | votes = 1,218 | percentage = 2.1 }} {{Election box candidate no change | party = Total | candidate = Gary W. Carsel | votes = 11,547 | percentage = 19.6 }} {{Election box write-in with party link no change | votes = 77 | percentage = 0.1 }} {{Election box total no change | votes = 58,849 | percentage = 100.0 }} {{Election box hold with party link no change | winner = Republican Party (United States) }} {{Election box end}}
=== 2012 === {{Election box begin no change|title= 2012 New York State Senate election, District 24<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://vote.nyc/sites/default/files/downloads/pdf/results/2012/GeneralElection/0000210245Richmond%20State%20Senator%2024th%20Senatorial%20District%20Recap.pdf|title=0000210245Richmond State Senator 24th Senatorial District Recap.pdf|website=Vote NYC|publisher=New York City Board of Elections|date=March 14, 2013|access-date=May 23, 2026}}</ref>}} {{Election box candidate with party link no change | party = Republican Party (United States) | candidate = ''Andrew Lanza'' | votes = 67,731 | percentage = 64.3 }} {{Election box candidate with party link no change | party = Conservative Party of New York State | candidate = ''Andrew Lanza'' | votes = 7,697 | percentage = 7.3 }} {{Election box candidate with party link no change | party = Independence Party of New York | candidate = ''Andrew Lanza'' | votes = 2,990 | percentage = 2.8 }} {{Election box winning candidate no change | party = Total | candidate = Andrew Lanza (incumbent) | votes = 78,418 | percentage = 74.4 }} {{Election box candidate with party link no change | party = Democratic Party (United States) | candidate = ''Gary W. Carsel'' | votes = 25,561 | percentage = 24.3 }} {{Election box candidate with party link no change | party = Working Families Party | candidate = ''Gary W. Carsel'' | votes = 1,332 | percentage = 1.3 }} {{Election box candidate no change | party = Total | candidate = Gary W. Carsel | votes = 26,893 | percentage = 25.5 }} {{Election box write-in with party link no change | votes = 75 | percentage = 0.1 }} {{Election box total no change | votes = 105,386 | percentage = 100.0 }} {{Election box hold with party link no change | winner = Republican Party (United States) }} {{Election box end}}
=== 2010 === {{Election box begin no change|title= 2010 New York State Senate election, District 24<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://vote.nyc/sites/default/files/downloads/pdf/results/2010/General/13.8Richmond24StateSenatorRecap.pdf|title=13.8Richmond24StateSenatorRecap.pdf|website=Vote NYC|publisher=New York City Board of Elections|date=November 29, 2010|access-date=May 23, 2026}}</ref>}} {{Election box candidate with party link no change | party = Republican Party (United States) | candidate = ''Andrew Lanza'' | votes = 43,429 | percentage = 78.9 }} {{Election box candidate with party link no change | party = Conservative Party of New York State | candidate = ''Andrew Lanza'' | votes = 6,492 | percentage = 11.8 }} {{Election box candidate with party link no change | party = Independence Party of New York | candidate = ''Andrew Lanza'' | votes = 4,681 | percentage = 8.5 }} {{Election box winning candidate no change | party = Total | candidate = Andrew Lanza (incumbent) | votes = 54,602 | percentage = 99.2 }} {{Election box write-in with party link no change | votes = 408 | percentage = 0.7 }} {{Election box total no change | votes = 55,010 | percentage = 100.0 }} {{Election box hold with party link no change | winner = Republican Party (United States) }} {{Election box end}}
=== 2008 === {{Election box begin no change|title= 2008 New York State Senate election, District 24<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://vote.nyc/sites/default/files/downloads/pdf/results/2008/general/5.15RichmondSenate24_Recap.pdf|title=5.15RichmondSenate24 Recap.pdf|website=Vote NYC|publisher=New York City Board of Elections|date=November 26, 2008|access-date=May 23, 2026}}</ref>}} {{Election box candidate with party link no change | party = Republican Party (United States) | candidate = ''Andrew Lanza'' | votes = 66,211 | percentage = 61.7 }} {{Election box candidate with party link no change | party = Conservative Party of New York State | candidate = ''Andrew Lanza'' | votes = 4,704 | percentage = 4.4 }} {{Election box candidate with party link no change | party = Independence Party of New York | candidate = ''Andrew Lanza'' | votes = 4,456 | percentage = 4.1 }} {{Election box winning candidate no change | party = Total | candidate = Andrew Lanza (incumbent) | votes = 75,371 | percentage = 70.2 }} {{Election box candidate with party link no change | party = Democratic Party (United States) | candidate = Joseph J. Pancila | votes = 32,013 | percentage = 29.8 }} {{Election box write-in with party link no change | votes = 5 | percentage = 0.0 }} {{Election box total no change | votes = 107,389 | percentage = 100.0 }} {{Election box hold with party link no change | winner = Republican Party (United States) }} {{Election box end}}
