New York State Assembly elections, 2016

2016 New York Assembly Elections
Primary	September 13, 2016
General	November 8, 2016

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All 150 seats in the New York State Assembly were up for election in 2016. No significant changes occurred to political control in the state after the November 2016 election.

HIGHLIGHTS

Democrats were guaranteed election in 48 seats and Republicans were guaranteed election in 17 seats barring unforeseen circumstances.

There were 14 open seats—seven Democratic and seven Republican—in 2016. Twelve of those seats had general election competition.

If Republicans were to make any gains, it would have been in the 84 districts that had general election competition between two major party candidates; only 12 seats were competitive or mildly competitive in 2014.

Introduction

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.

Majority control

See also: Partisan composition of state houses

Heading into the election, the Democratic Party held the majority in the New York State Assembly:

New York State Assembly
Party		As of November 7, 2016	After November 8, 2016
	Democratic Party	105	107
	Republican Party	42	43
	Vacancy	3	0
Total		150	150

Retired incumbents

Eleven incumbents did not seek re-election in 2016. Those incumbents were:

Name	Party	Current Office
Michelle Schimel	Democratic	Assembly District 16
Phillip Goldfeder	Democratic	Assembly District 23
James Brennan	Democratic	Assembly District 44
Annette Robinson	Democratic	Assembly District 56
Keith Wright	Democratic	Assembly District 70
Steve Katz	Republican	Assembly District 94
Claudia Tenney	Republican	Assembly District 101
James Tedisco	Republican	Assembly District 112
Janet Duprey	Republican	Assembly District 115
Angela Wozniak	Republican	Assembly District 143
Jane Corwin	Republican	Assembly District 144

Note: District 20, District 33, and District 133 were vacant. Todd Kaminsky (D), Barbara Clark (D), and Bill Nojay (R) previously represented those seats.

Note: Bill Nojay (R-133) died on September 9, 2016. He still appeared on the primary election ballot. Since he won the primary, the Monroe County Republican Committee replaced him on the general election ballot with Joseph Errigo.

List of candidates

District 1

Democratic primary candidates:

• Fred Thiele (I) a

Independence, Working Families, and Women's Equality

Republican primary candidates:

• Heather Collins a

November 8 General election candidates:

Fred Thiele: 35,246 (I) a

Heather Collins: 21,280

District 2

Democratic primary candidates:

• Michael Conroy a

Republican primary candidates:

• Anthony Palumbo (I) a

Conservative, Independence, and Reform

Libertarian candidate:

• Jack McCarthy

November 8 General election candidates:

Michael Conroy: 19,575

Anthony Palumbo: 39,795 (I) a

Jack McCarthy

District 3

Democratic primary candidates:

• Gregory D. Schoen a

Republican primary candidates:

• Dean Murray (I) a

Conservative, Independence, and Reform

November 8 General election candidates:

Gregory D. Schoen: 17,404

Dean Murray: 29,087 (I) a

District 4

Democratic primary candidates:

• Steven Englebright (I) a

Working Families and Independence

Republican primary candidates:

• Steven Weissbard a

Conservative

November 8 General election candidates:

Steven Englebright: 31,941 (I) a

Steven Weissbard: 21,994

District 5

Democratic primary candidates:

• Deborah Slinkosky a

Republican primary candidates:

• Alfred Graf (I) a

Conservative, Independence, and Reform

Libertarian candidate:

• James Smith

November 8 General election candidates:

Deborah Slinkosky: 18,313

Alfred Graf: 33,384 (I) a

James Smith: 824

District 6

Democratic primary candidates:

• Giovanni Mata: 746
• Philip Ramos: 2,012 (I) a

Working Families and Independence

Republican primary candidates:

• No candidates filed for election.

November 8 General election candidates:

Philip Ramos (I) a

District 7

Democratic primary candidates:

• Nicholas R. Gambini a

Republican primary candidates:

• Andrew Garbarino (I) a

Conservative, Independence, and Reform

November 8 General election candidates:

Nicholas R. Gambini: 18,653

Andrew Garbarino: 38,235 (I) a

District 8

Democratic primary candidates:

• Richard Macellaro a

Republican primary candidates:

• Michael Fitzpatrick (I) a

Conservative, Independence, and Reform

November 8 General election candidates:

Richard Macellaro: 19,121

Michael Fitzpatrick: 43,286 (I) a

District 9

Democratic primary candidates:

• Brendan J. Cunningham a

Republican primary candidates:

• Joseph Saladino (I) a

Conservative, Independence, TRP-Tax Revolt, and Reform

November 8 General election candidates:

Brendan J. Cunningham: 18,841

Joseph Saladino: 41,341 (I) a

District 10

Democratic primary candidates:

• Edwin Perez a

Republican primary candidates:

• Chad Lupinacci (I) a

Conservative, Working Families, Independence, and Reform

November 8 General election candidates:

Edwin Perez: 22,923

Chad Lupinacci: 32,671 (I) a

District 11

Democratic primary candidates:

• Kimberly Jean-Pierre: 1,411 (I) a

Working Families, Independence, and Reform

• Jordan Wilson Jr.: 394

Republican primary candidates:

• Opportunity to ballot

November 8 General election candidates:

Kimberly Jean-Pierre: 26,129 (I) a

Shawn Cullinane: 17,369

District 12

Democratic primary candidates:

• Spencer B. Rumsey a

Republican primary candidates:

• Andrew Raia (I) a

Conservative, Independence, and Reform

November 8 General election candidates:

Spencer B. Rumsey: 21,243

Andrew Raia: 39,021 (I) a

District 13

Democratic primary candidates:

• Charles Lavine (I) a

Working Families and Women's Equality

Republican primary candidates:

• Jeffrey S. Vitale a

Conservative and Reform

Green primary candidates:

• Jeffery J. Peress a

November 8 General election candidates:

Charles Lavine: 31,860 (I) a

Jeffrey S. Vitale: 18,570

Jeffery J. Peress: 614

District 14

Democratic primary candidates:

• Michael F. Reid a

Working Families and Women's Equality

Republican primary candidates:

• David McDonough (I) a

Conservative, Independence, Reform, and TRP-Tax Revolt

November 8 General election candidates:

Michael F. Reid: 23,591

David McDonough: 40,009 (I) a

District 15

Democratic primary candidates:

• Dean E. Hart a

Working Families, Independence, and Women's Equality

Republican primary candidates:

• Michael Montesano (I) a

Conservative and Reform

November 8 General election candidates:

Dean E. Hart: 24,309

Michael Montesano: 30,704 (I) a

District 16

Democratic primary candidates:

• Anthony D'Urso a

Working Families, Independence, and Women's Equality

Republican primary candidates:

• Matthew Varvaro a

Conservative and Reform

November 8 General election candidates:

Anthony D'Urso: 29,409 a

Matthew Varvaro: 26,932

District 17

Democratic primary candidates:

• Matthew W. Malin a

Working Families and Women's Equality

Republican primary candidates:

• Thomas McKevitt (I) a

Conservative, Independence, Reform, and TRP-Tax Revolt

November 8 General election candidates:

Matthew W. Malin: 21,434

Thomas McKevitt: 35,953 (I) a

District 18

Democratic primary candidates:

• Earlene Hill Hooper: 2,271 (I) a

Women's Equality

• Carmen J. Pineyro: 1,513

Republican primary candidates:

• Cornelius Smith a

Conservative and Reform

November 8 General election candidates:

Earlene Hill Hooper: 36,690 (I) a

Cornelius Smith: 5,000

District 19

Democratic primary candidates:

• Gary B. Port a

Working Families and Women's Equality

Republican primary candidates:

• Edward Ra (I) a

Conservative, Independence, Reform, and TRP-Tax Revolt

November 8 General election candidates:

Gary B. Port: 21,331

Edward Ra: 34,344 (I) a

District 20

Democratic primary candidates:

• Anthony P. Eramo: 3,006 a

Working Families, Independence, and Women's Equality

• Jeffrey W. Toback: 1,305

Republican primary candidates:

