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Ruth Hassell-Thompson

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Ruth Hassell-Thompson
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Prior offices
New York State Senate District 36

Education

Other

Bronx Community College

Personal
Profession
Nurse

Ruth Hassell-Thompson is a former Democratic member of the New York State Senate, representing District 36 from 2001 to July 2016. She resigned after she was appointed as special adviser for policy and community affairs of New York State Homes and Community Renewal by Gov. Andrew Cuomo (D).[1]

While in office, Hassell-Thompson served as state Senate minority conference vice-chair and as majority caucus leader. Hassell-Thompson was a member/president/acting mayor of the Mount Vernon City Council in 1993.

Biography

Hassell-Thompson graduated from Bronx Community College. Her professional experience includes being the president/CEO of Whart Development Company, Incorporated, a consultant for the National Office Managers and Comptrollers Association, the founding president/CEO of The Gathering, and a consultant for Automotive Consultant, Incorporated. She has also worked as a Nurse/Consultant from Mount Vernon Hospital from 1963 to 1998.[2]

Committee assignments

2015 legislative session

At the beginning of the 2015 legislative session, Hassell-Thompson served on the following committees:

2013-2014

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

2011-2012

In the 2011-2012 legislative session, Hassell-Thompson served on these committees:

2009-2010

In the 2009-2010 legislative session, Hassell-Thompson served on these 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

2014

See also: New York State Senate elections, 2014

Elections for the New York State Senate took place in 2014. A primary election took place on September 9, 2014. The general election took place November 4, 2014. The signature filing deadline for candidates wishing to run in this election was July 10, 2014. Incumbent Ruth Hassell-Thompson defeated Crystal Collins in the Democratic primary, while Robert Diamond was unopposed in the Republican primary. Collins also ran on the Independence Party of New York State ticket and Diamond also ran on the Conservative Party ticket. Hassell-Thompson defeated Diamond and Collins (IND) in the general election.[3][4][5]

New York State Senate District 36, General Election, 2014
Party Candidate Vote % Votes
     Democratic Green check mark transparent.pngRuth Hassell-Thompson Incumbent 87.7% 37,166
     Republican Robert L. Diamond 5.6% 2,388
     None Blank 4.7% 2,012
     Independence Crystal Collins 1.8% 766
     None Scattering 0.1% 27
Total Votes 42,359
New York State Senate, District 36 Democratic Primary, 2014
Candidate Vote % Votes
Green check mark transparent.pngRuth Hassell-Thompson Incumbent 83.9% 9,807
Crystal Collins 16.1% 1,876
Total Votes 11,683

2012

See also: New York State Senate elections, 2012

Hassell-Thompson ran in the 2012 election for New York State Senate District 36. She ran unopposed in the Democratic primary on September 13, 2012 and defeated Robert L. Diamond (C) in the general election, which took place on November 6, 2012.[6][7][8]

New York State Senate, District 36, General Election, 2012
Party Candidate Vote % Votes
     Democratic Green check mark transparent.pngRuth Hassell-Thompson Incumbent 97.7% 86,733
     Conservative Robert Diamond 2.3% 2,020
Total Votes 88,753

2010

See also: New York State Senate elections, 2010

Hassell-Thompson ran in the 2010 election for New York State Senate District 36. She defeated Crystal Wade in the Democratic primary. She defeated Robert Diamond (R) in the November 2 general election.[9][10] She ran as a member of the Democratic and Working Families party.

New York State Senate, General Election Results, District 36 (2010)
Candidates Votes
Green check mark transparent.png Ruth Hassell-Thompson (D) 47,113
Robert Diamond (R) 1,907

2008

See also: New York State Senate elections, 2008

On November 4, 2008, Ruth Hassell-Thompson won the election for New York State Senate, District 36 with 82,322 votes.[11][12]

Hassell-Thompson raised $68,845 for her campaign.[13]

New York State Senate, District 36 (2008)
Candidates Votes
Green check mark transparent.png Ruth Hassell-Thompson (D) 82,322
Curtis Brooks (R) 2,835

Campaign finance summary


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Ruth Hassell-Thompson campaign contribution history
YearOfficeStatusContributionsExpenditures
2014New York State Senate, District 36Won $112,728 N/A**
2012New York State Senate, District 36Won $151,859 N/A**
2010New York State Senate, District 36Won $312,078 N/A**
2008New York State Senate, District 36Won $68,845 N/A**
2006New York State Senate, District 36Won $29,586 N/A**
2004New York State Senate, District 36Won $85,571 N/A**
2002New York State Senate, District 36Won $57,381 N/A**
2000New York State Senate, District 33Won $56,846 N/A**
** Data on expenditures is not available for this election cycle
Note: Totals above reflect only available data.

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2016

In 2016, the 201st New York State Legislature, second annual session, was in session from January 6 through June 18.

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2011

Personal

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Hassell-Thompson is widowed and has two children.

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New York State Senate District 36
2001–2016
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