New York state legislative special elections, 2012

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Five special elections for the New York State Legislature took place in 2012. These elections were called to fill vacancies in the New York State Assembly, Districts 93, 100, 103, & 145, and the New York State Senate, District 27.

How vacancies are filled

If there is a vacancy in the New York Legislature, a special election must be held to fill the vacant seat. A special election can be held as long as the vacancy occurred before April 1 of the last year of the former officeholder's term. If a special session is called in the state legislature after this date, a special election may be called to fill the seat. The person elected to fill the vacant seat serves for the remainder of the unexpired term.

See sources: New York Public Officers Law § 42

Special elections

March 20, 2012

☑ New York Assembly District 93
Mike Spano (D) resigned in 2011 after being elected Mayor of Yonkers. General election candidates: Shelley Mayer Mayer also ran on the Independence and Working Family Party tickets. Donnamarie Nolan

☑ New York Assembly District 100
Thomas Kirwan (R) passed away in 2011 at the age of 78. General election candidates: Frank Skartados Skartados also ran on the Working Family Party ticket. John Forman - Forma also ran on the Independence and Conservative Party tickets.

☑ New York Assembly District 103

Marcus Molinaro (R) resigned after being elected Dutchess County executive. General election candidates: Didi Barrett Barrett also ran on the Working Family Party ticket. Richard Wager - Wager also ran on the Independence and Conservative Party tickets. Note: On March 30, Richard Wager conceded defeat to Didi Barrett (D). Barrett led Wager by 137 votes. Approximately 1000 absentee ballots remained to be counted.

☑ New York Assembly District 145
Mark Schroeder (D) resigned after being elected Buffalo City comptroller. General election candidates: Christopher Fahey - Fahey also ran on the Working Family and Conservative Party tickets. Michael Kearns Kearns self-identified as a Democrat who ran on the Republican ticket to challenge Fahey. Kearns also ran on the Independence Party ticket.

☑ New York Senate District 27

Carl Kruger (D) resigned in 2011 after pleading guilty to corruption charges. General election candidates: Lewis Fidler - Fidler also ran on the Independence Party ticket. David Storobin Storobin also ran on the Conservative Party ticket. Note: After a contested result, legal wrangling, and a hand recount, Lewis Fidler (D) conceded the election to David Storobin (R) on May 31. The hand recount revealed that Storobin had won by approximately 15 votes. During the legal process, each side accused the other of vote fraud, and a significant number of absentee ballots were disputed. On May 14, the Board of Elections decided to recount the votes by hand.

See also

• State legislative special elections, 2012
• New York State Senate elections, 2012
• New York State Assembly elections, 2012
• New York State Senate elections, 2010
• New York State Assembly elections, 2010
• New York State Legislature

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