• Melissa L. Miller a

Conservative, Reform, and TRP-Tax Revolt

Green primary candidates:

• Joseph R. Naham a

November 8 General election candidates:

Anthony P. Eramo: 26,056

Melissa L. Miller: 28,851 a

Joseph R. Naham: 872

District 21

Democratic primary candidates:

• Travis P. Bourgeois a

Republican primary candidates:

• Brian Curran (I) a

Conservative, Independence, and Reform

November 8 General election candidates:

Travis P. Bourgeois: 25,237

Brian Curran: 34,027 (I) a

District 22

Democratic primary candidates:

• Michaelle C. Solages (I) a

Working Families, Independence, and Women's Equality

Republican primary candidates:

• Robert M. Bogle a

Conservative and Reform

November 8 General election candidates:

Michaelle C. Solages: 36,598 (I) a

Robert M. Bogle: 18,637

District 23

Democratic primary candidates:

• Stacey G. Pheffer Amato a

Working Families and Women's Equality

Republican primary candidates:

• Alan N. Zwirn a

Conservative and Reform

November 8 General election candidates:

Stacey G. Pheffer Amato: 27,042 a

Alan N. Zwirn: 12,836

District 24

Democratic primary candidates:

• David Weprin (I) a

Republican primary candidates:

• Ira I. Harris a

November 8 General election candidates:

David Weprin: 30,036 (I) a

Ira I. Harris: 6,304

District 25

Democratic primary candidates:

• Nily Rozic (I) a

Working Families

Republican primary candidates:

• Usman Ali Chohan a

November 8 General election candidates:

Nily Rozic: 22,143 (I) a

Usman Ali Chohan: 6,856

District 26

Democratic primary candidates:

• Edward Braunstein (I) a

Working Families, Independence, and Women's Equality

Republican primary candidates:

• David L. Bressler a

Reform

November 8 General election candidates:

Edward Braunstein (I) a

District 27

Democratic primary candidates:

• Michael Simanowitz (I) a

Conservative and Republican

Republican primary candidates:

• No candidates filed for election.

November 8 General election candidates:

Michael Simanowitz (I) a

District 28

Democratic primary candidates:

• Andrew Hevesi (I) a

Working Families

Republican primary candidates:

• No candidates filed for election.

November 8 General election candidates:

Andrew Hevesi (I) a

District 29

Democratic primary candidates:

• Lorraine Bridges: 888
• Linda Guillebeaux: 270
• Alicia Hyndman: 3,057 (I) a

Working Families

Republican primary candidates:

• No candidates filed for election.

November 8 General election candidates:

Alicia Hyndman (I) a

District 30

Democratic primary candidates:

• Margaret Markey: 1,082 (I)
• Brian Barnwell: 1,710 a

Republican primary candidates:

• Anthony Nunziato a

Conservative and Reform

November 8 General election candidates:

Brian Barnwell: 24,452 a

Anthony Nunziato: 11,542

District 31

Democratic primary candidates:

• Michele Titus (I) a

Working Families

Republican primary candidates:

• No candidates filed for election.

November 8 General election candidates:

Michele Titus (I) a

District 32

Democratic primary candidates:

• Rodney Reid: 1,141
• Vivian Cook: 4,021 (I) a

Republican primary candidates:

• No candidates filed for election.

November 8 General election candidates:

Vivian Cook (I) a

District 33

Democratic primary candidates:

• Nantasha Williams: 1,590
• Bryan J. Block: 1,402
• Clyde Vanel: 1,822 a
• Roy Paul: 599
• Sabine French: 204

Republican primary candidates:

• Goldy-Francois Wellington a

Conservative

NIP-New Ideas candidate:

• Leroy Gadsden

November 8 General election candidates:

Clyde Vanel: 40,212 a

Goldy-Francois Wellington: 4,450

Leroy Gadsden: 914

District 34

Democratic primary candidates:

• Michael DenDekker (I) a

Republican primary candidates:

• No candidates filed for election.

November 8 General election candidates:

Michael DenDekker (I) a

District 35

Democratic primary candidates:

• Jeffrion Aubry (I) a

Republican primary candidates:

• No candidates filed for election.

November 8 General election candidates:

Jeffrion Aubry (I) a

District 36

Democratic primary candidates:

• Aravella Simotas (I) a

Working Families

Republican primary candidates:

• No candidates filed for election.

November 8 General election candidates:

Aravella Simotas (I) a

District 37

Democratic primary candidates:

• Catherine Nolan (I) a

Working Families

Republican primary candidates:

• No candidates filed for election.

November 8 General election candidates:

Catherine Nolan (I) a

District 38

Democratic primary candidates:

• Michael Miller (I) a

Conservative

Republican primary candidates:

• Joseph Maldonado a

Reform

November 8 General election candidates:

Michael Miller: 23,958 (I) a

Joseph Maldonado: 5,795

District 39

Democratic primary candidates:

• Francisco Moya (I) a

Working Families

Republican primary candidates:

• No candidates filed for election.

November 8 General election candidates:

Francisco Moya (I) a

District 40

Democratic primary candidates:

• Ron Kim (I) a

Working Families

Republican primary candidates:

• Miriam M. Rodriguez a

Reform

November 8 General election candidates:

Ron Kim: 16,479 (I) a

Miriam M. Rodriguez: 5,419

District 41

Democratic primary candidates:

• Helene Weinstein (I) a

Working Families

Republican primary candidates:

• Ramona Johnson a

Conservative

November 8 General election candidates:

Helene Weinstein: 28,316 (I) a

Ramona Johnson: 7,828

District 42

Democratic primary candidates:

• Rodneyse Bichotte Hermelyn: 2,471 (I) a
• Victor Jordan: 666

Republican primary candidates:

• Matthew Williams a

Conservative

November 8 General election candidates:

Rodneyse Bichotte Hermelyn: 34,379 (I) a

Matthew Williams: 3,562

District 43

Democratic primary candidates:

• Diana Richardson (I) a

Working Families

Republican primary candidates:

• No candidates filed for election.

November 8 General election candidates:

Diana Richardson (I) a

District 44

Democratic primary candidates:

• Robert C. Carroll: 6,031 a

Working Families

• R. M. Curry-Smithson: 369
• Troy Odendhal: 299

Republican primary candidates:

• Glenn Nocera a

Conservative

November 8 General election candidates:

Robert C. Carroll: 34,779 a

Glenn Nocera: 5,921

District 45

Democratic primary candidates:

• Steven Cymbrowitz (I) a

Working Families and Independence

Republican primary candidates:

• No candidates filed for election.

Conservative primary candidates:

• Boris Gintchanski a

November 8 General election candidates:

Steven Cymbrowitz: 17,895 (I) a

Boris Gintchanski: 4,692

District 46

Democratic primary candidates:

• Pamela Harris: 3,234 (I) a
• Katie A. Cucco: 2,040

Republican primary candidates:

• Lucretia Regina-Potter a

Reform

Conservative primary candidates:

• Mikhail Usher a

Green primary candidates:

• Patrick Dwyer a

November 8 General election candidates:

Pamela Harris: 20,061 (I) a

Lucretia Regina-Potter: 11,807

Mikhail Usher: 1,699

Patrick Dwyer: 1,252

District 47

Democratic primary candidates:

• William Colton (I) a

Working Families

Republican primary candidates:

• No candidates filed for election.

Conservative primary candidates:

• Malka Shahar a

November 8 General election candidates:

William Colton: 18,872 (I) a

Malka Shahar: 2,416

District 48

Democratic primary candidates:

• Dov Hikind (I) a

Conservative and Republican

Republican primary candidates:

• Opportunity to ballot

November 8 General election candidates:

Dov Hikind (I) a

District 49

Democratic primary candidates:

• Peter Abbate (I) a

Working Families and Independence

Republican primary candidates:

• Rosemary A. Mangino a

Conservative

November 8 General election candidates:

Peter Abbate: 13,824 (I) a

Rosemary A. Mangino: 4,474

District 50

Democratic primary candidates:

• Joseph Lentol (I) a

Republican primary candidates:

• No candidates filed for election.

