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New York, State Assembly, District 56

New York State Assembly District 56
Current incumbentTremaine S. Wright Democratic Party

New York's fifty-sixth state assembly district is represented by Democratic Representative Tremaine S. Wright.

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 56

Incumbent Tremaine S. Wright (D) won election in the general election for New York State Assembly District 56 on November 6, 2018.

Candidate
%
Votes

Tremaine S. Wright (D)
99.8
36,519
Other/Write-in votes
0.2
78

Total votes: 36,597
(100.00% precincts reporting)
Democratic primary election
Democratic primary for New York State Assembly District 56

Incumbent Tremaine S. Wright advanced from the Democratic primary for New York State Assembly District 56 on September 13, 2018.

Candidate

Tremaine S. Wright (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 Annette Robinson (D) did not seek re-election.

Tremaine S. Wright ran unopposed in the New York State Assembly District 56 general election.

New York State Assembly, District 56 General Election, 2016

Party Candidate
Democratic Green check mark transparent.png Tremaine S. Wright (unopposed)
Source: New York Board of Elections

Tremaine S. Wright defeated Karen Z. Cherry in the New York State Assembly District 56 Democratic primary.

New York State Assembly, District 56 Democratic Primary, 2016

Party Candidate Vote % Votes
Democratic Green check mark transparent.png Tremaine S. Wright 58.96% 3,876
Democratic Karen Z. Cherry 41.04% 2,698
Total Votes 6,574

Wright 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 Annette Robinson was unopposed in the Democratic primary, while Garnsey Lee Alston was unopposed in the Republican primary. Robinson defeated Alston in the general election.

New York State Assembly, District 56 General Election, 2014

Party Candidate Vote % Votes
Democratic Green check mark transparent.pngAnnette Robinson Incumbent 98% 14,648
Republican Garnsey Lee Alston 2% 306
Total Votes 14,954

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 Annette Robinson (D) defeated Francenia Sims-Hall (R) in the general election. Robinson ran unopposed in the Democratic primary. Sims-Hall was unopposed in the Republican primary.

New York State Assembly, District 56, General Election, 2012

Party Candidate Vote % Votes
Democratic Green check mark transparent.pngAnnette Robinson Incumbent 98.6% 36,891
Republican Francenia Sims-Hall 1.4% 510
Total Votes 37,401

Campaign contributions

From 2002 to 2016, candidates for New York State Assembly District 56 raised a total of $288,315. Candidates who raised money in contributions earned $13,729 on average. All figures come from Follow the Money.

Campaign contributions, New York State Assembly District 56

Year Amount Candidates Average
2016 $105,236 2 $52,618
2014 $0 2 $0
2012 $25,232 2 $12,616
2010 $2,315 2 $1,158
2008 $8,537 3 $2,846
2006 $26,350 1 $26,350
2004 $17,890 3 $5,963
2002 $17,669 2 $8,835
2000 $85,086 4 $21,272
Total $288,315 21 $13,729