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New York, State Assembly, District 53

New York State Assembly District 53
Current incumbentMaritza Davila Democratic Party

New York's fifty-third state assembly district is currently represented by Democratic Representative Maritza Davila.

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 53

Incumbent Maritza Davila (D) won election in the general election for New York State Assembly District 53 on November 6, 2018.

Candidate
%
Votes

Maritza Davila (D)
99.6
30,074
Other/Write-in votes
0.4
124

Total votes: 30,198
(100.00% precincts reporting)
Democratic primary election
Democratic primary for New York State Assembly District 53

Incumbent Maritza Davila defeated Humberto Soto in the Democratic primary for New York State Assembly District 53 on September 13, 2018.

Candidate
%
Votes

Maritza Davila (D)
82.0
10,505

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Humberto Soto (D)
18.0
2,303

Total votes: 12,808
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 Maritza Davila ran unopposed in the New York State Assembly District 53 general election.

New York State Assembly, District 53 General Election, 2016

Party Candidate
Democratic Green check mark transparent.png Maritza Davila Incumbent (unopposed)
Source: New York Board of Elections

Incumbent Maritza Davila ran unopposed in the New York State Assembly District 53 Democratic primary.

New York State Assembly, District 53 Democratic Primary, 2016

Party Candidate
Democratic Green check mark transparent.png Maritza Davila Incumbent (unopposed)
Davila also ran on the Working Families 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 Maritza Davila was unopposed in the Democratic primary and was unchallenged in the general election.

2013

Maritza Davila (D) won election in the special election for New York State Assembly District 53. The seat was vacant following Vito Lopez (D)'s resignation amidst a sex scandal. Davila defeated Charveys Gonzalez (D) and Jason A. Otano (D) in the open primary on September 10, and defeated Otano (Working Families Party) again in the special election on November 5.

New York State Assembly, District 53, Special Election, 2013

Party Candidate Vote % Votes
Democratic Green check mark transparent.pngMaritza Davila 85.8% 9,000
Working Families Jason A. Otano 14.2% 1,486
Total Votes 10,486

New York State Assembly, District 53 Democratic Primary, 2013

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 Vito Lopez (D) defeated Richy Garcia (R) in the general election. Lopez was unopposed in the Democratic primary. Garcia ran unopposed in the Republican primary.

New York State Assembly, District 53, General Election, 2012

Party Candidate Vote % Votes
Democratic Green check mark transparent.pngVito Lopez Incumbent 89.9% 25,956
Republican Richy Garcia 10.1% 2,916
Total Votes 28,872

Campaign contributions

From 2002 to 2016, candidates for New York State Assembly District 53 raised a total of $2,242,907. Candidates who raised money in contributions earned $124,606 on average. All figures come from Follow the Money.

Campaign contributions, New York State Assembly District 53

Year Amount Candidates Average
2016 $108,020 1 $108,020
2014 $6,450 1 $6,450
2012 $356,118 2 $178,059
2010 $444,064 2 $222,032
2008 $452,552 2 $226,276
2006 $311,511 2 $155,756
2004 $278,446 4 $69,612
2002 $198,548 2 $99,274
2000 $87,198 2 $43,599
Total $2,242,907 18 $124,606