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Brian Curran (New York)

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Brian Curran
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Republican Party

Prior offices
Mayor Lynbrook
New York State Assembly District 14
New York State Assembly District 21
Elections and appointments
Last election

November 5, 2024

Education

Bachelor's

Wilkes University

Law

City University of New York Law School

Personal
Profession
Attorney
Contact

Campaign website

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Brian Curran (Republican Party) was a member of the New York State Assembly, representing District 21. He assumed office on January 1, 2023. He left office on January 1, 2025.

Curran (Republican Party, Conservative Party) ran for re-election to the New York State Assembly to represent District 21. He lost in the general election on November 5, 2024.

Biography

Curran earned his bachelor's degree from Wilkes University and his J.D. from CUNY Law School. His professional experience includes working as legislative counsel to the New York State Assembly and the Nassau Deputy County Attorney in the Litigation Bureau and Municipal Contracts, during which time he was also appointed Assistant Village Prosecutor of Lynbrook. He has worked in the private realm as a partner of the law firm Nicolini, Paradise, Ferretti and Sabella. In 2007, Curran was elected mayor of Lynbrook and remained so until his election to the New York State Assembly.

Committee assignments

Note: This membership information was last updated in September 2023. Ballotpedia completes yearly updates of committee membership. If you would like to send us an update, email us at: editor@ballotpedia.org

2023-2024

Curran was assigned to the following committees:

2017 legislative session

At the beginning of the 2017 legislative session, this legislator served on the following committees:

New York committee assignments, 2017
• Banks
• Ethics and Guidance
• Insurance
• Labor
• Ways and Means

2015 legislative session

At the beginning of the 2015 legislative session, Curran served on the following committees:

2013-2014

In the 2013-2014 legislative session, Curran served on the following committees:

2011-2012

In the 2011-2012 legislative session, Curran served on the following committees:

The following table lists bills this person sponsored as a legislator, according to BillTrack50 and sorted by action history. Bills are sorted by the date of their last action. The following list may not be comprehensive. To see all bills this legislator sponsored, click on the legislator's name in the title of the table.


Elections

2024

See also: New York State Assembly elections, 2024

General election

General election for New York State Assembly District 21

Judy Griffin defeated incumbent Brian Curran in the general election for New York State Assembly District 21 on November 5, 2024.

Candidate
%
Votes
✔
Image of Judy Griffin
Judy Griffin (D)
 
51.8
 
36,036
Image of Brian Curran
Brian Curran (R / Conservative Party)
 
48.1
 
33,424
 Other/Write-in votes
 
0.1
 
75

Incumbents are bolded and underlined. The results have been certified. Source

Total votes: 69,535
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Democratic primary election

Democratic primary for New York State Assembly District 21

Judy Griffin defeated Patricia Maher in the Democratic primary for New York State Assembly District 21 on June 25, 2024.

Candidate
%
Votes
✔
Image of Judy Griffin
Judy Griffin
 
84.3
 
3,524
Image of Patricia Maher
Patricia Maher
 
15.5
 
648
 Other/Write-in votes
 
0.2
 
7

There were no incumbents in this race. The results have been certified. Source

Total votes: 4,179
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Republican primary election

The Republican primary election was canceled. Incumbent Brian Curran advanced from the Republican primary for New York State Assembly District 21.

Conservative Party primary election

The Conservative Party primary election was canceled. Incumbent Brian Curran advanced from the Conservative Party primary for New York State Assembly District 21.

Campaign finance

Endorsements

Ballotpedia did not identify endorsements for Curran in this election.

2022

See also: New York State Assembly elections, 2022

General election

General election for New York State Assembly District 21

Brian Curran defeated incumbent Judy Griffin in the general election for New York State Assembly District 21 on November 8, 2022.

Candidate
%
Votes
✔
Image of Brian Curran
Brian Curran (R / Conservative Party)
 
50.1
 
25,839
Image of Judy Griffin
Judy Griffin (D)
 
49.9
 
25,701
 Other/Write-in votes
 
0.0
 
9

Incumbents are bolded and underlined. The results have been certified. Source

Total votes: 51,549
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Democratic primary election

The Democratic primary election was canceled. Incumbent Judy Griffin advanced from the Democratic primary for New York State Assembly District 21.

Republican primary election

The Republican primary election was canceled. Brian Curran advanced from the Republican primary for New York State Assembly District 21.

Conservative Party primary election

The Conservative Party primary election was canceled. Brian Curran advanced from the Conservative Party primary for New York State Assembly District 21.