November 8 General election candidates:

Joseph Lentol (I) a

District 51

Democratic primary candidates:

• Felix Ortiz (I) a

Republican primary candidates:

• Henry Lallave a

Conservative

November 8 General election candidates:

Felix Ortiz: 24,181 (I) a

Henry Lallave: 3,288

District 52

Democratic primary candidates:

• Jo Anne Simon (I) a

Working Families and Women's Equality

Republican primary candidates:

• Daniel Ramos a

Conservative

November 8 General election candidates:

Jo Anne Simon: 57,578 (I) a

Daniel Ramos: 5,146

District 53

Democratic primary candidates:

• Maritza Davila (I) a

Working Families

Republican primary candidates:

• No candidates filed for election.

November 8 General election candidates:

Maritza Davila (I) a

District 54

Democratic primary candidates:

• Erik Dilan (I) a

Republican primary candidates:

• Khorshed Chowdhury a

November 8 General election candidates:

Erik Dilan: 28,424 (I) a

Khorshed Chowdhury: 1,513

District 55

Democratic primary candidates:

• Latrice Walker: 4,276 (I) a

Working Families

• Darlene Mealy: 1,475

Republican primary candidates:

• Berneda Jackson a

November 8 General election candidates:

Latrice Walker: 35,352 (I) a

Berneda Jackson: 869

District 56

Democratic primary candidates:

• Karen Z. Cherry: 2,698
• Tremaine S. Wright: 3,876 a

Working Families

Republican primary candidates:

• No candidates filed for election.

November 8 General election candidates:

Tremaine S. Wright a

District 57

Democratic primary candidates:

• Walter Mosley (I) a

Working Families

Republican primary candidates:

• No candidates filed for election.

November 8 General election candidates:

Walter Mosley (I) a

District 58

Democratic primary candidates:

• N. Nick Perry (I) a

Working Families and Women's Equality

Republican primary candidates:

• No candidates filed for election.

November 8 General election candidates:

N. Nick Perry (I) a

District 59

Democratic primary candidates:

• Jaime Williams (I) a

Working Families

Republican primary candidates:

• Jeffrey J. Ferretti a

Conservative

November 8 General election candidates:

Jaime Williams: 33,329 (I) a

Jeffrey J. Ferretti: 9,348

District 60

Democratic primary candidates:

• Charles Barron (I) a

Republican primary candidates:

• No candidates filed for election.

Conservative primary candidates:

• Ernest Johnson a

November 8 General election candidates:

Charles Barron: 37,051 (I) a

Ernest Johnson: 1,343

District 61

Democratic primary candidates:

• Matthew Titone (I) a

Republican primary candidates:

• No candidates filed for election.

November 8 General election candidates:

Matthew Titone (I) a

District 62

Democratic primary candidates:

• No candidates filed for election.

Republican primary candidates:

• Janine Materna: 1,140
• Ronald Castorina Jr.: 2,365 (I) a

Conservative, Independence, and Reform

November 8 General election candidates:

Ronald Castorina Jr. (I) a

District 63

Democratic primary candidates:

• Michael Cusick (I) a

Conservative and Independence

Republican primary candidates:

• No candidates filed for election.

November 8 General election candidates:

Michael Cusick (I) a

District 64

Democratic primary candidates:

• No candidates filed for election.

Republican primary candidates:

• Nicole Malliotakis (I) a

Conservative, Independence, and Reform

November 8 General election candidates:

Nicole Malliotakis (I) a

District 65

Democratic primary candidates:

• Yuh-Line Niou: 2,790 a

Working Families

• Gigi K. Li: 844
• Jenifer Rajkumar: 1,701
• Don Lee: 995
• Paul Newell: 1,425
• Alice Cancel: 1,108 (I)

Women's Equality

Republican primary candidates:

• Bryan Jung a

Reform

Green primary candidates:

• Manny Cavaco a

November 8 General election candidates:

Yuh-Line Niou: 29,716 a

Bryan Jung: 5,761

Manny Cavaco: 1,348

Alice Cancel: 2,171 (I) (Women's Equality)

District 66

Democratic primary candidates:

• Deborah Glick: 3,383 (I) a

Working Families

• Jim Fouratt: 835

Republican primary candidates:

• No candidates filed for election.

November 8 General election candidates:

Deborah Glick (I) a

District 67

Democratic primary candidates:

• Linda Rosenthal: 8,055 (I) a

Working Families

• Eugene G.P. Byrne: 295

Republican primary candidates:

• Hyman Drusin a

Reform

November 8 General election candidates:

Linda Rosenthal: 52,482 (I) a

Hyman Drusin: 8,510

District 68

Democratic primary candidates:

• Robert Rodriguez (I) a

Women's Equality

Republican primary candidates:

• Daby Carreras a

Independence, Reform, and SDP-Stop de Blasio

November 8 General election candidates:

Robert Rodriguez: 38,759 (I) a

Daby Carreras: 3,920

District 69

Democratic primary candidates:

• Daniel O'Donnell: 7,255 (I) a
• Steven M. Appel: 1,971

Republican primary candidates:

• Stephen Garrin a

November 8 General election candidates:

Daniel O'Donnell: 49,526 (I) a

Stephen Garrin: 5,334

District 70

Democratic primary candidates:

• Inez E. Dickens a

Republican primary candidates:

• Heather Tarrant a

Independence and Reform

November 8 General election candidates:

Inez E. Dickens: 45,048 a

Heather Tarrant: 3,449

District 71

Democratic primary candidates:

• Herman Farrell (I) a

Republican primary candidates:

• Vanessa Stanback a

Reform

November 8 General election candidates:

Herman Farrell: 43,183 (I) a

Vanessa Stanback: 3,516

District 72

Democratic primary candidates:

• George Fernandez: 808
• Carmen N. De La Rosa: 4,485 a
• Guillermo Linares: 3,194 (I)

Republican primary candidates:

• No candidates filed for election.

November 8 General election candidates:

Carmen N. De La Rosa a

District 73

Democratic primary candidates:

• Dan Quart (I) a

Working Families

Republican primary candidates:

• Rebecca Harary a

Independence, Women's Equality, Reform, SDP-Stop de Blasio, and Libertarian

Green primary candidate:

• Donal Butterfield a

November 8 General election candidates:

Dan Quart: 35,535 (I) a

Rebecca Harary: 20,538

Donal Butterfield: 584

District 74

Democratic primary candidates:

• Brian Kavanagh (I) a

Working Families

Republican primary candidates:

• Frank Scala a

Reform

Green primary candidates:

• Scott Hutchins a

November 8 General election candidates:

Brian Kavanagh: 39,878 (I) a

Frank Scala: 7,362

Scott Hutchins: 1,569

District 75

Democratic primary candidates:

• Richard Gottfried (I) a

Working Families

Republican primary candidates:

• Joseph A. Maffia a

Reform

November 8 General election candidates:

Richard Gottfried: 46,186 (I) a

Joseph A. Maffia: 8,462

District 76

Democratic primary candidates:

• Rebecca Seawright (I) a

Working Families

Republican primary candidates:

• Jonathan Kostakopoulos a

Independence and SDP-Stop de Blasio

November 8 General election candidates:

Rebecca Seawright: 40,309 (I) a

Jonathan Kostakopoulos: 14,851

District 77

Democratic primary candidates:

• Latoya Joyner (I) a

Working Families

Republican primary candidates:

• No candidates filed for election.

Conservative primary candidates:

• Benjamin Eggleston a

November 8 General election candidates:

Latoya Joyner: 27,986 (I) a

Benjamin Eggleston: 371

District 78

Democratic primary candidates:

• Jose Rivera: 2,236 (I) a

Working Families

• Ischia J. Bravo: 1,185

Republican primary candidates:

• Luana G. Malavolta a

Conservative primary candidates:

• William J. Sullivan a

November 8 General election candidates:

Jose Rivera: 21,915 (I) a

Luana G. Malavolta: 1,172

William J. Sullivan: 366

District 79

Democratic primary candidates:

• Michael Blake (I) a

Working Families

Republican primary candidates:

• No candidates filed for election.

