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New York, State Assembly, District 95

New York State Assembly District 95
Current incumbentSandra Galef Democratic Party

New York's ninety-fifth state assembly district is represented by Democratic Representative Sandra Galef.

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 95

Incumbent Sandra Galef (D) defeated Lawrence Chiulli (R) in the general election for New York State Assembly District 95 on November 6, 2018.

Candidate
%
Votes

Sandra Galef (D)
68.4
31,384

Lawrence Chiulli (R)
31.6
14,495
Other/Write-in votes
0.0
12

Total votes: 45,891
(100.00% precincts reporting)
Democratic primary election
Democratic primary for New York State Assembly District 95

Incumbent Sandra Galef advanced from the Democratic primary for New York State Assembly District 95 on September 13, 2018.

Candidate

Sandra Galef (D)

Republican primary election
Republican primary for New York State Assembly District 95

Lawrence Chiulli advanced from the Republican primary for New York State Assembly District 95 on September 13, 2018.

Candidate

Lawrence Chiulli (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 Sandra Galef defeated Gregory Purdy in the New York State Assembly District 95 general election.

New York State Assembly, District 95 General Election, 2016

Party Candidate Vote % Votes
Democratic Green check mark transparent.png Sandra Galef Incumbent 68.34% 35,377
Republican Gregory Purdy 31.66% 16,388
Total Votes 51,765
Source: New York Board of Elections

Incumbent Sandra Galef ran unopposed in the New York State Assembly District 95 Democratic primary.

New York State Assembly, District 95 Democratic Primary, 2016

Party Candidate
Democratic Green check mark transparent.png Sandra Galef Incumbent (unopposed)
Galef also ran on the Working Families, Independence, and Women's Equality Party tickets. Gregory Purdy ran unopposed in the New York State Assembly District 95 Republican primary.

New York State Assembly, District 95 Republican Primary, 2016

Party Candidate
Republican Green check mark transparent.png Gregory Purdy (unopposed)
Purdy also ran on the Reform 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 Sandra Galef was unopposed in the Democratic primary. Galef also ran on the Working Families Party and Independence Party of New York State tickets. Galef was unchallenged in the general election.

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 Sandra Galef (D) defeated Kim Izzarelli (R) in the general election. Galef -- who also ran on the Independence Party of New York State ticket -- was unopposed in the Democratic primary. Izzarelli was unopposed in the Republican primary; she also ran on the Conservative Party ticket.

New York State Assembly, District 95, General Election, 2012

Party Candidate Vote % Votes
Democratic Green check mark transparent.pngSandra Galef Incumbent 68.6% 32,619
Republican Kim Izzarelli 31.4% 14,913
Total Votes 47,532

Campaign contributions

From 2002 to 2016, candidates for New York State Assembly District 95 raised a total of $1,820,959. Candidates who raised money in contributions earned $75,873 on average. All figures come from Follow the Money.

Campaign contributions, New York State Assembly District 95

Year Amount Candidates Average
2016 $46,303 2 $23,152
2014 $37,937 1 $37,937
2012 $68,537 3 $22,846
2010 $69,945 2 $34,973
2008 $100,553 2 $50,277
2006 $92,970 2 $46,485
2004 $443,475 4 $110,869
2002 $852,501 4 $213,125
2000 $108,738 4 $27,185
Total $1,820,959 24 $75,873