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New York, State Assembly, District 44

New York State Assembly District 44
Current incumbentRobert C. Carroll Democratic Party

New York's forty-fourth state assembly district is represented by Democratic Representative Robert C. Carroll.

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 44

Incumbent Robert C. Carroll (D) defeated Yevgeny Goldberg (R) in the general election for New York State Assembly District 44 on November 6, 2018.

Candidate
%
Votes

Robert C. Carroll (D)
85.8
29,902

Yevgeny Goldberg (R)
14.0
4,890
Other/Write-in votes
0.1
50

Total votes: 34,842
(100.00% precincts reporting)
Democratic primary election
Democratic primary for New York State Assembly District 44

Incumbent Robert C. Carroll advanced from the Democratic primary for New York State Assembly District 44 on September 13, 2018.

Candidate

Robert C. Carroll (D)

Republican primary election
Republican primary for New York State Assembly District 44

Yevgeny Goldberg advanced from the Republican primary for New York State Assembly District 44 on September 13, 2018.

Candidate

Yevgeny Goldberg (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 James Brennan (D) did not seek re-election.

Robert C. Carroll defeated Glenn Nocera in the New York State Assembly District 44 general election.

New York State Assembly, District 44 General Election, 2016

Party Candidate Vote % Votes
Democratic Green check mark transparent.png Robert C. Carroll 85.45% 34,779
Republican Glenn Nocera 14.55% 5,921
Total Votes 40,700
Source: New York Board of Elections

Robert C. Carroll defeated R. M. Curry-Smithson and Troy Odendhal in the New York State Assembly District 44 Democratic primary.

New York State Assembly, District 44 Democratic Primary, 2016

Party Candidate Vote % Votes
Democratic Green check mark transparent.png Robert C. Carroll 90.03% 6,031
Democratic R. M. Curry-Smithson 5.51% 369
Democratic Troy Odendhal 4.46% 299
Total Votes 6,699

Carroll also ran on the Working Families Party ticket. Glenn Nocera ran unopposed in the New York State Assembly District 44 Republican primary.

New York State Assembly, District 44 Republican Primary, 2016

Party Candidate
Republican Green check mark transparent.png Glenn Nocera (unopposed)
Nocera 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 James Brennan was unopposed in the Democratic primary, while Mikhail Yusupov was unopposed in the Republican primary. Brennan ran on the Working Families Party ticket and Yusupov ran on the Conservative Party ticket. Brennan defeated Yusupov in the general election.

New York State Assembly, District 44 General Election, 2014

Party Candidate Vote % Votes
Democratic Green check mark transparent.pngJames Brennan Incumbent 85.2% 15,177
Republican Mikhail Yusupov 14.8% 2,628
Total Votes 17,805

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 James Brennan (D) defeated Catherine Fox (R) in the general election. Brennan -- who also ran on the Working Families Party ticket -- was unopposed in the Democratic primary. Fox was unopposed in the Republican primary; she also ran on the Conservative Party ticket.

New York State Assembly, District 44, General Election, 2012

Party Candidate Vote % Votes
Democratic Green check mark transparent.pngJames Brennan Incumbent 84% 28,344
Republican Catherine Fox 16% 5,389
Total Votes 33,733

Campaign contributions

From 2002 to 2016, candidates for New York State Assembly District 44 raised a total of $813,538. Candidates who raised money in contributions earned $35,371 on average. All figures come from Follow the Money.

Campaign contributions, New York State Assembly District 44

Year Amount Candidates Average
2016 $161,126 4 $40,282
2014 $127,905 2 $63,953
2012 $312,660 2 $156,330
2010 $62,923 2 $31,462
2008 $19,804 2 $9,902
2006 $48,523 2 $24,262
2004 $8,507 3 $2,836
2002 $40,835 2 $20,418
2000 $31,255 4 $7,814
Total $813,538 23 $35,371