Brian Kavanagh

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Brian Kavanagh
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Democratic Party

New York State Senate District 27
Tenure

2023 - Present

Term ends

2027

Years in position

2

Predecessor
Prior offices
New York State Assembly District 74
New York State Senate District 26
Successor: Andrew Gounardes

Compensation

Base salary

$142,000/year

Elections and appointments
Last elected

November 5, 2024

Education

Bachelor's

Princeton University

Law

New York University Law School

Personal
Profession
Attorney
Contact

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Brian Kavanagh (Democratic Party) is a member of the New York State Senate, representing District 27. He assumed office on January 1, 2023. His current term ends on January 1, 2027.

Kavanagh (Democratic Party, Working Families Party) ran for re-election to the New York State Senate to represent District 27. He won in the general election on November 5, 2024.

Biography

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Brian Kavanagh earned his B.A. from Princeton University and his J.D. from New York University Law School.[1] His professional experience includes being an attorney and advocate, serving as a chief of staff, as an aide to multiple mayors and as a policy director for the New York City Department of Homeless Services.

Committee assignments

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2021-2022

Kavanagh was assigned to the following committees:

2019-2020

Kavanagh 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
• Consumer Affairs and Protection, Chair
• Election Law
• Energy
• Environmental Conservation
• Housing

2015 legislative session

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

2013-2014

In the 2013-2014 legislative session, Kavanagh served on the following committees:

2011-2012

In the 2011-2012 legislative session, Kavanagh served on the following committees:

2009-2010

In the 2009-2010 legislative session, Kavanagh 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 Senate elections, 2024

General election

General election for New York State Senate District 27

Incumbent Brian Kavanagh won election in the general election for New York State Senate District 27 on November 5, 2024.

Candidate
%
Votes
✔
Image of Brian Kavanagh
Brian Kavanagh (D / Working Families Party)
 
99.1
 
88,217
 Other/Write-in votes
 
0.9
 
807

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

Total votes: 89,024
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Democratic primary election

The Democratic primary election was canceled. Incumbent Brian Kavanagh advanced from the Democratic primary for New York State Senate District 27.

Working Families Party primary election

The Working Families Party primary election was canceled. Incumbent Brian Kavanagh advanced from the Working Families Party primary for New York State Senate District 27.

Campaign finance

Endorsements

Kavanagh received the following endorsements.

  • Downtown Independent Democrats

2022

See also: New York State Senate elections, 2022

General election

General election for New York State Senate District 27

Incumbent Brian Kavanagh defeated Eric Rassi in the general election for New York State Senate District 27 on November 8, 2022.

Candidate
%
Votes
✔
Image of Brian Kavanagh
Brian Kavanagh (D)
 
95.4
 
62,906
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Eric Rassi (Medical Freedom Party)
 
4.1
 
2,684
 Other/Write-in votes
 
0.6
 
378

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

Total votes: 65,968
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Democratic primary election

Democratic primary for New York State Senate District 27

Incumbent Brian Kavanagh defeated Vittoria Fariello and Danyela Souza Egorov in the Democratic primary for New York State Senate District 27 on August 23, 2022.

Candidate
%
Votes
✔
Image of Brian Kavanagh
Brian Kavanagh
 
57.9
 
14,117
Image of Vittoria Fariello
Vittoria Fariello Candidate Connection
 
29.2
 
7,110
Image of Danyela Souza Egorov
Danyela Souza Egorov Candidate Connection
 
12.2
 
2,979
 Other/Write-in votes
 
0.6
 
157

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

Total votes: 24,363
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2020

See also: New York State Senate elections, 2020

General election

General election for New York State Senate District 26

Incumbent Brian Kavanagh defeated Lester Chang in the general election for New York State Senate District 26 on November 3, 2020.

Candidate
%
Votes
✔
Image of Brian Kavanagh
Brian Kavanagh (D)
 
78.9
 
95,552
Image of Lester Chang
Lester Chang (R / Conservative Party)
 
20.9
 
25,301
 Other/Write-in votes
 
0.2
 
222

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

Total votes: 121,075
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Democratic primary election

The Democratic primary election was canceled. Incumbent Brian Kavanagh advanced from the Democratic primary for New York State Senate District 26.

Republican primary election

The Republican primary election was canceled. Lester Chang advanced from the Republican primary for New York State Senate District 26.

Conservative Party primary election

The Conservative Party primary election was canceled. Lester Chang advanced from the Conservative Party primary for New York State Senate District 26.

2018

See also: New York State Senate elections, 2018

Kavanagh also ran in the 2018 election as a Working Families Party candidate.

