2006 New York State Assembly election

2006 New York State Assembly election
← 2004 November 7, 2006 2008 →
All 150 seats in the New York State Assembly ; 75 seats needed for a majority
Speaker before election; Sheldon Silver ; Democratic	Elected Speaker ; Sheldon Silver ; Democratic

Last updated December 28, 2025

The 2006 New York State Assembly election was held on November 7, 2006, to determine which party would control the New York State Assembly for the following two years in the 197th New York State Legislature. All 150 seats in the New York State Assembly were up for election and the primary was held on September 12, 2006. Prior to the election, 103 seats were held by Democrats and 47 seats were held by Republicans. The general election saw Democrats expanding their majority in the State Assembly by 5 seats.^[b]^[1]^[2]

Predictions

Source	Ranking	As of
Governing ^[3]	Safe D	November 4, 2006

Retirements

Democrats

District 22: Jimmy Meng retired.
District 25: Brian M. McLaughlin retired after being charged with racketeering and embezzlement.
District 46: Adele Cohen retired.

Closest races

Seats where the margin of victory was under 10%:

District 17, 6.03%
District 10, 6.57%

Results

District 1

District 1 election, 2006
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Marc Alessi (incumbent)	24,366	56.83%
	Republican	Daniel J. Panico	15,446	36.02%
		Scattering	3,067	7.15%
Total votes			42,879	100.0%
	Democratic hold

District 2

District 2 election, 2006
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Fred Thiele (incumbent)	20,978	56.50%
	Democratic	M. Treewolf West	14,449	38.23%
		Scattering	2,368	6.27%
Total votes			37,795	100.0%
	Republican hold

District 3

District 3 election, 2006
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Patricia Eddington (incumbent)	17,037	59.40%
	Republican	Scott J. Salimando	9,819	34.24%
		Scattering	1,824	6.36%
Total votes			28,680	100.0%
	Democratic hold

District 4

District 4 election, 2006
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Steve Englebright (incumbent)	22,442	64.93%
	Republican	Bruce C. Bennett	9,970	28.85%
		Scattering	2,151	6.22%
Total votes			34,563	100.0%
	Democratic hold

District 5

District 5 election, 2006
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Ginny Fields (incumbent)	18,406	53.33%
	Republican	William M. Faulk Jr.	11,826	34.26%
		Scattering	4,282	12.41%
Total votes			34,514	100.0%
	Democratic hold

District 6

District 6 election, 2006
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Philip Ramos (incumbent)	11,580	62.76%
		Scattering	6,871	37.24%
Total votes			18,451	100.0%
	Democratic hold

District 7

District 7 election, 2006
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Michael J. Fitzpatrick (incumbent)	21,211	54.34%
	Democratic	Grace Kelly-McGovern	14,111	36.15%
		Scattering	3,713	9.51%
Total votes			39,035	100.0%
	Republican hold

District 8

District 8 election, 2006
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Phil Boyle (incumbent)	19,088	52.68%
	Democratic	Dennis M. Cohen	12,261	33.83%
		Scattering	4,890	13.49%
Total votes			36,239	100.0%
	Republican hold

District 9

District 9 election, 2006
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Andrew Raia (incumbent)	22,039	56.30%
	Democratic	Gerard J. McCreight	13,950	35.64%
		Scattering	3,154	8.06%
Total votes			39,143	100.0%
	Republican hold

District 10

District 10 election, 2006
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	James D. Conte (incumbent)	18,881	49.68%
	Democratic	Barbara A. LoMoriello	16,381	43.11%
		Scattering	2,741	7.21%
Total votes			38,003	100.0%
	Republican hold

District 11

District 11 election, 2006
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Robert K. Sweeney (incumbent)	15,485	62.34%
		Scattering	8,186	32.96%
	Conservative	Donald H. Nohs	1,167	4.70%
Total votes			24,838	100.0%
	Democratic hold

District 12

District 12 election, 2006
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Joseph Saladino (incumbent)	24,180	61.49%
	Democratic	Craig S. Heller	12,046	30.63%
		Scattering	3,100	7.88%
Total votes			39,326	100.0%
	Republican hold

District 13

District 13 election, 2006
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Charles D. Lavine (incumbent)	24,160	59.98%
	Republican	Steve J. Gonzalez	12,600	31.28%
		Scattering	3,522	8.74%
Total votes			40,282	100.0%
	Democratic hold

District 14

District 14 election, 2006
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Robert Barra (incumbent)	20,938	53.17%
	Democratic	Daniel A. Torres	14,417	36.61%
		Scattering	4,023	10.22%
Total votes			39,378	100.0%
	Republican hold

