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Didi Barrett
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New York State Assembly District 106
Tenure

2013 - Present

Term ends

2025

Years in position

11

Predecessor
Prior offices
New York State Assembly District 103
Predecessor: Marcus Molinaro

Compensation

Base salary

$142,000/year

Elections and appointments
Last elected

November 5, 2024

Education

Bachelor's

University of California, Los Angeles

Graduate

New York University

Contact

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Didi Barrett (Democratic Party) is a member of the New York State Assembly, representing District 106. She assumed office in 2013. Her current term ends on January 1, 2025.

Barrett (Democratic Party) ran for re-election to the New York State Assembly to represent District 106. She won in the general election on November 5, 2024.

Biography

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Barrett earned her B.A. in Speech Communication from University of California at Los Angeles and her M.A. in Folk Art Studies from New York University.[1]

Her professional experience includes creating the Dutchess Girls Collaborative, an alliance of local programs, supporters and providers that address the needs of young women. She helped launch and is a board member of the North East Dutchess Fund (NED) of the Berkshire Taconic Community Foundation, focusing on allocating funds to improve life in the six towns of northeastern Dutchess County. She helped create the pioneering NED Corps program, with Dutchess Community Action Partnership, to deliver greatly needed social services to this rural region."[1]

Committee assignments

2023-2024

Barrett was assigned to the following committees:

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2021-2022

Barrett was assigned to the following committees:

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2019-2020

Barrett was assigned to the following committees:

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2017 legislative session

At the beginning of the 2017 legislative session, this legislator served on the following committees:

New York committee assignments, 2017
Agriculture
Economic Development, Job Creation, Commerce and Industry
Environmental Conservation
Mental Health
Tourism, Parks, Arts and Sports Development
Veterans' Affairs

2015 legislative session

At the beginning of the 2015 legislative session, Barrett served on the following committees:

2013-2014

In the 2013-2014 legislative session, Barrett served on the following committees:

The following table lists bills this person sponsored as a legislator, according to BillTrack50 and sorted by action history. Bills are sorted by the date of their last action. The following list may not be comprehensive. To see all bills this legislator sponsored, click on the legislator's name in the title of the table.


Elections

2024

See also: New York State Assembly elections, 2024

General election

General election for New York State Assembly District 106

Incumbent Didi Barrett defeated Stephan Krakower in the general election for New York State Assembly District 106 on November 5, 2024.

Candidate
%
Votes
Image of Didi Barrett
Didi Barrett (D)
 
56.8
 
38,734
Silhouette Placeholder Image.png
Stephan Krakower (R / Conservative Party)
 
43.1
 
29,378
 Other/Write-in votes
 
0.1
 
96

Total votes: 68,208
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Withdrawn or disqualified candidates

Democratic primary election

Democratic primary for New York State Assembly District 106

Incumbent Didi Barrett defeated Claire Cousin in the Democratic primary for New York State Assembly District 106 on June 25, 2024.

Candidate
%
Votes
Image of Didi Barrett
Didi Barrett
 
57.1
 
4,828
Image of Claire Cousin
Claire Cousin Candidate Connection
 
42.9
 
3,623
 Other/Write-in votes
 
0.0
 
3

Total votes: 8,454
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Republican primary election

The Republican primary election was canceled. Stephan Krakower advanced from the Republican primary for New York State Assembly District 106.

Conservative Party primary election

The Conservative Party primary election was canceled. Stephan Krakower advanced from the Conservative Party primary for New York State Assembly District 106.

Working Families Party primary election

The Working Families Party primary election was canceled. Claire Cousin advanced from the Working Families Party primary for New York State Assembly District 106.

Campaign finance

Endorsements

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2022

See also: New York State Assembly elections, 2022

General election

General election for New York State Assembly District 106

Incumbent Didi Barrett defeated Brandon Gaylord in the general election for New York State Assembly District 106 on November 8, 2022.

Candidate
%
Votes
Image of Didi Barrett
Didi Barrett (D)
 
54.4
 
30,671
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Brandon Gaylord (R / Conservative Party)
 
45.6
 
25,688

Total votes: 56,359
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Democratic primary election

The Democratic primary election was canceled. Incumbent Didi Barrett advanced from the Democratic primary for New York State Assembly District 106.