General election

General election for New York State Senate District 26

Incumbent Brian Kavanagh defeated Anthony Arias and Stuart J. Avrick in the general election for New York State Senate District 26 on November 6, 2018.

Candidate
%
Votes
✔
Image of Brian Kavanagh
Brian Kavanagh (D)
 
87.7
 
80,113
Image of Anthony Arias
Anthony Arias (R) Candidate Connection
 
11.1
 
10,145
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Stuart J. Avrick (Conservative Party)
 
1.0
 
913
 Other/Write-in votes
 
0.2
 
139

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

Total votes: 91,310
(100.00% precincts reporting)
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Democratic primary election

Democratic primary for New York State Senate District 26

Incumbent Brian Kavanagh advanced from the Democratic primary for New York State Senate District 26 on September 13, 2018.

Candidate
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Brian Kavanagh

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

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Republican primary election

Republican primary for New York State Senate District 26

Anthony Arias advanced from the Republican primary for New York State Senate District 26 on September 13, 2018.

Candidate
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Anthony Arias Candidate Connection

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

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Conservative Party primary election

Conservative Party primary for New York State Senate District 26

Stuart J. Avrick advanced from the Conservative Party primary for New York State Senate District 26 on September 13, 2018.

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Stuart J. Avrick

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

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2017

NY Senate District 26
See also: New York state legislative special elections, 2017

A special election for the position of New York State Senate District 26 was held on November 7, 2017.

The seat became vacant on August 11, 2017, after Daniel Squadron (D) resigned to focus on helping Democratic candidates on the national level.[2]

Brian Kavanagh (D, WF) defeated Analicia Alexander (R) in the special election.[3]

New York State Senate, District 26, Special Election, 2017
Party Candidate Vote % Votes
     Democratic Green check mark transparent.pngBrian Kavanagh 61% 17,782
     Republican Analicia Alexander 14% 4,072
     Working Families Brian Kavanagh 7.2% 2,090
     Other Unrecorded 17.4% 5,079
     Other Write-ins 0.5% 143
Total Votes 29,166
Source: New York City Board of Elections

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 Brian Kavanagh defeated Frank Scala and Scott Hutchins in the New York State Assembly District 74 general election.[4][5]

New York State Assembly, District 74 General Election, 2016
Party Candidate Vote % Votes
     Democratic Green check mark transparent.png Brian Kavanagh Incumbent 81.70% 39,878
     Republican Frank Scala 15.08% 7,362
     Green Party Scott Hutchins 3.21% 1,569
Total Votes 48,809
Source: New York Board of Elections


Incumbent Brian Kavanagh ran unopposed in the New York State Assembly District 74 Democratic primary.[6][7]

New York State Assembly, District 74 Democratic Primary, 2016
Party Candidate
    Democratic Green check mark transparent.png Brian Kavanagh Incumbent (unopposed)

Kavanagh also ran on the Working Families Party ticket. Frank Scala ran unopposed in the New York State Assembly District 74 Republican primary.[6][7]

New York State Assembly, District 74 Republican Primary, 2016
Party Candidate
    Republican Green check mark transparent.png Frank Scala  (unopposed)

Scala also ran on the Reform Party ticket. Scott Hutchins ran unopposed in the New York State Assembly District 74 Green primary.[6][7]

New York State Assembly, District 74 Green Primary, 2016
Party Candidate
    Green Party Green check mark transparent.png Scott Hutchins  (unopposed)

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. Incumbent Brian Kavanagh was unopposed in the Democratic primary, while Bryan A. Cooper was unopposed in the Republican primary. Kavanagh also ran on the Working Families Party ticket. Kavanagh defeated Cooper in the general election.[8][9][10]

New York State Assembly, District 74 General Election, 2014
Party Candidate Vote % Votes
     Democratic Green check mark transparent.pngBrian Kavanagh Incumbent 85% 16,881
     Republican Bryan A. Cooper 15% 2,973
Total Votes 19,854

2012

See also: New York State Assembly elections, 2012

Kavanagh ran in the 2012 election for New York State Assembly District 74. He defeated Juan Pagan in the Democratic primary on September 13, 2012. He also ran on the Working Families Party ticket. He was unchallenged in the general election, which took place on November 6, 2012.[11][12][13]

New York State Assembly, District 74, General Election, 2012
Party Candidate Vote % Votes
     Democratic Green check mark transparent.pngBrian Kavanagh Incumbent 100% 34,736
Total Votes 34,736
New York State Assembly, District 74 Democratic Primary, 2012
Candidate Vote % Votes
Green check mark transparent.pngBrian Kavanagh Incumbent 72.9% 3,286
Juan Pagan 27.1% 1,223
Total Votes 4,509

2010

See also: New York State Assembly elections, 2010

Kavanagh ran unopposed in the September 14 Democratic primary. Kavanagh defeated Dena Winokur (R) in the general election on November 2.[14][15] In addition to running on the Democratic ticket, he ran on the Working Families ticket.

