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From: Manatt, Phelps & Phillips, LLP - Albany Government Practice

Date: November 5, 2014

Subject: 2014 Elections: A Tale of Two Parties

The 2014 Elections proved to be a mixed bag for Democrats and Republicans. Democrats were able to maintain their monopoly on statewide elected offices, with incumbent Governor (and his Lieutenant Governor running mate, ) prevailing over his Republican challenger, Rob Astorino and his running mate, Chris Moss, 54%-41% (Green Party candidate Howie Hawkins received nearly 5%), current Democrat Attorney General Eric Schneiderman beating former Governor Pataki official, John Cahill, 53%-39%, and State Comptroller Tom DiNapoli defeating Republican 57%-34%. Notably, Governor Cuomo received strong support from voters in City, in Upstate counties with cities such as Erie County (Buffalo), and in parts of the Adirondacks where he has heavily promoted the local economy.

The State Senate, currently led by a coalition of 29 Republicans and 5 Independent Democrats, was the subject of significant speculation this election season given the substantial enrollment advantage for Democratic voters, the announcement in May that the Independent Democrats (IDC) planned to enter into a coalition with their Senate Democratic colleagues in 2015, and the possible shifting allegiances of two other Democrats – Senator Ruben Diaz, Sr. and Sen. , who have worked closely with Republicans in the past.

A favorite Albany past time became trying to identify and handicap the multiple scenarios by which the Republicans, the IDC, or the Democrats might form a majority if none were able to secure the majority through their own members, and what would happen to the party left in the minority. In a modest surprise ( modest because recent public polls proved remarkably accurate) the Republicans were able to defeat several incumbent Democratic Senators, protect their own incumbents – with one exception, and hold their “open” seats to increase their membership to 32, the minimum number of Senators needed to hold the Senate majority. Most prominently, Republican challenger George Amedore was able to handily defeat incumbent Capital Region Senator , to whom he had lost in 2012 by 18 votes; Republican Susan Serino defeated incumbent Terry Gipson in the mid-Hudson Valley; and Rich Funke prevailed over Senator Ted O’Brien in Rochester. The sole disappointment for Senate Republicans was the loss by Senator Mark Grisanti to Democrat Marc Panepinto – this followed

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Sen. Grisanti’s loss in the Republican primary to Kevin Stocker and complicated his hope for re- election as he was forced to run solely on the Independence Party ballot line.

It remains unclear whether the Republicans will seek or entertain a coalition with the IDC or other Democrats, such as Sen. Simcha Felder, who has caucused with the Republicans for the past two years. Given the narrow margin of its majority and IDC leader Jeffrey Klein’s recent public intimation that the May agreement to cooperate with his fellow Democrats may not be binding, the expectation is that there will at least be confidential discussions of a continued Republican-IDC coalition. Until such final decisions are made, however, the leadership, committee chairmanships, and other issues related to the functions of the Senate may not be known for some time.

Not to be forgotten is the State Assembly, led by Assembly Speaker (D- ) since 1994 and who is approaching the duration record for that post, which remains firmly in the hands of the Democratic Majority. The Assembly Democrats are expected to have approximately 105 members, compared to 45 Republican Assemblymembers once the final tallies and disputed races are decided. With the start of the 2015 legislative session, given the number of retirements of long-standing Assemblymembers, there is likely to be some changes in leadership posts, committee chairmanships and perhaps even staff. We expect more details on any such changes in the coming months and we will share that information as it becomes available.

For your reference, we have included a complete listing of the election results. If you have any questions regarding these results, please feel free to contact the Albany office at 518- 431-6700.

D - Democrat L – Libertarian WF – Working Family NR – Not running for re-election Winners are bolded. 2014 NYS General Election Results R - Republican C – Conservative UMP – United Monroe Races in red are too close to call. I – Independent PHP – Preserve Hudson Incumbents are shown in italics. G – Green SCC – Stop Common Core

