Karl Brabenec

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Karl Brabenec
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Republican Party

New York State Assembly District 98
Tenure

2015 - Present

Term ends

2027

Years in position

10

Compensation

Base salary

$142,000/year

Elections and appointments
Last elected

November 5, 2024

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Karl Brabenec (Republican Party) is a member of the New York State Assembly, representing District 98. He assumed office on January 1, 2015. His current term ends on January 1, 2027.

Brabenec (Republican Party, Conservative Party) ran for re-election to the New York State Assembly to represent District 98. He won in the general election on November 5, 2024.

Committee assignments

2023-2024

Brabenec was assigned to the following committees:

2021-2022

Brabenec was assigned to the following committees:

2019-2020

Brabenec was assigned to the following committees:

2017 legislative session

At the beginning of the 2017 legislative session, this legislator served on the following committees:

New York committee assignments, 2017
• Aging
• Cities
• Election Law
• Labor
• Local Governments

2015 legislative session

At the beginning of the 2015 legislative session, Brabenec served on the following 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

2024

See also: New York State Assembly elections, 2024

General election

General election for New York State Assembly District 98

Incumbent Karl Brabenec won election in the general election for New York State Assembly District 98 on November 5, 2024.

Candidate
%
Votes
✔
Image of Karl Brabenec
Karl Brabenec (R / Conservative Party)
 
99.0
 
41,004
 Other/Write-in votes
 
1.0
 
407

Incumbents are bolded and underlined. Source

Total votes: 41,411
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Republican primary election

The Republican primary election was canceled. Incumbent Karl Brabenec advanced from the Republican primary for New York State Assembly District 98.

Conservative Party primary election

The Conservative Party primary election was canceled. Incumbent Karl Brabenec advanced from the Conservative Party primary for New York State Assembly District 98.

Campaign finance

Endorsements

Ballotpedia did not identify endorsements for Brabenec in this election.

2022

See also: New York State Assembly elections, 2022

General election

General election for New York State Assembly District 98

Incumbent Karl Brabenec defeated Bruce Levine in the general election for New York State Assembly District 98 on November 8, 2022.

Candidate
%
Votes
✔
Image of Karl Brabenec
Karl Brabenec (R / Conservative Party)
 
63.9
 
30,178
Image of Bruce Levine
Bruce Levine (D) Candidate Connection
 
36.0
 
17,013
 Other/Write-in votes
 
0.1
 
60

Incumbents are bolded and underlined. The results have been certified. Source

Total votes: 47,251
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Democratic primary election

The Democratic primary election was canceled. Bruce Levine advanced from the Democratic primary for New York State Assembly District 98.

Republican primary election

The Republican primary election was canceled. Incumbent Karl Brabenec advanced from the Republican primary for New York State Assembly District 98.

Conservative Party primary election

The Conservative Party primary election was canceled. Incumbent Karl Brabenec advanced from the Conservative Party primary for New York State Assembly District 98.

Working Families Party primary election

Withdrawn or disqualified candidates

2020

See also: New York State Assembly elections, 2020

General election

General election for New York State Assembly District 98

Incumbent Karl Brabenec won election in the general election for New York State Assembly District 98 on November 3, 2020.

Candidate
%
Votes
✔
Image of Karl Brabenec
Karl Brabenec (R / Conservative Party / Independence Party)
 
98.7
 
41,477
 Other/Write-in votes
 
1.3
 
540

Incumbents are bolded and underlined. The results have been certified. Source

Total votes: 42,017
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Republican primary election

The Republican primary election was canceled. Incumbent Karl Brabenec advanced from the Republican primary for New York State Assembly District 98.

Conservative Party primary election

The Conservative Party primary election was canceled. Incumbent Karl Brabenec advanced from the Conservative Party primary for New York State Assembly District 98.

Independence Party primary election

The Independence Party primary election was canceled. Incumbent Karl Brabenec advanced from the Independence Party primary for New York State Assembly District 98.

Libertarian primary election

Withdrawn or disqualified candidates

2018

See also: New York State Assembly elections, 2018

Brabenec also ran in the 2018 election as a Conservative Party, Independence Party, and Reform Party candidate.

General election

General election for New York State Assembly District 98

Incumbent Karl Brabenec defeated Scott Martens in the general election for New York State Assembly District 98 on November 6, 2018.

Candidate
%
Votes
✔
Image of Karl Brabenec
Karl Brabenec (R)
 
62.7
 
24,985
Image of Scott Martens
Scott Martens (D)
 
37.2
 
14,834
 Other/Write-in votes
 
0.1
 
25

Incumbents are bolded and underlined. The results have been certified. Source

Total votes: 39,844
(100.00% precincts reporting)
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Democratic primary election

Democratic primary for New York State Assembly District 98

Scott Martens advanced from the Democratic primary for New York State Assembly District 98 on September 13, 2018.

