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New York, State Senate, District 9

New York State Senate District 9
Current incumbentTodd Kaminsky Democratic Party

New York's ninth state senate district is represented by Democratic Senator Todd Kaminsky, who won a 2016 special election prompted by the removal of former Republican Senator Dean Skelos.

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 9

Incumbent Todd Kaminsky (D) defeated Francis Becker Jr. (R) in the general election for New York State Senate District 9 on November 6, 2018.

Candidate
%
Votes

Todd Kaminsky (D)
61.8
73,412

Francis Becker Jr. (R)
38.2
45,417
Other/Write-in votes
0.0
32

Total votes: 118,861
(100.00% precincts reporting)
Democratic primary election
Democratic primary for New York State Senate District 9

Incumbent Todd Kaminsky advanced from the Democratic primary for New York State Senate District 9 on September 13, 2018.

Candidate

Todd Kaminsky (D)

Republican primary election
Republican primary for New York State Senate District 9

Francis Becker Jr. advanced from the Republican primary for New York State Senate District 9 on September 13, 2018.

Candidate

Francis Becker Jr. (R)

2016

General election

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 Todd Kaminsky defeated Christopher McGrath and Laurence Hirsh in the New York State Senate District 9 general election.

New York State Senate, District 9 General Election, 2016

Party Candidate Vote % Votes
Democratic Green check mark transparent.png Todd Kaminsky Incumbent 51.71% 75,245
Republican Christopher McGrath 47.29% 68,823
Green Party Laurence Hirsh 1.00% 1,459
Total Votes 145,527
Source: New York Board of Elections

Incumbent Todd Kaminsky ran unopposed in the New York State Senate District 9 Democratic primary.

New York State Senate, District 9 Democratic Primary, 2016

Party Candidate
Democratic Green check mark transparent.png Todd Kaminsky Incumbent (unopposed)
Kaminsky also ran on the Working Families and Women's Equality party tickets.
Christopher McGrath ran unopposed in the New York State Senate District 9 Republican primary.

New York State Senate, District 9 Republican Primary, 2016

Party Candidate
Republican Green check mark transparent.png Christopher McGrath (unopposed)
McGrath also ran on the Conservative, Independence, Reform, and TRP-Tax Revolt party tickets.
Laurence Hirsh ran unopposed in the New York State Senate District 9 Green primary.

New York State Senate, District 9 Green Primary, 2016

Party Candidate
Green Party Green check mark transparent.png Laurence Hirsh (unopposed)

Special election

A special election for the position of New York State Senate District 9 was called for April 19. Candidates were nominated by parties rather than chosen in primaries.

The seat was vacant following Dean Skelos' (R) conviction on December 11, 2015. He was removed from office after he was convicted of eight counts of corruption.

Todd Kaminsky (D) defeated Christopher McGrath (R) and Laurence Hirsh (G) in the special election.

New York State Senate, District 9, Special Election, 2016

Party Candidate Vote % Votes
Democratic Todd Kaminsky 49.9% 33,978
Republican Christopher McGrath 48.7% 33,198
Green Laurence Hirsh 1.1% 772
Blank Blank 0.2% 111
Void Void 0% 0
Write-in Write-in 0.1% 56
Total Votes 68,115
Source: 283 of 283 precincts reporting - New York Board of Elections

2014

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. Patrick Gillespie, Jr. was unopposed in the Democratic primary, while incumbent Dean Skelos was unopposed in the Republican primary. Gillespie ran on the Working Families Party ticket and Skelos ran on the Conservative Party, Independence Party of New York State and Tax Revolt Party tickets. Skelos defeated Gillespie in the general election.

New York State Senate District 9, General Election, 2014

Party Candidate Vote % Votes
Republican Green check mark transparent.pngDean Skelos Incumbent 63% 50,142
Democratic Patrick Gillespie, Jr. 32.7% 26,026
None Blank 4.1% 3,253
None Void 0.1% 92
None Scattering 0% 29
Total Votes 79,542

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 Dean Skelos (R) defeated Thomas H. Feffer (D) in the general election. Skelos -- who also ran on the Conservative Party and Independence Party of New York State tickets -- was unopposed in the Republican primary. Feffer was unopposed in the Democratic primary.

New York State Senate, District 9, General Election, 2012

Party Candidate Vote % Votes
Republican Green check mark transparent.pngDean Skelos Incumbent 60.7% 68,816
Democratic Thomas H. Feffer 39.3% 44,646
Total Votes 113,462

Campaign contributions

From 2002 to 2016, candidates for New York State Senate District 9 raised a total of $12,110,477. Candidates who raised money in contributions earned $526,542 on average. All figures come from Follow the Money.

Campaign contributions, New York State Senate District 9

Year Amount Candidates Average
2016 $2,036,552 3 $678,851
2014 $1,513,262 2 $756,631
2012 $1,603,976 2 $801,988
2010 $1,188,683 2 $594,342
2008 $1,728,286 2 $864,143
2006 $1,270,343 2 $635,172
2004 $1,289,918 2 $644,959
2002 $919,268 4 $229,817
2000 $560,189 4 $140,047
Total $12,110,477 23 $526,542