Republican primary election

Republican primary for New York State Assembly District 106

Brandon Gaylord defeated Dean Michael in the Republican primary for New York State Assembly District 106 on June 28, 2022.

Candidate
%
Votes
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Brandon Gaylord
 
53.2
 
1,848
Image of Dean Michael
Dean Michael
 
46.6
 
1,619
 Other/Write-in votes
 
0.2
 
8

Total votes: 3,475
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Conservative Party primary election

The Conservative Party primary election was canceled. Brandon Gaylord advanced from the Conservative Party primary for New York State Assembly District 106.

Withdrawn or disqualified candidates

2020

See also: New York State Assembly elections, 2020

General election

General election for New York State Assembly District 106

Incumbent Didi Barrett defeated Dean Michael in the general election for New York State Assembly District 106 on November 3, 2020.

Candidate
%
Votes
Image of Didi Barrett
Didi Barrett (D / Working Families Party / Independence Party)
 
57.6
 
37,189
Image of Dean Michael
Dean Michael (R / Conservative Party / L) Candidate Connection
 
42.4
 
27,405
 Other/Write-in votes
 
0.0
 
9

Total votes: 64,603
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Democratic primary election

The Democratic primary election was canceled. Incumbent Didi Barrett advanced from the Democratic primary for New York State Assembly District 106.

Republican primary election

The Republican primary election was canceled. Dean Michael advanced from the Republican primary for New York State Assembly District 106.

Conservative Party primary election

The Conservative Party primary election was canceled. Dean Michael advanced from the Conservative Party primary for New York State Assembly District 106.

Independence Party primary election

The Independence Party primary election was canceled. Incumbent Didi Barrett advanced from the Independence Party primary for New York State Assembly District 106.

Libertarian primary election

The Libertarian primary election was canceled. Dean Michael advanced from the Libertarian primary for New York State Assembly District 106.

Working Families Party primary election

The Working Families Party primary election was canceled. Incumbent Didi Barrett advanced from the Working Families Party primary for New York State Assembly District 106.

2018

See also: New York State Assembly elections, 2018

Barrett also ran in the 2018 election as a Working Families Party, and Women's Equality Party candidate.

General election

General election for New York State Assembly District 106

Incumbent Didi Barrett defeated Will Truitt in the general election for New York State Assembly District 106 on November 6, 2018.

Candidate
%
Votes
Image of Didi Barrett
Didi Barrett (D)
 
55.4
 
28,784
Image of Will Truitt
Will Truitt (R)
 
44.6
 
23,160
 Other/Write-in votes
 
0.0
 
18

Total votes: 51,962
(100.00% precincts reporting)
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Democratic primary election

Democratic primary for New York State Assembly District 106

Incumbent Didi Barrett advanced from the Democratic primary for New York State Assembly District 106 on September 13, 2018.

Candidate
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Didi Barrett

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Republican primary election

Republican primary for New York State Assembly District 106

Will Truitt advanced from the Republican primary for New York State Assembly District 106 on September 13, 2018.

Candidate
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Will Truitt

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2016

See also: New York State Assembly elections, 2016

Elections for the New York State Assembly took place in 2016. The primary election took place on September 13, 2016, and the general election was held on November 8, 2016. The filing deadline for major party candidates was July 14, 2016. The filing deadline for independent candidates was August 23, 2016.

Incumbent Didi Barrett defeated Terry Sullivan in the New York State Assembly District 106 general election.[2][3]

New York State Assembly, District 106 General Election, 2016
Party Candidate Vote % Votes
     Democratic Green check mark transparent.png Didi Barrett Incumbent 55.85% 30,325
     Republican Terry Sullivan 44.15% 23,973
Total Votes 54,298
Source: New York Board of Elections


Incumbent Didi Barrett ran unopposed in the New York State Assembly District 106 Democratic primary.[4][5]

New York State Assembly, District 106 Democratic Primary, 2016
Party Candidate
    Democratic Green check mark transparent.png Didi Barrett Incumbent (unopposed)

Barrett also ran on the Working Families and Independence Party tickets. Terry Sullivan ran unopposed in the New York State Assembly District 106 Republican primary.[4][5]

New York State Assembly, District 106 Republican Primary, 2016
Party Candidate
    Republican Green check mark transparent.png Terry Sullivan  (unopposed)

Sullivan also ran on the Conservative and Reform Party tickets.