Candidate
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Image of Scott Martens
Scott Martens

There were no incumbents in this race. The results have been certified. Source

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Republican primary election

Republican primary for New York State Assembly District 98

Incumbent Karl Brabenec advanced from the Republican primary for New York State Assembly District 98 on September 13, 2018.

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Karl Brabenec

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2016

See also: New York State Assembly elections, 2016

Elections for the New York State Assembly took place in 2016. The primary election took place on September 13, 2016, and the general election was held on November 8, 2016. The filing deadline for major party candidates was July 14, 2016. The filing deadline for independent candidates was August 23, 2016.

Incumbent Karl Brabenec defeated Aron B. Wieder in the New York State Assembly District 98 general election.[1][2]

New York State Assembly, District 98 General Election, 2016
Party Candidate Vote % Votes
     Republican Green check mark transparent.png Karl Brabenec Incumbent 59.41% 29,105
     Democratic Aron B. Wieder 40.59% 19,883
Total Votes 48,988
Source: New York Board of Elections


Aron B. Wieder defeated Krystal Z. Serrano in the New York State Assembly District 98 Democratic primary.[3][4]

New York State Assembly, District 98 Democratic Primary, 2016
Party Candidate Vote % Votes
     Democratic Green check mark transparent.png Aron B. Wieder 58.76% 2,325
     Democratic Krystal Z. Serrano 41.24% 1,632
Total Votes 3,957


Wieder also ran on the Conservative, Green, Independence, Women's Equality, and Reform Party tickets. Incumbent Karl Brabenec defeated John N. Allegro in the New York State Assembly District 98 Republican primary.[3][4]

New York State Assembly, District 98 Republican Primary, 2016
Party Candidate Vote % Votes
     Republican Green check mark transparent.png Karl Brabenec Incumbent 57.71% 2,766
     Republican John N. Allegro 42.29% 2,027
Total Votes 4,793


Brabenec also ran on the TCN-Tax Cuts Now ticket. Aron B. Wieder defeated incumbent Karl Brabenec in the New York State Assembly District 98 Independence primary.[3][4]

New York State Assembly, District 98 Independence Primary, 2016
Party Candidate Vote % Votes
     Independence Green check mark transparent.png Aron B. Wieder 65.91% 290
     Independence Karl Brabenec Incumbent 34.09% 150
Total Votes 440

2014

See also: New York State Assembly elections, 2014

Elections for the New York State Assembly took place in 2014. A primary election took place on September 9, 2014. The general election took place on November 4, 2014. The signature filing deadline for candidates wishing to run in this election was July 10, 2014. Elisa A. Tutini defeated Krystal Z. Serrano and Aron B. Wieder in the Democratic primary, while Karl A. Brabenec defeated Michael T. Morgillo, Daniel G. Castricone and Kevin M. Hudson in the Republican primary. Jacqueline Boulin Romain (PHP) was removed from the ballot and was not listed on the candidate list for the general election. Tutini ran on the Working Families Party ticket, Castricone ran on the UMP-United Monroe ticket and Conservative Party tickets and Brabenec ran on the Conservative Party and Independence Party of New York State tickets. Brabenec defeated Tutini and Castricone (UMP) in the general election.[5][6][7]

New York State Assembly, District 98 General Election, 2014
Party Candidate Vote % Votes
     Republican Green check mark transparent.pngKarl A. Brabenec 37% 12,943
     Democratic Elisa A. Tutini 36.9% 12,906
     United Monroe ticket Daniel G. Castricone 26.1% 9,118
Total Votes 34,967
New York State Assembly, District 98 Democratic Primary, 2014
Candidate Vote % Votes
Green check mark transparent.pngElisa A. Tutini 35.6% 1,189
Aron B. Wieder 33.8% 1,128
Krystal Z. Serrano 30.6% 1,023
Total Votes 3,340
New York State Assembly, District 98 Republican Primary, 2014
Candidate Vote % Votes
Green check mark transparent.pngKarl A. Brabenec 44.2% 1,828
Daniel G. Castricone 35.5% 1,467
Michael T. Morgillo 15.9% 657
Kevin M. Hudson 4.4% 180
Total Votes 4,132
New York State Assembly, District 98 Conservative Primary, 2014
Candidate Vote % Votes
Green check mark transparent.pngKarl A. Brabenec 55.4% 164
Daniel G. Castricone 44.6% 132
Total Votes 296

Campaign themes

2024

Ballotpedia survey responses

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2022

Karl Brabenec did not complete Ballotpedia's 2022 Candidate Connection survey.

