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, 2025.
Simon (Working Families Party, Democratic Party) is running for re-election to the New York State Assembly to represent District 52. She is on the ballot in the general election on November 5, 2024. She advanced from the Democratic primary on June 25, 2024. The Working Families Party primary for this office on June 25, 2024, was canceled.
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]
Simon was assigned to the following committees:
Simon was assigned to the following committees:
Simon was assigned to the following committees:
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 |
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 |
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.
See also: New York State Assembly elections, 2024
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Incumbent Jo Anne Simon and Brett Wynkoop are running in the general election for New York State Assembly District 52 on November 5, 2024.
Candidate | ||
Jo Anne Simon (Working Families Party / D) | ||
Brett Wynkoop (Conservative Party) |
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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 | 9,194 | |
Scott Budow | 20.3 | 2,360 | ||
Other/Write-in votes | 0.5 | 57 |
Total votes: 11,611 | ||||
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The Conservative Party primary election was canceled. Brett Wynkoop advanced from the Conservative Party primary for New York State Assembly District 52.
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.
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See also: New York's 10th Congressional District election, 2022
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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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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The Republican primary election was canceled. Benine Hamdan advanced from the Republican primary for U.S. House New York District 10.
The Conservative Party primary election was canceled. Benine Hamdan advanced from the Conservative Party primary for U.S. House New York District 10.
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.
See also: New York State Assembly elections, 2022
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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The Democratic primary election was canceled. Incumbent Jo Anne Simon advanced from the Democratic primary for New York State Assembly District 52.
The Republican primary election was canceled. Brett Wynkoop advanced from the Republican primary for New York State Assembly District 52.
The Conservative Party primary election was canceled. Brett Wynkoop advanced from the Conservative Party primary for New York State Assembly District 52.
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.
See also: Municipal elections in Kings County, New York (2021)
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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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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The Republican primary election was canceled. Menachem Raitport advanced from the Republican primary for Brooklyn Borough President.
The Conservative Party primary election was canceled. Menachem Raitport advanced from the Conservative Party primary for Brooklyn Borough President.
See also: New York State Assembly elections, 2020
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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The Democratic primary election was canceled. Incumbent Jo Anne Simon advanced from the Democratic primary for New York State Assembly District 52.
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.
Simon also ran in the 2018 election as a Working Families Party candidate.
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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Incumbent Jo Anne Simon advanced from the Democratic primary for New York State Assembly District 52 on September 13, 2018.
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✔ | Jo Anne Simon |
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Daniel Ramos advanced from the Conservative Party primary for New York State Assembly District 52 on September 13, 2018.
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✔ | Daniel Ramos |
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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.
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]
Candidate | Vote % | Votes |
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Jo Anne Simon | 53.1% | 5,882 |
Peter J. Sikora | 39.7% | 4,407 |
Doug Biviano | 7.2% | 798 |
Total Votes | 11,087 |
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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] |
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In 2014, Simon's endorsements included the following:[12]
2024 Elections
Candidate New York State Assembly District 52 |
Officeholder New York State Assembly District 52 |
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Preceded by Joan Millman (D) |
New York State Assembly District 52 2015-Present |
Succeeded by - |