Jo Anne Simon
Jo Anne Simon (Democratic Party) is a member of the New York State Assembly, representing District 52. She assumed office on January 1, 2015. Her current term ends on January 1, 2027.
Simon (Working Families Party, Democratic Party) ran for re-election to the New York State Assembly to represent District 52. She won in the general election on November 5, 2024. She advanced from the Democratic primary on June 25, 2024.
Biography
Simon received a bachelor’s degree in communications from Iona College, a master’s degree in education of the deaf from Gallaudet University, and a law degree from Fordham University. Her professional experience included working as a general counsel for the Association on Higher Education And Disability, an adjunct law professor at Fordham University, and as a disability civil rights attorney.[1][2]
Committee assignments
2023-2024
Simon was assigned to the following committees:
- Codes Committee
- Ethics and Guidance Committee, Chair
- Higher Education Committee
- Judiciary Committee
- Transportation Committee
- Ways and Means Committee
2021-2022
Simon was assigned to the following committees:
- Consumer Affairs and Protection Committee
- Education Committee
- Ethics and Guidance Committee, Chair
- Higher Education Committee
- Labor Committee
- Transportation Committee
2019-2020
Simon was assigned to the following committees:
- Consumer Affairs and Protection Committee
- Education Committee
- Judiciary Committee
- Higher Education Committee
- Labor Committee
- Transportation Committee
2017 legislative session
At the beginning of the 2017 legislative session, this legislator served on the following committees:
| New York committee assignments, 2017 |
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| • Consumer Affairs and Protection |
| • Higher Education |
| • Judiciary |
| • Labor |
| • Transportation |
2015 legislative session
At the beginning of the 2015 legislative session, Simon served on the following committees:
| New York committee assignments, 2015 |
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| • Consumer Affairs and Protection |
| • Higher Education |
| • Judiciary |
| • Labor |
| • Transportation |
Sponsored legislation
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Elections
2024
See also: New York State Assembly elections, 2024
General election
General election for New York State Assembly District 52
Incumbent Jo Anne Simon defeated Brett Wynkoop in the general election for New York State Assembly District 52 on November 5, 2024.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | Jo Anne Simon (Working Families Party / D) | 93.9 | 56,289 | |
| Brett Wynkoop (Conservative Party) | 5.9 | 3,517 | ||
| Other/Write-in votes | 0.3 | 162 | ||
| Total votes: 59,968 | ||||
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Democratic primary election
Democratic primary for New York State Assembly District 52
Incumbent Jo Anne Simon defeated Scott Budow in the Democratic primary for New York State Assembly District 52 on June 25, 2024.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | Jo Anne Simon | 79.2 | 9,536 | |
| Scott Budow | 20.4 | 2,453 | ||
| Other/Write-in votes | 0.5 | 59 | ||
| Total votes: 12,048 | ||||
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Conservative Party primary election
The Conservative Party primary election was canceled. Brett Wynkoop advanced from the Conservative Party primary for New York State Assembly District 52.
Working Families Party primary election
The Working Families Party primary election was canceled. Incumbent Jo Anne Simon advanced from the Working Families Party primary for New York State Assembly District 52.
Campaign finance
Endorsements
Ballotpedia did not identify endorsements for Simon in this election.
2022
U.S. House New York District 10
See also: New York's 10th Congressional District election, 2022
General election
General election for U.S. House New York District 10
Daniel Goldman defeated Benine Hamdan and Steve Speer in the general election for U.S. House New York District 10 on November 8, 2022.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | Daniel Goldman (D) | 83.5 | 160,582 | |
| Benine Hamdan (R / Conservative Party) | 15.1 | 29,058 | ||
| Steve Speer (Medical Freedom Party) | 0.8 | 1,447 | ||
| Other/Write-in votes | 0.7 | 1,260 | ||
| Total votes: 192,347 | ||||
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Withdrawn or disqualified candidates
- Mondaire Jones (Working Families Party)
- Matthew Goldstein (Independent)
Democratic primary election
Democratic primary for U.S. House New York District 10
The following candidates ran in the Democratic primary for U.S. House New York District 10 on August 23, 2022.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | Daniel Goldman | 25.9 | 18,505 | |
| Yuh-Line Niou | 23.6 | 16,826 | ||
| Mondaire Jones | 18.1 | 12,933 | ||
| Carlina Rivera | 16.5 | 11,810 | ||
| Jo Anne Simon | 6.1 | 4,389 | ||
| Elizabeth Holtzman | 4.4 | 3,140 | ||
| Jimmy Jiang Li | 1.6 | 1,170 | ||
| Yan Xiong | 1.0 | 742 | ||
| Maud Maron | 0.9 | 625 | ||
| Bill de Blasio (Unofficially withdrew) | 0.7 | 519 | ||
| Brian Robinson | 0.5 | 341 | ||
| Peter Gleason | 0.2 | 162 | ||
| Quanda Francis | 0.2 | 129 | ||
| Other/Write-in votes | 0.1 | 100 | ||
| Total votes: 71,391 | ||||
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Withdrawn or disqualified candidates
- John Herron (D)
- Patrick Dooley (D)
- Ian Medina (D)
- David Yassky (D)
- Elizabeth Kim (D)
- Brad Hoylman (D)
Republican primary election
The Republican primary election was canceled. Benine Hamdan advanced from the Republican primary for U.S. House New York District 10.
