2012 New York State Assembly election


The 2012 New York State Assembly elections were held on Tuesday, November 6, 2012, with the primary election on September 13, 2012. Voters in the 150 districts of the New York State Assembly elected their representatives. Districts were redrawn as a result of the 2010 United States census. The elections coincided with the elections for other offices, including for President, US Senate, Congress, and the state senate. Assembly Democrats won 105 of the chamber's 150 seats on election day, while Republicans won 44 seats and Independence party member Fred Thiele won 1 seat.

March 20 special elections

  • 93rd District: This seat became vacant after Mike Spano was elected as the mayor of Yonkers. Democratic Party nominee Shelley B. Mayer defeated Republican Party nominee Donna Nolan.
  • 100th District: This seat became vacant after Thomas Kirwan died in November 2011. Democratic Party nominee Frank Skartados defeated Republican Party member John Forman.
  • 103rd District: This seat became vacant after Assemblymember Marcus Molinaro was elected Dutchess County Executive. Democratic Party nominee Didi Barrett narrowly prevailed over Republican candidate Richard Wager.
  • 145th District: This seat became vacant after Mark J. F. Schroeder was elected Comptroller of the City of Buffalo. Democrat Michael P. Kearns, running on the Republican Party line, defeated Democratic Party nominee Chris Fahey.

Retirements

  • 7th District: Incumbent Republican Philip Boyle declined renomination to his South Shore Suffolk seat in order to accept the nomination to replace State Senator Owen Johnson. Republican attorney Andrew Garbarino defeated Democrat Christopher Bodkin.
  • 10th District: Due to health reasons, incumbent Republican James Conte declined renomination to his Huntington-based seat. Attorney and former Suffolk County deputy county executive Joe Dujmic, the Democratic and Working Families Party candidate, faced adjunct professor and South Huntington School Board member Chad Lupinacci. Lupinacci prevailed.
  • 22nd District: This newly drawn district is based in the central-western portion of Nassau County and encompasses South Floral Park, Elmont, and Valley Stream. The Republican Party designated Sean Wright, an assistant town attorney and village attorney, as their candidate. The Democrats nominated Michaelle "Mickey" Solages, the sister of freshman county legislator Carrie Solages. Solages prevailed.
  • 25th District: Queens Community Board 11 Chairman Jerry Iannece announced he would seek the Democratic nomination for the seat vacated by Rory Lancman. While endorsed by the party, Iannece faced a primary challenge Nily Rozic, former chief of staff to assemblyman Brian Kavanagh. The winner of this primary, Rozic, defeated retired Republican postal worker Abraham Fuchs in the general election.
  • 40th District: Assemblywoman Grace Meng sought the Democratic nomination in the vacant 6th Congressional District. The Queens Democratic Party endorsed Ron Kim, but he faced a primary from newspaper owner Myungsuk Lee as well as Ethel Chen. The Republicans endorsed Phil Gim, who faced a primary challenge from community activist Sunny Hahn. Each primary set at least one candidate of Korean descent against one candidate of Chinese descent. Kim and Gim won their respective primaries, and Kim won the general election.
  • 62nd District: Assemblyman Lou Tobacco announced he would not seek reelection. The Republican party endorsed City Councilman Vincent Ignizio's chief of staff Joseph Borelli. Borelli defeated Democrat Anthony Mascolo.
  • 91st District: This seat was vacated by George S. Latimer, who ran for State Senate instead. Longtime State Sen. Suzi Oppenheimer's chief of staff, Democrat Steve Otis, defeated Republican Rye Councilman William Villanova.
  • 99th District: Republican incumbent Nancy Calhoun was redistricted from the 96th Assembly District into the 99th Assembly District and decided to retire. Goshen Mayor Kyle Roddey and Colin Schmitt, a former staff intern for Asm. Annie Rabbitt, announced that they would seek the Republican nomination. Roddey, who received the endorsement of the Orange County Republican Committee, the Independence Party, and the Conservative Party, won the primary. The Democratic Party endorsed Woodbury Councilman James Skoufis for the seat. Skoufis defeated Roddey in the general election.
  • 105th District: Republican incumbent Joel Miller announced that he would not seek re-election in this newly reconfigured Dutchess County district. Former Assemblyman Pat Manning, former 2008 Congressional candidate Kieran Lalor, and Rich Wager sought the Republican nomination. Lalor received the Republican nomination and defeated Democrat Paul Curran.
  • 109th District: The 104th Assembly District was reshaped into the 109th Assembly District. Democratic Jack McEneny, who represented District 104, announced he would not seek re-election. Six candidates ran for the Democratic nomination for this seat, including Chris Higgins, Pat Fahy, Jim Coyne, William McCarthy Jr., Frank Commisso Jr., and Margarita Perez. 2010 congressional candidate Ted Danz ran as a Republican. Fahy won the Democratic primary and defeated Danz in the general election.
  • 110th District: Assembly District 109 was reshaped into the current District 110. Democratic Asm. Robert Reilly announced he would not seek re-election. Kevin Frazier, Albany County Legislator Timothy Nichols, and Phillip G. Steck sought the Democratic nomination. Reilly's 2010 Republican opponent, Jennifer Whalen, ran again. Steck won the Democratic primary and defeated Whalen in the general election.
  • 113th District: Republican Teresa Sayward announced she would not seek re-election. Queensbury town supervisor Dan Stec and former Congressional candidate Doug Hoffman sought the Republican nomination; Stec prevailed and defeated Democrat Dennis Tarantino in November.
  • 133rd District: Republican Sean Hanna chose to run for New York State Senate instead of seeking re-election. Bill Nojay, a talk radio host on WYSL and WLEA, facted Richard Burke, the former mayor of Avon, in the Republican primary. Steuben County legislator Randy Weaver, whose last run for Assembly in 2010 led to him being thrown off the ballot on a technicality, was the lone Democrat in the race. Nojay won the Republican primary, but Burke has the Conservative Party line. Nojay won the general election.
  • 147th District: Republican Daniel Burling announced he would not seek re-election. Tea Party activist and frequent state senate candidate David DiPietro sought the seat as a Republican and obtained the Conservative Party endorsement. Dan Humiston and Christina Abt faced each other in a relatively rare Independence Party primary, with Abt securing the Working Families line and the Democratic line as well. Humiston, DiPietro, David Mariacher, and Christopher Lane sought the Republican nomination. DiPietro prevailed in the November election.

Assembly Districts

  • +Elected in a special election.