Karl Brabenec

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 election

November 5, 2024

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Karl Brabenec (Republican Party) is a member of theNew York State Assembly, representingDistrict 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 theNew York State Assembly to representDistrict 98. He won in the general election onNovember 5, 2024.

Committee assignments

2025-2026

Brabenec was assigned to the following committees:

• Election Law Committee
• Labor Committee
• Rules Committee

2023-2024

Brabenec was assigned to the following committees:

• Election Law Committee
• Labor Committee
• Rules Committee
• Ways and Means Committee

2021-2022

Brabenec was assigned to the following committees:

• Aging Committee
• Election Law Committee
• Labor Committee
• Rules Committee
• Ways and Means Committee

2019-2020

Brabenec was assigned to the following committees:

• Cities Committee
• Aging Committee
• Judiciary Committee
• Election Law Committee
• Local Governments Committee
• Labor Committee

2017 legislative session

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

2015 legislative session

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

Sponsored legislation

The following table lists bills this person sponsored as a legislator, according toBillTrack50 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

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

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Karl Brabenec (R / Conservative Party)	99.0	42,063
		Other/Write-in votes	1.0	427

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	Incumbents arebolded and underlined. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 42,490
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Republican primary election

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

Conservative Party primary election

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

Campaign finance

Endorsements

2022

See also: New York State Assembly elections, 2022

General election

General election for New York State Assembly District 98

IncumbentKarl Brabenec defeatedBruce Levine in the general election for New York State Assembly District 98 on November 8, 2022.

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

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	Incumbents arebolded 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. IncumbentKarl Brabenec advanced from the Republican primary for New York State Assembly District 98.

Conservative Party primary election

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

Working Families Party primary election

Withdrawn or disqualified candidates

• Bruce Levine (Working Families Party)

2020

See also: New York State Assembly elections, 2020

General election

General election for New York State Assembly District 98

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

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

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	Incumbents arebolded 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. IncumbentKarl Brabenec advanced from the Republican primary for New York State Assembly District 98.

Conservative Party primary election

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

Libertarian primary election

Withdrawn or disqualified candidates

• Karl Brabenec (L)

2018

See also:New York State Assembly elections, 2018

Brabenec also ran in the 2018 election as aConservative Party,Independence Party, andReform Party candidate.

General election

General election for New York State Assembly District 98

IncumbentKarl Brabenec defeatedScott Martens in the general election for New York State Assembly District 98 on November 6, 2018.

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

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	Incumbents arebolded 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
✔		Scott Martens

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Republican primary election

Republican primary for New York State Assembly District 98

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

		Candidate
✔		Karl Brabenec

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2016

See also:New York State Assembly elections, 2016

Elections for theNew 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.

IncumbentKarl Brabenec defeatedAron 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	Karl BrabenecIncumbent	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 defeatedKrystal 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	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.IncumbentKarl Brabenec defeatedJohn 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	Karl BrabenecIncumbent	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 incumbentKarl 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	Aron B. Wieder	65.91%	290
	Independence	Karl BrabenecIncumbent	34.09%	150
Total Votes				440

2014

See also:New York State Assembly elections, 2014

Elections for theNew York State Assembly took place in 2014. A primary election took place on September 9, 2014. The general election took place onNovember 4, 2014. Thesignature filing deadline for candidates wishing to run in this election was July 10, 2014.Elisa A. Tutini defeatedKrystal Z. Serrano andAron B. Wieder in the Democratic primary, whileKarl A. Brabenec defeatedMichael T. Morgillo,Daniel G. Castricone andKevin 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 theWorking Families Party ticket, Castricone ran on the UMP-United Monroe ticket andConservative Party tickets and Brabenec ran on theConservative Party andIndependence 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	Karl 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
Elisa 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
Karl 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
Karl A. Brabenec	55.4%	164
Daniel G. Castricone	44.6%	132
Total Votes		296

Campaign themes

2024

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2022

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2020

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2016

Brabenec's campaign website highlighted the following issues:

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."

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