District 15

District 15 election, 2006
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Rob Walker (incumbent)	19,294	52.98%
	Democratic	Matthew G. Pangburn	13,368	36.71%
		Scattering	3,756	10.31%
Total votes			36,418	100.0%
	Republican hold

District 16

District 16 election, 2006
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Tom DiNapoli (incumbent)	27,296	68.53%
	Republican	Louis F. Chisari	9,516	23.89%
		Scattering	3,017	7.58%
Total votes			39,829	100.0%
	Democratic hold

District 17

District 17 election, 2006
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Thomas McKevitt (incumbent)	19,048	47.30%
	Democratic	Dolores D. Sedacca	16,622	41.27%
		Scattering	4,603	11.43%
Total votes			40,273	100.0%
	Republican hold

District 18

District 18 election, 2006
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Earlene Hill Hooper (incumbent)	16,587	70.63%
	Republican	J. Barrington Jackson	3,580	15.25%
		Scattering	3,316	14.12%
Total votes			23,483	100.0%
	Democratic hold

District 19

District 19 election, 2006
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	David McDonough (incumbent)	20,681	51.00%
	Democratic	Donald Birnbaum	15,627	38.54%
		Scattering	4,243	10.46%
Total votes			40,551	100.0%
	Republican hold

District 20

District 20 election, 2006
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Harvey Weisenberg (incumbent)	24,480	65.02%
	Republican	Francis X. McQuade	10,240	27.20%
		Scattering	2,929	7.78%
Total votes			37,649	100.0%
	Democratic hold

District 21

District 21 election, 2006
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Thomas Alfano (incumbent)	20,815	59.11%
	Democratic	Alfred D. Cooper Sr.	11,168	31.72%
		Scattering	3,230	9.17%
Total votes			35,213	100.0%
	Republican hold

District 22

District 22 election, 2006
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Ellen Young	8,211	62.06%
		Scattering	2,820	21.31%
	Republican	Christopher M. Migliaccio	2,200	16.63%
Total votes			13,231	100.0%
	Democratic hold

District 23

District 23 election, 2006
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Audrey Pheffer (incumbent)	14,473	66.79%
	Republican	Stuart Mirsky	4,349	20.07%
		Scattering	2,846	13.14%
Total votes			21,668	100.0%
	Democratic hold

District 24

District 24 election, 2006
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Mark Weprin (incumbent)	19,306	71.48%
		Scattering	7,702	28.52%
Total votes			27,008	100.0%
	Democratic hold

District 25

District 25 election, 2006
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Rory Lancman	10,395	62.34%
		Scattering	3,624	21.73%
	Republican	Morshed Alam	2,656	15.93%
Total votes			16,675	100.0%
	Democratic hold

District 26

District 26 election, 2006
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Ann-Margaret Carrozza (incumbent)	18,503	66.53%
		Scattering	9,307	33.47%
Total votes			27,810	100.0%
	Democratic hold

District 27

District 27 election, 2006
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Nettie Mayersohn (incumbent)	12,606	65.32%
		Scattering	5,923	30.69%
	Conservative	Walter A. Lamp	769	3.99%
Total votes			19,298	100.0%
	Democratic hold

District 28

District 28 election, 2006
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Andrew Hevesi (incumbent)	14,790	60.79%
	Republican	Dolores Maddis	5,653	23.23%
		Scattering	3,889	15.98%
Total votes			24,332	100.0%
	Democratic hold

District 29

District 29 election, 2006
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	William Scarborough (incumbent)	15,897	75.55%
		Scattering	5,145	24.45%
Total votes			21,042	100.0%
	Democratic hold

District 30

District 30 election, 2006
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Margaret Markey (incumbent)	10,504	60.01%
		Scattering	7,000	39.99%
Total votes			17,504	100.0%
	Democratic hold

District 31

District 31 election, 2006
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Michele Titus (incumbent)	11,072	68.20%
		Scattering	4,125	25.41%
	Independence	Michael Duvalle	1,037	6.39%
Total votes			16,234	100.0%
	Democratic hold

District 32

District 32 election, 2006
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Vivian E. Cook (incumbent)	13,727	71.58%
		Scattering	5,451	28.42%
Total votes			19,178	100.0%
	Democratic hold

District 33

District 33 election, 2006
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Barbara M. Clark (incumbent)	16,993	74.87%
		Scattering	5,705	25.13%
Total votes			22,698	100.0%
	Democratic hold

District 34

District 34 election, 2006
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Ivan C. Lafayette (incumbent)	9,772	67.65%
		Scattering	4,672	32.35%
Total votes			14,444	100.0%
	Democratic hold

District 35

District 35 election, 2006
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Jeffrion L. Aubry (incumbent)	8,597	63.78%
		Scattering	4,882	36.22%
Total votes			13,479	100.0%
	Democratic hold

