2018 United States Senate election in New York

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2018 United States Senate election in New York
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Turnout47.99%
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Nominee Kirsten Gillibrand Chele Farley
Party Democratic Republican
Alliance
Parties
Parties
Popular vote4,056,9311,998,220
Percentage67.00%33.00%
2018 United States Senate election in New York results map by county.svg
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NY Senate 2018 Precinct Map.svg
Gillibrand:     40–50%     50–60%     60–70%     70–80%     80–90%     >90%
Farley:     50–60%     60–70%     70–80%     80–90%     >90%
Tie:      40–50%     50%
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U.S. senator before election

Kirsten Gillibrand
Democratic

Elected U.S. Senator

Kirsten Gillibrand
Democratic

The 2018 United States Senate election in New York took place on November 6, 2018. Incumbent U.S. Senator Kirsten Gillibrand was re-elected to a second full term, defeating Republican Chele Chiavacci Farley with over 67% of the vote. Gillibrand carried a majority of the state's counties and 26 of the state's 27 congressional districts, including five that elected Republicans the same night.

Contents

Democratic primary

Kirsten Gillibrand ran unopposed in the primary and automatically became the Democratic nominee.

Candidates

Nominee

Failed to file

  • Scott Noren, oral and maxillofacial surgeon [3] [4]

Declined

Republican primary

Chele Farley's senate campaign logo Chele Farley for Senate.png
Chele Farley's senate campaign logo

The Republican Party had nominated private equity executive Chele Chiavacci Farley. [8]

Candidates

Nominee

  • Chele Chiavacci Farley, private equity executive [9]

Failed to file

Declined

General election

Endorsements

Kirsten Gillibrand (D)
Individuals
Organizations
Newspapers
Chele Farley (R)
U.S. President
U.S. Senators
U.S. Representatives
Governors
Individuals
Organizations
  • Crown Heights PAC [45]
Newspapers

Predictions

SourceRankingAs of
The Cook Political Report [48] Safe DOctober 26, 2018
Inside Elections [49] Safe DNovember 1, 2018
Sabato's Crystal Ball [50] Safe DNovember 5, 2018
Fox News [51] Likely DJuly 9, 2018
CNN [52] Safe DJuly 12, 2018
RealClearPolitics [53] Safe DJune 7, 2018

†Highest rating given

Polling

Poll sourceDate(s)
administered		Sample
size		Margin
of error		Kirsten
Gillibrand (D)		Chele Chiavacci
Farley (R)		OtherUndecided
Research Co. November 1–3, 2018450± 4.6%60%32%–8%
Siena College October 28 – November 1, 2018641± 3.9%58%35%0%8%
Quinnipiac University October 10–16, 2018852± 4.4%58%33%0%8%
Siena College September 20–27, 2018701± 3.9%61%29%0%9%
Liberty Opinion Research (R-Reform Party) August 29–30, 20182,783± 1.9%51%36%–13%
Quinnipiac University July 12–16, 2018934± 4.1%57%30%1%10%
Siena College June 4–7, 2018745± 3.7%61%28%0%8%
Quinnipiac University April 26 – May 1, 20181,076± 3.7%58%23%1%16%
Siena College April 8–12, 2018692± 4.3%58%27%0%13%
Siena College March 11–16, 2018772± 4.0%60%24%0%14%

Results

United States Senate election in New York, 2018 [54]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Democratic Kirsten Gillibrand3,755,48962.02%-4.36%
Working Families Kirsten Gillibrand160,1282.64%-1.12%
Independence Kirsten Gillibrand99,3251.64%-0.43%
Women's Equality Kirsten Gillibrand41,9890.69%N/A
Total Kirsten Gillibrand (incumbent)4,056,93167.00%-5.21%
Republican Chele Chiavacci Farley1,730,43928.58%+5.86%
Conservative Chele Chiavacci Farley246,1714.07%+0.46%
Reform Chele Chiavacci Farley21,6100.35%N/A
TotalChele Chiavacci Farley1,998,22033.00%+6.66%
Total votes6,055,151 100.00% N/A
Democratic hold

Counties that flipped from Democratic to Republican

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