Withdrawn or disqualified candidates
- Helen Qiu (R)
- Michael Ragusa (R)
Conservative Party primary election
The Conservative Party primary election was canceled. Benine Hamdan advanced from the Conservative Party primary for U.S. House New York District 10.
Working Families Party primary election
The Working Families Party primary election was canceled. Incumbent Mondaire Jones advanced from the Working Families Party primary for U.S. House New York District 10.
Withdrawn or disqualified candidates
- John Herron (Working Families Party)
New York State Assembly District 52
See also: New York State Assembly elections, 2022
General election
General election for New York State Assembly District 52
Incumbent Jo Anne Simon defeated Brett Wynkoop in the general election for New York State Assembly District 52 on November 8, 2022.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | Jo Anne Simon (D / Working Families Party) | 91.9 | 48,463 | |
| Brett Wynkoop (R / Conservative Party) | 7.9 | 4,173 | ||
| Other/Write-in votes | 0.2 | 87 | ||
| Total votes: 52,723 | ||||
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Democratic primary election
The Democratic primary election was canceled. Incumbent Jo Anne Simon advanced from the Democratic primary for New York State Assembly District 52.
Republican primary election
The Republican primary election was canceled. Brett Wynkoop advanced from the Republican primary for New York State Assembly District 52.
Conservative Party primary election
The Conservative Party primary election was canceled. Brett Wynkoop advanced from the Conservative Party primary for New York State Assembly District 52.
Working Families Party primary election
The Working Families Party primary election was canceled. Incumbent Jo Anne Simon advanced from the Working Families Party primary for New York State Assembly District 52.
2021
See also: Municipal elections in Kings County, New York (2021)
General election
General election for Brooklyn Borough President
Antonio Reynoso defeated Menachem Raitport, Anthony Jones, and Shanduke McPhatter in the general election for Brooklyn Borough President on November 2, 2021.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | Antonio Reynoso (D) | 72.8 | 235,118 | |
| Menachem Raitport (R / Conservative Party) | 22.9 | 74,068 | ||
| Anthony Jones (Rent Is 2 Damn High Party) | 2.7 | 8,567 | ||
| Shanduke McPhatter (Voices for Change Party) | 1.4 | 4,415 | ||
| Other/Write-in votes | 0.2 | 635 | ||
| Total votes: 322,803 | ||||
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Democratic primary election
Democratic Primary for Brooklyn Borough President
The following candidates advanced in the ranked-choice voting election: Antonio Reynoso in round 11 . The results of Round are displayed below. To see the results of other rounds, use the dropdown menu above to select a round and the table will update.
| Total votes: 289,477 |
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Republican primary election
The Republican primary election was canceled. Menachem Raitport advanced from the Republican primary for Brooklyn Borough President.
Conservative Party primary election
The Conservative Party primary election was canceled. Menachem Raitport advanced from the Conservative Party primary for Brooklyn Borough President.
2020
See also: New York State Assembly elections, 2020
General election
General election for New York State Assembly District 52
Incumbent Jo Anne Simon won election in the general election for New York State Assembly District 52 on November 3, 2020.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | Jo Anne Simon (D / Working Families Party) | 99.5 | 67,382 | |
| Other/Write-in votes | 0.5 | 341 | ||
| Total votes: 67,723 | ||||
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Democratic primary election
The Democratic primary election was canceled. Incumbent Jo Anne Simon advanced from the Democratic primary for New York State Assembly District 52.
