New York's 98th State Assembly district

New York's 98th
State Assembly district

New York's 98th State Assembly district is one of the 150 districts in the New York State Assembly. It has been represented by Republican Assemblyman Karl Brabenec since 2014.

Geography

District 98 consists of parts of Orange County and Rockland County. It consists of Port Jervis, and the towns of Palm Tree, Deerpark, Greenville, Minisink, Warwick, Monroe, Tuxedo, and portions of Ramapo.^[1]

Recent election results

2022

2022 New York State Assembly election, District 98^[2]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Karl Brabenec	26,475
	Conservative	Karl Brabenec	3,703
	Total	Karl Brabenec (incumbent)	30,178	63.9
	Democratic	Bruce Levine	17,013	36.0
	Write-in		60	0.1
Total votes			47,251	100.0
	Republican hold

2020

2020 New York State Assembly election, District 98^[3]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Karl Brabenec	33,784
	Conservative	Karl Brabenec	5,274
	Independence	Karl Brabenec	2,444
	Total	Karl Brabenec (incumbent)	41,502	98.7
	Write-in		541	0.0
Total votes			42,043	100.0
	Republican hold

2018

2018 New York State Assembly election, District 98^[4]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Karl Brabenec	18,199
	Independence	Karl Brabenec	4,240
	Conservative	Karl Brabenec	2,394
	Reform	Karl Brabenec	152
	Total	Karl Brabenec (incumbent)	24,985	62.7
	Democratic	Scott Martens	13,139
	Working Families	Scott Martens	581
	Women's Equality	Scott Martens	314
	Total	Scott Martens	14,834	37.2
	Write-in		25	0.1
Total votes			39,844	100.0
	Republican hold

2016

2016 New York State Assembly election, District 98^[5]^[6]
Primary election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Karl Brabenec (incumbent)	2,766	57.7
	Republican	John Allegro	2,027	42.3
	Write-in		0	0.0
Total votes			4,793	100
	Democratic	Aron Wieder	2,325	58.8
	Democratic	Krystal Serrano	1,632	41.2
	Write-in		0	0.0
Total votes			3,957	100
	Conservative	Aron Wieder	290	60.5
	Conservative	Karl Brabenec (incumbent)	150	31.3
	Conservative	John Allegro	38	8.0
	Conservative	Krystal Serrano	1	0.2
	Write-in		0	0.0
Total votes			479	100
	Independence	Aron Wieder	378	80.4
	Independence	Karl Brabenec (incumbent)	92	19.6
	Write-in		0	0.0
Total votes			470	100
	Green	Aron Wieder	35	61.4
	Green	Krystal Serrano	15	26.3
	Green	John Allegro	6	10.5
	Green	Pramilla Malick	1	1.8
	Write-in		0	0.0
Total votes			57	100
	Reform	Aron Wieder	9	69.2
	Reform	Karl Brabenec (incumbent)	4	30.8
	Write-in		0	0.0
Total votes			13	100
	Women's Equality	Aron Wieder	4	100
	Women's Equality	Krystal Serrano	0	0
	Write-in		0	0.0
Total votes			4	100
General election
	Republican	Karl Brabenec	28,058
	Tax Cuts Now	Karl Brabenec	1,047
	Total	Karl Brabenec (incumbent)	29,105	58.9
	Democratic	Aron Wieder	12,724
	Independence	Aron Wieder	4,785
	Conservative	Aron Wieder	1,775
	Green	Aron Wieder	292
	Women's Equality	Aron Wieder	206
	Reform	Aron Wieder	101
	Total	Aron Wieder	19,883	40.3
	Write-in		379	0.8
Total votes			49,367	100.0
	Republican hold

2014

2014 New York State Assembly election, District 98^[7]^[8]
Primary election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Karl Brabenec	1,828	44.2
	Republican	Daniel Castricone	1,467	35.5
	Republican	Michael Morgillo	657	15.9
	Republican	Kevin Hudson	180	4.4
	Write-in		0	0.0
Total votes			4,132	100
	Democratic	Elisa Tutini	1,189	35.6
	Democratic	Aron Wieder	1,128	33.8
	Democratic	Krystal Serrano	1,023	30.6
	Write-in		0	0.0
Total votes			3,340	100
	Conservative	Karl Brabenec	164	55.4
	Conservative	Daniel Castricone	132	44.6
	Write-in		0	0.0
Total votes			296	100
General election
	Republican	Karl Brabenec	8,626
	Independence	Karl Brabenec	2,407
	Conservative	Karl Brabenec	1,910
	Total	Karl Brabenec	12,943	37.0
	Democratic	Elisa Tutini	8,102
	Working Families	Elisa Tutini	4,804
	Total	Elisa Tutini	12,906	36.8
	United Monroe	Daniel Castricone	9,118	26.0
	Write-in		59	0.2
Total votes			35,026	100.0
	Republican hold

2012

2012 New York State Assembly election, District 98^[9]^[10]
Primary election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Gerard McQuade Jr.	1,561	47.8
	Democratic	Myrna Kemnitz	929	28.5
	Democratic	Aron Wieder	772	23.7
	Write-in		0	0.0
Total votes			3,262	100.0
	Conservative	Ann Rabbitt (incumbent)	176	48.2
	Conservative	Gerard McQuade Jr.	132	36.2
	Conservative	Aron Wieder	55	15.1
	Conservative	Myrna Kemnitz	2	0.5
	Write-in		0	0.0
Total votes			365	100
General election
	Republican	Ann Rabbitt	20,780
	Conservative	Ann Rabbitt	2,932
	Independence	Ann Rabbitt	1,312
	Total	Ann Rabbitt (incumbent)	25,024	55.5
	Democratic	Gerard McQuade Jr.	18,959
	Working Families	Gerard McQuade Jr.	1,105
	Total	Gerard McQuade Jr.	20,064	44.5
	Write-in		33	0.0
Total votes			45,121	100.0
	Republican hold

References

^ "Karl Brabenec - Assembly District 98". nyassembly.gov.
^ "2022 Election Results". New York State Board of Elections. Retrieved January 6, 2023.
^ "2020 Election Results". New York State Board of Elections. Retrieved July 29, 2022.
^ "2018 Election Results" (PDF). New York State Board of Elections. Retrieved July 27, 2022.
^ "2016 Election Results" (PDF). New York State Board of Elections. Retrieved July 29, 2022.
^ "2016 State and Local Primary Results" (PDF). New York State Board of Elections. Retrieved July 29, 2022.
^ "2014 Election Results" (PDF). New York State Board of Elections. Retrieved July 29, 2022.
^ "2014 State and Local Primary Results" (PDF). New York State Board of Elections. Retrieved July 29, 2022.
^ "2012 Election Results" (PDF). New York State Board of Elections. Retrieved July 29, 2022.
^ "2012 State and Local Primary Results" (PDF). New York State Board of Elections. Retrieved July 29, 2022.