2014

See also: New York State Assembly elections, 2014

Elections for the New York State Assembly took place in 2014. A primary election took place on September 9, 2014. The general election took place on November 4, 2014. The signature filing deadline for candidates wishing to run in this election was July 10, 2014. Incumbent Didi Barrett was unopposed in the Democratic primary, while Michael N. Kelsey was unopposed in the Republican primary. Barrett ran on the Working Families Party and Independence Party of New York State tickets and Kelsey ran on the Conservative Party ticket. Barrett defeated Kelsey in the general election.[6][7][8]

New York State Assembly, District 106 General Election, 2014
Party Candidate Vote % Votes
     Democratic Green check mark transparent.pngDidi Barrett Incumbent 50.8% 18,242
     Republican Michael N. Kelsey 49.2% 17,665
Total Votes 35,907

2012

See also: New York State Assembly elections, 2012

Barrett ran in the 2012 election for New York State Assembly District 106. She ran unopposed in the Democratic primary on September 13, 2012. She also ran on the Working Families Party ticket. She defeated David Byrne in the general election, which took place on November 6, 2012.[9][10][11]

New York State Assembly, District 106, General Election, 2012
Party Candidate Vote % Votes
     Democratic Green check mark transparent.pngDidi Barrett Incumbent 54.3% 28,297
     Republican David Byrne 45.7% 23,797
Total Votes 52,094

2012 special

See also: State legislative special elections, 2012

The special election was called to fill the vacancy created when Marcus Molinaro (R) resigned after being elected Dutchess County executive.[12]

Barrett defeated Richard Wager (R) in the March 20, 2012 special election. On election night, the outcome of the race was unclear. However, on March 30, Wager conceded defeat to Barrett. Barrett led Wager by 137 votes. Approximately 1000 absentee ballots remained to be counted.[13][14][15]

Barrett also ran on the Working Family Party ticket. Wager also ran on the Independence and Conservative Party tickets.[16]

2010

See also: New York State Senate elections, 2010

Barrett was a Democratic candidate for District 41 of the New York State Senate. Barrett ran unopposed in the September 14 Republican primary. Barrett was defeated by incumbent Stephen Saland (D) in the general election on November 2.[17][18] Barett ran as a member of the Democratic and Working Families party.

Campaign themes

2024

Ballotpedia survey responses

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Didi Barrett did not complete Ballotpedia's 2024 Candidate Connection survey.

2022

Didi Barrett did not complete Ballotpedia's 2022 Candidate Connection survey.

2020

Didi Barrett did not complete Ballotpedia's 2020 Candidate Connection survey.

2010

Barrett's campaign website highlighted the following issues:

  • Creating Jobs: "More than 13,000 of our neighbors in Dutchess and Columbia Counties are unemployed; many thousands more are underemployed. We must get them back to work and the best way to do that is through smart, sustainable economic growth that takes advantage of the best of our region. We can make use of opportunities like the new Excelsior Jobs Creation Program, which offers incentives to both existing local businesses to expand their workforces and to new businesses that will bring jobs to our region – and keep them here."
  • Reforming Albany: "We deserve higher standards of ethics, transparency and accountability from our elected officials. We deserve legislators who are committed to putting the people’s work above partisan bickering. Everyone is saying it: Albany is broken. Let’s start restoring faith in state government with independent redistricting, campaign finance reform, meaningful ethics standards and disclosure of outside sources of income."
  • Lowering Property Taxes: "Property taxes are driving businesses out of New York State and residents from their homes. We need to look at real solutions – one example is the circuit breaker tax – so residents are never stretched beyond their means. We’ve watched our property taxes rise time and again, but our schools are laying off teachers and cutting programs so drastically that younger children will not get the same opportunities that their older siblings had just a few years before. It’s clear we need to rethink how we fund our school system, how we tax and where that money goes."
  • Supporting Our Farms: "The Hudson Valley has a rich, diverse agricultural tradition and our working farms provide the scenic backdrop that makes our region such an appealing destination. Keeping farms viable and attracting young farmers is critical to feeding not just local residents but the entire state."
  • Protecting Our Environment: "Our region is blessed with incredible natural resources, from the Hudson River on the west to the foothills of the Berkshires on the east. We are the home to extraordinary flora and fauna which contribute to the beauty and appeal of the region as both a place to live and to visit. Protecting our natural resources must go hand in hand with any economic development. Tools such as smart growth principles and Purchase of Development Rights (PDR) can help us maintain the communities and the open spaces that make up the character of this very special region."
  • Educating Our Youth: "Simply put, we are letting too many of our children down. As a mother, Didi knows first hand that not all children learn the same way. But every child starts out wanting to be successful and we as a society need to give them the tools to do so. Effective education must remain a priority even during tough times and it requires a collaborative effort of all the stakeholders — parents, teachers, administrators and community members."
  • Preserving Our Liberties: "Our Founding Fathers showed extraordinary wisdom when they drafted our Constitution and established the Bill of Rights. They made it clear: it is not government’s place to interfere with the basic rights of its citizens. Didi is committed to protecting a woman’s right to control her own body by assuring that all reproductive health services are safe, accessible and affordable for all the women of NY State. Didi believes in marriage equality for all New Yorkers and look forward to sponsoring and passing a bill in the next term. Didi supports the rights of sportsmen and women, as well as the Second Amendment and Didi believes that New York State’s firearms laws should be enforced."