Working Families Party primary election
The Working Families Party primary election was canceled. Incumbent Jo Anne Simon advanced from the Working Families Party primary for New York State Assembly District 52.
2018
- See also: New York State Assembly elections, 2018
Simon also ran in the 2018 election as a Working Families Party candidate.
General election
General election for New York State Assembly District 52
Incumbent Jo Anne Simon defeated Daniel Ramos and Gary Popkin in the general election for New York State Assembly District 52 on November 6, 2018.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | Jo Anne Simon (D) | 95.4 | 56,309 | |
| Daniel Ramos (Conservative Party) | 3.4 | 1,988 | ||
| Gary Popkin (L) | 1.1 | 667 | ||
| Other/Write-in votes | 0.1 | 56 | ||
| Total votes: 59,020 (100.00% precincts reporting) | ||||
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Democratic primary election
Democratic primary for New York State Assembly District 52
Incumbent Jo Anne Simon advanced from the Democratic primary for New York State Assembly District 52 on September 13, 2018.
Candidate | ||
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Conservative Party primary election
Conservative Party primary for New York State Assembly District 52
Daniel Ramos advanced from the Conservative Party primary for New York State Assembly District 52 on September 13, 2018.
Candidate | ||
| ✔ | Daniel Ramos | |
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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 Jo Anne Simon defeated Daniel Ramos in the New York State Assembly District 52 general election.[3][4]
| New York State Assembly, District 52 General Election, 2016 | ||||
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| Party | Candidate | Vote % | Votes | |
| Democratic |  Jo Anne Simon Incumbent |
91.80% | 57,578 | |
| Republican | Daniel Ramos | 8.20% | 5,146 | |
| Total Votes | 62,724 | |||
| Source: New York Board of Elections | ||||
Incumbent Jo Anne Simon ran unopposed in the New York State Assembly District 52 Democratic primary.[5][6]
| New York State Assembly, District 52 Democratic Primary, 2016 | ||
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| Party | Candidate | |
| Democratic | Jo Anne Simon Incumbent (unopposed) | |
Simon also ran on the Working Families and Women's Equality Party tickets. Daniel Ramos ran unopposed in the New York State Assembly District 52 Republican primary.[5][6]
| New York State Assembly, District 52 Republican Primary, 2016 | ||
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| Party | Candidate | |
| Republican | Daniel Ramos (unopposed) | |
Ramos also ran on the Conservative Party ticket.
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. Jo Anne Simon defeated Peter J. Sikora and Doug Biviano in the Democratic primary, while John A. Jasilli was unopposed in the Republican primary. Sikora ran on the Working Families Party ticket and Jasilli ran on the Conservative Party ticket. Simon defeated Sikora (WF) and Jasilli in the general election.[7][8][9]
| Party | Candidate | Vote % | Votes | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Democratic | Jo Anne Simon |
69.7% | 18,421 | |
| Working Families | Peter J. Sikora | 22.1% | 5,843 | |
| Republican | John A. Jasilli | 8.1% | 2,147 | |
| Total Votes | 26,411 | |||
| Candidate | Vote % | Votes |
|---|---|---|
|
Jo Anne Simon |
53.1% | 5,882 |
| Peter J. Sikora | 39.7% | 4,407 |
| Doug Biviano | 7.2% | 798 |
| Total Votes | 11,087 | |
Campaign themes
2024
Ballotpedia survey responses
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Jo Anne Simon did not complete Ballotpedia's 2024 Candidate Connection survey.
2022
Jo Anne Simon did not complete Ballotpedia's 2022 Candidate Connection survey.
Campaign website
Simon's campaign website stated the following:
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Jo Anne has been fighting her entire adult life for abortion and equal access to reproductive health care. She was an abortion counselor early in her career. As an Assemblymember, Jo Anne helped codify Roe v. Wade into state law in 2019 to ensure the right to an abortion is protected in New York, regardless of what happens on the federal level. Jo Anne has improved access to contraceptives, health care, and she is working to ensure that New York is ready to provide services to people from other states if Roe is overturned. Our fight is mulitiracial and multi generational. She is going to fight like hell to protect access to abortion here in NY, and for women across the country. We are not going back.
