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New York, State Assembly, District 52

New York State Assembly District 52
Current incumbentJo Anne Simon Democratic Party

New York's fifty-second state assembly district is represented by Democratic Representative Jo Anne Simon.

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 52

Incumbent Jo Anne Simon (D) defeated Daniel Ramos (Conservative Party) and Gary Popkin (L) in the general election for New York State Assembly District 52 on November 6, 2018.

Candidate
%
Votes

Jo Anne Simon (D)
95.4
56,309

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Daniel Ramos (Conservative Party)
3.4
1,988

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Gary Popkin (L)
1.1
667
Other/Write-in votes
0.1
56

Total votes: 59,020
(100.00% precincts reporting)
Democratic primary election
Democratic primary for New York State Assembly District 52

Incumbent Jo Anne Simon advanced from the Democratic primary for New York State Assembly District 52 on September 13, 2018.

Candidate

Jo Anne Simon (D)

Republican primary election

No Republican candidates ran in the primary.

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 Jo Anne Simon defeated Daniel Ramos in the New York State Assembly District 52 general election.

New York State Assembly, District 52 General Election, 2016

Party Candidate Vote % Votes
Democratic Green check mark transparent.png Jo Anne Simon Incumbent 91.80% 57,578
Republican Daniel Ramos 8.20% 5,146
Total Votes 62,724
Source: New York Board of Elections

Incumbent Jo Anne Simon ran unopposed in the New York State Assembly District 52 Democratic primary.

New York State Assembly, District 52 Democratic Primary, 2016

Party Candidate
Democratic Green check mark transparent.png Jo Anne Simon Incumbent (unopposed)
Simon also ran on the Working Families and Women's Equality Party tickets. Daniel Ramos ran unopposed in the New York State Assembly District 52 Republican primary.

New York State Assembly, District 52 Republican Primary, 2016

Party Candidate
Republican Green check mark transparent.png Daniel Ramos (unopposed)
Ramos 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. Jo Anne Simon defeated Peter J. Sikora and Doug Biviano in the Democratic primary, while John A. Jasilli was unopposed in the Republican primary. Sikora ran on the Working Families Party ticket and Jasilli ran on the Conservative Party ticket. Simon defeated Sikora (WF) and Jasilli in the general election.

New York State Assembly, District 52 General Election, 2014

Party Candidate Vote % Votes
Democratic Green check mark transparent.pngJo Anne Simon 69.7% 18,421
Working Families Peter J. Sikora 22.1% 5,843
Republican John A. Jasilli 8.1% 2,147
Total Votes 26,411

New York State Assembly, District 52 Democratic Primary, 2014

Candidate Vote % Votes
Green check mark transparent.pngJo Anne Simon 53.1% 5,882
Peter J. Sikora 39.7% 4,407
Doug Biviano 7.2% 798
Total Votes 11,087

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 Joan Millman (D) defeated John R. Nijhawan (R) in the general election. Millman -- who also ran on the Working Families Party ticket -- was unopposed in the Democratic primary. Nijhawan was unopposed in the Republican primary; he also ran on the Conservative Party ticket.

New York State Assembly, District 52, General Election, 2012

Party Candidate Vote % Votes
Democratic Green check mark transparent.pngJoan Millman Incumbent 92.9% 49,265
Republican John R. Nijhawan 7.1% 3,747
Total Votes 53,012

Campaign contributions

From 2002 to 2016, candidates for New York State Assembly District 52 raised a total of $1,000,288. Candidates who raised money in contributions earned $43,491 on average. All figures come from Follow the Money.

Campaign contributions, New York State Assembly District 52

Year Amount Candidates Average
2016 $49,749 2 $24,875
2014 $506,655 4 $126,664
2012 $52,297 2 $26,149
2010 $94,614 2 $47,307
2008 $54,968 2 $27,484
2006 $70,973 2 $35,487
2004 $57,140 3 $19,047
2002 $66,539 3 $22,180
2000 $47,353 3 $15,784
Total $1,000,288 23 $43,491