Conservative primary candidates:

• Selsia Evans a

November 8 General election candidates:

Michael Blake: 30,038 (I) a

Selsia Evans: 512

District 80

Democratic primary candidates:

• Mark Gjonaj (I) a

Republican primary candidates:

• Nicholas Marricco a

Conservative primary candidates:

• Robert Goodman a

November 8 General election candidates:

Mark Gjonaj: 24,959 (I) a

Nicholas Marricco: 3,391

Robert Goodman: 953

District 81

Democratic primary candidates:

• Jeffrey Dinowitz (I) a

Working Families and Women's Equality

Republican primary candidates:

• No candidates filed for election.

Conservative primary candidates:

• Alan H. Reed a

November 8 General election candidates:

Jeffrey Dinowitz: 33,431 (I) a

Alan H. Reed: 3,010

District 82

Democratic primary candidates:

• Michael Benedetto (I) a

Republican primary candidates:

• Noel Lopez a

Conservative primary candidates:

• William E. Britt, Jr. a

November 8 General election candidates:

Michael Benedetto: 31,091 (I) a

Noel Lopez: 5,737

William E. Britt, Jr.: 1,549

District 83

Democratic primary candidates:

• Carl Heastie (I) a

Republican primary candidates:

• No candidates filed for election.

November 8 General election candidates:

Carl Heastie (I) a

District 84

Democratic primary candidates:

• Carmen Arroyo: 2,154 (I) a
• Jackson Strong: 1,008

Republican primary candidates:

• Rosaline Nieves a

November 8 General election candidates:

Carmen Arroyo: 26,652 (I) a

Rosaline Nieves: 1,606

District 85

Democratic primary candidates:

• William R. Moore: 972
• Marcos Crespo: 2,635 (I) a

Republican primary candidates:

• Janelle King a

Conservative primary candidates:

• Barbara Santander a

Green primary candidates:

• Daniel Zuger a

November 8 General election candidates:

Marcos Crespo: 25,812 (I) a

Janelle King: 1,033

Barbara Santander: 406

Daniel Zuger: 419

District 86

Democratic primary candidates:

• Victor Pichardo: 2,795 (I) a

Working Families

• Hector Ramirez: 1,383

Republican primary candidates:

• No candidates filed for election.

Conservative primary candidates:

• Jose Marte a

November 8 General election candidates:

Victor Pichardo: 23,196 (I) a

Jose Marte: 530

District 87

Democratic primary candidates:

• Pamela Stewart-Martinez: 947
• Luis Sepulveda: 2,530 (I) a

Republican primary candidates:

• No candidates filed for election.

Conservative primary candidates:

• Michael Dennis a

November 8 General election candidates:

Luis Sepulveda: 30,128 (I) a

Michael Dennis: 1,218

District 88

Democratic primary candidates:

• Amy Paulin (I) a

Independence, Working Families, and Women's Equality

Republican primary candidates:

• No candidates filed for election.

Conservative primary candidates:

• Anthony Decintio Jr. a

November 8 General election candidates:

Amy Paulin: 42,527 (I) a

Anthony Decintio Jr.: 7,643

District 89

Democratic primary candidates:

• J. Gary Pretlow (I) a

Working Families and Independence

Republican primary candidates:

• No candidates filed for election.

November 8 General election candidates:

J. Gary Pretlow (I) a

District 90

Democratic primary candidates:

• Shelley Mayer (I) a

Working Families and Independence

Republican primary candidates:

• No candidates filed for election.

November 8 General election candidates:

Shelley Mayer (I) a

District 91

Democratic primary candidates:

• Steven Otis (I) a

Independence, Working Families, and Women's Equality

Republican primary candidates:

• No candidates filed for election.

November 8 General election candidates:

Steven Otis (I) a

District 92

Democratic primary candidates:

• Thomas Abinanti (I) a

Independence and Working Families

Republican primary candidates:

• No candidates filed for election.

November 8 General election candidates:

Thomas Abinanti (I) a

District 93

Democratic primary candidates:

• David Buchwald (I) a

Independence, Working Families, and Women's Equality

Republican primary candidates:

• No candidates filed for election.

November 8 General election candidates:

David Buchwald (I) a

District 94

Democratic primary candidates:

• Brian M. Higbie a

Working Families

Republican primary candidates:

• Kevin M. Byrne: 2,663 a

Conservative, Independence, and Reform

• Suzanne F. McDonough: 1,766

November 8 General election candidates:

Brian M. Higbie: 23,097

Kevin M. Byrne: 36,760 a

District 95

Democratic primary candidates:

• Sandra Galef (I) a

Working Families, Independence, and Women's Equality

Republican primary candidates:

• Gregory Purdy a

Reform

November 8 General election candidates:

Sandra Galef: 35,377 (I) a

Gregory Purdy: 16,388

District 96

Democratic primary candidates:

• Kenneth Zebrowski (I) a

Working Families, Women's Equality, and Reform

Republican primary candidates:

• Matthew I. Brennan a

November 8 General election candidates:

Kenneth Zebrowski (I) a

District 97

Democratic primary candidates:

• Thomas M. Gulla: 3,279

Working Families

• Ellen Jaffee: 6,200 (I) a

Green

Republican primary candidates:

• Joseph S. Chabot a

Conservative and Reform

November 8 General election candidates:

Ellen Jaffee: 29,782 (I) a

Joseph S. Chabot: 17,670

Thomas M. Gulla: 1,088

District 98

Democratic primary candidates:

• Krystal Z. Serrano: 1,632
• Aron B. Wieder: 2,325 a

Conservative, Green, Independence, Women's Equality, and Reform

Republican primary candidates:

• John N. Allegro: 2,027
• Karl Brabenec: 2,766 (I) a

TCN-Tax Cuts Now

Independence primary:

• Karl Brabenec: 150 (I)
• Aron B. Wieder: 290 a

November 8 General election candidates:

Aron B. Wieder: 19,883

Karl Brabenec: 29,105 (I) a

District 99

Democratic primary candidates:

• James G. Skoufis (I) a

Working Families and Women's Equality

Republican primary candidates:

• Colin J. Schmitt a

Conservative, Independence, and Reform

November 8 General election candidates:

James G. Skoufis: 29,590 (I) a

Colin J. Schmitt: 26,541

District 100

Democratic primary candidates:

• Aileen Gunther (I) a

Working Families and Independence

Republican primary candidates:

• No candidates filed for election.

November 8 General election candidates:

Aileen Gunther (I) a

District 101

Democratic primary candidates:

• Arlene G. Feldmeier a

Working Families

Republican primary candidates:

• Maria E. Kelso: 1,507

Conservative and Reform

• Brian D. Miller: 1,841 a

Independence

November 8 General election candidates:

Arlene G. Feldmeier: 17,665

Brian D. Miller: 27,405 a

Maria E. Kelso: 5,322

District 102

Democratic primary candidates:

• No candidates filed for election.

Republican primary candidates:

• Peter Lopez (I) a

Conservative, Independence, and Reform

November 8 General election candidates:

Peter Lopez (I) a

District 103

Democratic primary candidates:

• Kevin Cahill (I) a

Working Families

Republican primary candidates:

• No candidates filed for election.

Conservative primary candidates:

• Jack Hayes a

November 8 General election candidates:

Kevin Cahill: 41,997 (I) a

Jack Hayes: 12,105

District 104

Democratic primary candidates:

• Frank Skartados (I) a

Working Families and Independence

Republican primary candidates:

• No candidates filed for election.

