United States Senate elections in New York, 2012

2012 U.S. Senate Elections in New York

Candidates • Polls • Election History

November 6 Election Winner: Kirsten Gillibrand

Incumbent prior to election: Kirsten Gillibrand

Cook Political Report Race Rating      Solid D (Prior to election)

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2012 U.S. House Elections

Voters in New York will elect one member to the U.S. Senate in the November 6, 2012 elections.

The signature filing deadline for candidates wishing to run is June 12, 2012. On January 27, 2012, Judge Gary Sharpe moved the primary date from September 11, 2012 to June 26, 2012 in order to allow for sufficient time to send absentee ballots to military voters.

The election will fill the Class 1 Senate seat, which is currently held by Kirsten Gillibrand (D). First appointed to the U.S. Senate in 2009, Gillibrand is running for re-election in 2012.

Candidates

Democratic Primary

• Kirsten Gillibrand: Incumbent (Also running as the Working Families and Independence candidate)

Withdrawn:

• Scott Noren: Oral surgeon

Republican primary

• George Maragos: Nassau County comptroller
• Bob Turner: U.S. Representative
• Wendy Long (Also running as the Conservative candidate)

Green party

• Colia Clark

Race rating

Cook Political Report

Each month the Cook Political Report releases race ratings for President, U.S. Senate, U.S. House (competitive only) and Governors. There are seven possible designations:

     Solid Democratic
     Likely Democratic
     Lean Democratic

     Tossup

     Lean Republican
     Likely Republican
     Solid Republican

Cook Political Report Race Rating -- New York Senate
Month	Rating
March 22, 2012
March 1, 2012
January 26, 2012
December 22, 2011
December 1, 2011

Election history

2010

On November 2, 2010, Chuck Schumer was re-elected to the United States Senate for a third term. He defeated Jay Townsend (R/Conservative), Colia Clark (Green), and Randy A. Credico (Anti-Prohibition, Libertarian).

United States Senate, New York General Election, 2010
Party		Candidate	Vote %	Votes
	Democratic	Chuck Schumer Incumbent	64%	3,047,880
	Republican	Jay Townsend	31.1%	1,480,423
	Green	Colia Clark	3.5%	168,384
	Anti-Prohibition, Libertarian	Randy A. Credico	0.9%	42,341
	Blank/Scattering		0.5%	24,871
Total Votes				4,763,899

On November 2, 2010, Gillibrand was elected to keep her appointment to the United States Senate. She defeated Joseph J. DioGuardi (R), Cecile A. Lawrence (Green), John Clifton (Libertarian), Joseph Huff (Rent Is 2 Damn High), Vivia Morgan (Anti-Prohibition), and Bruce Blakeman (Tax Revolt).

United States Senate, New York Special Election, 2010
Party		Candidate	Vote %	Votes
	Democratic	Kirsten Gillibrand Incumbent	59.6%	2,837,684
	Republican	Joseph J. DioGuardi	33.3%	1,582,693
	Green	Cecile A. Lawrence	0.7%	35,489
	Libertarian	John Clifton	0.4%	18,414
	Rent Is 2 Damn High	Joseph Huff	0.4%	17,019
	Anti-Prohibition	Vivia Morgan	0.2%	11,787
	Tax Revolt	Bruce Blakeman	0.1%	4,516
	Blank/Scattering		5.3%	250,033
Total Votes				4,757,635

See also

• United States House of Representatives elections in New York, 2012
• United States Senate elections, 2012