=== 2006 === {{Election box begin no change|title= 2006 New York State Senate Republican primary, District 24<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://vote.nyc/sites/default/files/downloads/pdf/results/2006/primary/recaps/90RichmondRepublican24SenateRecap.pdf|title=90RichmondRepublican24SenateRecap.pdf|website=Vote NYC|publisher=New York City Board of Elections|date=September 21, 2006|access-date=May 23, 2026}}</ref>}} {{Election box winning candidate with party link no change | party = Republican Party (United States) | candidate = Andrew Lanza | votes = 3,825 | percentage = 53.4 }} {{Election box candidate with party link no change | party = Republican Party (United States) | candidate = Robert Helbock | votes = 3,329 | percentage = 46.5 }} {{Election box write-in with party link no change | votes = 4 | percentage = 0.1 }} {{Election box total no change | votes = 7,158 | percentage = 100.0 }} {{Election box end}}
{{Election box begin no change|title= 2006 New York State Senate election, District 24<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://vote.nyc/sites/default/files/downloads/pdf/results/2006/general/recaps/77Richmond24SenateRecap.pdf|title=77Richmond24SenateRecap.pdf|website=Vote NYC|publisher=New York City Board of Elections|date=November 22, 2006|access-date=May 23, 2026}}</ref>}} {{Election box candidate with party link no change | party = Republican Party (United States) | candidate = ''Andrew Lanza'' | votes = 31,851 | percentage = 53.5 }} {{Election box candidate with party link no change | party = Independence Party of New York | candidate = ''Andrew Lanza'' | votes = 2,309 | percentage = 3.9 }} {{Election box winning candidate no change | party = Total | candidate = Andrew Lanza | votes = 34,160 | percentage = 57.4 }} {{Election box candidate with party link no change | party = Democratic Party (United States) | candidate = ''Matthew Titone'' | votes = 21,737 | percentage = 36.5 }} {{Election box candidate with party link no change | party = Working Families Party | candidate = ''Matthew Titone'' | votes = 1,337 | percentage = 2.2 }} {{Election box candidate no change | party = Total | candidate = Matthew Titone | votes = 23,074 | percentage = 38.7 }} {{Election box candidate with party link no change | party = Conservative Party of New York State | candidate = Charles T. Pistor Jr. | votes = 2,307 | percentage = 3.9 }} {{Election box write-in with party link no change | votes = 12 | percentage = 0.0 }} {{Election box total no change | votes = 59,553 | percentage = 100.0 }} {{Election box hold with party link no change | winner = Republican Party (United States) }} {{Election box end}}
=== 2005 === {{Election box begin no change|title= 2005 New York City Council election, District 51<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://vote.nyc/sites/default/files/downloads/pdf/results/2005/general/StatenIsland/Richmond%20City%20Council%20District%2051%20Re-Cap.pdf|title=Richmond City Council District 51 Re-Cap.pdf|website=Vote NYC|publisher=New York City Board of Elections|date=November 28, 2005|access-date=May 23, 2026}}</ref>}} {{Election box candidate with party link no change | party = Republican Party (United States) | candidate = ''Andrew Lanza'' | votes = 18,746 | percentage = 69.3 }} {{Election box candidate with party link no change | party = Conservative Party of New York State | candidate = ''Andrew Lanza'' | votes = 2,016 | percentage = 7.5 }} {{Election box candidate with party link no change | party = Independence Party of New York | candidate = ''Andrew Lanza'' | votes = 1,128 | percentage = 4.2 }} {{Election box winning candidate no change | party = Total | candidate = Andrew Lanza (incumbent) | votes = 21,890 | percentage = 81.0 }} {{Election box candidate with party link no change | party = Democratic Party (United States) | candidate = Craig E. Schlanger | votes = 5,143 | percentage = 19.0 }} {{Election box write-in with party link no change | votes = 6 | percentage = 0.0 }} {{Election box total no change | votes = 27,039 | percentage = 100.0 }} {{Election box hold with party link no change | winner = Republican Party (United States) }} {{Election box end}}