Jo Anne champions environmentally just transportation and energy solutions, and she helped pass New York’s historic Green New Deal. With a 100% rating from leading environmental advocacy organizations, Jo Anne will fight polluters every day – our lives depend on it! We don’t have time for half-measures with the climate crisis before us. That’s why Jo Anne is fighting to transition our energy to publicly-owned, democratically-accountable renewable sources. Jo Anne has been critical in efforts to clean up the toxic Superfund site in Gowanus, Brooklyn. Committed to public transit, alternative transportation, and smart, safe solutions for congestion, Jo Anne has been offering forward thinking, environmentally just solutions to Brooklyn’s vexing transportation issues for decades.
Gun violence is a public health crisis that is shaking our nation to its core. It is shameful and beyond comprehension that we are the only country that so devalues human life, repeatedly allowing gun violence to happen. Jo Anne authored New York’s groundbreaking “Red Flag Law” which is the strongest in the nation. It creates a new type of court-issued order to temporarily remove firearms when someone poses a serious risk of harm to themselves or others. She also created New York’s first firearm violence research institute. But we must end the iron pipeline that enables the flow of guns from other states into New York. We simply must have federal protections, and we must fight the incredibly powerful and well-financed gun lobby.
As a lifelong educator and advocate for children, Jo Anne will fight to improve schools for all of our children and to bring down barriers for young learners. As a nationally recognized disability rights lawyer, Jo Anne’s advocacy has changed lives and laws across the country. She has led the way to ensure that students with dyslexia and related learning disabilities are identified early so they get the reading instruction they need to be proficient readers. She has worked tirelessly for students with all disabilities and will bring this expertise to Congress.
Jo Anne is a community activist, advocating to make New York the equitable, sustainable, thriving place she knows it can be for all of us. She entered public service by way of her community activism, fighting for affordable housing and community input in local land use projects. She keeps the voice of the community front and center in her work, from closing Rikers, to ensuring an environmentally sound BQE redesign, to pushing for the City’s first traffic calming study. She is a strong advocate for the LGBTQ+ community, people of color, people with disabilities, women, and people who have too often been marginalized. Jo Anne has dedicated her life to fighting for equal rights for all of us. [10] |
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| —Jo Anne Simon[11] | ||
Jo Anne Simon did not complete Ballotpedia's 2022 Candidate Connection survey.
2021
Jo Anne Simon did not complete Ballotpedia's 2021 Candidate Connection survey.
2020
Jo Anne Simon did not complete Ballotpedia's 2020 Candidate Connection survey.
Campaign finance summary
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2023
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In 2015, the 201st New York State Legislature, first annual session, was in session from January 7 through June 25.
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Endorsements
2014
In 2014, Simon's endorsements included the following:[12]
- Assemblywoman Joan L. Millman
- Congresswomen Nydia Velazquez and Yvette Clarke
- NYC Comptroller Scott Stringer
- Brooklyn Borough President Eric Adams
- New York State Senator Velmanette Montgomery
- New York State Assembly Members James Brennan, Deborah Glick, Walter Mosley, Annette Robinson and Matthew Titone
- New York City Council Members Carlos Menchaca, Antonio Reynoso, Rosie Mendez and Helen Rosenthal
- Brooklyn-Queens NOW PAC
- Brooklyn Young Democrats
- Central Brooklyn Independent Democrats
See also
2024 Elections
External links
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Candidate New York State Assembly District 52 |
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Footnotes
- ↑ New York State Assembly, "Biography," accessed July 8, 2022
- ↑ LinkedIn, "JoAnne Simon," accessed July 8, 2022
- ↑ New York State Board of Elections, "2016 General Election Candidate List," accessed October 11, 2016
- ↑ New York State Board of Elections, "Election results, 2016," accessed December 23, 2016
- ↑ 5.0 5.1 New York State Board of Elections, "Filings received for the 2016 State/Local Primary," accessed August 29, 2016
- ↑ 6.0 6.1 New York State Board of Elections, "Election returns September 13, 2016," accessed November 6, 2016
- ↑ New York Board of Elections, "Certification for the September 9, 2014, State Primary Election," accessed December 17, 2014
- ↑ New York Board of Elections, "Primary results for September 9, 2014," accessed October 1, 2014
- ↑ New York Board of Elections, "NYS Board of Elections Assembly Election Returns November 4, 2014," accessed December 17, 2014
- ↑ Note: This text is quoted verbatim from the original source. Any inconsistencies are attributable to the original source.
- ↑ Jo Anne Simon's campaign website, “Jo Anne on the Issues,” accessed July 6, 2022
- ↑ Simon for Brooklyn, "Endorsements," accessed August 20, 2014
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| Preceded by Joan Millman (D) |
New York State Assembly District 52 2015-Present |
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