Thomas Abinanti

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Thomas Abinanti
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Democratic Party

Prior offices
Westchester County Legislature
New York State Assembly District 92
Successor: Maryjane Shimsky
Predecessor: Richard Brodsky
Elections and appointments
Last election

June 25, 2024

Education

High school

Xaverian High School

Bachelor's

Fordham College

Law

New York University School of Law

Personal
Profession
Attorney
Contact

Campaign website

Personal Facebook

Personal LinkedIn 

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Thomas Abinanti (Democratic Party) was a member of the New York State Assembly, representing District 92. He assumed office in 2011. He left office on January 1, 2023.

Abinanti (Democratic Party) ran for election to the New York State Assembly to represent District 92. He lost in the Democratic primary on June 25, 2024.

Biography

Abinanti earned his B.A. from Fordham College and his J.D. from New York University School of Law. His professional experience includes working as an attorney, as an adjunct professor at Mercy College (Dobbs Ferry), as a teacher at Pace Law School (White Plains) and served as Legislative Counsel to a member of Congress and staff counsel to the New York State Assembly.[1][2]

Abinanti served two terms as the Greenburg Town Councilman and was elected ten times to the Westchester County Legislature.[2] Abinanti served as a New York state representative for the 92nd district from 2011-2023.

Committee assignments

2021-2022

Abinanti was assigned to the following committees:

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2019-2020

Abinanti 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
• Codes
• Corporations, Authorities and Commissions
• Election Law
• Environmental Conservation
• Health

2015 legislative session

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

2013-2014

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

2011-2012

In the 2011-2012 legislative session, Abinanti 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 92

Incumbent Maryjane Shimsky defeated Alessandro Crocco in the general election for New York State Assembly District 92 on November 5, 2024.

Candidate
%
Votes
✔
Image of Maryjane Shimsky
Maryjane Shimsky (Working Families Party / D)
 
65.6
 
43,007
Image of Alessandro Crocco
Alessandro Crocco (R / Conservative Party) Candidate Connection
 
34.4
 
22,523
 Other/Write-in votes
 
0.1
 
38

Incumbents are bolded and underlined. Source

Total votes: 65,568
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Democratic primary election

Democratic primary for New York State Assembly District 92

Incumbent Maryjane Shimsky defeated Thomas Abinanti in the Democratic primary for New York State Assembly District 92 on June 25, 2024.

Candidate
%
Votes
✔
Image of Maryjane Shimsky
Maryjane Shimsky
 
59.9
 
9,216
Image of Thomas Abinanti
Thomas Abinanti
 
40.1
 
6,170
 Other/Write-in votes
 
0.1
 
12

Incumbents are bolded and underlined. The results have been certified. Source

Total votes: 15,398
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Republican primary election

The Republican primary election was canceled. Alessandro Crocco advanced from the Republican primary for New York State Assembly District 92.

Conservative Party primary election

The Conservative Party primary election was canceled. Alessandro Crocco advanced from the Conservative Party primary for New York State Assembly District 92.

Working Families Party primary election

The Working Families Party primary election was canceled. Incumbent Maryjane Shimsky advanced from the Working Families Party primary for New York State Assembly District 92.

Campaign finance

Endorsements

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Ballotpedia did not identify endorsements for Abinanti in this election.

2022

See also: New York State Assembly elections, 2022

General election

General election for New York State Assembly District 92

Maryjane Shimsky defeated Carlo Valente in the general election for New York State Assembly District 92 on November 8, 2022.

Candidate
%
Votes
✔
Image of Maryjane Shimsky
Maryjane Shimsky (D / Working Families Party)
 
66.0
 
34,298
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Carlo Valente (R / Conservative Party)
 
34.0
 
17,639
 Other/Write-in votes
 
0.0
 
17

There were no incumbents in this race. The results have been certified. Source

Total votes: 51,954
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Democratic primary election

Democratic primary for New York State Assembly District 92

Maryjane Shimsky defeated incumbent Thomas Abinanti in the Democratic primary for New York State Assembly District 92 on June 28, 2022.

