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New York, State Assembly, District 86

New York State Assembly District 86
Current incumbentVictor Pichardo Democratic Party

New York's eighty-sixth state assembly district is represented by Democratic Representative Victor Pichardo.

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 86

Incumbent Victor Pichardo (D) defeated Ariel Rivera-Diaz (R) and Jose Marte (Conservative Party) in the general election for New York State Assembly District 86 on November 6, 2018.

Candidate
%
Votes

Victor Pichardo (D)
95.7
18,813

Ariel Rivera-Diaz (R)
3.8
748

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Jose Marte (Conservative Party)
0.5
96

Total votes: 19,657
(100.00% precincts reporting)
Democratic primary election
Democratic primary for New York State Assembly District 86

Incumbent Victor Pichardo advanced from the Democratic primary for New York State Assembly District 86 on September 13, 2018.

Candidate

Victor Pichardo (D)

Republican primary election
Republican primary for New York State Assembly District 86

Ariel Rivera-Diaz advanced from the Republican primary for New York State Assembly District 86 on September 13, 2018.

Candidate

Ariel Rivera-Diaz (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 Victor Pichardo defeated Jose Marte in the New York State Assembly District 86 general election.

New York State Assembly, District 86 General Election, 2016

Party Candidate Vote % Votes
Democratic Green check mark transparent.png Victor Pichardo Incumbent 97.77% 23,196
Conservative Jose Marte 2.23% 530
Total Votes 23,726
Source: New York Board of Elections

Incumbent Victor Pichardo defeated Hector Ramirez in the New York State Assembly District 86 Democratic primary.

New York State Assembly, District 86 Democratic Primary, 2016

Party Candidate Vote % Votes
Democratic Green check mark transparent.png Victor Pichardo Incumbent 66.90% 2,795
Democratic Hector Ramirez 33.10% 1,383
Total Votes 4,178

Pichardo also ran on the Working Families Party ticket. Jose Marte ran unopposed in the New York State Assembly District 86 Conservative primary.

New York State Assembly, District 86 Conservative Primary, 2016

Party Candidate
Conservative Green check mark transparent.png Jose Marte (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 Victor Pichardo defeated Hector Ramirez in the Democratic primary, while Rene Santos was unopposed in the Republican primary. Jose Marte ran on the Conservative Party ticket. Pichardo also ran on the Working Families Party ticket. Pichardo defeated Santos and Marte in the general election.

New York State Assembly, District 86 General Election, 2014

Party Candidate Vote % Votes
Democratic Green check mark transparent.pngVictor Pichardo Incumbent 95.1% 7,853
Republican Rene Santos 3.8% 315
Conservative Jose Marte 1.1% 90
Total Votes 8,258

New York State Assembly, District 86 Democratic Primary, 2014

Candidate Vote % Votes
Green check mark transparent.pngVictor Pichardo Incumbent 50% 1,888
Hector Ramirez 50% 1,886
Total Votes 3,774

2013

Victor Pichardo (D) won election in a special election for New York State Assembly District 86. The seat was vacant following Rep. Nelson Castro's (D) resignation amidst a bribery scandal. Pichardo defeated six others in an open primary, which took place on September 10 and defeated Rene Santos (R) and Jose Marte (L) in the special election, which took place on November 5.

New York State Assembly, District 86, Special Election, 2013

Party Candidate Vote % Votes
Democratic Green check mark transparent.pngVictor Pichardo 95.4% 7,174
Republican Rene Santos 3.2% 243
Libertarian Jose Marte 1.4% 103
Total Votes 7,520

New York State Assembly, District 86 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 Nelson Castro (D) defeated Ana Sanchez (R) and Vhidiwhatie Diamond (C) in the general election. Castro ran and defeated Richard Soto in the Democratic primary. He also ran on the Working Families Party ticket. Sanchez and Diamond were unopposed in the September 13 primary elections.

New York State Assembly, District 86, General Election, 2012

Party Candidate Vote % Votes
Democratic Green check mark transparent.pngNelson Castro Incumbent 96.5% 23,089
Republican Ana Sanchez 2.9% 698
Conservative Vhidiwhatie Diamond 0.6% 145
Total Votes 23,932

New York State Assembly, District 86 Democratic Primary, 2012

Candidate Vote % Votes
Green check mark transparent.pngNelson Castro Incumbent 84.6% 2,556
Richard Soto 15.4% 467
Total Votes 3,023

Campaign contributions

From 2002 to 2016, candidates for New York State Assembly District 86 raised a total of $932,014. Candidates who raised money in contributions earned $32,138 on average. All figures come from Follow the Money.

Campaign contributions, New York State Assembly District 86

Year Amount Candidates Average
2016 $269,321 3 $89,774
2014 $129,405 4 $32,351
2012 $102,322 4 $25,581
2010 $171,460 4 $42,865
2008 $40,858 3 $13,619
2006 $51,370 2 $25,685
2004 $46,375 3 $15,458
2002 $45,290 3 $15,097
2000 $75,613 3 $25,204
Total $932,014 29 $32,138