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New York, State Assembly, District 42

New York State Assembly District 42
Current incumbentRodneyse Bichotte Democratic Party

New York's forty-second state assembly district is represented by Democratic Representative Rodneyse Bichotte.

New York state assembly members represent an average of 129,187 residents, as of the 2010 Census. After the 2000 Census, each member represented approximately 126,510 residents.

About the office

Members of the New York State Assembly serve two-year terms and are not subject to term limits. New York legislators assume office the first Wednesday in January. When the first Wednesday in January falls on January 1, it shall meet the next Wednesday.

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."

Salaries

State legislators
SalaryPer diem
$110,000/year$174/day (including overnight) or $59/day (no overnight).

Vacancies

If there is a vacancy in the house, a special election must be held to fill the vacant seat. An election can be held as long the vacancy happened before April 1st in an election year. The person elected to fill the vacant seat serves for the remainder of the unexpired term.

Elections

2020

Elections for the office of New York State Assembly will take place in 2020. The general election will be held on November 3, 2020. A primary is scheduled for June 23, 2020. The filing deadline is April 2, 2020.

2018

General election
General election for New York State Assembly District 42

Incumbent Rodneyse Bichotte (D) defeated Matthew Williams (R) and Anthony Beckford (G) in the general election for New York State Assembly District 42 on November 6, 2018.

Candidate
%
Votes

Rodneyse Bichotte (D)
90.6
28,612

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Matthew Williams (R)
7.2
2,264

Anthony Beckford (G)
2.2
689
Other/Write-in votes
0.1
22

Total votes: 31,587
(100.00% precincts reporting)
Democratic primary election
Democratic primary for New York State Assembly District 42

Incumbent Rodneyse Bichotte defeated Victor Jordan in the Democratic primary for New York State Assembly District 42 on September 13, 2018.

Candidate
%
Votes

Rodneyse Bichotte (D)
71.9
10,821

Victor Jordan (D)
28.1
4,233

Total votes: 15,054
Republican primary election
Republican primary for New York State Assembly District 42

Matthew Williams advanced from the Republican primary for New York State Assembly District 42 on September 13, 2018.

Candidate

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Matthew Williams (R)

Green Party primary election
Green primary for New York State Assembly District 42

Anthony Beckford advanced from the green primary for New York State Assembly District 42 on September 13, 2018.

Candidate

Anthony Beckford (G)

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 Rodneyse Bichotte defeated Matthew Williams in the New York State Assembly District 42 general election.

New York State Assembly, District 42 General Election, 2016

Party Candidate Vote % Votes
Democratic Green check mark transparent.png Rodneyse Bichotte Incumbent 90.61% 34,379
Republican Matthew Williams 9.39% 3,562
Total Votes 37,941
Source: New York Board of Elections

Incumbent Rodneyse Bichotte defeated Victor Jordan in the New York State Assembly District 42 Democratic primary.

New York State Assembly, District 42 Democratic Primary, 2016

Party Candidate Vote % Votes
Democratic Green check mark transparent.png Rodneyse Bichotte Incumbent 78.77% 2,471
Democratic Victor Jordan 21.23% 666
Total Votes 3,137

Matthew Williams ran unopposed in the New York State Assembly District 42 Republican primary.

New York State Assembly, District 42 Republican Primary, 2016

Party Candidate
Republican Green check mark transparent.png Matthew Williams (unopposed)
Williams also ran on the Conservative Party ticket.

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. Rodneyse Bichotte defeated L. Rickie Tulloch, Michele Adolphe and Victor Jordan in the Democratic primary, while Matthew Williams was unopposed in the Republican primary. Brian Kelly ran on the Conservative Party ticket. Mark Lieberman was removed from the ballot before the Democratic primary. Bichotte also ran on the Working Families Party ticket. Bichotte defeated Williams and Kelly in the general election.

New York State Assembly, District 42 General Election, 2014

Party Candidate Vote % Votes
Democratic Green check mark transparent.pngRodneyse Bichotte 90.3% 12,716
Republican Matthew Williams 5.9% 837
Conservative Brian Kelly 3.8% 536
Total Votes 14,089

New York State Assembly, District 43 Democratic Primary, 2014

Candidate Vote % Votes
Green check mark transparent.pngRodneyse Bichotte 48.9% 2,758
L. Rickie Tulloch 30.1% 1,696
Michele Adolphe 15% 843
Victor Jordan 6% 340
Total Votes 5,637

2012

Elections for the office of New York State Assembly consisted of a primary election on September 13, 2012, and a general election on November 6, 2012. The signature-filing deadline for candidates wishing to run in this election was July 12, 2012. Incumbent Rhoda Jacobs (D) was unopposed in the general election and defeated Rodneyse Bichotte in the Democratic primary. Jacobs also ran on the Working Families Party ticket.

New York State Assembly, District 42, General Election, 2012

Party Candidate Vote % Votes
Democratic Green check mark transparent.pngRhoda Jacobs Incumbent 100% 31,891
Total Votes 31,891

New York State Assembly, District 42 Democratic Primary, 2012

Candidate Vote % Votes
Green check mark transparent.pngRhoda Jacobs Incumbent 67.6% 3,923
Rodneyse Bichotte 32.4% 1,882
Total Votes 5,805

Campaign contributions

From 2002 to 2016, candidates for New York State Assembly District 42 raised a total of $1,048,318. Candidates who raised money in contributions earned $40,320 on average. All figures come from Follow the Money.

Campaign contributions, New York State Assembly District 42

Year Amount Candidates Average
2016 $173,975 3 $57,992
2014 $263,522 6 $43,920
2012 $209,364 2 $104,682
2010 $70,071 2 $35,036
2008 $56,493 3 $18,831
2006 $95,760 2 $47,880
2004 $83,011 4 $20,753
2002 $58,657 1 $58,657
2000 $37,465 3 $12,488
Total $1,048,318 26 $40,320