Olympia Jean Snowe is an American businesswoman and politician who was a United States Senator from Maine from 1995 to 2013. Snowe,a member of the Republican Party,became known for her ability to influence the outcome of close votes,including whether to end filibusters. In 2006,she was named one of America's Best Senators by Time magazine. Throughout her Senate career,she was considered one of the most moderate members of the chamber.
John Hardy Isakson was an American businessman and politician who served as a United States senator from Georgia from 2005 to 2019. A member of the Republican Party,he previously served in the Georgia legislature and the United States House of Representatives.
The Conservative Party of New York State is an American political party founded in 1962 following conservative dissatisfaction with the Republican Party in New York. Running on the Conservative Party line,James L. Buckley won election to the U.S. Senate in 1970 and served for one term. Since 2010,the party has held "Row C" on New York ballots—the third-place ballot position,directly below the Democratic and Republican parties—because it received the third-highest number of votes of any political party in the 2010,2014,2018,and 2022 New York gubernatorial elections. The party is known for its strategy of attempting to influence the Republican Party in a more conservative direction.
Andrew Joseph Lanza is an American lawyer and Republican politician. He is a member of the New York State Senate,representing the 24th district,which includes most of Staten Island. He was elected in 2006 after having served on the New York City Council for the 51st district.
Phillip Michael Boyle is an American politician who served as the Senator for the 4th District of the New York Senate from 2013 to 2022. He is a Republican. The district he served includes the villages of Babylon,Brightwaters,Lindenhurst,Ocean Beach,Saltaire in Suffolk County on Long Island.
Kirsten Elizabeth Gillibrand is an American lawyer and politician serving as the junior United States senator from New York since 2009. A member of the Democratic Party,she served as member of the U.S. House of Representatives from 2007 to 2009.
James Nicholas Tedisco is an American politician. Since 2023,he has been the New York State Senator for New York's 44th State Senate district.
Thomas F. O'Mara is a member of the New York State Senate,serving a district in the Southern Tier of New York since 2010. The district is currently numbered the 58th district. O'Mara is a Republican.
Janet L. Duprey is a former Republican member of the New York State Assembly,representing Assembly District 115,which includes all of Clinton and Franklin Counties,as well as part of St. Lawrence County. She is originally from Plattsburgh.
Andrea Alice Stewart-Cousins is an American politician and educator from Yonkers,New York. A member of the Democratic Party,Stewart-Cousins has represented District 35 in the New York State Senate since 2007 and served as Majority Leader and Temporary President of that body since 2019. She has served twice as acting lieutenant governor of New York under Governor Kathy Hochul,for 16 days in 2021 and between April and May 2022. Stewart-Cousins is the first Black woman to serve as New York's lieutenant governor,although in an acting capacity. She is the first woman in New York State history to lead a conference in the New York State Legislature and the first female Senate Majority Leader in New York history.
Joseph A. "Joe" Griffo is an American politician serving as a member of the New York Senate from the 53rd district since 2023,and the 47th district from 2007-2022. The 53rd district includes parts of Chenango,Oneida,and Madison Counties. Prior to his election to the Senate,Griffo served as mayor of Rome,New York and as Oneida County executive. A Republican,Griffo serves as deputy minority leader of the State Senate.
Joseph E. Robach is an American politician who was a member of the New York Senate,representing the 56th district from 2003 until 2020. The district includes portions of Rochester,New York and the surrounding communities.
Wendy Elizabeth Long is an American attorney from New Hampshire. A member of the Republican Party,Long was the Republican and Conservative parties’nominee for U.S. Senate in New York in 2012 and 2016,losing in landslides to incumbent Democrats Kirsten Gillibrand and Chuck Schumer,respectively. She was a delegate to the Republican National Convention in support of Donald Trump in 2016.
The 2012 United States Senate election in New York took place on November 6,2012,concurrently with the U.S. presidential election as well as other elections to the United States Senate and House of Representatives as well as various state and local elections.
Kirsten Gillibrand is the junior United States senator from New York and a member of the Democratic Party. Formerly a member of the United States House of Representatives from the generally conservative 20th congressional district,she was appointed to the Senate in 2009,representing a generally liberal state.
The 2012 New York state elections took place on November 6,2012. These elections included the 2012 presidential election,an election to one U.S. Senate seat,and elections to all 27 New York congressional seats,all 63 seats in the New York State Senate,and all 150 seats in the New York State Assembly.
Shelley Mayer is an American politician serving as a Democratic member of the New York State Senate representing the 37th Senate District,which includes portions of Westchester County. Formerly a member of the New York State Assembly,Mayer was first elected in a special election in 2018.
Susan J. Serino is an American politician who began her tenure as Dutchess Executive on January 1,2024. Serino is a member of the Republican Party.
The 2018 New York state elections took place on November 6,2018. On that date,the State of New York held elections for the following offices:Governor and Lieutenant Governor,Attorney General,Comptroller,U.S. Senate,U.S. House of Representatives,New York State Senate,New York state assembly,and various others. Primary elections took place on September 13,2018. As of May 2018,Democrats had won all 19 elections to statewide offices that have occurred in New York since 2002.
Robert E. Antonacci is an American politician and judge from Syracuse,New York. A Republican,Antonacci served as Onondaga County Comptroller from 2008 to 2018. He was the Republican nominee for New York State Comptroller in 2014,losing to incumbent Democrat Tom DiNapoli. He was elected to the New York State Senate in New York's 50th State Senate district in 2018. In 2019,Antonacci was elected as a Justice of the New York Supreme Court—a trial-level court—in the Fifth Judicial District and stepped down from his Senate seat.
