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New York, State Assembly, District 46

New York State Assembly District 46
Current incumbentMathylde Frontus Democratic Party

New York's forty-sixth state assembly district is represented by Democratic Representative Mathylde Frontus.

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 46

Mathylde Frontus (D) defeated Steven Saperstein (R), Ethan Lustig-Elgrably (Working Families Party), and Patrick Dwyer (G) in the general election for New York State Assembly District 46 on November 6, 2018.

Candidate
%
Votes

Mathylde Frontus (D)
53.6
15,725

Steven Saperstein (R)
43.7
12,813

Ethan Lustig-Elgrably (Working Families Party)
1.6
464

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Patrick Dwyer (G)
1.1
310
Other/Write-in votes
0.1
19

Total votes: 29,331
(100.00% precincts reporting)
Democratic primary election
Democratic primary for New York State Assembly District 46

Mathylde Frontus defeated Ethan Lustig-Elgrably in the Democratic primary for New York State Assembly District 46 on September 13, 2018.

Candidate
%
Votes

Mathylde Frontus (D)
50.3
3,792

Ethan Lustig-Elgrably (D)
49.7
3,741

Total votes: 7,533
Republican primary election
Republican primary for New York State Assembly District 46

Steven Saperstein advanced from the Republican primary for New York State Assembly District 46 on September 13, 2018.

Candidate

Steven Saperstein (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.

Incumbent Pamela Harris defeated Lucretia Regina-Potter, Mikhail Usher, and Patrick Dwyer in the New York State Assembly District 46 general election.

New York State Assembly, District 46 General Election, 2016

Party Candidate Vote % Votes
Democratic Green check mark transparent.png Pamela Harris Incumbent 57.62% 20,061
Republican Lucretia Regina-Potter 33.91% 11,807
Conservative Mikhail Usher 4.88% 1,699
Green Party Patrick Dwyer 3.60% 1,252
Total Votes 34,819
Source: New York Board of Elections

Incumbent Pamela Harris defeated Katie A. Cucco in the New York State Assembly District 46 Democratic primary.

New York State Assembly, District 46 Democratic Primary, 2016

Party Candidate Vote % Votes
Democratic Green check mark transparent.png Pamela Harris Incumbent 61.32% 3,234
Democratic Katie A. Cucco 38.68% 2,040
Total Votes 5,274

Lucretia Regina-Potter ran unopposed in the New York State Assembly District 46 Republican primary.

New York State Assembly, District 46 Republican Primary, 2016

Party Candidate
Republican Green check mark transparent.png Lucretia Regina-Potter (unopposed)
Regina-Potter also ran on the Reform Party ticket.
Mikhail Usher ran unopposed in the New York State Assembly District 46 Conservative primary.

New York State Assembly, District 46 Conservative Primary, 2016

Party Candidate
Conservative Green check mark transparent.png Mikhail Usher (unopposed)
Patrick Dwyer ran unopposed in the New York State Assembly District 46 Green primary.

New York State Assembly, District 46 Green Primary, 2016

Party Candidate
Green Party Green check mark transparent.png Patrick Dwyer (unopposed)

2015

A special election for the position of New York State Assembly District 46 was called for November 3.

The seat was vacant following Alec Brook-Krasny's (D) resignation on July 7, 2015.

Pamela Harris (D, WF) defeated Lucretia Regina-Potter (R, C, I, PCP) in the special election.

New York State Assembly, District 46, Special Election, 2015

Party Candidate Vote % Votes
Democratic Green check mark transparent.pngPamela Harris 62.9% 4,595
Republican Lucretia Regina-Potter 37.1% 2,707
Total Votes 7,302

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 Alec Brook-Krasny was unopposed in the Democratic primary, while Stamatis Lilikakis defeated Lucretia Regina-Potter in the Republican primary. Brook-Krasny ran on the Working Families Party and Independence Party of New York State tickets and Lilikakis ran on the Conservative Party ticket. Brook-Krasny defeated Lilikakis in the general election.

New York State Assembly, District 46 General Election, 2014

Party Candidate Vote % Votes
Democratic Green check mark transparent.pngAlec Brook-Krasny Incumbent 58.4% 9,001
Republican Stamatis Lilikakis 41.6% 6,420
Total Votes 15,421

New York State Assembly, District 46 Republican Primary, 2014

Candidate Vote % Votes
Green check mark transparent.pngStamatis Lilikakis 59.5% 636
Lucretia Regina-Potter 40.5% 433
Total Votes 1,069

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 Alec Brook-Krasny (D) defeated Thomas A. McCarthy (R) and Patrick Dwyer (G) in the general election. Brook-Krasny -- who also ran on the Working Families Party ticket -- was unopposed in the Democratic primary. McCarthy -- who also ran on the Conservative Party ticket -- defeated Lucretia Regina-Potter in the Republican primary. Dwyer was unopposed in the Green party primary.

New York State Assembly, District 46, General Election, 2012

Party Candidate Vote % Votes
Democratic Green check mark transparent.pngAlec Brook-Krasny Incumbent 61.3% 16,016
Republican Thomas A. McCarthy 37% 9,680
Green Patrick Dwyer 1.7% 440
Total Votes 26,136

New York State Assembly, District 46 Republican Primary, 2012

Candidate Vote % Votes
Green check mark transparent.pngThomas McCarthy 70.8% 890
Lucretia Regina-Potter 29.2% 367
Total Votes 1,257

Campaign contributions

From 2002 to 2016, candidates for New York State Assembly District 46 raised a total of $1,434,110. Candidates who raised money in contributions earned $55,158 on average. All figures come from Follow the Money.

Campaign contributions, New York State Assembly District 46

Year Amount Candidates Average
2016 $106,000 5 $21,200
2014 $239,535 3 $79,845
2012 $194,036 4 $48,509
2010 $151,914 2 $75,957
2008 $192,627 2 $96,314
2006 $200,061 2 $100,031
2004 $181,112 3 $60,371
2002 $99,866 2 $49,933
2000 $68,959 3 $22,986
Total $1,434,110 26 $55,158