State Assembly New York state elections, 2012

1 state assembly

1.1 march 20 special elections
1.2 open seats
1.3 notable races

state assembly

the new york state assembly has 150 representatives. of assembly members seats election. special election held fill vacant seats in 93rd, 103rd, 145th districts.

march 20 special elections

93rd district: seat became vacant after mike spano elected mayor of yonkers. democratic party nominee shelley b. mayer defeated republican party nominee donna nolan.
100th district: seat became vacant after thomas kirwan died in november 2011. democratic party nominee frank skartados defeated republican party member john forman.
103rd district: seat became vacant after marcus molinaro elected executive of dutchess county. democratic party nominee didi barrett narrowly prevailed on republican candidate richard wager.
145th district: seat became vacant after mark j. f. schroeder elected comptroller of buffalo. democratic party member michael p. kearns running on republican party line defeated democratic party nominee.

open seats

7th district: incumbent republican philip boyle declined renomination south shore suffolk seat in order accept nomination replace state senator owen johnson. attorney andrew garbarino has been selected republican, conservative , independence parties assume boyle s nomination. against him, democrats have chosen former islip town councilman christopher bodkin.
10th district: due health reasons, incumbent republican james conte declined renomination huntington based seat. attorney , former suffolk county deputy county executive joe dujmic, democratic , working families party candidate, seeking open seat. opponent adjunct professor , south huntington school board member chad lupinacci.
22nd district: newly drawn district based in central western portion of nassau county , encompasses south floral park, elmont , valley stream. republican party has designated sean wright, assistant town attorney , village attorney candidate. democrats have nominated michaelle mickey solages sister of freshman county legislator carrie solages.
25th district: community board 11 chairman jerry iannece announced seek democratic nomination seat vacated rory lancman. while endorsed party, iannece faced primary challenge nily rozic, former chief of staff assemblyman brian kavanagh. winner of primary, rozic faced republican candidate in general election, retired postal worker abraham fuchs.
40th district: current assemblywoman grace meng seeking democratic nomination vacant 6th congressional district, if not successful seek re-election. queens democratic party has endorsed ron kim, faces primary newspaper owner myungsuk lee ethel chen. republicans have endorsed phil gim, faces primary challenge community activist sunny hahn. each primary sets @ least 1 candidate of korean descent against 1 candidate of chinese descent, depending on results of each primary lead similar face off in general election.
62nd district: current assemblyman lou tobacco announced not seeking reelection. republican party endorsing city councilman vincent ignizio s chief of staff joseph borelli.
91st district: assembly seat vacated george s. latimer due state senate campaign. suzi oppenheimer s chief of staff steve otis seek democratic nomination. rye councilman william villanova run republican.
99th district: republican nancy calhoun has been redistricted 96th 99th ad; has decided retire. goshen mayor kyle roddey, , former staff intern annie rabbitt, colin schmitt, have announced seek republican party nomination, roddey has received endorsement of orange county republican committee, independence , conservative parties. democratic party has endorsed woodbury councilman james skoufis seat.
105th district: republican joel miller announced not seek re-election, newly reconfigured district based in eastern dutchess county. former assemblyman pat manning, former 2008 congressional candidate kieran lalor , recent assembly candidate in 103rd assembly special election rich wager seek republican nomination.
109th district: democratic jack mceneny announced not seek re-election. albany county legislator bryan clenahan announced seek vacant seat, although later announced withdrawing race. 6 candidates ran democratic nomination seat, including chris higgins, pat fahy, jim coyne, william mccarthy, jr., frank commisso, jr., , margarita perez. district 104th, , has been reshaped current 109th district. 2010 21st congressional district candidate ted danz running republican.
110th district: democratic robert reilly announced not seek re-election. kevin frazier, staff member ronald canestrari, albany county legislator timothy nichols, phillip g. steck seek democratic nomination in primary election replace reilly s vacant seat. district 109th, , has been reshaped current 110th district. reilly s 2010 republican opponent jennifer whalen running again, whalen lost 542 votes.
113th district: republican teresa sayward announced not seek re-election. queensbury town supervisor joe stec , former congressional candidate doug hoffman seek republican nomination.
130th district: republican sean hanna not seek re-election , instead run new york state senate. bill nojay, talk radio host on wysl , wlea, face richard burke, former mayor of avon, in republican primary, while steuben county legislator randy weaver, last run assembly (against philip palmesano) in 2010 led him being thrown off ballot on technicality, lone democrat in race. nojay won republican primary, burke has conservative party line, possibly setting three-way race seat.
147th district: republican daniel burling announced not seek re-election. tea party activist , frequent state senate candidate david dipietro sought seat republican , obtained conservative party endorsement. dan humiston , christina abt faced each other in relatively rare independence party primary, abt securing working families line , democratic line well. humiston, dipietro, david mariacher, , christopher lane sought republican nomination. dipietro prevailed in november election.

