1982 United States Senate election in New York

1982 United States Senate election in New York

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Nominee Pat Moynihan Florence Sullivan Party Democratic Republican Alliance Liberal Parties Conservative Right to Life Popular vote 3,232,146 1,696,766 Percentage 65.07% 34.16%

County results Moynihan:      40–50%     50–60%     60–70%     70–80%     80–90% Sullivan:      40–50%     50–60%

U.S. senator before election Pat Moynihan Democratic Elected U.S. Senator Pat Moynihan Democratic

The 1982 United States Senate election in New York was held on November 2, 1982. Incumbent Democratic U.S. Senator Daniel Patrick Moynihan won re-election to a second term.

Moynihan's victory made him the first Senator holding this seat to win a second term since Irving M. Ives won his second and final term in 1952.

Democratic primary

Candidates

• Marvin Klenetsky
• Daniel Patrick Moynihan, incumbent U.S. Senator since 1977

Results

1982 Democratic U.S. Senate primary ^[1]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Daniel Patrick Moynihan (incumbent)	922,059	85.13%
	Democratic	Melvin Klenetsky	161,012	14.87%
Total votes			1,083,071	100.00%

Republican primary

Candidates

• Whitney North Seymour Jr., former United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York and State Senator from Manhattan
• Muriel Siebert, stockbroker
• Florence M. Sullivan, Assemblywoman from Bay Ridge, Brooklyn

Results

1982 Republican U.S. Senate primary ^[2]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Florence M. Sullivan	216,486	42.37%
	Republican	Muriel Siebert	157,446	30.82%
	Republican	Whitney North Seymour Jr.	136,974	26.81%
Total votes			510,906	100.00%

Results

General election results ^[3]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Daniel Patrick Moynihan (incumbent)	3,089,871	62.20%
	Liberal	Daniel Patrick Moynihan (incumbent)	142,275	2.86%
	Total	Daniel Patrick Moynihan (incumbent)	3,232,146	65.07%
	Republican	Florence M. Sullivan	1,415,749	28.50%
	Conservative	Florence M. Sullivan	175,650	3.54%
	Right to Life	Florence M. Sullivan	105,367	2.12%
	Total	Florence M. Sullivan	1,696,766	34.16%
	Libertarian	James J. McKeown	23,379	0.47%
	Socialist Workers	Steven Wattenmaker	15,206	0.31%
Total votes			4,967,497	100.00%
	Democratic hold

See also

• 1982 United States Senate elections

References

1. "Our Campaigns - NY US Senate - D Primary". www.ourcampaigns.com. Retrieved December 30, 2020.
2. "Our Campaigns - NY US Senate - R Primary". www.ourcampaigns.com. Retrieved December 30, 2020.
3. "Our Campaigns - NY US Senate Race - Nov 02, 1982". www.ourcampaigns.com. Retrieved April 16, 2018.