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Last updated: Oct. 24, 2024
Thousands of general elections are taking place across the United States on Nov. 5, 2024. Those elections include offices at the federal, state, and local levels. This is one of 50 pages in which Ballotpedia previews the elections happening in each state as part of the Daily Brew’s 50 states in 25 days series.
This page provides an overview of all elections happening in New York within our coverage scope on Nov. 5, 2024. Those elections include one for the U.S. Senate, 26 for U.S. House, , all 63 state senate seats, and all 150 state House seats. Additionally, there is one statewide ballot measure on the ballot in New York. This page also includes more information about election day in New York, including:
- How to vote in New York
- The elected offices that New York voters can expect to see on their ballots
- The races in New York that Ballotpedia is covering as battlegrounds
- The ballot measures that voters in New York will decide on
- Ballotpedia's Sample Ballot Lookup Tool
- The partisan balance of New York congressional delegation and state government
- Past presidential election results in New York
- The competitiveness of legislative elections in New York
- The candidates who are on the ballot in New York
Voting information
- See also: Voting in New York
What's on the ballot?
2024 elections
- See also: New York elections, 2024
At the federal level, voters will elect one U.S. Senator and 26 U.S. Representatives. To learn more about the U.S. Senate election in New York, click here. To learn more about the U.S. House elections in New York, click here.
No state executive offices are up for election.
All 213 seats in the Legislature are up for election, including all 63 seats in the Senate and all 150 seats in the Assembly. There are 5 open seats in the Senate and 13 in the Assembly.
Buffalo is holding elections for three seats on the Buffalo Public Schools school board. Buffalo Public Schools is located in Erie County and served 30,124 students during the 2022-2023 school year.
At the municipal level, two cities (Albany and Buffalo) and five counties (Bronx County, Erie County, Kings County, New York County, and Quens County) are holding elections for various roles including district attorney, civil court judge, supreme court judge, and county legislature. Click on the links above to read more about the elections in each municipality.
Below is a list of New York elections covered by Ballotpedia in 2024. Click the links to learn more about each type:
| New York elections, 2024 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Office | Elections? | More information |
| U.S. Senate | ✓ | Click here |
| U.S. House | ✓ | Click here |
| Congress special election | ✓ | Click here |
| Governor | — | — |
| Other state executive | — | — |
| State Senate | ✓ | Click here |
| State House | ✓ | Click here |
| Special state legislative | ✓ | Click here |
| State Supreme Court | — | — |
| Intermediate appellate courts | — | — |
| School boards | ✓ | Click here |
| Municipal government | ✓ | Click here |
| Recalls | — | — |
| Ballot measures | ✓ | Click here |
| Local ballot measures | ✓ | Click here |
Legend: ✓ election(s) / — no elections
Subject to Ballotpedia's scope
Your ballot
- See also: Sample Ballot Lookup
Noteworthy elections
As of Oct. 24, 2024, Ballotpedia identified eight congressional elections as battlegrounds-the races that we expect to have a meaningful effect on the balance of power in governments or to be particularly competitive or compelling. Click on the links below to read more about each New York battleground congressional district.
- New York's 1st Congressional District
- New York's 3rd Congressional District
- New York's 4th Congressional District
- New York's 17th Congressional District
- New York's 18th Congressional District
- New York's 19th Congressional District
- New York's 22nd Congressional District
- New York's 26th Congressional District
Ballot measures
There is one statewide ballot measures on the ballot in New York.
| Type | Title | Subject | Description | Result | Yes Votes | No Votes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Proposal 1 | Sex and gender; LGBTQ; Race and ethnicity; Constitutional rights; Abortion | Provide that people cannot be denied rights based on their "ethnicity, national origin, age, and disability" or "sex, including sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, pregnancy, pregnancy outcomes, and reproductive healthcare and autonomy" |
|
4,757,097 (62%) |
2,857,663 (38%) |
A total of 56 measures appeared on statewide ballots in New York from 1985 to 2022.
- From 1985 to 2022, the number of measures on statewide ballots ranged from zero to 6.
- From 1985 to 2022, an average of 0.5 measures appeared on the ballot in New York during even-numbered election years. The median number of measures was zero.
- From 1985 to 2022, 72.7 percent (8 of 11) of the total number of measures that appeared on statewide ballots during even-numbered years were approved, and 27.2 percent (3 of 11) were defeated.
State analysis
Partisan balance
A total of 16 Democrats and 10 Republicans represent New York in the U.S. House. In the House, Republicans have a 220-212 majority with three vacancies.