New York State Assembly, District 74 2010
Candidates Votes
Green check mark transparent.png Brian Kavanagh (D) 23,071
Dena Winokur (R) 4,332

2008

See also: New York State Assembly elections, 2008

On November 4, 2008, Kavanagh won re-election to the New York State Assembly, District 74, defeating opponent Bryan Cooper (R).[16][17]

Kavanagh raised $82,588 for his campaign while Cooper raised $0.[18]

New York State Assembly, District 74 2008
Candidates Votes
Green check mark transparent.png Brian Kavanagh (D) 38,763
Bryan Cooper (R) 6,679

Campaign themes

2024

Ballotpedia survey responses

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2022

Brian Kavanagh did not complete Ballotpedia's 2022 Candidate Connection survey.

2020

Brian Kavanagh did not complete Ballotpedia's 2020 Candidate Connection survey.

Campaign finance summary

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Brian Kavanagh campaign contribution history
YearOfficeStatusContributionsExpenditures
2024* New York State Senate District 27Won general$174,567 $0
2022New York State Senate District 27Won general$405,430 $0
2020New York State Senate District 26Won general$65,225 N/A**
2018New York State Senate District 26Won general$24,851 N/A**
2016New York State Assembly, District 74Won $110,674 N/A**
2014New York State Assembly, District 74Won $69,358 N/A**
2012New York State Assembly, District 74Won $171,694 N/A**
2010New York State Assembly, District 74Won $167,669 N/A**
2008New York State Assembly, District 74Won $82,588 N/A**
2006New York State Assembly, District 74Won $225,446 N/A**
** Data on expenditures is not available for this election cycle
Note: Totals above reflect only available data.

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2023


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2021


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2019


2018


2017


2016


2015


2014


2013


2012


2011

Endorsements

2012

In 2012, Kavanagh’s endorsements included the following:[19]

  • 32BJ/SEIU

See also

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    Footnotes

    1. ↑ Project Vote Smart, "Biography of Rep. Kavanagh,” accessed August 1, 2014
    2. ↑ DNA info, "State Sen. Daniel Squadron Resigning to Focus on National Politics," August 9, 2017
    3. ↑ NYC Board of Elections, "General Contest List for November 7, 2017," accessed October 24, 2017
    4. ↑ New York State Board of Elections, "2016 General Election Candidate List," accessed October 11, 2016
    5. ↑ New York State Board of Elections, "Election results, 2016," accessed December 23, 2016
    6. ↑ 6.0 6.1 6.2 New York State Board of Elections, "Filings received for the 2016 State/Local Primary," accessed August 29, 2016
    7. ↑ 7.0 7.1 7.2 New York State Board of Elections, "Election returns September 13, 2016," accessed November 6, 2016
    8. ↑ New York Board of Elections, "Certification for the September 9, 2014, State Primary Election," accessed December 17, 2014
    9. ↑ New York Board of Elections, "Primary results for September 9, 2014," accessed October 1, 2014
    10. ↑ New York Board of Elections, "NYS Board of Elections Assembly Election Returns November 4, 2014," accessed December 17, 2014
    11. ↑ State of New York, State Board of Elections, "Candidate List for the September 13, 2012, State Primary Election," accessed July 31, 2014
    12. ↑ State of New York, State Board of Elections, "Official September 13, 2012, Primary Results," accessed July 31, 2014
    13. ↑ State of New York, State Board of Elections, "Official Assembly Election Returns Nov. 6, 2012," accessed July 31, 2014
    14. ↑ New York Times, "NY state legislative election results," accessed February 11, 2014
    15. ↑ New York State Board of Elections, "Official Primary results from September 14, 2010," accessed July 31, 2014
    16. ↑ New York State Board of Elections, "Official Primary results from September 9, 2008," accessed July 31, 2014
    17. ↑ New York State Board of Elections, "Official Assembly Election Returns November 4, 2008," accessed July 31, 2014
    18. ↑ Follow the Money, "Report on 2008 Campaign donations in New York," accessed August 1, 2014
    19. ↑ New York Daily News, "32BJ/SEIU Endorses For State Senate, Assembly," August 1, 2012

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