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New York, State Assembly, District 73

New York State Assembly District 73
Current incumbentDan Quart Democratic Party

New York's seventy-third state assembly district is represented by Democratic Representative Dan Quart.

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 73

Incumbent Dan Quart (D) defeated Jeff Ascherman (R) in the general election for New York State Assembly District 73 on November 6, 2018.

Candidate
%
Votes

Dan Quart (D)
76.1
36,181

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Jeff Ascherman (R)
23.8
11,320
Other/Write-in votes
0.1
37

Total votes: 47,538
(100.00% precincts reporting)
Democratic primary election
Democratic primary for New York State Assembly District 73

Incumbent Dan Quart advanced from the Democratic primary for New York State Assembly District 73 on September 13, 2018.

Candidate

Dan Quart (D)

Republican primary election
Republican primary for New York State Assembly District 73

Jeff Ascherman advanced from the Republican primary for New York State Assembly District 73 on September 13, 2018.

Candidate

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Jeff Ascherman (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 Dan Quart defeated Rebecca Harary and Donal Butterfield in the New York State Assembly District 73 general election.

New York State Assembly, District 73 General Election, 2016

Party Candidate Vote % Votes
Democratic Green check mark transparent.png Dan Quart Incumbent 62.72% 35,535
Republican Rebecca Harary 36.25% 20,538
Green Party Donal Butterfield 1.03% 584
Total Votes 56,657
Source: New York Board of Elections

Incumbent Dan Quart ran unopposed in the New York State Assembly District 73 Democratic primary.

New York State Assembly, District 73 Democratic Primary, 2016

Party Candidate
Democratic Green check mark transparent.png Dan Quart Incumbent (unopposed)
Quart also ran on the Working Families Party ticket. Rebecca Harary ran unopposed in the New York State Assembly District 73 Republican primary.

New York State Assembly, District 73 Republican Primary, 2016

Party Candidate
Republican Green check mark transparent.png Rebecca Harary (unopposed)
Harary also ran on the Independence, Women's Equality, Reform Party, SDP-Stop de Blasio, and Libertarian tickets. Donal Butterfield ran unopposed in the New York State Assembly District 73 Green primary.

New York State Assembly, District 73 Green Primary, 2016

Party Candidate
Green Party Green check mark transparent.png Donal Butterfield (unopposed)

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 Dan Quart was unopposed in the Democratic primary, while David B. Casavis was unopposed in the Republican primary. Quart ran on the Working Families Party ticket and Casavis ran on the Independence Party of New York State ticket. Donal Butterfield ran as a Green Party candidate. Quart defeated Casavis and Butterfield in the general election.

New York State Assembly, District 73 General Election, 2014

Party Candidate Vote % Votes
Democratic Green check mark transparent.pngDan Quart Incumbent 67.6% 16,618
Republican David B. Casavis 30.5% 7,507
Green Donal Butterfield 1.8% 454
Total Votes 24,579

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 Dan Quart (D) defeated David B. Casavis (R) in the general election. Quart -- who also ran on the Working Families Party ticket -- was unopposed in the Democratic primary. Casavis was unopposed in the Republican primary; he also ran on the Libertarian Party and Independence Party of New York State tickets.

New York State Assembly, District 73, General Election, 2012

Party Candidate Vote % Votes
Democratic Green check mark transparent.pngDan Quart Incumbent 68.9% 32,146
Republican David B. Casavis 31.1% 14,501
Total Votes 46,647

Campaign contributions

From 2002 to 2016, candidates for New York State Assembly District 73 raised a total of $4,459,031. Candidates who raised money in contributions earned $193,871 on average. All figures come from Follow the Money.

Campaign contributions, New York State Assembly District 73

Year Amount Candidates Average
2016 $351,014 3 $117,005
2014 $352,694 3 $117,565
2012 $187,783 2 $93,892
2010 $669,891 3 $223,297
2008 $329,836 2 $164,918
2006 $321,410 2 $160,705
2004 $328,381 2 $164,191
2002 $1,564,836 3 $521,612
2000 $353,186 3 $117,729
Total $4,459,031 23 $193,871