Two Democrats represent New York in the Senate. Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand's (D) seat is up for re-election. Gilibrand is running against Mike Sapraicone (R) and Diane Sare (LaRouche Party) in the general election.
Democrats have a 41-21 majority the state Senate, with one vacancy, and a 100-48 majority in the state House, with two vacancies. The last time Republicans controlled either chamber of the Legislature was in 2018, when Republicans controlled the Senate.
Because the governor is a Democrat, New York is one of 17 states with a Democratic trifecta. It has held this status since 2019 when Democrats assumed their majority in the Senate. New York's attorney general and secretary of state are also Democrats. This makes New York one of 20 states with a Democratic triplex.
Past presidential election results in New York
How a state's counties vote in a presidential election and the size of those counties can provide additional insights into election outcomes at other levels of government including statewide and congressional races. Below, four categories are used to describe each county's voting pattern over the 2012, 2016, and 2020 presidential elections: Solid, Trending, Battleground, and New. Click [show] on the table below for examples:
| County-level voting pattern categories | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Democratic | |||||||
| Status | 2012 | 2016 | 2020 | ||||
| Solid Democratic | D | D | D | ||||
| Trending Democratic | R | D | D | ||||
| Battleground Democratic | D | R | D | ||||
| New Democratic | R | R | D | ||||
| Republican | |||||||
| Status | 2012 | 2016 | 2020 | ||||
| Solid Republican | R | R | R | ||||
| Trending Republican | D | R | R | ||||
| Battleground Republican | R | D | R | ||||
| New Republican | D | D | R | ||||
Following the 2020 presidential election, 71.5% of New Yorkers lived in one of the state's 17 Solid Democratic counties, which voted for the Democratic presidential candidate in every election from 2012 to 2020, and 16.8% lived in one of 15 Trending Republican counties. Overall, New York was Solid Democratic, having voted for Barack Obama (D) in 2012, Hillary Clinton (D) in 2016, and Joe Biden (D) in 2020. Use the table below to view the total number of each type of county in New York following the 2020 election as well as the overall percentage of the state population located in each county type.
| New York county-level statistics, 2020 | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Solid Democratic | 17 | 71.5% | |||||
| Trending Republican | 15 | 16.8% | |||||
| Solid Republican | 26 | 8.6% | |||||
| Battleground Democratic | 4 | 3.1% | |||||
| Total voted Democratic | 21 | 74.6% | |||||
| Total voted Republican | 41 | 25.4% | |||||
State legislative competitiveness
According to Ballotpedia's annual state legislative competitiveness report, New York had a Competitiveness Index of 26.9, ranking it 32nd of the 44 states that held elections.
- 18 of the 213 seats up for election were open (8%).
- 18 of the 195 incumbents who ran for re-election faced contested primaries (9%).
- 134 of the 213 seats up for election were contested by both major parties (63%).
2010-2024
Hover over column headings to learn more about their contents.
| State Legislative Competitiveness Index in New York, 2010-2024 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Year | Open seats | Incs. in contested primaries | Major party competition | Competitiveness Index | Rank | |||||||||||||||||||
| 2010 | 11.8% | 19.8% | 77.4% | 36.3 | 16 / 44 | |||||||||||||||||||
| 2012 | 11.3% | 17.5% | 62.4% | 30.4 | 32 / 44 | |||||||||||||||||||
| 2014 | 9.9% | 14.1% | 57.7% | 27.2 | 25 / 44 | |||||||||||||||||||
| 2016 | 8.9% | 17.0% | 57.7% | 27.9 | 30 / 44 | |||||||||||||||||||
| 2018 | 8.5% | 15.9% | 60.6% | 28.3 | 33 / 44 | |||||||||||||||||||
| 2020 | 15.5% | 19.4% | 63.8% | 32.9 | 22 / 44 | |||||||||||||||||||
| 2022 | 11.7% | 24.1% | 65.3% | 33.7 | 25 / 44 | |||||||||||||||||||
| 2024 | 8.5% | 9.2% | 62.9% | 26.9 | 32 / 44 | |||||||||||||||||||
In 2024
Hover over column headings to learn more about their contents. Click on headings for more state-specific information.
| State Legislative Competitiveness Index in New York, 2024 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chamber | Open seats | Incs. in contested primaries | Major party competition | Competitiveness Index | ||||||||||||||||||||
| House | 8.7% | 12.4% | 61.3% | 27.5 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Senate | 7.9% | 1.7% | 66.7% | 25.4 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Total | 8.5% | 9.2% | 62.9% | 26.9 | ||||||||||||||||||||
List of candidates
See also
Footnotes