Conservative primary candidates:

• William Banuchi Sr. a

Reform

November 8 General election candidates:

Frank Skartados: 27,945 (I) a

William Banuchi Sr.: 6,576

District 105

Democratic primary candidates:

• Joseph Torres a

Working Families and Women's Equality

Republican primary candidates:

• Kieran Michael Lalor (I) a

Conservative, Independence, and Reform

November 8 General election candidates:

Joseph Torres: 21,471

Kieran Michael Lalor: 35,790 (I) a

District 106

Democratic primary candidates:

• Didi Barrett (I) a

Working Families and Independence

Republican primary candidates:

• Terry Sullivan a

Conservative and Reform

November 8 General election candidates:

Didi Barrett: 30,325 (I) a

Terry Sullivan: 23,973

District 107

Democratic primary candidates:

• No candidates filed for election.

Republican primary candidates:

• Steven McLaughlin (I) a

Conservative, Independence, and Reform

November 8 General election candidates:

Steven McLaughlin (I) a

District 108

Democratic primary candidates:

• John T. McDonald III (I) a

Independence

Republican primary candidates:

• No candidates filed for election.

November 8 General election candidates:

John T. McDonald III (I) a

District 109

Democratic primary candidates:

• Patricia Fahy (I) a

Working Families and Independence

Republican primary candidates:

• Jesse D. Calhoun a

Conservative and Reform

November 8 General election candidates:

Patricia Fahy: 42,880 (I) a

Jesse D. Calhoun: 18,467

District 110

Democratic primary candidates:

• Phil Steck (I) a

Working Families, Independence, and Women's Equality

Republican primary candidates:

• Tom Murphy a

Reform

November 8 General election candidates:

Phil Steck: 36,217 (I) a

Tom Murphy: 22,952

District 111

Democratic primary candidates:

• Angelo Santabarbara (I) a

Working Families, Independence, and Women's Equality

Republican primary candidates:

• Peter A. Vroman a

Conservative and Reform

November 8 General election candidates:

Angelo Santabarbara: 30,197 (I) a

Peter A. Vroman: 17,931

District 112

Democratic primary candidates:

• Michael R. Godlewski a

Women's Equality

Republican primary candidates:

• Mary Beth Walsh: 3,476 a

Conservative, Independence, and Reform

• James M. Fischer: 2,828

November 8 General election candidates:

Michael R. Godlewski: 25,399

Mary Beth Walsh: 41,267 a

District 113

Democratic primary candidates:

• Carrie Woerner (I) a

Independence

Republican primary candidates:

• Christopher H. Boyark: 1,594 a

Conservative and Reform

• Gerard Moser: 981

November 8 General election candidates:

Carrie Woerner: 33,630 (I) a

Christopher H. Boyark: 26,012

District 114

Democratic primary candidates:

• No candidates filed for election.

Republican primary candidates:

• Dan Stec (I) a

Conservative, Independence, and Reform

Green primary candidates:

• Robin M. Barkenhagen a

November 8 General election candidates:

Dan Stec: 42,777 (I) a

Robin M. Barkenhagen: 7,562

District 115

Democratic primary candidates:

• D. Billy Jones a

Working Families and Women's Equality

Republican primary candidates:

• Kevin A. Mulverhill a

Independence and Reform

November 8 General election candidates:

D. Billy Jones: 25,972 a

Kevin A. Mulverhill: 23,253

District 116

Democratic primary candidates:

• Addie Russell (I) a

Working Families

Republican primary candidates:

• John Byrne, III: 1,848 a

Conservative, Independence, and Reform

• Russell J. Finley: 732
• William J. Sheridan: 1,798

November 8 General election candidates:

Addie Russell: 24,473 (I) a

John Byrne, III: 21,509

District 117

Democratic primary candidates:

• No candidates filed for election.

Republican primary candidates:

• Kenneth Blankenbush (I) a

Conservative and Independence

November 8 General election candidates:

Kenneth Blankenbush (I) a

District 118

Democratic primary candidates:

• No candidates filed for election.

Republican primary candidates:

• Patrick Vincent: 2,877
• Marc Butler: 5,595 (I) a

Conservative, Independence, and Reform

November 8 General election candidates:

Marc Butler (I) a

District 119

Democratic primary candidates:

• Anthony Brindisi (I) a

Working Families and Independence

Republican primary candidates:

• No candidates filed for election.

November 8 General election candidates:

Anthony Brindisi (I) a

District 120

Democratic primary candidates:

• No candidates filed for election.

Republican primary candidates:

• William Barclay (I) a

Conservative, Independence, and Reform

November 8 General election candidates:

William Barclay (I) a

District 121

Democratic primary candidates:

• William Magee (I) a

Independence

Republican primary candidates:

• John J. Salka a

Conservative and Reform

November 8 General election candidates:

William Magee: 27,117 (I) a

John J. Salka: 24,667

District 122

Democratic primary candidates:

• No candidates filed for election.

Republican primary candidates:

• Clifford Crouch (I) a

November 8 General election candidates:

Clifford Crouch (I) a

District 123

Democratic primary candidates:

• Donna Lupardo (I) a

Working Families

Republican primary candidates:

• Dorollo Nixon Jr. a

Conservative, Independence, and Reform

November 8 General election candidates:

Donna Lupardo: 32,613 (I) a

Dorollo Nixon Jr.: 19,073

District 124

Democratic primary candidates:

• Bill Batrowny a

Working Families and Women's Equality

Republican primary candidates:

• Christopher Friend (I) a

Conservative, Independence, and Reform

November 8 General election candidates:

Bill Batrowny: 18,219

Christopher Friend: 34,344 (I) a

District 125

Democratic primary candidates:

• Barbara Lifton (I) a

Working Families

Republican primary candidates:

• Herbert Masser, Jr. a

Conservative and Reform

November 8 General election candidates:

Barbara Lifton: 35,416 (I) a

Herbert Masser, Jr.: 15,264

District 126

Democratic primary candidates:

• Diane M. Dwire a

Working Families and Women's Equality

Republican primary candidates:

• Gary Finch (I) a

Conservative, Independence, and Reform

November 8 General election candidates:

Diane M. Dwire: 23,047

Gary Finch: 37,078 (I) a

District 127

Democratic primary candidates:

• Al Stirpe (I) a

Working Families and Women's Equality

Republican primary candidates:

• Michael J. Becallo: 864

Conservative and Reform

• Vincent Giordano: 1,820 a

Independence

November 8 General election candidates:

Al Stirpe: 36,604 (I) a

Vincent Giordano: 24,568

Michael J. Becallo: 4,064

District 128

Democratic primary candidates:

• Pamela Hunter (I) a

Independence, Working Families, and Women's Equality

Republican primary candidates:

• No candidates filed for election.

November 8 General election candidates:

Pamela Hunter (I) a

District 129

Democratic primary candidates:

• William Magnarelli (I) a

Independence, Working Families, and Women's Equality

Republican primary candidates:

• No candidates filed for election.

November 8 General election candidates:

William Magnarelli (I) a

District 130

Democratic primary candidates:

• No candidates filed for election.

Republican primary candidates:

• Bob Oaks (I) a

Conservative

November 8 General election candidates:

Bob Oaks (I) a

District 131

Democratic primary candidates:

• No candidates filed for election.

Republican primary candidates:

• Brian Kolb (I) a

Conservative, Independence, and Reform

November 8 General election candidates:

Brian Kolb (I) a

District 132

Democratic primary candidates:

• No candidates filed for election.

Republican primary candidates:

• Philip Palmesano (I) a

Conservative, Independence, and Reform

November 8 General election candidates:

Philip Palmesano (I) a

District 133

Note: Incumbent Bill Nojay (R) died on September 9, 2016.

Democratic primary candidates:

• Barbara A. Baer a

Working Families and Women's Equality

Republican primary candidates:

• Richard B. Milne: 1,820
• Bill Nojay: 2,848 (I) a

Conservative, Independence, and Reform

November 8 General election candidates:

Barbara A. Baer: 26,353

Joseph Errigo: 34,420 a

District 134

Democratic primary candidates:

• No candidates filed for election.

