Jose M. Serrano
2013 - Present
2025
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Jose M. Serrano (Democratic Party) is a member of the New York State Senate, representing District 29. He assumed office in 2013. His current term ends on January 1, 2025.
Serrano (Democratic Party, Working Families Party) is running for re-election to the New York State Senate to represent District 29. He is on the ballot in the general election on November 5, 2024. The Democratic and Working Families Party primaries for this office on June 25, 2024, were canceled.
Serrano has served as the chair of the Democratic Conference in the state Senate.
He previously represented District 28 in the New York State Senate from 2005 to 2013.
Biography
Serrano earned his B.A. in Government from Manhattan College. His professional experience includes being a member of Community Board 4, a member of New York City Council, District 17, from 2001 to 2004, and a supporter of the Shakespeare Festival, a nonprofit committed to the arts.
Committee assignments
2021-2022
Serrano was assigned to the following committees:
- Senate Aging Committee
- Cultural Affairs, Tourism, Parks and Recreation Committee, Chair
- Senate Environmental Conservation Committee
- Senate Social Services Committee
- Veterans, Homeland Security and Military Affairs Committee
- Women's Issues Committee
2019-2020
Serrano was assigned to the following committees:
- Senate Aging Committee
- Cultural Affairs, Tourism, Parks and Recreation Committee, Chair
- Senate Environmental Conservation Committee
- Senate Education Committee
- Senate Higher Education Committee
2017 legislative session
At the beginning of the 2017 legislative session, this legislator served on the following committees:
| New York committee assignments, 2017 |
|---|
| • Aging |
| • Agriculture |
| • Cities |
| • Civil Service and Pensions |
| • Codes |
| • Consumer Protection |
| • Cultural Affairs, Tourism, Parks and Recreation |
2015 legislative session
At the beginning of the 2015 legislative session, Serrano served on the following committees:
2013-2014
In the 2013-2014 legislative session, Serrano served on the following committees:
| New York committee assignments, 2013 |
|---|
| • Agriculture |
| • Consumer Protection |
| • Cultural Affairs, Tourism, Parks and Recreation |
| • Environmental Conservation |
| • Higher Education |
2011-2012
In the 2011-2012 legislative session, Serrano served on these committees:
| New York committee assignments, 2011 |
|---|
| • Civil Service and Pensions |
| • Cultural Affairs, Tourism, Parks and Recreation |
| • Education |
| • Environmental Conservation |
| • Higher Education |
| • Judiciary |
2009-2010
In the 2009-2010 legislative session, Serrano served on these committees:
| New York committee assignments, 2009 |
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| • Aging |
| • Cultural Affairs, Tourism, Parks and Recreation |
| • Education |
| • Elections |
| • Environmental Conservation |
| • Higher Education |
| • Rules |
Sponsored legislation
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Elections
2024
See also: New York State Senate elections, 2024
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General election for New York State Senate District 29
Incumbent Jose M. Serrano and Tanya Carmichael are running in the general election for New York State Senate District 29 on November 5, 2024.
Candidate | ||
| Jose M. Serrano (D / Working Families Party) | ||
 | Tanya Carmichael (R / Conservative Party) | |
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Democratic primary election
The Democratic primary election was canceled. Incumbent Jose M. Serrano advanced from the Democratic primary for New York State Senate District 29.
Republican primary election
The Republican primary election was canceled. Tanya Carmichael advanced from the Republican primary for New York State Senate District 29.
Conservative Party primary election
The Conservative Party primary election was canceled. Tanya Carmichael advanced from the Conservative Party primary for New York State Senate District 29.
Working Families Party primary election
The Working Families Party primary election was canceled. Incumbent Jose M. Serrano advanced from the Working Families Party primary for New York State Senate District 29.
Campaign finance
Endorsements
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2022
See also: New York State Senate elections, 2022
Incumbent Jose M. Serrano won election in the general election for New York State Senate District 29 on November 8, 2022. Do you want a spreadsheet of this type of data? Contact our sales team.General election for New York State Senate District 29
✔ Jose M. Serrano (D / Working Families Party)
40,546 Other/Write-in votes 203 Total votes: 40,749 = candidate completed the Ballotpedia Candidate Connection survey.
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Democratic primary election
The Democratic primary election was canceled. Incumbent Jose M. Serrano advanced from the Democratic primary for New York State Senate District 29.