Candidate
%
Votes
✔
Image of Maryjane Shimsky
Maryjane Shimsky
 
54.4
 
5,645
Image of Thomas Abinanti
Thomas Abinanti
 
45.5
 
4,716
 Other/Write-in votes
 
0.1
 
9

Incumbents are bolded and underlined. The results have been certified. Source

Total votes: 10,370
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Republican primary election

The Republican primary election was canceled. Carlo Valente advanced from the Republican primary for New York State Assembly District 92.

Conservative Party primary election

The Conservative Party primary election was canceled. Carlo Valente advanced from the Conservative Party primary for New York State Assembly District 92.

Working Families Party primary election

The Working Families Party primary election was canceled. Maryjane Shimsky advanced from the Working Families Party primary for New York State Assembly District 92.

2020

See also: New York State Assembly elections, 2020

General election

General election for New York State Assembly District 92

Incumbent Thomas Abinanti won election in the general election for New York State Assembly District 92 on November 3, 2020.

Candidate
%
Votes
✔
Image of Thomas Abinanti
Thomas Abinanti (D / Working Families Party)
 
99.5
 
51,808
 Other/Write-in votes
 
0.5
 
255

Incumbents are bolded and underlined. The results have been certified. Source

Total votes: 52,063
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Democratic primary election

Democratic primary for New York State Assembly District 92

Incumbent Thomas Abinanti defeated Jennifer Williams in the Democratic primary for New York State Assembly District 92 on June 23, 2020.

Candidate
%
Votes
✔
Image of Thomas Abinanti
Thomas Abinanti
 
55.4
 
10,054
Image of Jennifer Williams
Jennifer Williams Candidate Connection
 
44.4
 
8,065
 Other/Write-in votes
 
0.2
 
28

Incumbents are bolded and underlined. The results have been certified. Source

Total votes: 18,147
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Working Families Party primary election

The Working Families Party primary election was canceled. Incumbent Thomas Abinanti advanced from the Working Families Party primary for New York State Assembly District 92.

2018

See also: New York State Assembly elections, 2018

Abinanti also ran in the 2018 election as a Working Families Party and Reform Party candidate.

General election

General election for New York State Assembly District 92

Incumbent Thomas Abinanti won election in the general election for New York State Assembly District 92 on November 6, 2018.

Candidate
%
Votes
✔
Image of Thomas Abinanti
Thomas Abinanti (D)
 
99.3
 
41,362
 Other/Write-in votes
 
0.7
 
290

Incumbents are bolded and underlined. The results have been certified. Source

Total votes: 41,652
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Democratic primary election

Democratic primary for New York State Assembly District 92

Incumbent Thomas Abinanti advanced from the Democratic primary for New York State Assembly District 92 on September 13, 2018.

Candidate
✔
Image of Thomas Abinanti
Thomas Abinanti

Incumbents are bolded and underlined. The results have been certified. Source

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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 Thomas Abinanti ran unopposed in the New York State Assembly District 92 general election.[3][4]

New York State Assembly, District 92 General Election, 2016
Party Candidate
    Democratic Green check mark transparent.png Thomas Abinanti Incumbent (unopposed)
Source: New York Board of Elections


Incumbent Thomas Abinanti ran unopposed in the New York State Assembly District 92 Democratic primary.[5][6]

New York State Assembly, District 92 Democratic Primary, 2016
Party Candidate
    Democratic Green check mark transparent.png Thomas Abinanti Incumbent (unopposed)

Abinanti also ran on the Working Families and Independence 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 Thomas Abinanti was unopposed in the Democratic primary, while Mike Duffy was unopposed in the Republican primary. Abinanti ran on the Working Families Party ticket and Duffy ran on the Conservative Party ticket. Abinanti defeated Duffy in the general election.[7][8][9]

New York State Assembly, District 92 General Election, 2014
Party Candidate Vote % Votes
     Democratic Green check mark transparent.pngThomas Abinanti Incumbent 62.1% 21,912
     Republican Mike Duffy 37.9% 13,365
Total Votes 35,277

2012

See also: New York State Assembly elections, 2012

Abinanti ran in the 2012 election for New York State Assembly District 92. He ran unopposed in the Democratic primary on September 13, 2012. He also ran on the Working Families Party and Independence Party of New York State tickets. He was unchallenged in the general election, which took place on November 6, 2012.[10][11][12]

New York State Assembly, District 92, General Election, 2012
Party Candidate Vote % Votes
     Democratic Green check mark transparent.pngThomas Abinanti Incumbent 100% 41,062
Total Votes 41,062

2010

See also: New York State Assembly elections, 2010

Abinanti defeated Anna Sterne in the September 14 Democratic primary. Abinanti defeated Thomas Bock (R) in the general election on November 2.[13][14]

New York State Assembly, District 92 2010
Candidates Votes
Green check mark transparent.png Thomas Abinanti (D) 25,301
Thomas Bock (R) 13,716

Campaign themes

2024

Ballotpedia survey responses

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2022

Thomas Abinanti did not complete Ballotpedia's 2022 Candidate Connection survey.

