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Sarah Clark
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New York State Assembly District 136
Tenure

2020 - Present

Term ends

2027

Years in position

5

Predecessor

Compensation

Base salary

$142,000/year

Elections and appointments
Last elected

November 5, 2024

Personal
Profession
Congressional staffer
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Sarah Clark (Democratic Party) is a member of theNew York State Assembly, representingDistrict 136. She assumed office on November 12, 2020. Her current term ends on January 1, 2027.

Clark (Democratic Party, Working Families Party) ran for re-election to theNew York State Assembly to representDistrict 136. She won in the general election onNovember 5, 2024.

Biography

Sarah Clark lives in Rochester, New York. Clark graduated from East High School.[1] Her career experience includes working as the deputy state director for U.S. SenatorKirsten Gillibrand. Clark has served with the Community Impact Cabinet and the United Way of Greater Rochester.[2]

Committee assignments

2025-2026

Clark was assigned to the following committees:

2023-2024

Clark was assigned to the following committees:

2021-2022

Clark was assigned to 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 136

IncumbentSarah Clark defeatedOrlando Rivera in the general election for New York State Assembly District 136 on November 5, 2024.

Candidate
%
Votes
✔
Image of Sarah Clark
Sarah Clark (D / Working Families Party)
 
67.4
 
40,919
Orlando Rivera (R / Conservative Party)
 
32.6
 
19,769
 Other/Write-in votes
 
0.1
 
32

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Total votes: 60,720
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Democratic primary election

The Democratic primary election was canceled. IncumbentSarah Clark advanced from the Democratic primary for New York State Assembly District 136.

Republican primary election

The Republican primary election was canceled.Orlando Rivera advanced from the Republican primary for New York State Assembly District 136.

Conservative Party primary election

The Conservative Party primary election was canceled.Orlando Rivera advanced from the Conservative Party primary for New York State Assembly District 136.

Working Families Party primary election

The Working Families Party primary election was canceled. IncumbentSarah Clark advanced from the Working Families Party primary for New York State Assembly District 136.

Campaign finance

Endorsements

Ballotpedia did not identify endorsements for Clark in this election.

2022

See also: New York State Assembly elections, 2022

General election

General election for New York State Assembly District 136

IncumbentSarah Clark defeatedOrlando Rivera in the general election for New York State Assembly District 136 on November 8, 2022.

Candidate
%
Votes
✔
Image of Sarah Clark
Sarah Clark (D / Working Families Party)
 
66.4
 
31,963
Orlando Rivera (R / Conservative Party)
 
33.6
 
16,185
 Other/Write-in votes
 
0.0
 
16

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Total votes: 48,164
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Democratic primary election

The Democratic primary election was canceled. IncumbentSarah Clark advanced from the Democratic primary for New York State Assembly District 136.

Republican primary election

The Republican primary election was canceled.Orlando Rivera advanced from the Republican primary for New York State Assembly District 136.

Conservative Party primary election

The Conservative Party primary election was canceled.Orlando Rivera advanced from the Conservative Party primary for New York State Assembly District 136.

Working Families Party primary election

The Working Families Party primary election was canceled. IncumbentSarah Clark advanced from the Working Families Party primary for New York State Assembly District 136.

2020

Regular election

See also: New York State Assembly elections, 2020

General election

General election for New York State Assembly District 136

Sarah Clark defeatedJustin Wilcox andSteven Becker in the general election for New York State Assembly District 136 on November 3, 2020.

Candidate
%
Votes
✔
Image of Sarah Clark
Sarah Clark (D / Working Families Party) Candidate Connection
 
86.7
 
45,035
Justin Wilcox (Independence Party)
 
7.6
 
3,955
Steven Becker (L)
 
5.6
 
2,925
 Other/Write-in votes
 
0.1
 
58

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Total votes: 51,973
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Democratic primary election

Democratic primary for New York State Assembly District 136

Sarah Clark defeatedJustin Wilcox andNelson Lopatin in the Democratic primary for New York State Assembly District 136 on June 23, 2020.

Candidate
%
Votes
✔
Image of Sarah Clark
Sarah Clark Candidate Connection
 
63.4
 
9,210
Justin Wilcox
 
27.7
 
4,025
Nelson Lopatin
 
8.8
 
1,277
 Other/Write-in votes
 
0.1
 
10

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Total votes: 14,522
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Independence Party primary election

The Independence Party primary election was canceled.Justin Wilcox advanced from the Independence Party primary for New York State Assembly District 136.

Libertarian primary election

The Libertarian primary election was canceled.Steven Becker advanced from the Libertarian primary for New York State Assembly District 136.

Working Families Party primary election

The Working Families Party primary election was canceled.Sarah Clark advanced from the Working Families Party primary for New York State Assembly District 136.