NEW YORK STATE HOUSE OF 9th Congressional District GOVERNOR REPRESENTATIVES Yvette Clark (D, WF) *In districts not listed, Representatives were Daniel Cavanagh (C) Andrew Cuomo (D) unopposed in the general election. th Rob Astorino (R) st 10 Congressional District Howie Hawkins (G) 1 Congressional District Jerrold Nadler (D, WF) Michael McDermott (L) (D, I, WF) Ross Brady (C) Steven Cohn (Other) Lee Zeldin (R, C) Michael Dilger Jason Storm (G) th nd 11 Congressional District 2 Congressional District Michael Grimm (R, C, I) LIEUTENANT GOVERNOR Peter T. King (R, C, I) Domenic Recchia (D, WF) Patricia M. Maher (D) Henry Bardel (G) Kathy Hochul (D) William D. Stevenson (G) th Chris Moss (R) rd 12 Congressional District Brian Jones (G) 3 Congressional District (D, WF) Chris Edes (L) (D, WF, I) Nick Dilorio (R, C, I) Bobby Kalotee (Other) Grant Lally (R, C) 13 th Congressional District 4th Congressional District (D) Carolyn McCarthy (NR) Daniel Vila Rivera (G) ATTORNEY GENERAL Bruce Blakeman (R, C, I) Kathleen M. Rice (D, WF) th 14 Congressional District

Eric Schneiderman (D) Joseph Crowley (D, WF) 5th Congressinal District John Cahill (R) Elizabeth Perri (C) (D) Ramon Jimenez (G) Allen Steinhardt th Carl Person (L) 15 Congressional District

Jose Serrano (D, WF) 6th Congressional District Eduardo Ramirez (C) Grace Meng William Edstorm (G)

COMPTROLLER th 7 Congressional District th 17 Congressional District Nydia Velazquez (D, WF) Tom DiNapoli (D) (D, WF) Jose Luis Fernandez (R) Bob Antonacci (R) Chris Day (R) Allan Romaguera (C) Theresa Portelli (G) th John Clifton (L) 18 Congressional District 8th Congressional District Sean Maloney (D, WF) (D, WF) Nan Hayworth (R, C, I) Alan Bellone (C)

1 D - Democrat L – Libertarian WF – Working Family NR – Not running for re-election Winners are bolded. 2014 NYS General Election Results R - Republican C – Conservative UMP – United Monroe Races in red are too close to call. I – Independent PHP – Preserve Hudson Incumbents are shown in italics. G – Green SCC – Stop Common Core

19 th Congressional District NEW YORK STATE SENATE 9th Senate District Chris Gibson(R, C, I) *In districts not listed, Senators were Dean G. Skelos (R, C, I) Sean Eldridge (D, WF) unopposed in the general election. Patrick Gillespie, Jr. (D, WF)

st 20 th Congressional District 1 Senate District 11 th Senate District (D, WF, I) Kenneth P. LaValle (R, C, I) (D, I) Michael Conroy (D) Jim Fischer (R, C) nd Paul Gilman (G) 2 Senate District 21 st Congressional District John J. Flanagan (R, C, I) 12 th Senate District Bill Owens (NR) Joseph Lombardi (D) (D)

Elise Stefanik (R, C) rd Anthony Aldorasi Aaron Woolf (D, WF, G) 3 Senate District Matthew Funiciello Lee Zeldin (R, NR) 15 th Senate District – Adrienne Esposito (D, WF) Joseph Addabo (D, WF) 23 rd Congressional District Tom Croci (R, C, I) Michael Conigliaro (R, C)

Tom Reed (R, C, I) th Martha Robertson (D, WF) 4 Senate District 18 th Senate District - Kings Philip M. Boyle (R, C, I) Martin Dilan (D) 24 th Congressional District John Alberts (D) Debbie Medina (WF)

Dan Maffei (D, WF) th Jonathan H. Anderson (C) John Katko (R, C, I) 5 Senate District Carl L. Marcellino (R, C, I) 19 th Senate District 25 th Congressional District Bruce Kennedy, Jr. (D, WF) John L. Sampson (D)

Louise Slaughter (D, WF) th Elias J. Weir (C) Mark Assini (R, C) 6 Senate District Dell Smitherman (WF) Kemp Hannon (R, C, I) 26 th Congressional District Ethan Irwin (D) 20 th Senate District

Brian Higgins (D, WF) th Seat is currently vacant Kathy Weppner (R, C) 7 Senate District Jesse Hamilton (D) Jack M. Martins (R, C, I) Menachem Raitport (C) 27 th Congressional District Adam Haber (D, WF) st Chris Collins (R, C, I) th 21 Senate District Jim O’Donnell (D, WF) 8 Senate District Kevin S. Parker (D, WF) Seat is currently vacant Herman G. Hall (C) David Denenberg (D, WF) Michael Venditto (R, C, I) 22 nd Senate District Martin J. Golden (R, C, I) Jamie Kemmerer (D, WF)

