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New York U.S. Senate election history

Every New York U.S. Senate election from 1976 to 2024: winners, parties, margins and the seats that changed hands.

Current senators

Wins by party

  • Democratic 15
  • Republican 3
D+50R+50D+25R+251976: D+8.819761980: R+1.31982: D+30.919821986: R+14.61988: D+36.019881992: R+1.31994: D+14.219941998: D+9.92000: D+12.020002004: D+39.32006: D+34.420062010: D+32.92012: D+42.920122016: D+42.92018: D+34.320182022: D+19.12024: D+18.32024
New York Senate races: Republican minus Democratic share, in points. Bars above the line lean Republican, below lean Democratic.
YearSeatWinnerPartyRunner-upMarginVotes
2024 Class I Kirsten E. Gillibrand Democratic Michael D. Sapraicone 16.7 8,380,426
2022 flip Class III Charles E. Schumer Democratic Joe Pinion 13.7 5,965,684
2018 Class I Kirsten E. Gillibrand Democratic Chele Farley 32.4 6,250,886
2016 Class III Charles E. Schumer Democratic Wendy E. Long 39.8 7,695,473
2012 Class I Kirsten E. Gillibrand Democratic Wendy E. Long 40.8 7,116,628
2010 Class III Charles E. Schumer Democratic Jay Townsend 38.0 4,763,899
2010 special Class I Kirsten E. Gillibrand Democratic Joseph J. DioGuardi 31.5 4,757,635
2006 Class I Hillary Rodham Clinton Democratic John Spencer 31.6 4,700,632
2004 Class III Charles E. Schumer Democratic Howard Mills 37.1 7,447,818
2000 Class I Hillary Rodham Clinton Democratic Rick Lazio 12.0 6,959,662
1998 flip Class III Charles E. Schumer Democratic Alfonse M. D'Amato 14.2 4,989,877
1994 Class I Daniel Patrick Moynihan Democratic Bernadette Castro 15.3 5,328,486
1992 Class III Alfonse M. D'Amato Republican Robert Abrams 4.5 6,458,826
1988 Class I Daniel Patrick Moynihan Democratic Robert R. McMillan 36.8 6,040,980
1986 Class III Alfonse M. D'Amato Republican Mark Green 6.9 4,484,859
1982 Class I Daniel Patrick Moynihan Democratic Florence M. Sullivan 33.7 4,967,729
1980 Class III Alfonse M. D'Amato Republican Elizabeth Holtzman 5.8 6,014,914
1976 Class I Daniel Patrick Moynihan Democratic James L. Buckley 10.7 6,666,875

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Questions and answers

Who won the most recent New York Senate election?

Kirsten E. Gillibrand won in 2024 by 16.7 points.

Who are New York's U.S. senators?

Kirsten E. Gillibrand (Democrat, term ends 2031) and Charles E. Schumer (Democrat, term ends 2029).

When did a Democrat last win a New York Senate race?

In 2024, when Kirsten E. Gillibrand won.

When did a Republican last win a New York Senate race?

In 1992, when Alfonse M. D'Amato won.

Results: FiveThirtyEight (from 1976 for Senate, 1996 for governor). Current members: congress-legislators.