2020

Thomas Abinanti did not complete Ballotpedia's 2020 Candidate Connection survey.

2014

Abinanti's campaign website highlighted the following issues:[15]

  • Excerpt: "Better Education – and critical of the State Education Department’s misguided new policies"
  • Excerpt: "Preserving our Environment – and very concerned about attempts to open vast areas of New York to hydrofracking for natural gas"
  • Excerpt: "Fairness for People with Special Needs – and highly critical of our State’s failure to meet their growing education, health care, housing and employment needs"
  • Excerpt: "Promoting Gun Safety"
  • Excerpt: "Protecting Women’s Rights"

Campaign finance summary

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Thomas Abinanti campaign contribution history
YearOfficeStatusContributionsExpenditures
2024* New York State Assembly District 92Lost primary$0 $0
2022New York State Assembly District 92Lost primary$96,118 $0
2020New York State Assembly District 92Won general$41,418 N/A**
2016New York State Assembly, District 92Won $35,410 N/A**
2014New York State Assembly, District 92Won $40,623 N/A**
2012New York State Assembly, District 92Won $34,331 N/A**
2010New York State Assembly, District 92Won $122,004 N/A**
** Data on expenditures is not available for this election cycle
Note: Totals above reflect only available data.

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2023

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2011

Endorsements

2014

In 2014, Abinanti's endorsements included the following:[16]

  • AFSCME
  • Police Conference of New York
  • Sierra Club
  • Westchester County Correction Officers Association
  • AFL-CIO, NYSUT, CSEA and PEF
  • Affiliated Police Association
  • NARAL and WCLA

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    Footnotes

    1. ↑ Project Vote Smart, "Biography of Rep. Abinanti,” accessed August 1, 2014
    2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 New York State Assembly, "Biography of Thomas Abinanti," accessed August 18, 2014
    3. ↑ New York State Board of Elections, "2016 General Election Candidate List," accessed October 11, 2016
    4. ↑ New York State Board of Elections, "Election results, 2016," accessed December 23, 2016
    5. ↑ New York State Board of Elections, "Filings received for the 2016 State/Local Primary," accessed August 29, 2016
    6. ↑ New York State Board of Elections, "Election returns September 13, 2016," accessed November 6, 2016
    7. ↑ New York Board of Elections, "Certification for the September 9, 2014, State Primary Election," accessed December 17, 2014
    8. ↑ New York Board of Elections, "Primary results for September 9, 2014," accessed October 1, 2014
    9. ↑ New York Board of Elections, "NYS Board of Elections Assembly Election Returns November 4, 2014," accessed December 17, 2014
    10. ↑ State of New York, State Board of Elections, "Candidate List for the September 13, 2012, State Primary Election," accessed July 31, 2014
    11. ↑ State of New York, State Board of Elections, "Official September 13, 2012, Primary Results," accessed July 31, 2014
    12. ↑ State of New York, State Board of Elections, "Official Assembly Election Returns Nov. 6, 2012," accessed July 31, 2014
    13. ↑ New York Times, "NY state legislative election results," accessed February 11, 2014
    14. ↑ New York State Board of Elections, "Official Primary results from September 14, 2010," accessed July 31, 2014
    15. ↑ Abinanti's campaign website, "Abinanti Announces Run for Reelection," accessed October 9, 2014
    16. ↑ Abinanti's campaign website, "Main page," accessed October 9, 2014

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    Preceded by
    Richard Brodsky (D)     		New York State Assembly District 92
    2011-2023    		 Succeeded by
    Maryjane Shimsky (D)
    Preceded by
    -     		Westchester County Legislature
    1992-2011    		 Succeeded by
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