2 D - Democrat L – Libertarian WF – Working Family NR – Not running for re-election Winners are bolded. 2014 NYS General Election Results R - Republican C – Conservative UMP – United Monroe Races in red are too close to call. I – Independent PHP – Preserve Hudson Incumbents are shown in italics. G – Green SCC – Stop Common Core

24 th Senate District 36 th Senate District 52 nd Senate District Andrew J. Lanza (R, C, I) Ruth H. Thompson (D) Thomas W. Libous (R, C, I) Gary Carsel (D, WF) Crystal Collins (I) Anndrea L. Starzak (D, WF) Robert L. Diamond (R, C) 26 th Senate District 55 th Senate District Daniel Squadron (D, WF) 37 th Senate District Ted O'Brien (D, WF, UTR) Wave Chan (R) George S. Latimer (D, WF) Rich Funke (R, C, I) Joseph Dillon (R) 28th Senate District 60 th Senate District (D, WF) 38 th Senate District Mark Grisanti (I) Shota Baghaturia (D) (D, WF, I) Marc C. Panepinto (D, WF) Mike Zumbluskas (R, I) Donna Held (R) Kevin T. Stocker (R) Timothy D. Gallagher (C) 29 th Senate District 39 th Senate District Jose M. Serrano (D, WF) William L. Larkin, Jr. (R, C, I) 61 st Senate District Kevin Barrett (R, C) Gary Lee (D, WF) Michael H. Ranzenhofer (R, C, I) Elaine Altman (D, WF) 30 th Senate District 40 th Senate District Bill Perkins (D, WF) (R, NR) 62 nd Senate District Jon Girodes (R) Justin R. Wagner (D, WF) George Maziarz (R, NR) Terrance P. Murphy (R, C, SCC, I) Johnny G. Destino (D) 32 nd Senate District Robert Ortt (R, C, I) Ruben M. Diaz (D, R) 41 st Senate District Jasmine Marte (C) Terry W. Gipson (D, WF) 63 rd Senate District Susan J. Serino (R, C, I) Timothy M. Kennedy (D, WF, I) 33 rd Senate District Betty Jean Grant (D) J. Gustavo Rivera (D, WF) 43 rd Senate District Ricky Donovan, Sr. (R, C, I) Steven Stern (R, C) Kathleen Marchione (R, C, I) Jose A. Padilla, Jr. (I) Brian F. Howard (D, WF) ASSEMBLY *In districts not listed, Assemblymembers 34 th Senate District 46 th Senate District were unopposed in the general election.

Jeffrey D. Klein (D, I) Cecilia F. Tkaczyk (D, WF) st Aleksander Mici (R) George Amedore (R, C, I) 1 Assembly District Frank Dellavalle (C) (D, WF, I) Carl Lundgren (G) 49 th Senate District Heather Collins (R) Hugh T. Farley (R, C, SCC, I) Brian DeSesa (C) 35 th Senate District Madelyn C. Thorne (D, WF) Andrea Stewart-Cousins (D, WF, I) Robert Lopez Foti (R)

3 D - Democrat L – Libertarian WF – Working Family NR – Not running for re-election Winners are bolded. 2014 NYS General Election Results R - Republican C – Conservative UMP – United Monroe Races in red are too close to call. I – Independent PHP – Preserve Hudson Incumbents are shown in italics. G – Green SCC – Stop Common Core