Campaign finance summary


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Didi Barrett campaign contribution history
YearOfficeStatusContributionsExpenditures
2024* New York State Assembly District 106Won general$65,590 $0
2022New York State Assembly District 106Won general$570,747 $0
2020New York State Assembly District 106Won general$288,748 N/A**
2016New York State Assembly, District 106Won $250,165 N/A**
2014New York State Assembly, District 106Won $288,530 N/A**
2012New York State Assembly, District 106Won $431,526 N/A**
2010New York State Senate, District 41Lost $398,048 N/A**
** Data on expenditures is not available for this election cycle
Note: Totals above reflect only available data.

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Endorsements

2014

In 2014, Barrett's endorsements included the following:[19]

  • 1199 SEIU
  • AFSCME
  • Columbia County Democratic Committee
  • CSEA
  • Dutchess County Democratic Committee

  • Dutchess Democratic Women’s Caucus (DDWC)
  • Empire State Pride Agenda
  • Independence Party
  • New York League of Conservation Voters (NYLCV)
  • NYS AFL-CIO

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Footnotes

  1. 1.0 1.1 Didi Barrett for State Senate, "About Didi," accessed August 1, 2014
  2. New York State Board of Elections, "2016 General Election Candidate List," accessed October 11, 2016
  3. New York State Board of Elections, "Election results, 2016," accessed December 23, 2016
  4. 4.0 4.1 New York State Board of Elections, "Filings received for the 2016 State/Local Primary," accessed August 29, 2016
  5. 5.0 5.1 New York State Board of Elections, "Election returns September 13, 2016," accessed November 6, 2016
  6. New York Board of Elections, "Certification for the September 9, 2014, State Primary Election," accessed December 17, 2014
  7. New York Board of Elections, "Primary results for September 9, 2014," accessed October 1, 2014
  8. New York Board of Elections, "NYS Board of Elections Assembly Election Returns November 4, 2014," accessed December 17, 2014
  9. State of New York, State Board of Elections, "Candidate List for the September 13, 2012, State Primary Election," accessed July 31, 2014
  10. State of New York, State Board of Elections, "Official September 13, 2012, Primary Results," accessed July 31, 2014
  11. State of New York, State Board of Elections, "Official Assembly Election Returns Nov. 6, 2012," accessed July 31, 2014
  12. MidHudsonNews, "Dems tap Barrett for Assembly run," January 19, 2012
  13. Mid Hudson News, "Wager drops out of special Assembly race, making Barrett the apparent winner," March 31, 2012
  14. Poughkeepsie Journal, "Wager-Barrett race too close to call in 103rd District," March 20, 2012
  15. Mid Hudson News, "Final results of 103rd AD race could take months," March 22, 2012
  16. New York State Board of Elections, "Candidate List," accessed February 28, 2012
  17. New York Times, "NY state legislative election results," accessed February 11, 2014
  18. New York State Board of Elections, "Official Primary results from September 14, 2010," accessed July 31, 2014
  19. Didi Barrett's campaign website, "Endorsements," accessed October 10, 2014

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Preceded by
Ronald Canestrari (D)
New York State Assembly District 106
2013-Present
Succeeded by
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Preceded by
Marcus Molinaro (R)
New York State Assembly District 103
2012-2013
Succeeded by
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