2020

Karl Brabenec did not complete Ballotpedia's 2020 Candidate Connection survey.

2016

Brabenec's campaign website highlighted the following issues:

“

Agriculture

  • New York needs its family farms, and I will be proud to be an advocate for our farmers, so that the generations of work that have gone into this precious resource will be continued for generations to come.

Albany Reform

  • I’m running to change the vulture culture in the state capital. And I know how to do it–I re-established the Ethics Committee in my own Town of Deerpark, because no one should be allowed to use a position of public trust for private gain.

Education

  • Common Core should be a set of recommendations, not a straitjacket for our schools. Instead of forcing its costly mandates on our communities, let’s dedicate those resources to equipping our classrooms with the best technology and rewarding our teachers for excellence. And let’s give families the choice of where to send their kids to school. Charter schools work. They should be encouraged, not thwarted. No child should be denied the opportunity for a great education because of where they live or their family circumstances. It’s time to put our children’s needs first.

Job Creation

  • We can grow our economy and jobs all across New York—if we use our common sense and cut the red tape and the taxes, the way we’ve done in Deerpark. Albany needs to tighten its belt, live on a sensible budget, work smarter, and stop throwing obstacles in the way of hiring—and I know how to make it happen!

Second Amendment

  • The Second Amendment guarantees that our government will respect the right of law-abiding citizens to own firearms, and, as a strong supporter of the NRA, I will proudly uphold the Second Amendment.[8]
 ”
—Karl Brabenec[9]

2014

Brabenec's campaign website highlighted the following issues:[10]

Tax Relief

  • Excerpt: "Albany needs to do less with more, set reasonable budgets, and work smarter–and pass the savings on to our taxpayers to spend, save, and invest here in our communities."

Job Creation

  • Excerpt: "We can grow our economy and jobs all across New York—if we use our common sense and cut the red tape and the taxes, the way we’ve done in Deerpark. Albany needs to tighten its belt, live on a sensible budget, work smarter, and stop throwing obstacles in the way of hiring—and I know how to make it happen!"

Education

  • Excerpt: "Common Core should be a set of recommendations, not a straitjacket for our schools. Instead of forcing its costly mandates on our communities, let’s dedicate those resources to equipping our classrooms with the best technology and rewarding our teachers for excellence. And let’s give families the choice of where to send their kids to school."

Agriculture

  • Excerpt: "New York needs its family farms, and I will be proud to be an advocate for our farmers, so that the generations of work that have gone into this precious resource will be continued for generations to come."

Second Amendment

  • Excerpt: "The SAFE Act will not only fail to protect our citizens from violent crime, it will actually divert resources away from where they should go to provide that protection: increasing the presence of police and safety officers in at-risk areas; enhanced resources for our families and communities to deal with mental illness; and programs to get guns out of the hands of actual criminals."

Campaign finance summary

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Karl Brabenec campaign contribution history
YearOfficeStatusContributionsExpenditures
2024* New York State Assembly District 98Won general$8,750 $0
2022New York State Assembly District 98Won general$118,808 $0
2020New York State Assembly District 98Won general$93,320 N/A**
2016New York State Assembly, District 98Won $123,974 N/A**
2014New York State Assembly, District 98Won $60,333 N/A**
Grand total$405,185 N/A**
Sources: OpenSecrets,  Federal Elections Commission ***This product uses the openFEC API but is not endorsed or certified by the Federal Election Commission (FEC).
* Data from this year may not be complete
** Data on expenditures is not available for this election cycle
Note: Totals above reflect only available data.

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    Footnotes

    1. ↑ New York State Board of Elections, "2016 General Election Candidate List," accessed October 11, 2016
    2. ↑ New York State Board of Elections, "Election results, 2016," accessed December 23, 2016
    3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 New York State Board of Elections, "Filings received for the 2016 State/Local Primary," accessed August 29, 2016
    4. ↑ 4.0 4.1 4.2 New York State Board of Elections, "Election returns September 13, 2016," accessed November 6, 2016
    5. ↑ New York Board of Elections, "Certification for the September 9, 2014, State Primary Election," accessed December 17, 2014
    6. ↑ New York Board of Elections, "Primary results for September 9, 2014," accessed October 1, 2014
    7. ↑ New York Board of Elections, "NYS Board of Elections Assembly Election Returns November 4, 2014," accessed December 17, 2014
    8. ↑ Note: This text is quoted verbatim from the original source. Any inconsistencies are attributable to the original source.
    9. ↑ Karl Brabenec New York Assembly, "Issues," accessed September 19, 2016
    10. ↑ Brabenec.org, "Issues," accessed August 22, 2014

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