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New York, State Assembly, District 45

New York State Assembly District 45
Current incumbentSteven Cymbrowitz Democratic Party

New York's forty-fifth state assembly district is represented by Democratic Representative Steven Cymbrowitz.

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 45

Incumbent Steven Cymbrowitz (D) won election in the general election for New York State Assembly District 45 on November 6, 2018.

Candidate
%
Votes

Steven Cymbrowitz (D)
98.8
14,301
Other/Write-in votes
1.2
179

Total votes: 14,480
(100.00% precincts reporting)
Democratic primary election
Democratic primary for New York State Assembly District 45

Incumbent Steven Cymbrowitz advanced from the Democratic primary for New York State Assembly District 45 on September 13, 2018.

Candidate

Steven Cymbrowitz (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 Steven Cymbrowitz defeated Boris Gintchanski in the New York State Assembly District 45 general election.

New York State Assembly, District 45 General Election, 2016

Party Candidate Vote % Votes
Democratic Green check mark transparent.png Steven Cymbrowitz Incumbent 79.23% 17,895
Conservative Boris Gintchanski 20.77% 4,692
Total Votes 22,587
Source: New York Board of Elections

Incumbent Steven Cymbrowitz ran unopposed in the New York State Assembly District 45 Democratic primary.

New York State Assembly, District 45 Democratic Primary, 2016

Party Candidate
Democratic Green check mark transparent.png Steven Cymbrowitz Incumbent (unopposed)
Cymbrowitz also ran on the Working Families and Independence Party tickets. Boris Gintchanski ran unopposed in the New York State Assembly District 45 Conservative primary.

New York State Assembly, District 45 Conservative Primary, 2016

Party Candidate
Conservative Green check mark transparent.png Boris Gintchanski (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 Steven Cymbrowitz defeated Ben Akselrod in the Democratic primary, while Mikhail Usher ran on the Conservative Party ticket. Cymbrowitz also ran on the Working Families Party and Independence Party of New York State tickets. Akselrod also ran on the Republican Party ticket. Cymbrowitz defeated Akselrod (R) and Usher (C) in the general election.

New York State Assembly, District 45 General Election, 2014

Party Candidate Vote % Votes
Democratic Green check mark transparent.pngSteven Cymbrowitz Incumbent 54.8% 6,481
Republican Ben Akselrod 41.8% 4,943
Conservative Mikhail Usher 3.3% 393
Total Votes 11,817

New York State Assembly, District 45 Democratic Primary, 2014

Candidate Vote % Votes
Green check mark transparent.pngSteven Cymbrowitz Incumbent 56.3% 2,267
Ben Akselrod 43.7% 1,763
Total Votes 4,030

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 Steven Cymbrowitz (D) defeated Russell C. Gallo (R) and Ben Akselrod (I) in the general election. Cymbrowitz ran and defeated Ben Akselrod in the Democratic primary. Cymbrowitz also ran on the Working Families Party ticket. Akselrod won the Independence Party of New York State primary. Gallo was unopposed in the Republican primary; he also ran on the Conservative Party ticket.

New York State Assembly, District 45, General Election, 2012

Party Candidate Vote % Votes
Democratic Green check mark transparent.pngSteven Cymbrowitz Incumbent 55.1% 11,859
Republican Russell C. Gallo 25.6% 5,517
Independence Ben Akselrod 19.3% 4,151
Total Votes 21,527

New York State Assembly, District 45 Democratic Primary, 2012

Candidate Vote % Votes
Green check mark transparent.pngSteven Cymbrowitz Incumbent 54.1% 1,922
Ben Akselrod 45.9% 1,628
Total Votes 3,550

Campaign contributions

From 2002 to 2016, candidates for New York State Assembly District 45 raised a total of $1,530,951. Candidates who raised money in contributions earned $76,548 on average. All figures come from Follow the Money.

Campaign contributions, New York State Assembly District 45

Year Amount Candidates Average
2016 $172,293 2 $86,147
2014 $379,694 3 $126,565
2012 $343,897 3 $114,632
2010 $120,848 2 $60,424
2008 $105,364 1 $105,364
2006 $85,760 1 $85,760
2004 $162,181 3 $54,060
2002 $81,434 2 $40,717
2000 $79,480 3 $26,493
Total $1,530,951 20 $76,548