2nd Assembly District 11 th Assembly District 21 st Assembly District (R, C, I) Kimberly Jean-Pierre (D, WF, I) Brian F. Curran (R, C, I) Thomas Schiliro (D, I) Mark M. Gallo (R) Adam Shapiro (D) James G. Butler (C) 3rd Assembly District 22 nd Assembly District Edward J. Hennessey (D, WF) 13 th Assembly District Michaelle C. Solages (D, WF, I) Dean Murray (R, C, I) Charles D. Lavine (D, WF, I) Gonald Moncion (R, C) Louis Imbroto (R, I) 4th Assembly District Jeffery J. Peress (G) 40 th Assembly District Steven Englebright (D, WF, I) (D, WF, I) Christopher Keegan (R, C) 14 th Assembly District Philip Gim (R) David G. McDonough (R, C, I) 5th Assembly District Gaspare Tumminello (D, WF) 41 st Assembly District Alfred C. Graf (R, C, I) Helene E. Weinstein (D, WF) Deborah Slinkosky (D) 15 th Assembly District Sura Yusim (C) Michael A. Montesano (R, C, I) 6th Assembly District Mario Ferone (D) 42 nd Assembly District Philip R. Ramos (D, WF, I) Rhoda Jacobs (D, NR) Victoria Serpa (R, C) 16 th Assembly District Rodneyse Bichotte (D, WF) Michelle Schimel (D, WF, I) Matthew Williams (R) 7th Assembly District Douglas Lee (R, C) Brian Kelly (C) Andrew R. Garbarino (R, C, I) Deborah Pfeiffer (D) 17 th Assembly District 43 rd Assembly District Thomas McKevitt (R, C, I) Karim Camara (D, WF) 8th Assembly District Jonathan Clarke (D) Cartell Gore (C) Michael J. Fitzpatrick (R, C, I) Jason Zove (D, WP) 18 th Assembly District 44 th Assembly District Earlene Hooper (D, I) James F. Brennan (D, WF) 9th Assembly District Cornelius Smith (R) Mikhail Yusupov (R, C) Joseph S. Saladino (R, C, I) Edward M. Buturla 19 th Assembly District 45 th Assembly District Edward P. Ra (R, C, I) Steve Cymbrowitz (D, WF, I) 10 th Assembly District Gary Port (D, WF) Mikhail Usher (C) Chad A. Lupinacci (R, C, I) Dominick Feeney, Jr. (D) 20 th Assembly District 46 th Assembly District Harvey Weisenberg (D, NR) Alec Brook-Krasny (D, WF, I) (D, WF) Stamatis Lilikakis (R, C) Avi Fertig (R, C)

4 D - Democrat L – Libertarian WF – Working Family NR – Not running for re-election Winners are bolded. 2014 NYS General Election Results R - Republican C – Conservative UMP – United Monroe Races in red are too close to call. I – Independent PHP – Preserve Hudson Incumbents are shown in italics. G – Green SCC – Stop Common Core

47 th Assembly District 56 th Assembly District 71 st Assembly District (D, WF) Annette M. Robinson (D) Herman “Denny” Farrell (D) Joseph D. Baranello (R, C) Garnsey Lee Alston (R) Jerome Johnson (R)

48th Assembly District 59 th Assembly District 72 nd Assembly District (D, C) Seat is currently vacant Seat is currently vacant Carl Caller (R) (D) Guillermo Linares (D) Jeffrey J. Ferretti (R, C) Ronnie Cabrera (R) 49 th Assembly District Peter J. Abbate, Jr. (D, WF, I) 60 th Assembly District 73 rd Assembly District Henry Lallave (R, C) Seat is currently vacant (D, WF) (D) David B. Casavis (R, I) 50 th Assembly District Leroy Bates, Sr. (R, C) Joseph R. Lentol (D) 74 th Assembly District William Davidson (R) 63 rd Assembly District Brian Kavanagh (D, WF) Michael J. Cusick (D, C, I) Bryan A. Cooper (R) 51 st Assembly District Joseph Tirrone (R) Felix W. Ortiz (D) 75 th Assembly District Sandra Palacios-Serrano (C) 64 th Assembly District Richard Gottfried (D, WF) Nicole Malliotakis (R, C, I) Harry DeMell (R) 52 nd Assembly District Marybeth Melendez (D, WF) Joan Millman (D, NR) 76 th Assembly District Peter J. Sikora (WF) 65 th Assembly District (D, NR) JoAnne Simon (D) Sheldon Silver (D, WF) (D, WF) John A. Jasilli (R, C) Maureen Koetz (R) David Garland (R, I)

54 th Assembly District 66 th Assembly District 77 th Assembly District Seat is currently vacant Deborah Glick (D) Seat is currently vacant Kimberly Council (WF) Nekeshia Woods (R) (D, WP) Erik Dilan (D) Esperanza Reyes Acosta (R) Khorshed A. Chowdhury (R, C) 68 th Assembly District Benjamin Eggleston (C) Robert Rodriguez (D, WF) 55 th Assembly District Ted Jones (R) 78 th Assembly District Seat is currently vacant Jose Rivera (D) (D) 70 th Assembly District Fernando Tirado (R, I) Lori Boozer (WF) Keith Wright (D, WF) Berneda Jackson (R) Noni Moore (R)

5 D - Democrat L – Libertarian WF – Working Family NR – Not running for re-election Winners are bolded. 2014 NYS General Election Results R - Republican C – Conservative UMP – United Monroe Races in red are too close to call. I – Independent PHP – Preserve Hudson Incumbents are shown in italics. G – Green SCC – Stop Common Core

