Primary date: June 28; August 23 (congressional and state senate only)
Mail-in registration deadline: June 3; July 29 (congressional and state senate only)
Online reg. deadline: June 3; July 29 (congressional and state senate only)
In-person reg. deadline: June 3; July 29 (congressional and state senate only)

Early voting starts: June 18; August 13 (congressional and state senate only)
Early voting ends: June 26; August 21 (congressional and state senate only)
Poll times: 6 a.m. to 9 p.m.
Absentee/mail-in deadline: June 28; August 23 (congressional and state senate only)

A Republican Party primary took place on June 28, 2022, in New York to determine which candidate would earn the right to run as the party's nominee in the state's gubernatorial election on November 8, 2022.

Lee Zeldin advanced from the Republican primary for Governor of New York.

This page focuses on New York's Republican Party gubernatorial primary. For more in-depth information on New York's Democratic gubernatorial primary and the general election, see the following pages:

Candidates and election results

Republican primary for Governor of New York

	Candidate	%	Votes
✔	Lee Zeldin	43.4	196,874
	Andrew Giuliani	22.8	103,267
	Rob Astorino	18.6	84,464
	Harry Wilson	14.7	66,736
	Other/Write-in votes	0.5	2,261

	There were no incumbents in this race. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 453,602
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Withdrawn or disqualified candidates

Election competitiveness

General election race ratings

See also: Race rating definitions and methods

Ballotpedia provides race ratings from four outlets: The Cook Political Report, Inside Elections, Sabato's Crystal Ball, and DDHQ/The Hill. Each race rating indicates if one party is perceived to have an advantage in the race and, if so, the degree of advantage:

Safe and Solid ratings indicate that one party has a clear edge and the race is not competitive.
Likely ratings indicate that one party has a clear edge, but an upset is possible.
Lean ratings indicate that one party has a small edge, but the race is competitive.^[1]
Toss-up ratings indicate that neither party has an advantage.

Race ratings are informed by a number of factors, including polling, candidate quality, and election result history in the race's district or state.^[2]^[3]^[4]

Race ratings: New York gubernatorial election, 2022
Race tracker	Race ratings
	November 8, 2022	November 1, 2022	October 25, 2022	October 18, 2022
The Cook Political Report with Amy Walter	Likely Democratic	Likely Democratic	Solid Democratic	Solid Democratic
Inside Elections with Nathan L. Gonzales	Likely Democratic	Solid Democratic	Solid Democratic	Solid Democratic
Larry J. Sabato's Crystal Ball	Likely Democratic	Likely Democratic	Likely Democratic	Safe Democratic
Note: Ballotpedia reviews external race ratings every week throughout the election season and posts weekly updates even if the media outlets have not revised their ratings during that week.

State profile

Demographic data for New York
	New York	U.S.
Total population:	19,747,183	316,515,021
Land area (sq mi):	47,126	3,531,905
Race and ethnicity**
White:	64.6%	73.6%
Black/African American:	15.6%	12.6%
Asian:	8%	5.1%
Native American:	0.4%	0.8%
Pacific Islander:	0%	0.2%
Two or more:	2.9%	3%
Hispanic/Latino:	18.4%	17.1%
Education
High school graduation rate:	85.6%	86.7%
College graduation rate:	34.2%	29.8%
Income
Median household income:	$59,269	$53,889
Persons below poverty level:	18.5%	11.3%
Source: U.S. Census Bureau, "American Community Survey" (5-year estimates 2010-2015) Click here for more information on the 2020 census and here for more on its impact on the redistricting process in New York. **Note: Percentages for race and ethnicity may add up to more than 100 percent because respondents may report more than one race and the Hispanic/Latino ethnicity may be selected in conjunction with any race. Read more about race and ethnicity in the census here.

Presidential voting pattern

See also: Presidential voting trends in New York

New York voted for the Democratic candidate in all seven presidential elections between 2000 and 2024.

Pivot Counties (2016)

Ballotpedia identified 206 counties that voted for Donald Trump (R) in 2016 after voting for Barack Obama (D) in 2008 and 2012. Collectively, Trump won these Pivot Counties by more than 580,000 votes. Of these 206 counties, 18 are located in New York, accounting for 8.74 percent of the total pivot counties.^[5]

Pivot Counties (2020)

In 2020, Ballotpedia re-examined the 206 Pivot Counties to view their voting patterns following that year's presidential election. Ballotpedia defined those won by Trump won as Retained Pivot Counties and those won by Joe Biden (D) as Boomerang Pivot Counties. Nationwide, there were 181 Retained Pivot Counties and 25 Boomerang Pivot Counties. New York had 14 Retained Pivot Counties and four Boomerang Pivot Counties, accounting for 7.73 and 16.00 percent of all Retained and Boomerang Pivot Counties, respectively.

More New York coverage on Ballotpedia

Election analysis

Click the tabs below to view information about demographics, past elections, and partisan control of the state.

Presidential elections - Information about presidential elections in the state.
Statewide elections - Information about recent U.S. Senate and gubernatorial elections in the state.
State partisanship - The partisan makeup of the state's congressional delegation and state government.
Demographics - Information about the state's demographics and how they compare to the country as a whole.