2020

See also: New York State Senate elections, 2020

General election

General election for New York State Senate District 61

Edward Rath III defeated Jacqualine Berger in the general election for New York State Senate District 61 on November 3, 2020.

Candidate
%
Votes
✔
Image of Edward Rath III
Edward Rath III (R / Conservative Party / Serve America Movement Party / Independence Party)
 
53.8
 
79,454
Image of Jacqualine Berger
Jacqualine Berger (D) Candidate Connection
 
46.2
 
68,224
 Other/Write-in votes
 
0.1
 
131

There were no incumbents in this race. The results have been certified. Source

Total votes: 147,809
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Democratic primary election

Democratic primary for New York State Senate District 61

Jacqualine Berger defeated Kim Smith and Joan Seamans in the Democratic primary for New York State Senate District 61 on June 23, 2020.

Candidate
%
Votes
✔
Image of Jacqualine Berger
Jacqualine Berger Candidate Connection
 
38.6
 
9,386
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Kim Smith
 
37.9
 
9,232
Image of Joan Seamans
Joan Seamans
 
22.9
 
5,577
 Other/Write-in votes
 
0.5
 
133

There were no incumbents in this race. The results have been certified. Source

Total votes: 24,328
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Republican primary election

The Republican primary election was canceled. Edward Rath III advanced from the Republican primary for New York State Senate District 61.

Conservative Party primary election

The Conservative Party primary election was canceled. Edward Rath III advanced from the Conservative Party primary for New York State Senate District 61.

Independence Party primary election

Independence Party primary for New York State Senate District 61

Edward Rath III defeated Andrew Gruszka in the Independence Party primary for New York State Senate District 61 on June 23, 2020.

Candidate
%
Votes
✔
Image of Edward Rath III
Edward Rath III
 
70.2
 
1,003
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Andrew Gruszka
 
27.8
 
397
 Other/Write-in votes
 
2.0
 
28

There were no incumbents in this race. The results have been certified. Source

Total votes: 1,428
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Withdrawn or disqualified candidates

Serve America Movement Party primary election

The Serve America Movement Party primary election was canceled. Edward Rath III advanced from the Serve America Movement Party primary for New York State Senate District 61.

Working Families Party primary election

Withdrawn or disqualified candidates

2018

See also: New York State Assembly elections, 2018

Curran also ran in the 2018 election as a Conservative Party and Independence Party candidate.

General election

General election for New York State Assembly District 21

Judy Griffin defeated incumbent Brian Curran in the general election for New York State Assembly District 21 on November 6, 2018.

Candidate
%
Votes
✔
Image of Judy Griffin
Judy Griffin (D)
 
53.0
 
27,432
Image of Brian Curran
Brian Curran (R)
 
46.9
 
24,236
 Other/Write-in votes
 
0.1
 
55

Incumbents are bolded and underlined. The results have been certified. Source

Total votes: 51,723
(100.00% precincts reporting)
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Democratic primary election

Democratic primary for New York State Assembly District 21

Judy Griffin advanced from the Democratic primary for New York State Assembly District 21 on September 13, 2018.

Candidate
✔
Image of Judy Griffin
Judy Griffin

There were no incumbents in this race. The results have been certified. Source

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Republican primary election

Republican primary for New York State Assembly District 21

Incumbent Brian Curran advanced from the Republican primary for New York State Assembly District 21 on September 13, 2018.

Candidate
✔
Image of Brian Curran
Brian Curran

Incumbents are bolded and underlined. The results have been certified. Source

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2016

See also: New York State Assembly elections, 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 Brian Curran defeated Travis P. Bourgeois in the New York State Assembly District 21 general election.[1][2]

New York State Assembly, District 21 General Election, 2016
Party Candidate Vote % Votes
     Republican Green check mark transparent.png Brian Curran Incumbent 57.42% 34,027
     Democratic Travis P. Bourgeois 42.58% 25,237
Total Votes 59,264
Source: New York Board of Elections


Travis P. Bourgeois ran unopposed in the New York State Assembly District 21 Democratic primary.[3][4]

New York State Assembly, District 21 Democratic Primary, 2016
Party Candidate
    Democratic Green check mark transparent.png Travis P. Bourgeois  (unopposed)

Incumbent Brian Curran ran unopposed in the New York State Assembly District 21 Republican primary.[3][4]

New York State Assembly, District 21 Republican Primary, 2016
Party Candidate
    Republican Green check mark transparent.png Brian Curran Incumbent (unopposed)

Curran also ran on the Conservative, Independence, and Reform Party tickets.

