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New York, State Assembly, District 40

New York State Assembly District 40
Current incumbentRon Kim Democratic Party

New York's fortieth state assembly district is represented by Democratic Representative Ron Kim.

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 40

Incumbent Ron Kim (D) defeated John Scandalios (Reform Party) in the general election for New York State Assembly District 40 on November 6, 2018.

Candidate
%
Votes

Ron Kim (D)
87.5
12,284

John Scandalios (Reform Party)
12.0
1,689
Other/Write-in votes
0.4
59

Total votes: 14,032
(95.00% precincts reporting)
Democratic primary election
Democratic primary for New York State Assembly District 40

Incumbent Ron Kim advanced from the Democratic primary for New York State Assembly District 40 on September 13, 2018.

Candidate

Ron Kim (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 Ron Kim defeated Miriam M. Rodriguez in the New York State Assembly District 40 general election.

New York State Assembly, District 40 General Election, 2016

Party Candidate Vote % Votes
Democratic Green check mark transparent.png Ron Kim Incumbent 75.25% 16,479
Republican Miriam M. Rodriguez 24.75% 5,419
Total Votes 21,898
Source: New York Board of Elections

Incumbent Ron Kim ran unopposed in the New York State Assembly District 40 Democratic primary.

New York State Assembly, District 40 Democratic Primary, 2016

Party Candidate
Democratic Green check mark transparent.png Ron Kim Incumbent (unopposed)
Kim also ran on the Working Families Party ticket. Miriam M. Rodriguez ran unopposed in the New York State Assembly District 40 Republican primary.

New York State Assembly, District 40 Republican Primary, 2016

Party Candidate
Republican Green check mark transparent.png Miriam M. Rodriguez (unopposed)
Rodriguez also ran on the Reform 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 Ron Kim was unopposed in the Democratic primary, while Philip Gim was unopposed in the Republican primary. Kim also ran on the Working Families Party and Independence Party of New York State tickets. Kim defeated Gim in the general election.

New York State Assembly, District 40 General Election, 2014

Party Candidate Vote % Votes
Democratic Green check mark transparent.pngRon Kim Incumbent 67.2% 6,292
Republican Philip Gim 32.8% 3,077
Total Votes 9,369

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. Ron Kim (D) defeated Philip Gim (R) in the general election. Kim ran and defeated Ethel Chen, Martha Flores-Vazquez, Yen S. Chou and Myungsuk Lee in the Democratic primary. He also ran on the Working Families Party and Independence Party of New York State tickets. Gim defeated Sunny Hahn in the Republican primary.

New York State Assembly, District 40, General Election, 2012

Party Candidate Vote % Votes
Democratic Green check mark transparent.pngRonald T. Kim 67.7% 13,460
Republican Philip Gim 32.3% 6,409
Total Votes 19,869

New York State Assembly, District 40 Democratic Primary, 2012

Candidate Vote % Votes
Green check mark transparent.pngRonald Kim Incumbent 27.1% 1,206
Yen Chou 23% 1,022
Ethel Chen 22.3% 993
Myungsuk Lee 15% 666
Martha Flores-Vazquez 12.6% 560
Total Votes 4,447

Campaign contributions

From 2002 to 2016, candidates for New York State Assembly District 40 raised a total of $1,583,535. Candidates who raised money in contributions earned $49,485 on average. All figures come from Follow the Money.

Campaign contributions, New York State Assembly District 40

Year Amount Candidates Average
2016 $3,700 2 $1,850
2014 $347,750 2 $173,875
2012 $937,459 9 $104,162
2010 $16,036 2 $8,018
2008 $188,210 7 $26,887
2006 $4,880 2 $2,440
2004 $31,130 2 $15,565
2002 $0 3 $0
2000 $54,370 3 $18,123
Total $1,583,535 32 $49,485