District 36

District 36 election, 2006
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Michael Gianaris (incumbent)	12,575	71.94%
		Scattering	4,904	28.06%
Total votes			17,479	100.0%
	Democratic hold

District 37

District 37 election, 2006
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Catherine Nolan (incumbent)	10,102	68.72%
		Scattering	4,598	31.28%
Total votes			14,700	100.0%
	Democratic hold

District 38

District 38 election, 2006
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Anthony S. Seminerio (incumbent)	10,849	80.17%
		Scattering	2,683	19.83%
Total votes			13,532	100.0%
	Democratic hold

District 39

District 39 election, 2006
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Jose Peralta (incumbent)	7,081	68.55%
		Scattering	3,248	31.45%
Total votes			10,329	100.0%
	Democratic hold

District 40

District 40 election, 2006
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Diane Gordon (incumbent)	12,316	65.98%
		Scattering	5,584	29.91%
	Republican	Godfrey Jelks	767	4.11%
Total votes			18,667	100.0%
	Democratic hold

District 41

District 41 election, 2006
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Helene Weinstein (incumbent)	15,038	72.00%
		Scattering	3,706	17.00%
	Republican	Jack Benton	1,967	9.00%
	Conservative	Jonathan Testaverde	461	2.00%
Total votes			21,172	100.0%
	Democratic hold

District 42

District 42 election, 2006
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Rhoda S. Jacobs (incumbent)	11,073	66.99%
		Scattering	4,758	28.79%
	Republican	Harriet Katz	697	4.22%
Total votes			16,528	100.0%
	Democratic hold

District 43

District 43 election, 2006
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Karim Camara (incumbent)	11,873	62.83%
		Scattering	6,041	31.97%
	Republican	Kenneth E. Cook	983	5.20%
Total votes			18,897	100.0%
	Democratic hold

District 44

District 44 election, 2006
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	James F. Brennan (incumbent)	16,169	72.08%
		Scattering	3,626	16.17%
	Republican	Yvette Valezquez Bennett	2,635	11.75%
Total votes			22,430	100.0%
	Democratic hold

District 45

District 45 election, 2006
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Steven Cymbrowitz (incumbent)	12,367	83.83%
		Scattering	2,385	16.17%
Total votes			14,752	100.0%
	Democratic hold

District 46

District 46 election, 2006
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Alec Brook-Krasny	11,129	56.96%
	Republican	Patricia B. Laudano	4,738	24.25%
		Scattering	3,670	18.79%
Total votes			19,537	100.0%
	Democratic hold

District 47

District 47 election, 2006
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	William Colton (incumbent)	9,168	68.53%
	Republican	Phyllis Carbo	2,509	18.76%
		Scattering	1,700	12.71%
Total votes			13,377	100.0%
	Democratic hold

District 48

District 48 election, 2006
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Dov Hikind (incumbent)	9,642	75.34%
		Scattering	2,367	18.50%
	Conservative	Herbert F. Ryan	788	6.16%
Total votes			12,797	100.0%
	Democratic hold

District 49

District 49 election, 2006
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Peter J. Abbate Jr. (incumbent)	7,884	65.85%
	Republican	Lucretia Regina-Potter	2,737	22.86%
		Scattering	1,351	11.29%
Total votes			11,972	100.0%
	Democratic hold

District 50

District 50 election, 2006
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Joe Lentol (incumbent)	11,148	69.98%
		Scattering	3,454	21.69%
	Republican	Richard Trainer	1,326	8.33%
Total votes			15,928	100.0%
	Democratic hold

Notes

↑ Includes a member of the Independence Party of New York and a member of the Working Families Party who caucused with the democrats.
↑ Includes a member of the Independence Party of New York and a member of the Working Families Party who caucused with the democrats.

References

↑ "New York House of Representatives elections, 2006". ballotpedia.org. Retrieved 2025-12-27.
↑ "Search Past Elections". results.elections.ny.gov. Retrieved 2025-12-27.
↑ Jacobson, Louis (November 4, 2006). "State Legislature Ratings". www.insideelections.com. Retrieved 2025-12-27.

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[1] Includes a member of the Independence Party of New York and a member of the Working Families Party who caucused with the democrats.

[2] Includes a member of the Independence Party of New York and a member of the Working Families Party who caucused with the democrats.

[QWS-3] "New York House of Representatives elections, 2006". ballotpedia.org. Retrieved 2025-12-27.

[KKJ-4] "Search Past Elections". results.elections.ny.gov. Retrieved 2025-12-27.

[:0-5] Jacobson, Louis (November 4, 2006). "State Legislature Ratings". www.insideelections.com. Retrieved 2025-12-27.

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