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
Percentage67.0%33.0%
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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%     No data
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

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. [54] November 1–3, 2018450± 4.6%60%32%–8%
Siena College [55] October 28 – November 1, 2018641± 3.9%58%35%0%8%
Quinnipiac University [56] October 10–16, 2018852± 4.4%58%33%0%8%
Siena College [57] September 20–27, 2018701± 3.9%61%29%0%9%
Liberty Opinion Research (R-Reform Party) [58] August 29–30, 20182,783± 1.9%51%36%–13%
Quinnipiac University [59] July 12–16, 2018934± 4.1%57%30%1%10%
Siena College [60] June 4–7, 2018745± 3.7%61%28%0%8%
Quinnipiac University [61] April 26 – May 1, 20181,076± 3.7%58%23%1%16%
Siena College [62] April 8–12, 2018692± 4.3%58%27%0%13%
Siena College [63] March 11–16, 2018772± 4.0%60%24%0%14%

Results

United States Senate election in New York, 2018 [64]
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

By congressional district

Gillibrand won 26 of 27 congressional districts, including five that elected Republicans. [65]

DistrictGillibrandFarleyRepresentative
1st 53%47% Lee Zeldin
2nd 54%46% Peter T. King
3rd 59%41% Thomas Suozzi
4th 60%40% Kathleen Rice
5th 89%10% Gregory Meeks
6th 72%28% Grace Meng
7th 92%8% Nydia Velázquez
8th 90%10% Hakeem Jeffries
9th 89%11% Yvette Clarke
10th 83%16% Jerry Nadler
11th 55%45% Max Rose
12th 87%13% Carolyn Maloney
13th 95%5% Adriano Espaillat
14th 83%16% Alexandria Ocasio Cortez
15th 96%4% Jose E. Serrano
16th 79%21% Eliot Engel
17th 66%34% Nita Lowey
18th 57%43% Sean Patrick Maloney
19th 56%44% Antonio Delgado
20th 63%37% Paul Tonko
21st 53%47% Elise Stefanik
22nd 51%49% Anthony Brindisi
23rd 51%49% Tom Reed
24th 58%42% John Katko
25th 63%37% Joe Morelle
26th 68%32% Brian Higgins
27th 47%53% Chris Collins

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