79 th Assembly District 87 th Assembly District 104 th Assembly District Seat is currently vacant Luis R. Sepulveda (D, WF) Frank K. Skartados (D, WF) Michael Blake (D) Michael Dennis (R, C) Sakima Green-Brown (R, C, I) Marsha Michael (WF) Selsia Evans (R, C) 92 nd Assembly District 105 th Assembly District Thomas Abinanti (D, WF, I) Kieran Michael Lalor (R, I) 80 th Assembly District Mike Duffy (R, C) Joseph Torres (WF) Mark Gjonaj (D) Robert Goodman (R, C) 94 th Assembly District 106 th Assembly District Stephen Katz (R, C) (D, WF, I) 81 st Assembly District Andrew I Falk (D, WP, I) Michael N. Kelsey (R, C) (D, WF) Alan H. Reed (C) 96 th Assembly District 107 th Assembly District Kenneth P. Zebrowski (D, WF) Steven F. McLaughlin (R, C) 82 nd Assembly District Matthew I. Brennan (R) Philip J. Malone (D, WP, I) Michael R. Benedetto (D) Michael J. Eginton (R) 97 th Assembly District 108th Assembly District William E. Britt, Jr. (C) Ellen C. Jaffee (D, WF) John McDonald (D, I) Robert Romanowski (R, C) Carl Gottstein, Jr. (R, C) 83 rd Assembly District Carl E. Heastie (D) 98 th Assembly District 109 th Assembly District Benjamin Holloway (R, C) Seat is currently vacant (D, WF) Trevor Archer (G) Elisa A. Tutini (D, WF) Jesse D. Calhoun (R, C) Daniel G. Castricone (UMP) 84 th Assembly District Karl A. Brabenec (C, I) 110 th Assembly District Carmen E. Arroyo (D) Jacqueline Boulin Romain (PHP) (D, WF, I) Angel Molina (D, R) Thomas A. Jasiewicz (R, C) Franklin Chidi Oleh (C) 99 th Assembly District James G. Skoufis (D, WF) 111 th Assembly District 85 th Assembly District Richard M. Cocchiara (C, I) Angelo L. Santabarbara (D, WF, I) Marcos A. Crespo (D) Peter A. Vroman (R, C) Janelle King (R) 101 st Assembly District Barbara Santander (C) Claudia Tenney (R, C) 112 th Assembly District Daniel Zuger (G) Christopher P. Farber (I) James N. Tedisco (R, C, I) Jared B. Hickey (D) 86 th Assembly District 103 rd Assembly District Victor Pichardo (D, WF) Kevin Cahill (D, WF) Rene Santos (R) Kevin Roberts (R, C) Jose Marte (C)

6 D - Democrat L – Libertarian WF – Working Family NR – Not running for re-election Winners are bolded. 2014 NYS General Election Results R - Republican C – Conservative UMP – United Monroe Races in red are too close to call. I – Independent PHP – Preserve Hudson Incumbents are shown in italics. G – Green SCC – Stop Common Core

113 th Assembly District 134 th Asssembly District Seat is currently vacant Seat is currently vacant (D, WF) Gary E. Pudup (D, WF) Steve Stallmer (R, C, I) Peter A. Lawrence (R, C, I)

115th Assembly District 137 th Assembly District Janet Duprey (R, I) David Grantt (D) Karen M. Bisso (C) Ann Lewis

116 th Assembly District 138 th Assembly District Addie Russell (D, WF) Harry B. Bronson (D, WF, I) John Byrne, III (R, I) Peterson A. Vazquez (R, C) Russell J. Finley (C) 140 th Assembly District 121 st Assembly District (D, C, I) Bill Magee (D) William J. Reece (R) John J. Salka (R, C) 143 rd Assembly District 125 th Assembly District Seat is currently vacant Barbara Lifton (D, WF) Mark M. Mazurek (D) Herbert Masser, Jr. (R) Angela M. Wozniak (R, C, I) Camille Brandon (WF) 126 th Assembly District (R, C, I) 146 th Assembly District Diane M. Dwire (D, WF) Raymond W. Walter (R, C, I) Steven G. Meyer (D, WF) 127 th Assembly District Albert A. Stripe (D, WF) 149 th Assembly District Robert DeMarco (R, C, I) Sean M. Ryan (D, WF, I) Jacob J. Bratek (R) 128 th Assembly District Sam Roberts (D, WP) 150 th Assembly District John Sharon (R, C, I) Andrew Goodell (R, C, I) Barrie E. Yochim (D, WF) 129 th Assembly District (D, WF, I) Richard G. Zaccaria (R, C)

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