Withdrawn or disqualified candidates
- Yuh-Line Niou (D)
Working Families Party primary election
The Working Families Party primary election was canceled. Incumbent Jose M. Serrano advanced from the Working Families Party primary for New York State Senate District 29.
2020
See also: New York State Senate elections, 2020
Incumbent Jose M. Serrano defeated Jose A. Colon in the general election for New York State Senate District 29 on November 3, 2020. Do you want a spreadsheet of this type of data? Contact our sales team.General election for New York State Senate District 29
✔ Jose M. Serrano (D)
88,643 Jose A. Colon (R)
12,175 Other/Write-in votes 124 Total votes: 100,942 = candidate completed the Ballotpedia Candidate Connection survey.
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Democratic primary election
The Democratic primary election was canceled. Incumbent Jose M. Serrano advanced from the Democratic primary for New York State Senate District 29.
Withdrawn or disqualified candidates
- Israel Martinez (D)
Republican primary election
The Republican primary election was canceled. Jose A. Colon advanced from the Republican primary for New York State Senate District 29.
Working Families Party primary election
Withdrawn or disqualified candidates
- Jose M. Serrano (Working Families Party)
2018
- See also: New York State Senate elections, 2018
General election
General election for New York State Senate District 29
Incumbent Jose M. Serrano defeated Jose A. Colon in the general election for New York State Senate District 29 on November 6, 2018.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | Jose M. Serrano (D) | 92.8 | 68,681 | |
| Jose A. Colon (R) | 7.1 | 5,237 | |
| Other/Write-in votes | 0.1 | 78 | ||
| Total votes: 73,996 (100.00% precincts reporting) | ||||
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Democratic primary election
Democratic primary for New York State Senate District 29
Incumbent Jose M. Serrano advanced from the Democratic primary for New York State Senate District 29 on September 13, 2018.
Candidate | ||
| ✔ | Jose M. Serrano | |
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Republican primary election
Republican primary for New York State Senate District 29
Jose A. Colon advanced from the Republican primary for New York State Senate District 29 on September 13, 2018.
Candidate | ||
| ✔ | | Jose A. Colon |
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2016
- See also: New York State Senate elections, 2016
Elections for the New York State Senate 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 Jose M. Serrano defeated Jose A. Colon and Linda Ortiz in the New York State Senate District 29 general election.[1][2]
| New York State Senate, District 29 General Election, 2016 | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Vote % | Votes | |
| Democratic |  Jose M. Serrano Incumbent |
87.66% | 56,194 | |
| Republican | Jose A. Colon | 9.61% | 6,158 | |
| Conservative | Linda Ortiz | 2.73% | 1,752 | |
| Total Votes | 64,104 | |||
| Source: New York Board of Elections | ||||
Incumbent Jose M. Serrano ran unopposed in the New York State Senate District 29 Democratic primary.[3][4]
| New York State Senate, District 29 Democratic Primary, 2016 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | |
| Democratic | Jose M. Serrano Incumbent (unopposed) | |
Jose A. Colon ran unopposed in the New York State Senate District 29 Republican primary.[3][4]
| New York State Senate, District 29 Republican Primary, 2016 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | |
| Republican | Jose A. Colon (unopposed) | |
Linda Ortiz ran unopposed in the New York State Senate District 29 Conservative primary.[3][4]
| New York State Senate, District 29 Conservative Primary, 2016 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | |
| Conservative | Linda Ortiz (unopposed) | |
2014
- See also: New York State Senate elections, 2014
Elections for the New York State Senate took place in 2014. A primary election took place on September 9, 2014. The general election took place November 4, 2014. The signature filing deadline for candidates wishing to run in this election was July 10, 2014. Incumbent Jose M. Serrano was unopposed in the Democratic primary, while Kevin Barrett was unopposed in the Republican primary. Serrano ran on the Working Families Party ticket and Barrett ran on the Conservative Party ticket. Serrano defeated Barrett in the general election.[5][6][7]
| Party | Candidate | Vote % | Votes | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Democratic | Jose M. Serrano Incumbent |
83.1% | 30,502 | |
| Republican | Kevin Barrett | 9.8% | 3,589 | |
| None | Blank | 7% | 2,572 | |
| None | Scattering | 0.1% | 39 | |
| Total Votes | 36,702 | |||
2012
- See also: New York State Senate elections, 2012
Serrano ran in the 2012 election for New York State Senate District 29. He ran unopposed in the Democratic primary on September 13, 2012. He also ran on the Working Families Party ticket. Serrano defeated Robert Goodman (C) and Thomas Siracuse (G) in the general election, which took place on November 6, 2012.[8][9][10]
| Party | Candidate | Vote % | Votes | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Democratic | Jose M. Serrano Incumbent |
94% | 72,637 | |
| Conservative | Robert Goodman | 4.4% | 3,381 | |
| Green | Thomas Siracuse | 1.6% | 1,245 | |
| Total Votes | 77,263 | |||
2010
- See also: New York State Senate elections, 2010
Serrano ran in the 2010 election for New York State Senate District 28. He was unopposed in the September 14 Republican primary. He defeated Jon Girodes (R) in the November 2 general election.[11][12] He ran as a member of the Democratic and Working Families parties.
