State Legislature New York state elections, 2012

1 state legislature

1.1 state senate

1.1.1 open seats
1.1.2 notable races


1.2 state assembly

1.2.1 march 20 special elections
1.2.2 open seats
1.2.3 notable races

state legislature

on june 24, 2011, new york s legislature legalized same-sex marriage marriage equality act. conservative party of new york stated withdraw support candidate voted in favor of bill. new york s electoral fusion, republican candidates rely on endorsement of conservative party. senators roy mcdonald, james alesi, mark grisanti, , stephen saland each voted in favor of marriage equality act, , endorsed conservative party. carl paladino, 2010 republican gubernatorial nominee, announced financially primary candidates against both grisanti , saland, assemblywoman janet duprey, supported act. sen. alesi opted retire rather face primary challenge, sen. mcdonald lost republican primary kathy marchione, sen. saland won primary, lost general election democrat terry gipson margin of approximately 2,000 votes when primary challenger, neil di carlo, remained on ballot on conservative line , acted spoiler. of 4 republican state senators voted in favor of marriage equality act, 1 re-elected state senate in 2012; sen. grisanti prevailed in both primary , general election. asm. duprey won re-election.

state senate

following 2010 census, new york redistricted senate, expanding 62 63 seats effective in january 2013. when election night results tabulated on november 6, 2012, appeared democrats hold 33 seats three-seat majority—just third senate majority since world war ii. however, 2 races won democrats on unofficial election night tallies close enough require recount including absentee , affidavit ballots. in addition, democratic senator-elect simcha felder stated caucus republicans. also, on december 4, 2012, g.o.p. announced power-sharing deal five-member independent democratic conference, had defected democratic leadership. under agreement, senators skelos , klein alternate every 2 weeks temporary president of senate.

open seats

4th district: fifteen-term incumbent republican owen h. johnson, 83, did not seek re-election. assemblyamn philip boyle has been endorsed republican, conservative , independence party.
29th district: seven-term incumbent democrat thomas duane did not seek re-election in predominantly lgbt district; brad hoylman sought seat.
37th district: 14-term democratic senator suzi oppenheimer did not seek re-election. diane roth , bob cohen announced seek republican nomination. diane roth has dropped out of race of august 2012. assemblyman george s. latimer sought election democrat.
46th district: newly created district stretching montgomery county south ulster county. assemblyman george amedore ran on republican line. coeymans town councilman thomas dolan, duanesburg central school board of education president cecilia tkaczyk, , monica arias miranda of hispanic coalition of new york sought democratic nomination. tkaczyk prevailed in democratic primary. on january 17, 2013, final recount certified, , tkaczyk declared winner 19 votes.
55th district: incumbent republican senator james alesi announced not seek re-election, citing concerns ability prevail against primary challenger following controversial 2011 vote in favor of same-sex marriage. monroe county legislator ted o brien ran democrat, , assemblyman sean hanna received republican nomination. o brien defeated hanna.

notable races

6th district: republican incumbent kemp hannon defeated challenger democratic ryan cronin.
11th district: democratic incumbent tony avella defeated challenger republican joseph concannon.
15th district: democratic incumbent joseph addabbo defeated challenger republican new york city councilman eric ulrich.
16th district: democratic incumbent toby stavisky defeated fellow democrat john messer in primary election, defeated challenger republican j.d. kim.
17th district: former democratic city councilman simcha felder defeated republican incumbent david storobin.
21st district: democratic incumbent kevin parker defeated conservative party candidate mindy meyer.
22nd district: republican incumbent martin golden defeated democratic andrew gounardes.
38th district: freshman democratic senator , idc member david carlucci defeated republican challenger janis castaldi.
39th district: 84-year-old republican senator bill larkin defeated democratic county legislator christopher w. eachus.
41st district: republican senator stephen saland defeated fellow republican neil di carlo in primary election republican party lost in primary election conservative party. general election vote close call on election day, , recount necessary. saland conceded race gipson on december 13.
43rd district: republican senator roy j. mcdonald received endorsement of independence party of new york, lost endorsement of conservative party voting in favor of same-sex marriage. republican saratoga county clerk , former halfmoon town supervisor kathleen marchione defeated mcdonald in primary election, , went on prevail in general election.
44th district: incumbent democrat neil breslin defeated primary challenger albany county legislative chairman shawn morse. breslin defeated green party peter a. lavenia, jr. in general election.
48th district: freshman republican senator patty ritchie defeated democrat amy tressider.
60th district: freshman republican senator mark grisanti, endorsed independence party, lost endorsement of conservative party of new york state due vote same-sex marriage. conservative party endorsed former county legislator charles swanick, registered democrat. carl paladino , local tea party activists endorsed republican kevin stocker in primary contest against grisanti, , democrats nominated hamburg attorney michael amodeo, faced primary challenge swanick former senator al coppola. additionally, kenmore mayor patrick mang endorsed working families party. new york times columnist bill keller has stated sen. grisanti should endangered republican in senate due marriage vote. amodeo , grisanti won respective primaries, setting three-way contest seat between them , swanick in november. grisanti prevailed.
62nd district: incumbent republican george maziarz defeated challenge johnny destino in republican party primary election. maziarz defeated democratic party nomineee amy hope witryol , green partynomineee jonathon b. benedict.
63rd district: incumbent democrat tim kennedy defeated former buffalo common council member betty jean grant in primary election, , uncontested in general election.

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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