Republican primary candidates:

• Peter Lawrence (I) a

Conservative, Independence, and Reform

November 8 General election candidates:

Peter Lawrence (I) a

District 135

Democratic primary candidates:

• Dorothy A. Styk a

Women's Equality

Republican primary candidates:

• Mark Johns (I) a

Conservative, Independence, and Reform

November 8 General election candidates:

Dorothy A. Styk: 28,558

Mark Johns: 42,616 (I) a

District 136

Democratic primary candidates:

• Joseph Morelle (I) a

Independence

Republican primary candidates:

• No candidates filed for election.

November 8 General election candidates:

Joseph Morelle (I) a

District 137

Democratic primary candidates:

• David Gantt (I) a

Republican primary candidates:

• No candidates filed for election.

November 8 General election candidates:

David Gantt (I) a

District 138

Democratic primary candidates:

• Harry Bronson (I) a

Independence, Working Families, and Women's Equality

• Rachel A. Barnhart

Republican primary candidates:

• Bob Zinck: 933 a

Reform

• Peterson A. Vazquez: 930

November 8 General election candidates:

Harry Bronson: 32,166 (I) a

Bob Zinck: 17,934

District 139

Democratic primary candidates:

• No candidates filed for election.

Republican primary candidates:

• Stephen Hawley (I) a

Conservative, Independence, and Reform

November 8 General election candidates:

Stephen Hawley (I) a

District 140

Democratic primary candidates:

• Robin Schimminger (I) a

Conservative and Independence

Republican primary candidates:

• Danielle M. Rotolo a

Reform

Green primary candidates:

• Danielle M. Rotolo: 9
• Anthony Baney: 29 a

November 8 General election candidates:

Robin Schimminger: 38,335 (I) a

Danielle M. Rotolo: 13,953

Anthony Baney: 1,529

District 141

Democratic primary candidates:

• Crystal Peoples-Stokes (I) a

Working Families

Republican primary candidates:

• Ross M. Kostecky a

November 8 General election candidates:

Crystal Peoples-Stokes: 41,179 (I) a

Ross M. Kostecky: 4,376

District 142

Democratic primary candidates:

• Michael Kearns (I) a

Republican, Conservative, and Independence

Republican primary candidates:

• No candidates filed for election.

November 8 General election candidates:

Michael Kearns (I) a

District 143

Democratic primary candidates:

• Monica P. Wallace: 4,430 a

Working Families and Women's Equality

• Kristy L. Mazurek: 1,496

Republican primary candidates:

• Russell W. Sugg a

Conservative, Independence, and Reform

November 8 General election candidates:

Monica P. Wallace: 30,877 a

Russell W. Sugg: 25,253

District 144

Democratic primary candidates:

• No candidates filed for election.

Republican primary candidates:

• Michael J. Norris a

Independence

November 8 General election candidates:

Michael J. Norris a

District 145

Democratic primary candidates:

• John Ceretto (I) a

Working Families

Republican primary candidates:

• Angelo J. Morinello a

Conservative, Independence, and Reform

November 8 General election candidates:

John Ceretto: 23,609 (I)

Angelo J. Morinello: 28,381 a

District 146

Democratic primary candidates:

• Steven G. Meyer a

Green, Working Families, and Women's Equality

Republican primary candidates:

• Raymond Walter (I) a

Conservative, Independence, and Reform

Conservative primary candidates:

• Raymond Walter: 162 (I) a
• Douglas B. Lippert: 70

Green primary candidates:

• Dorothy Sobczyk: 8
• Steven G. Meyer: 9 a

Working Families Party candidates:

• William P. Kracker: 8
• Steven G. Meyer: 34 a

Independence primary:

• Raymond Walter: 147 (I) a
• Rachel L. Obenauer: 90

November 8 General election candidates:

Steven G. Meyer: 29,146

Raymond Walter: 30,560 (I) a

District 147

Democratic primary candidates:

• No candidates filed for election.

Republican primary candidates:

• David DiPietro (I) a

Conservative, Independence, and Reform

November 8 General election candidates:

David DiPietro (I) a

District 148

Democratic primary candidates:

• No candidates filed for election.

Republican primary candidates:

• Joseph Giglio (I) a

Conservative, Independence, and Reform

November 8 General election candidates:

Joseph Giglio (I) a

District 149

Democratic primary candidates:

• Sean Ryan (I) a

Independence, Working Families, and Women's Equality

Republican primary candidates:

• Arnold S. Kacalski a

November 8 General election candidates:

Sean Ryan: 40,525 (I) a

Arnold S. Kacalski

District 150

Democratic primary candidates:

• Jason A. Perdue a

Working Families and Reform

Republican primary candidates:

• Andrew Goodell (I) a

Conservative and Independence

November 8 General election candidates:

Jason A. Perdue: 13,397

Andrew Goodell: 38,272 (I) a

Margins of victory

The average margin of victory for contested races in the New York State Assembly in 2016 was higher than the national average. Out of 150 races in the New York State Assembly in 2016, 95 were contested, meaning at least two candidates competed for that seat in the general election. The average margin of victory across these races was 45.8 percent. Across contested single-winner state legislative elections in 2016, the average margin of victory was 29.01 percent.

Democratic candidates in the New York State Assembly saw larger margins of victory than Republican candidates in 2016. Democrats won 107 races. In the 68 races where a winning Democrat faced a challenger, the average margin of victory was 54 percent. Republicans won 43 races in 2016. In the 27 races where a winning Republican faced a challenger, the average margin of victory was 25.1 percent.

More Democratic candidates than Republican candidates saw margins of victory that were less than 10 percentage points. Eight of the 95 contested races in 2016—8.4 percent—saw margins of victory that were 10 percent or less. Three races saw margins of victory that were 5 percent or less. Democrats won five races with margins of victory of 10 percent or less.

New York State Assembly: 2016 Margins of Victory Less than 10 Percent
District	Winning Party	Margin of Victory
District 16	D	4.4 percent
District 20	R	5.0 percent
District 99	D	5.4 percent
District 115	D	5.5 percent
District 116	D	6.4 percent
District 121	D	4.7 percent
District 145	R	9.2 percent
District 146	R	2.4 percent

The average margin of victory for incumbents in the New York State Assembly who ran for re-election and won in 2016 was higher than the national average. 132 incumbents who ran for re-election in 2016 won. The average margin of victory for the 80 winning New York State Assembly incumbents who faced a challenger in 2016 was 48.4 percent. The average margin of victory for all winning incumbents in contested single-winner state legislative elections in 2016 was 31.8 percent.

Democratic incumbents in the New York State Assembly saw larger margins of victory than Republican incumbents. 96 Democratic incumbents won re-election. In the 59 races where a winning Democratic incumbent faced a challenger, the average margin of victory was 55.7 percent. 36 Republican incumbents won re-election. In the 21 races where a winning Republican incumbent faced a challenger, the average margin of victory was 27.8 percent.

New York State Assembly: 2016 Margin of Victory Analysis
Party	Elections won	Average margin of victory	Races with incumbent victories	Average margin of victory for incumbents	Unopposed incumbents	Unopposed races	Percent unopposed
Democratic	107	54.0 percent	96	55.7 percent	37	39	36.4 percent
Republican	43	25.1 percent	36	27.8 percent	15	16	37.2 percent
Total	150	45.8 percent	132	48.4 percent	52	55	36.7 percent

Click [show] on the tables below to see the margin of victory in New York State Assembly districts in 2016.