| New York State Senate, General Election Results, District 28 (2010) | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Candidates | Votes | |||
| Jose M. Serrano (D)
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33,115 | |||
| Jon Girodes (R) | 2,631 | |||
| Keesha Wiener (Conservative) | 568 | |||
2008
- See also: New York State Senate elections, 2008
On November 4, 2008, Jose M. Serrano won the election for New York State Senate, District 28 with 63,788 votes.[13][14]
Serrano raised $60,046 for his campaign.[15]
| New York State Senate, District 28 (2008) | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Candidates | Votes | |||
| Jose M. Serrano (D)
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63,788 | |||
| Keisha S. Weiner (R) | 4,813 | |||
Campaign themes
2024
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2022
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2020
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2023
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2022
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In 2022, the New York State Legislature was in session from January 5 to June 4.
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2021
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In 2021, the New York State Legislature was in session from January 6 to June 10.
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2020
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In 2020, the New York State Legislature was in session from January 8 to December 31.
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2019
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In 2019, the New York State Legislature was in session from January 9 through January 8, 2020.
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2018
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In 2018, the 202nd New York State Legislature, second annual session, was in session from January 3 through June 20.
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2017
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In 2017, the 202nd New York State Legislature, first annual session, was in session from January 4 through December 31. A recess began June 21, and there was a special session June 28-29.
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2016
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In 2016, the 201st New York State Legislature, second annual session, was in session from January 6 through June 18.
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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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2014
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In 2014, the 200th New York State Legislature, second annual session, was in session from January 8 to June 19, 2014.
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In 2013, the 200th New York State Legislature, first annual session, was in session from January 9 to December 31.
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2012
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In 2012, the 199th New York State Legislature, second annual session, was in session from January 4 to June 22, 2012.
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In 2011, the 199th New York State Legislature, first annual session, was in session from January 5 to June 20, 2011.
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Endorsements
2012
In 2012, Serrano’s endorsements included the following:[16]
- 32BJ/SEIU
Personal
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Serrano is married and has two children.
See also
2024 Elections
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Footnotes
- ↑ 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
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 New York State Board of Elections, "Filings received for the 2016 State/Local Primary," accessed August 29, 2016
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 4.2 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 Senate Election Returns November 4, 2014," accessed December 17, 2014
- ↑ State of New York, State Board of Elections, "Candidate List for the September 13, 2012, State Primary Election," accessed July 31, 2014
- ↑ State of New York, State Board of Elections, "Official September 13, 2012, Primary Results," accessed July 31, 2014
- ↑ State of New York, State Board of Elections, "Official Senate Election Returns Nov. 6, 2012," accessed July 31, 2014
- ↑ New York Times, "NY state legislative election results," accessed February 11, 2014
- ↑ New York State Board of Elections, "Official Primary results from September 14, 2010," accessed July 31, 2014
- ↑ New York State Board of Elections, "Official Primary results from September 9, 2008," accessed July 31, 2014
- ↑ New York State Board of Elections, "Official Senate Election Returns November 4, 2008," accessed July 31, 2014
- ↑ Follow the Money, "Report on Jose's 2008 campaign contributions," accessed July 31, 2014
- ↑ New York Daily News, "32BJ/SEIU Endorses For State Senate, Assembly," August 1, 2012
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New York State Senate District 29 2013-Present |
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New York State Senate District 28 2005-2013 |
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