=== 2003 === {{Election box begin no change|title= 2003 New York City Council election, District 51<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://vote.nyc/sites/default/files/downloads/pdf/results/2003/general/g2003recaps.pdf#page=150|title=g2003recaps.pdf|website=Vote NYC|publisher=New York City Board of Elections|date=December 5, 2003|access-date=May 23, 2026}}</ref>}} {{Election box candidate with party link no change | party = Republican Party (United States) | candidate = ''Andrew Lanza'' | votes = 8,850 | percentage = 65.6 }} {{Election box candidate with party link no change | party = Conservative Party of New York State | candidate = ''Andrew Lanza'' | votes = 1,645 | percentage = 12.2 }} {{Election box candidate with party link no change | party = Independence Party of New York | candidate = ''Andrew Lanza'' | votes = 604 | percentage = 4.5 }} {{Election box winning candidate no change | party = Total | candidate = Andrew Lanza (incumbent) | votes = 11,099 | percentage = 82.3 }} {{Election box candidate with party link no change | party = Democratic Party (United States) | candidate = Roehl Sybing | votes = 2,382 | percentage = 17.7 }} {{Election box total no change | votes = 13,481 | percentage = 100.0 }} {{Election box hold with party link no change | winner = Republican Party (United States) }} {{Election box end}}
=== 2001 === {{Election box begin no change|title= 2001 New York City Council Republican primary, District 51<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://vote.nyc/sites/default/files/downloads/pdf/results/2001/primaryelection/2001p.pdf#page=109|title=F0202 2001 PRIMARY ELECTION October 11, 2001|website=Vote NYC|publisher=New York City Board of Elections|date=October 11, 2001|access-date=May 23, 2026}}</ref>}} {{Election box winning candidate with party link no change | party = Republican Party (United States) | candidate = Andrew Lanza | votes = 4,363 | percentage = 76.7 }} {{Election box candidate with party link no change | party = Republican Party (United States) | candidate = Alexander A. DeMarco | votes = 1,324 | percentage = 23.3 }} {{Election box write-in with party link no change | votes = 1 | percentage = 0.0 }} {{Election box total no change | votes = 5,688 | percentage = 100.0 }} {{Election box end}}
{{Election box begin no change|title= 2001 New York City Council election, District 51<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://vote.nyc/sites/default/files/downloads/pdf/results/2001/generalelection/general2001.pdf#page=199|title=2001 GENERAL ELECTION November 28, 2001|website=Vote NYC|publisher=New York City Board of Elections|date=November 28, 2001|access-date=May 23, 2026}}</ref>}} {{Election box candidate with party link no change | party = Republican Party (United States) | candidate = ''Andrew Lanza'' | votes = 23,421 | percentage = 64.4 }} {{Election box candidate with party link no change | party = Conservative Party of New York State | candidate = ''Andrew Lanza'' | votes = 1,939 | percentage = 5.3 }} {{Election box candidate with party link no change | party = New York State Right to Life Party | candidate = ''Andrew Lanza'' | votes = 684 | percentage = 1.9 }} {{Election box winning candidate no change | party = Total | candidate = Andrew Lanza | votes = 26,044 | percentage = 71.6 }} {{Election box candidate with party link no change | party = Democratic Party (United States) | candidate = ''Janey Moran'' | votes = 9,242 | percentage = 25.4 }} {{Election box candidate with party link no change | party = Working Families Party | candidate = ''Janey Moran'' | votes = 582 | percentage = 1.6 }} {{Election box candidate no change | party = Total | candidate = Janey Moran | votes = 9,824 | percentage = 27.0 }} {{Election box candidate with party link no change | party = Independence Party of New York | candidate = ''Henry J. Bardel'' | votes = 293 | percentage = 0.8 }} {{Election box candidate with party link no change | party = Green Party of the United States | candidate = ''Henry J. Bardel'' | votes = 104 | percentage = 0.3 }} {{Election box candidate with party link no change | party = Liberal Party of New York | candidate = ''Henry J. Bardel'' | votes = 102 | percentage = 0.3 }} {{Election box candidate no change | party = Total | candidate = Henry J. Bardel | votes = 499 | percentage = 1.4 }} {{Election box write-in with party link no change | votes = 3 | percentage = 0.0 }} {{Election box total no change | votes = 36,370 | percentage = 100.0 }} {{Election box hold with party link no change | winner = Republican Party (United States) }} {{Election box end}}
==See also== *List of New York state senators *2009 New York State Senate leadership crisis
==References== {{Reflist}}
==External links== *[http://www.nysenate.gov/senator/andrew-j-lanza New York State Senate: Andrew J. Lanza]
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