New York State Assembly: 2016 Margin of Victory by District
District	Winning Party	Margin of Victory
District 1	D	24.7 percent
District 2	R	34.1 percent
District 3	R	25.1 percent
District 4	D	18.4 percent
District 5	R	28.7 percent
District 6	D	Unopposed
District 7	R	34.4 percent
District 8	R	38.7 percent
District 9	R	37.4 percent
District 10	R	17.5 percent
District 11	D	20.1 percent
District 12	R	29.5 percent
District 13	D	26.0 percent
District 14	R	25.8 percent
District 15	R	11.6 percent
District 16	D	4.4 percent
District 17	R	25.3 percent
District 18	D	76.0 percent
District 19	R	23.4 percent
District 20	R	5.0 percent
District 21	R	14.8 percent
District 22	D	32.5 percent
District 23	D	35.6 percent
District 24	D	65.3 percent
District 25	D	52.7 percent
District 26	D	Unopposed
District 27	D	Unopposed
District 28	D	Unopposed
District 29	D	Unopposed
District 30	D	35.9 percent
District 31	D	Unopposed
District 32	D	Unopposed
District 33	D	78.5 percent
District 34	D	Unopposed
District 35	D	Unopposed
District 36	D	Unopposed
District 37	D	Unopposed
District 38	D	61.1 percent
District 39	D	Unopposed
District 40	D	50.5 percent
District 41	D	56.7 percent
District 42	D	81.2 percent
District 43	D	Unopposed
District 44	D	70.9 percent
District 45	D	58.5 percent
District 46	D	23.7 percent
District 47	D	77.3 percent
District 48	D	Unopposed
District 49	D	51.1 percent
District 50	D	Unopposed
District 51	D	76.1 percent
District 52	D	83.6 percent
District 53	D	Unopposed
District 54	D	89.9 percent
District 55	D	95.2 percent
District 56	D	Unopposed
District 57	D	Unopposed
District 58	D	Unopposed
District 59	D	56.2 percent
District 60	D	93.0 percent
District 61	D	Unopposed
District 62	R	Unopposed
District 63	D	Unopposed
District 64	R	Unopposed
District 65	D	61.4 percent
District 66	D	Unopposed
District 67	D	72.1 percent
District 68	D	81.6 percent
District 69	D	80.6 percent
District 70	D	85.8 percent
District 71	D	84.9 percent
District 72	D	Unopposed
District 73	D	26.5 percent
District 74	D	66.6 percent
District 75	D	69.0 percent
District 76	D	46.2 percent
District 77	D	97.4 percent
District 78	D	88.4 percent
District 79	D	96.7 percent
District 80	D	73.6 percent
District 81	D	83.5 percent
District 82	D	66.1 percent
District 83	D	Unopposed
District 84	D	88.6 percent
District 85	D	89.6 percent
District 86	D	95.5 percent
District 87	D	92.2 percent
District 88	D	69.5 percent
District 89	D	Unopposed
District 90	D	Unopposed
District 91	D	Unopposed
District 92	D	Unopposed
District 93	D	Unopposed
District 94	R	22.8 percent
District 95	D	36.7 percent
District 96	D	Unopposed
District 97	D	25.0 percent
District 98	R	18.8 percent
District 99	D	5.4 percent
District 100	D	Unopposed
District 101	R	19.3 percent
District 102	R	Unopposed
District 103	D	55.3 percent
District 104	D	61.9 percent
District 105	R	25.0 percent
District 106	D	11.7 percent
District 107	R	Unopposed
District 108	D	Unopposed
District 109	D	39.8 percent
District 110	D	22.4 percent
District 111	D	25.5 percent
District 112	R	23.8 percent
District 113	D	12.8 percent
District 114	R	70.0 percent
District 115	D	5.5 percent
District 116	D	6.5 percent
District 117	R	Unopposed
District 118	R	Unopposed
District 119	D	Unopposed
District 120	R	Unopposed
District 121	D	4.7 percent
District 122	R	Unopposed
District 123	D	26.2 percent
District 124	R	30.7 percent
District 125	D	39.8 percent
District 126	R	23.3 percent
District 127	D	18.5 percent
District 128	D	Unopposed
District 129	D	Unopposed
District 130	R	Unopposed
District 131	R	Unopposed
District 132	R	Unopposed
District 133	R	13.3 percent
District 134	R	Unopposed
District 135	R	19.8 percent
District 136	D	Unopposed
District 137	D	Unopposed
District 138	D	28.4 percent
District 139	R	Unopposed
District 140	D	45.3 percent
District 141	D	80.8 percent
District 142	D	Unopposed
District 143	D	10.0 percent
District 144	R	Unopposed
District 145	R	9.2 percent
District 146	R	2.4 percent
District 147	R	Unopposed
District 148	R	Unopposed
District 149	D	Unopposed
District 150	R	48.1 percent

Competitiveness

Candidates unopposed by a major party

In 66 of the 150 seats up for election in 2016, there was only one major party candidate running for election. A total of 49 Democrats and 17 Republicans were guaranteed election barring unforeseen circumstances.

Two major party candidates faced off in the general election in 84 (56.0%) of the 150 seats up for election.

Primary challenges

Twenty-seven incumbents faced primary competition on September 13. Eleven incumbents did not seek re-election, two seats were vacant, and another 110 incumbents advanced past the primary without opposition.

Retired incumbents

Eleven incumbents did not run for re-election, while 136 incumbents ran for re-election. Three seats are vacant. The retiring incumbents—five Democrats and seven Republicans—can be found above. Incumbent Bill Nojay (R) filed for re-election, but was replaced on the general election ballot after he died days before the primary election.

Results from 2014

See also: 2014 state legislative elections analyzed using a Competitiveness Index

There were 6,057 seats in 87 chambers with elections in 2014. All three aspects of Ballotpedia's Competitiveness Index—the number of open seats, incumbents facing primary opposition, and general elections between partisan candidates—showed poor results compared to the prior election cycle. States with elections in 2014 held fewer general elections between partisan candidates. Additionally, fewer incumbents faced primary opposition and more incumbents ran for re-election than in recent years.

Since 2010, when the Competitiveness Index was established, there had not been an even-year election cycle to do statistically worse in any of the three categories. See the following chart for a breakdown of those scores between each year.

Overall Competitiveness
	2010	2012	2014
Competitiveness Index	36.2	35.8	31.4
% Open Seats	18.6%	21.2%	17.0%
% Incumbent with primary challenge	22.7%	24.6%	20.1%
% Candidates with major party opposition	67.3%	61.7%	57.0%

The following table details New York's rates for open seats, incumbents that faced primary challenges, and major party competition in the 2014 general election.

New York Legislature 2014 Competitiveness
% Open Seats	% Incumbent with primary challenge	% Candidates with major party opposition	Competitiveness Index	Overall rank
9.9%	15.1%	58.2%	27.7	28

Historical context

See also: Competitiveness in State Legislative Elections: 1972-2014

Uncontested elections: In 2014, 32.8 percent of Americans lived in states with an uncontested state senate election. Similarly, 40.4 percent of Americans lived in states with uncontested house elections. Primary elections were uncontested even more frequently, with 61 percent of people living in states with no contested primaries. Uncontested elections often occur in locations that are so politically one-sided that the result of an election would be a foregone conclusion regardless of whether it was contested or not.

Open seats: In most cases, an incumbent will run for re-election, which decreases the number of open seats available. In 2014, 83 percent of the 6,057 seats up for election saw the incumbent running for re-election. The states that impose term limits on their legislatures typically see a higher percentage of open seats in a given year because a portion of incumbents in each election are forced to leave office. Overall, the number of open seats decreased from 2012 to 2014, dropping from 21.2 percent in 2012 to 17.0 percent in 2014.

Incumbent win rates: Ballotpedia's competitiveness analysis of elections between 1972 and 2014 documented the high propensity for incumbents to win re-election in state legislative elections. In fact, since 1972, the win rate for incumbents had not dropped below 90 percent—with the exception of 1974, when 88 percent of incumbents were re-elected to their seats. Perhaps most importantly, the win rate for incumbents generally increased over time. In 2014, 96.5 percent of incumbents were able to retain their seats. Common convention holds that incumbents are able to leverage their office to maintain their seat. However, the high incumbent win rate may actually be a result of incumbents being more likely to hold seats in districts that are considered safe for their party.

