2010 New York State Assembly election

2010 New York State Assembly election
November 2, 2010 (2010-11-02)
150 seats from the New York State Assembly
75 seats needed for a majority
  Majority party Minority party Third party
 
Leader Sheldon Silver Brian Kolb Fred Thiele
Party Democratic Republican Independence
Leader since February 11, 1994 April 6, 2009 October 2009
Leader's seat 64th district 129th district 2nd district
Seats before 106 42 2
Seats after 98 51 1
Seat change 8 9 1
Results:
     Republican gain
     Democratic hold      Republican hold
     Independence hold
Speaker before election

Sheldon Silver
Democratic

Speaker

Sheldon Silver
Democratic


The 2010 New York State Assembly elections were held on Tuesday, November 2, 2010, with the primary election on September 14, 2010. Voters in the 150 districts of the New York State Assembly elected their representatives. The elections coincided with the elections for other offices, including for governor, U.S. Senate, U.S. House of Representatives, and state senate. Assembly Democrats won 98 of the chamber's 150 seats on election day, while Republicans won 51 seats and Independence party member Fred Thiele won one seat.


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