Special election

See also:New York state legislative special elections, 2020

A special election forNew York State AssemblyDistrict 136 was called in 2020. The candidate filing deadline was February 24, 2020, and ballots were scheduled to be certified on March 6, 2020.[3]

This election was originally scheduled on April 28, 2020. On March 28, 2020, Gov.Andrew Cuomo (D) postponed New York’s presidential preference primary, one Congressional special election, and four state legislative special elections to June 23, 2020, amid concerns about thecoronavirus pandemic.[4]

On April 24, 2020, Gov. Cuomo canceled the special elections in a proclamation.[5] Because June 23 was also the statewide primary election date, partisan primary elections for New York State Senate District 136 would have also taken place on the same day as the scheduled special election. The seat remained empty until the general election on November 3, 2020.

The seat became vacant afterJamie Romeo (D) was appointed Monroe County Clerk by Gov.Andrew Cuomo on February 6, 2020.[6]

CandidatesJustin Wilcox (D) andSarah Clark (Serve America Movement Party) filed for this race.


Campaign themes

2024

Ballotpedia survey responses

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2022

Sarah Clark did not completeBallotpedia's 2022 Candidate Connection survey.

2020

Candidate Connection

Sarah Clark completedBallotpedia's Candidate Connection survey in 2020. The survey questions appear in bold and are followed by Clark's responses. Candidates are asked three required questions for this survey, but they may answer additional optional questions as well.

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I currently work for the U.S. Senate on policy, outreach and constituent services. I have represented the Rochester region, advocating our needs for Senator Gillibrand and previously, Senator Hillary Clinton. In this position I work with countless community groups, organizations, businesses, constituents, and local governments. With almost two decades of experience, I have built an extensive network of connections across our county and throughout the state that I will use to help our community.
Very top of my list is to continue responding to our current health crisis and helping our community recover. Beyond this my top three priorities are education, environment and social justice.

Education is a constitutionally mandated right for the children in our state. And I believe properly investing in each generation of students is the best economic development tool we have. Public education must finally be fully funded and equitable for everyone regardless of zip code.

The environment is our home, we should be aggressive on the policies that protect it- both in energy use, but also how we protect and preserve our beautiful lands and parks. Now is a critical time to enact the recent Climate Leadership and Community Protection Act and Accelerated Renewable Energy Growth and Community Benefit Act. There are still rules to draft, studies to finish, hearings to hold and a new agency to be set up, and I look forward to being part of this process for we must invest our public dollars into green jobs and clean energy, we must expedite green shovel-ready projects that will create thousands of jobs and worth of billions of dollars

Finally, social justice encompasses a few key issues. First the belief that food access, affordable and accessible healthcare, and housing are human rights. And second is that we must fight for racial justice by dismantling the historic and systematic barriers that have disproportionately affected communities of color.
There are so many inspirational people out there, and I have been lucky to work for two of mine, Hillary Clinton and Kirsten Gillibrand. But truly I am in awe of all the women out there, especially all these amazing women that are running companies or changing government for the better, their leadership is forever changing the role of women in our society. For me personally though, it has to be my children. They have such a passion for life, for people and for this earth, I feel so lucky to be a part of their journey. And on those crazy days, they definitely help me remember what we are fighting for and what is most important.

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Campaign finance summary

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Sarah Clark campaign contribution history
YearOfficeStatusContributionsExpenditures
2024*New York State Assembly District 136Won general$99,449 $0
2022New York State Assembly District 136Won general$92,168 $0
2020New York State Assembly District 136Won general$59,746 N/A**
Grand total$251,363 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.

Scorecards

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2024

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In 2024, theNew York State Legislature was in session from January 3 to June 8.

Legislators are scored on their votes on conservative issues.
Legislators are scored on their votes on environmental issues.
Legislators are scored on their votes on bills related to business issues.
Legislators are scored on their support of bills related to the environment, environmental justice, public health, and transportation.


2023

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In 2023, theNew York State Legislature was in session from January 4 to June 21.

Legislators are scored on bills related to the fire service.
Legislators are scored on their votes on conservative issues.
Legislators are scored on their support of bills related to the environment, environmental justice, public health, and transportation.
Legislators are scored on their votes on conservative issues.


2022

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In 2022, theNew York State Legislature was in session from January 5 to June 4.

Legislators are scored on bills related to the fire service.
Legislators are scored on their votes on conservative issues.
Legislators are scored on their votes on environmental issues.
Legislators are scored on their votes on bills related to business issues.
Legislators are scored on their support of bills related to the environment, environmental justice, public health, and transportation.


2021

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In 2021, theNew York State Legislature was in session from January 6 to June 10.

Legislators are scored on bills related to the fire service.
Legislators are scored on their votes on conservative issues.
Legislators are scored on their votes on environmental issues.
Legislators are scored on their support of bills related to the environment, environmental justice, public health, and transportation.
Legislators are scored on their votes on conservative issues.


2020

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In 2020, theNew York State Legislature was in session from January 8 to December 31.

Legislators are scored on their votes on conservative issues.
Legislators are scored on their votes on environmental issues.
Legislators are scored on their votes on bills related to business issues.
Legislators are scored on their votes on conservative issues.







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    Preceded by
    Jamie Romeo (D)    		New York State Assembly District 136
    2020-Present    		Succeeded by
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