notable races

4th district: incumbent steven englebright faces rematch 2010 opponent deborah mckee, provided him closest margin in on decade 45%.
6th district: incumbent phil ramos faces challenge businessman , brentwood firefighter manuel troche.
9th district: incumbent joseph saladino has seen district redrawn southeastern nassau county district district encompasses southeastern portion of nassau county along western portion of town of islip , southeastern portion of town of babylon, both in suffolk county. faces potential primary challenge attorney , former police officer rich young, tea party activist.
16th district: incumbent democrat michelle schimel faces potential challenge estranged husband, republican mark schimel.
20th district: incumbent democrat harvey weisenberg faces challenge former lawrence school board president dr. david sussman. weisenberg staved off close challenge in 2010.
36th district: incumbent freshman democrat aravella simotas faces challenge astoria resident julia haich.
45th district: incumbent democrat steven cymbrowitz faces primary challenge ben akselrod, winner face brooklyn young republican president russell gallo. new 45th district includes russian , jewish communities overlap recent republican victories congressman bob turner , state senator david storobin.
60th district: founder of antipoverty group east new york united concerned citizens chris banks announced seek democratic party nomination incumbent inez barron in primary election.
63rd district: democratic incumbent michael cusick challenged president of community education council , republican sam pirozzolo.
64th district: republican incumbent nicole malliotakis challenged democratic party opponent john mancuso.
65th district: democratic incumbent , speaker of assembly sheldon silver may challenged new york city tea party activist wave fay chan on republican line
76th district: democratic incumbent micah kellner faces challenge in upper east side district army veteran , reform , independence party activist mike zumbluskas running republican.
95th district: democratic incumbent sandra galef faces challenge republican kim izzarelli, of briarcliff manor.
99th district: republican nancy calhoun has been redistricted 96th 99th ad. goshen mayor kyle roddey, blooming grove supervisor frank fornario, , former staff intern annie rabbitt, colin schmitt, have announced challenge calhoun in primary republican party nomination. democratic party has endorsed woodbury councilman james skoufis seat.
101st district: republican incumbent claudia tenney has been redistricted 115th newly formed 101st district. face primary election challenge fellow republican walden mayor brian maher.
104th district: democratic incumbent frank skartados regained seat in march 2012 special election after losing predecessor tom kirwan in 2010 seeking re-election. challenged former newburgh city councilwoman christine bello.
106th district: democratic incumbent didi barrett, elected in close special election in former 103rd district in march, faces challenge in newly drawn district former milan councilman , army veteran david byrne.
115th district: republican incumbent janet duprey defeated primary challenges educator karen bisso , businessman david kimmel. plattsburgh councilman tim carpenter seeking democratic nomination; bisso, has backing of doug hoffman , carl paladino, run on conservative party line.
121st district: incumbent democrat william magee faces challenge republican internet marketer levi spires
138th district: first term incumbent democrat harry bronson faces challenge army veteran peterson vazquez run republican.
149th district: incumbent democrat sean ryan fended off primary challenge municipal downsizing advocate kevin gaughan , joseph mascia.




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