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New York, State Assembly, District 33

New York State Assembly District 33
Current incumbentClyde Vanel Democratic Party

New York's thirty-third state assembly district is represented by Democratic Representative Clyde Vanel.

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 33

Incumbent Clyde Vanel (D) defeated Lalita Etwaroo (R) in the general election for New York State Assembly District 33 on November 6, 2018.

Candidate
%
Votes

Clyde Vanel (D)
91.6
32,658

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Lalita Etwaroo (R)
8.3
2,965
Other/Write-in votes
0.1
35

Total votes: 35,658
(100.00% precincts reporting)
Democratic primary election
Democratic primary for New York State Assembly District 33

Incumbent Clyde Vanel defeated Oster Bryan in the Democratic primary for New York State Assembly District 33 on September 13, 2018.

Candidate
%
Votes

Clyde Vanel (D)
79.8
11,274

Oster Bryan (D)
20.2
2,849

Total votes: 14,123
Republican primary election
Republican primary for New York State Assembly District 33

Lalita Etwaroo advanced from the Republican primary for New York State Assembly District 33 on September 13, 2018.

Candidate

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Lalita Etwaroo (R)

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. This seat was vacant. It was previously represented by the late Barbara Clark (D).

Clyde Vanel defeated Goldy-Francois Wellington and Leroy Gadsden in the New York State Assembly District 33 general election.

New York State Assembly, District 33 General Election, 2016

Party Candidate Vote % Votes
Democratic Green check mark transparent.png Clyde Vanel 88.23% 40,212
Republican Goldy-Francois Wellington 9.76% 4,450
NIP-New Ideas Leroy Gadsden 2.01% 914
Total Votes 45,576
Source: New York Board of Elections

Clyde Vanel defeated Nantasha Williams, Bryan J. Block, Roy Paul, and Sabine French in the New York State Assembly District 33 Democratic primary.

New York State Assembly, District 33 Democratic Primary, 2016

Party Candidate Vote % Votes
Democratic Green check mark transparent.png Clyde Vanel 32.44% 1,822
Democratic Nantasha Williams 28.31% 1,590
Democratic Bryan J. Block 24.96% 1,402
Democratic Roy Paul 10.66% 599
Democratic Sabine French 3.63% 204
Total Votes 5,617

Goldy-Francois Wellington ran unopposed in the New York State Assembly District 33 Republican primary.

New York State Assembly, District 33 Republican Primary, 2016

Party Candidate
Republican Green check mark transparent.png Goldy-Francois Wellington (unopposed)
Wellington 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. Incumbent Barbara Clark was unopposed in the Democratic primary. Clark also ran on the Working Families Party ticket. Clark was unchallenged in the general election.

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 Barbara Clark (D) defeated Clyde Vanel (I) in the general election. Clark defeated Clyde Vanel in the Democratic primary. She also ran on the Working Families Party ticket. Vanel ran as a More Jobs Party candidate after his primary defeat.

New York State Assembly, District 33, General Election, 2012

Party Candidate Vote % Votes
Democratic Green check mark transparent.pngBarbara Clark Incumbent 89.4% 34,564
Independent Clyde Vanel 10.6% 4,093
Total Votes 38,657

New York State Assembly, District 33 Democratic Primary, 2012

Candidate Vote % Votes
Green check mark transparent.pngBarbara Clark Incumbent 63.8% 3,184
Clyde Vanel 36.2% 1,807
Total Votes 4,991

Campaign contributions

From 2002 to 2016, candidates for New York State Assembly District 33 raised a total of $437,629. Candidates who raised money in contributions earned $25,743 on average. All figures come from Follow the Money.

Campaign contributions, New York State Assembly District 33

Year Amount Candidates Average
2016 $255,024 6 $42,504
2014 $3,400 1 $3,400
2012 $88,438 2 $44,219
2010 $36,025 1 $36,025
2008 $12,535 1 $12,535
2006 $7,501 1 $7,501
2004 $8,050 1 $8,050
2002 $20,006 2 $10,003
2000 $6,650 2 $3,325
Total $437,629 17 $25,743