Marginal primaries: Often, competitiveness is measured by examining the rate of elections that have been won by amounts that are considered marginal (5 percent or less). During the 2014 election, 90.1 percent of primary and general election races were won by margins higher than 5 percent. Interestingly, it is usually the case that only one of the two races—primary or general—will be competitive at a time. This means that if a district's general election is competitive, typically one or more of the district's primaries were won by more than 5 percent. The reverse is also true: If a district sees a competitive primary, it is unlikely that the general election for that district will be won by less than 5 percent. Primaries often see very low voter turnout in comparison to general elections. In 2014, there were only 27 million voters for state legislative primaries, but approximately 107 million voters for the state legislative general elections.

Campaign contributions

The following chart shows how many candidates ran for State Assembly in New York in past years and the cumulative amount of campaign contributions in State Assembly races, including contributions in both primary and general election contests.

New York State Assembly Donations
Year	Candidates	Amount
2014	310	$23,027,143
2012	360	$25,658,263
2010	304	$23,112,804
2008	303	$22,260,889
2006	282	$21,916,226

State comparison

The map below shows the average contributions to 2014 candidates for state houses. The average contributions raised by state house candidates in 2014 was $59,983. New York, at $74,281 per candidate, is ranked ten of 45 for state house chambers with the highest average contributions. Hover your mouse over a state to see the average campaign contributions for that state’s house candidates in 2014.

Qualifications

Article 3, Section 7 of the New York Constitution states: "No person shall serve as a member of the legislature unless he or she is a citizen of the United States and has been a resident of the state of New York for five years, and, except as hereinafter otherwise prescribed, of the assembly or senate district for the twelve months immediately preceding his or her election; if elected a senator or member of assembly at the first election next ensuing after a readjustment or alteration of the senate or assembly districts becomes effective, a person, to be eligible to serve as such, must have been a resident of the county in which the senate or assembly district is contained for the twelve months immediately preceding his or her election. No member of the legislature shall, during the time for which he or she was elected, receive any civil appointment from the governor, the governor and the senate, the legislature or from any city government, to an office which shall have been created, or the emoluments whereof shall have been increased during such time."

See also

• New York State Assembly
• New York State Legislature
• State legislative elections, 2016

External links

Suggest a link

• Primary candidate list
• General election filings

Footnotes

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Current members of the New York State Assembly

Leadership

Speaker of the House:Carl Heastie

Representatives

District 1

Thomas Schiavoni (D)

District 2

Jodi Giglio (R)

District 3

Joseph DeStefano (R)

District 4

Rebecca Kassay (D)

District 5

Doug Smith (R)

District 6

Philip Ramos (D)

District 7

Jarett Gandolfo (R)

District 8

Michael Fitzpatrick (R)

District 9

Michael Durso (R)

District 10

Steve Stern (D)

District 11

Kwani O'Pharrow (D)

District 12

Keith Brown (R)

District 13

Charles Lavine (D)

District 14

David McDonough (R)

District 15

Jake Blumencranz (R)

District 16

Daniel Norber (R)

District 17

John Mikulin (R)

District 18

Noah Burroughs (D)

District 19

Edward Ra (R)

District 20

Eric Brown (R)

District 21

Judy Griffin (D)

District 22

Michaelle Solages (D)

District 23

Stacey Amato (D)

District 24

David Weprin (D)

District 25

Nily Rozic (D)

District 26

Edward Braunstein (D)

District 27

Sam Berger (D)

District 28

Andrew Hevesi (D)

District 29

Alicia Hyndman (D)

District 30

Steven Raga (D)

District 31

Khaleel Anderson (D)

District 32

Vivian Cook (D)

District 33

Clyde Vanel (D)

District 34

Jessica González-Rojas (D)

District 35

Larinda Hooks (D)

District 36

Zohran Mamdani (D)

District 37

Claire Valdez (D)

District 38

Jenifer Rajkumar (D)

District 39

Catalina Cruz (D)

District 40

Ron Kim (D)

District 41

Kalman Yeger (D)

District 42

Rodneyse Bichotte Hermelyn (D)

District 43

Brian Cunningham (D)

District 44

Robert Carroll (D)

District 45

Michael Novakhov (R)

District 46

Alec Brook-Krasny (R)

District 47

William Colton (D)

District 48

Simcha Eichenstein (D)

District 49

Lester Chang (R)

District 50

Emily Gallagher (D)

District 51

Marcela Mitaynes (D)

District 52

Jo Simon (D)

District 53

Maritza Davila (D)

District 54

Erik Dilan (D)

District 55

Latrice Walker (D)

District 56

Stefani Zinerman (D)

District 57

Phara Souffrant Forrest (D)

District 58

Monique Chandler-Waterman (D)

District 59

Jaime Williams (D)

District 60

Nikki Lucas (D)

District 61

Charles Fall (D)

District 62

Michael Reilly (R)

District 63

Samuel Pirozzolo (R)

District 64

Michael Tannousis (R)

District 65

Grace Lee (D)

District 66

Deborah Glick (D)

District 67

Linda Rosenthal (D)

District 68

Eddie Gibbs (D)

District 69

Micah Lasher (D)

District 70

Jordan Wright (D)

District 71

Alfred Taylor (D)

District 72

Manny De Los Santos (D)

District 73

Alex Bores (D)

District 74

Harvey Epstein (D)

District 75

Tony Simone (D)

District 76

Rebecca Seawright (D)

District 77

Landon Dais (D)

District 78

George Alvarez (D)

District 79

Chantel Jackson (D)

District 80

John Zaccaro (D)

District 81

Jeffrey Dinowitz (D)

District 82

Michael Benedetto (D)

District 83

Carl Heastie (D)

District 84

Amanda Septimo (D)

District 85

Emerita Torres (D)

District 86

Yudelka Tapia (D)

District 87

Karines Reyes (D)

District 88

Amy Paulin (D)

District 89

J. Pretlow (D)

District 90

Nader Sayegh (D)

District 91

Steven Otis (D)

District 92

Maryjane Shimsky (D)

District 93

Chris Burdick (D)

District 94

Matthew Slater (R)

District 95

Dana Levenberg (D)

District 96

Patrick Carroll (D)

District 97

Aron Wieder (D)

District 98

Karl Brabenec (R)

District 99

Christopher Eachus (D)

District 100

Paula Kay (D)

District 101

Brian Maher (R)

District 102

Christopher Tague (R)

District 103

Sarahana Shrestha (D)

District 104

Jonathan Jacobson (D)

District 105

Anil Beephan (R)

District 106

Didi Barrett (D)

District 107

Scott Bendett (R)

District 108

John McDonald (D)

District 109

Gabriella Romero (D)

District 110

Phil Steck (D)

District 111

Angelo Santabarbara (D)

District 112

Mary Walsh (R)

District 113

Carrie Woerner (D)

District 114

Matthew Simpson (R)

District 115

D. Jones (D)

District 116

Scott Gray (R)

District 117

Kenneth Blankenbush (R)

District 118

Robert Smullen (R)

District 119

Marianne Buttenschon (D)

District 120

William Barclay (R)

District 121

Joe Angelino (R)

District 122

Brian Miller (R)

District 123

Donna Lupardo (D)

District 124

Christopher Friend (R)

District 125

Anna Kelles (D)

District 126

John Lemondes (R)

District 127

Al Stirpe (D)

District 128

Pamela Hunter (D)

District 129

William Magnarelli (D)

District 130

Brian Manktelow (R)

District 131

Jeff Gallahan (R)

District 132

Philip Palmesano (R)

District 133

Andrea Bailey (R)

District 134

Josh Jensen (R)

District 135

Jennifer Lunsford (D)

District 136

Sarah Clark (D)

District 137

Demond Meeks (D)

District 138

Harry Bronson (D)

District 139

Stephen Hawley (R)

District 140

William Conrad (D)

District 141

Crystal Peoples-Stokes (D)

District 142

Patrick Burke (D)

District 143

Patrick Chludzinski (R)

District 144

Paul Bologna (R)

District 145

Angelo Morinello (R)

District 146

Karen McMahon (D)

District 147

David DiPietro (R)

District 148

Joe Sempolinski (R)

District 149

Jonathan Rivera (D)

District 150

Andrew Molitor (R)

Democratic Party (103)

Republican Party (47)