2014

See also: New York State Assembly elections, 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. Adam Shapiro was unopposed in the Democratic primary, while incumbent Brian Curran was unopposed in the Republican primary. Curran also ran on the Conservative Party, Tax Revolt Party (TRP) and Independence Party of New York State tickets. Curran defeated Shapiro in the general election.[5][6][7]

New York State Assembly, District 21 General Election, 2014
Party Candidate Vote % Votes
     Republican Green check mark transparent.pngBrian Curran Incumbent 63.2% 20,463
     Democratic Adam Shapiro 36.8% 11,935
Total Votes 32,398

2012

See also: New York State Assembly elections, 2012

Curran ran in the 2012 election for New York State Assembly District 21. He ran unopposed in the Republican primary on September 13, 2012. He also ran on the Conservative Party and Independence Party of New York State tickets. He defeated Jeffrey S. Friedman in the general election, which took place on November 6, 2012.[8][9][10]

New York State Assembly, District 21, General Election, 2012
Party Candidate Vote % Votes
     Republican Green check mark transparent.pngBrian Curran Incumbent 53.7% 27,627
     Democratic Jeffrey S. Friedman 46.3% 23,845
Total Votes 51,472

2010

See also: New York State Assembly elections, 2010

Curran defeated Dermond Thomas (D) in the general election.[11][12]Curran was also listed as a candidate of the Independence Party of New York State, the Conservative Party and the Tax Revolt party.

New York State Assembly, District 14 2010
Candidates Votes
Green check mark transparent.png Brian Curran (R) 23,362
Dermond Thomas (D) 15,206

Campaign themes

2024

Ballotpedia survey responses

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Brian Curran did not complete Ballotpedia's 2024 Candidate Connection survey.

2022

Brian Curran did not complete Ballotpedia's 2022 Candidate Connection survey.

2020

Brian Curran did not complete Ballotpedia's 2020 Candidate Connection survey.

Campaign finance summary

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Brian Curran campaign contribution history
YearOfficeStatusContributionsExpenditures
2024* New York State Assembly District 21Lost general$327,834 $0
2022New York State Assembly District 21Won general$35,635 $0
2016New York State Assembly, District 21Won $87,869 N/A**
2014New York State Assembly, District 21Won $51,724 N/A**
2012New York State Assembly, District 21Won $67,286 N/A**
2010New York State Assembly, District 14Won $35,556 N/A**
** Data on expenditures is not available for this election cycle
Note: Totals above reflect only available data.

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2024

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Personal

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Curran and his wife Rosemarie have three children, Isabella, Jake, and Riley.

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    Footnotes

    1. ↑ New York State Board of Elections, "2016 General Election Candidate List," accessed October 11, 2016
    2. ↑ New York State Board of Elections, "Election results, 2016," accessed December 23, 2016
    3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 New York State Board of Elections, "Filings received for the 2016 State/Local Primary," accessed August 29, 2016
    4. ↑ 4.0 4.1 New York State Board of Elections, "Election returns September 13, 2016," accessed November 6, 2016
    5. ↑ New York Board of Elections, "Certification for the September 9, 2014, State Primary Election," accessed December 17, 2014
    6. ↑ New York Board of Elections, "Primary results for September 9, 2014," accessed October 1, 2014
    7. ↑ New York Board of Elections, "NYS Board of Elections Assembly Election Returns November 4, 2014," accessed December 17, 2014
    8. ↑ State of New York, State Board of Elections, "Candidate List for the September 13, 2012, State Primary Election," accessed July 31, 2014
    9. ↑ State of New York, State Board of Elections, "Official September 13, 2012, Primary Results," accessed July 31, 2014
    10. ↑ State of New York, State Board of Elections, "Official Assembly Election Returns Nov. 6, 2012," accessed July 31, 2014
    11. ↑ New York Times, "NY state legislative election results," accessed February 11, 2014
    12. ↑ New York State Board of Elections, "Official Primary results from September 14, 2010," accessed July 31, 2014

    Political offices
    Preceded by
    Judy Griffin (D)     		New York State Assembly District 21
    2023-2025    		 Succeeded by
    Judy Griffin (D)
    Preceded by
    -     		New York State Assembly District 21
    2013-2018    		 Succeeded by
    -
    Preceded by
    -     		New York State Assembly District 14
    2011-2013    		 Succeeded by
    -
    Preceded by
    -     		Mayor Lynbrook
    2007-2010    		 Succeeded by
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