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New York, State Senate, District 60

New York State Senate District 60
Current incumbentChristopher Jacobs Republican Party

New York's sixtieth state senate district is represented by Republican Senator Christopher Jacobs.

New York state senators represent an average of 312,550 residents, as of the 2010 Census. After the 2000 Census, each member represented 306,072 residents.

About the office

Members of the New York State Senate 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).

Pension

Some legislators in New York are able to begin collecting a state pension while still serving in office and also receiving their normal salary. Under state law, if a lawmaker took office prior to 1995, they are eligible to begin collecting an annual pension once they turn 65. Those who took office after 1994 are not able to collect a pension while still in office. As of 2011, Rep. Herman Farrell (D) was the highest-paid state legislator, collecting his $113,500 salary as well as a pension of $81,619.

Vacancies

If there is a vacancy in the senate, 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 Senate 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 Senate District 60

Incumbent Christopher Jacobs (R) defeated Carima El Behairy (D) in the general election for New York State Senate District 60 on November 6, 2018.

Candidate
%
Votes

Christopher Jacobs (R)
55.8
61,687

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Carima El Behairy (D)
44.2
48,943

Total votes: 110,630
(100.00% precincts reporting)
Democratic primary election
Democratic primary for New York State Senate District 60

Carima El Behairy advanced from the Democratic primary for New York State Senate District 60 on September 13, 2018.

Candidate

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Carima El Behairy (D)

Republican primary election
Republican primary for New York State Senate District 60

Incumbent Christopher Jacobs advanced from the Republican primary for New York State Senate District 60 on September 13, 2018.

Candidate

Christopher Jacobs (R)

Green Party primary election
Green primary for New York State Senate District 60

James DePasquale advanced from the green primary for New York State Senate District 60 on September 13, 2018.

Candidate

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James DePasquale (G)

2016

Elections for the New York State Senate 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 Marc C. Panepinto (D) did not seek re-election.

Christopher Jacobs defeated Amber Small and James DePasquale in the New York State Senate District 60 general election.

New York State Senate, District 60 General Election, 2016

Party Candidate Vote % Votes
Republican Green check mark transparent.png Christopher Jacobs 58.94% 77,327
Democratic Amber Small 38.90% 51,036
Green Party James DePasquale 2.16% 2,835
Total Votes 131,198
Source: New York Board of Elections

Amber Small defeated Alfred T. Coppola in the New York State Senate District 60 Democratic primary.

New York State Senate, District 60 Democratic Primary, 2016

Party Candidate Vote % Votes
Democratic Green check mark transparent.png Amber Small 66.44% 7,348
Democratic Alfred T. Coppola 33.56% 3,712
Total Votes 11,060

Small also ran on the Working Families and Women's Equality Party tickets. Christopher Jacobs defeated Kevin T. Stocker in the New York State Senate District 60 Republican primary.

New York State Senate, District 60 Republican Primary, 2016

Party Candidate Vote % Votes
Republican Green check mark transparent.png Christopher Jacobs 75.55% 4,902
Republican Kevin T. Stocker 24.45% 1,586
Total Votes 6,488

Jacobs also ran on the Conservative, Independence, and Reform Party tickets. James DePasquale ran unopposed in the New York State Senate District 60 Green primary.

New York State Senate, District 60 Green Primary, 2016

Party Candidate
Green Party Green check mark transparent.png James DePasquale (unopposed)

2014

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Elections for the New York State Senate took place in 2014. A primary election took place on September 9, 2014. The general election took place November 4, 2014. The signature filing deadline for candidates wishing to run in this election was July 10, 2014. Marc C. Panepinto defeated Alfred T. Coppola in the Democratic primary, while Kevin T. Stocker defeated incumbent Mark Grisanti in the Republican primary. Timothy D. Gallagher ran on the Conservative Party ticket. Panepinto ran on the Working Families Party ticket and Grisanti ran on the Independence Party of New York State ticket. Panepinto defeated Stocker, Gallagher and Grisanti (IND) in the general election.

The New York State SenateDistrict 60New York State Senate. This race heated up following the Republican primary in which incumbent Mark Grisanti was defeated by Kevin T. Stocker. Political analyst Bob Davis explained that the race "could put the balance of power for the New York State Senate up for grabs come November." At the time of the race, the district was made up of about 86,000 Democrats, 51,000 Republicans and 9,700 independents. Marc C. Panepinto (D) defeated Stocker (R), Grisanti (I) and Timothy D. Gallagher (C) in the general election.

New York State Senate District 60, General Election, 2014

Party Candidate Vote % Votes
Democratic Green check mark transparent.pngMarc C. Panepinto 31.5% 26,415
Republican Kevin T. Stocker 29.8% 24,966
Independence Mark Grisanti Incumbent 27.1% 22,734
Conservative Timothy D. Gallagher 8.1% 6,796
None Blank 3.4% 2,850
Total Votes 83,761

New York State Senate, District 60 Democratic Primary, 2014

Candidate Vote % Votes
Green check mark transparent.pngMarc C. Panepinto 51.3% 7,448
Alfred T. Coppola 48.7% 7,059
Total Votes 14,507

New York State Senate, District 60 Republican Primary, 2014

Candidate Vote % Votes
Green check mark transparent.pngKevin T. Stocker 56.6% 5,292
Mark Grisanti Incumbent 43.4% 4,051
Total Votes 9,343

2012

Elections for the office of New York State Senate 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 Mark Grisanti (R) defeated Michael L. Amodeo (D), Charles M. Swanick (C) and Gregory L. Davis (W) in the general election. Grisanti defeated Kevin T. Stocker in the Republican primary and Marie C. Clark and Brian J. Siklinski in the Independence primary. Amodeo defeated Alfred T. Coppola and Charles M. Swanick in the Democratic primary. Davis ran unopposed in the Working Families Party primary. Swanick also ran on the Conservative Party ticket.

New York State Senate, District 60, General Election, 2012

Party Candidate Vote % Votes
Republican Green check mark transparent.pngMark Grisanti Incumbent 50.2% 63,683
Democratic Michael L. Amodeo 35.6% 45,140
Conservative Charles M. Swanick 11.8% 15,027
Working Families Party Gregory L. Davis 2.4% 3,078
Total Votes 126,928

New York State Senate, District 60 Republican Primary, 2012

Candidate Vote % Votes
Green check mark transparent.pngMark Grisanti Incumbent 59.6% 5,806
Kevin Stocker 40.4% 3,930
Total Votes 9,736

New York State Senate, District 60 Independence Primary, 2012

Candidate Vote % Votes
Green check mark transparent.pngMark Grisanti Incumbent 68.1% 504
Marie Clark 21.8% 161
Brian Siklinski 10.1% 75
Total Votes 740

New York State Senate, District 60 Democratic Primary, 2012

Candidate Vote % Votes
Green check mark transparent.pngMichael Amodeo 55.4% 7,299
Charles Swanick 28.1% 3,709
Alfred Coppola 16.5% 2,174
Total Votes 13,182

Campaign contributions

From 2002 to 2016, candidates for New York State Senate District 60 raised a total of $7,706,274. Candidates who raised money in contributions earned $233,523 on average. All figures come from Follow the Money.

Campaign contributions, New York State Senate District 60

Year Amount Candidates Average
2016 $1,672,360 5 $334,472
2014 $1,975,972 5 $395,194
2012 $1,935,798 7 $276,543
2010 $909,045 4 $227,261
2008 $387,653 2 $193,827
2006 $524,373 3 $174,791
2004 $114,801 3 $38,267
2002 $96,596 2 $48,298
2000 $89,676 2 $44,838
Total $7,706,274 33 $233,523