Presidential elections

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Governor of New York
	Democratic primary; Republican primary; General election;
Election details
	Filing deadline: April 7, 2022
	Primary: June 28, 2022; General: November 8, 2022; Pre-election incumbent(s):; Gov. Kathy Hochul (Democratic)
How to vote
	Poll times: 6 a.m. to 9 p.m. (general elections); primary times vary by county; Voting in New York
Race ratings
	Cook Political Report: Likely Democratic; Sabato's Crystal Ball: Likely Democratic; Inside Elections: Likely Democratic
Ballotpedia analysis
	Federal and state primary competitiveness; State executive elections in 2022; Impact of term limits in 2022; State government trifectas; State government triplexes; Ballotpedia's Election Analysis Hub, 2022
New York; executive elections
	Governor; Lieutenant Governor; Attorney General; Comptroller

See also: Presidential voting trends in New York and The Cook Political Report's Partisan Voter Index

Cook PVI by congressional district

Cook Political Report's Partisan Voter Index for New York, 2022
District	Incumbent	Party	PVI
New York's 1st	Open	Republican	R+3
New York's 2nd	Andrew Garbarino	Republican	R+3
New York's 3rd	Open	Democratic	D+2
New York's 4th	Open	Democratic	D+5
New York's 5th	Gregory Meeks	Democratic	D+30
New York's 6th	Grace Meng	Democratic	D+15
New York's 7th	Nydia Velazquez	Democratic	D+31
New York's 8th	Hakeem Jeffries	Democratic	D+26
New York's 9th	Yvette Clarke	Democratic	D+25
New York's 10th	Mondaire Jones	Democratic	D+35
New York's 11th	Nicole Malliotakis	Republican	R+6
New York's 12th	Carolyn B. Maloney / Jerry Nadler	Democratic	D+34
New York's 13th	Adriano Espaillat	Democratic	D+38
New York's 14th	Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez	Democratic	D+28
New York's 15th	Ritchie Torres	Democratic	D+35
New York's 16th	Jamaal Bowman	Democratic	D+20
New York's 17th	Sean Patrick Maloney	Democratic	D+3
New York's 18th	Open	Democratic	D+1
New York's 19th	Vacant	Democratic	Even
New York's 20th	Paul Tonko	Democratic	D+7
New York's 21st	Elise Stefanik	Republican	R+9
New York's 22nd	Open	Republican	D+1
New York's 23rd	Vacant	Republican	R+12
New York's 24th	Claudia Tenney	Republican	R+11
New York's 25th	Joseph Morelle	Democratic	D+7
New York's 26th	Brian Higgins	Democratic	D+9

2020 presidential results by 2022 congressional district lines

2020 presidential results in congressional districts based on 2022 district lines, New York^[6]
District	Joe Biden	Donald Trump
New York's 1st	49.5%	49.3%
New York's 2nd	48.7%	50.2%
New York's 3rd	53.6%	45.4%
New York's 4th	56.8%	42.2%
New York's 5th	80.9%	18.5%
New York's 6th	64.7%	34.4%
New York's 7th	80.8%	18.2%
New York's 8th	76.3%	23.1%
New York's 9th	75.4%	23.9%
New York's 10th	85.1%	13.9%
New York's 11th	45.7%	53.4%
New York's 12th	85.2%	13.8%
New York's 13th	88.1%	11.1%
New York's 14th	77.9%	21.3%
New York's 15th	84.7%	14.7%
New York's 16th	71.4%	27.7%
New York's 17th	54.5%	44.4%
New York's 18th	53.4%	45.0%
New York's 19th	51.3%	46.7%
New York's 20th	58.6%	39.4%
New York's 21st	42.8%	55.2%
New York's 22nd	52.6%	45.2%
New York's 23rd	40.4%	57.6%
New York's 24th	40.3%	57.5%
New York's 25th	58.8%	39.1%
New York's 26th	60.8%	37.4%

2012-2020

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%

Historical voting trends

New York presidential election results (1900-2020)

18 Democratic wins
13 Republican wins

Year	1900	1904	1908	1912	1916	1920	1924	1928	1932	1936	1940	1944	1948	1952	1956	1960	1964	1968	1972	1976	1980	1984	1988	1992	1996	2000	2004	2008	2012	2016	2020
Winning Party	R	R	R	D	R	R	R	R	D	D	D	D	R	R	R	D	D	D	R	D	R	R	D	D	D	D	D	D	D	D	D

Statewide elections

This section details the results of the five most recent U.S. Senate and gubernatorial elections held in the state.

U.S. Senate elections

See also: List of United States Senators from New York

The table below details the vote in the five most recent U.S. Senate races in New York.

U.S. Senate election results in New York
Race	Winner	Runner up
2018	67.0%	33.0%
2016	70.4%	27.4%
2012	71.6%	27.0%
2010	66.3%	33.2%
2010	59.6%	33.3%
Average	67.0	30.8

Gubernatorial elections

See also: Governor of New York

The table below details the vote in the five most recent gubernatorial elections in New York.

Gubernatorial election results in New York
Race	Winner	Runner up
2018	59.6%	36.2%
2014	54.3%	40.4%
2010	63.1%	33.5%
2006	65.7%	27.1%
2002	48.2%	32.7%
Average	58.4	34.1

State partisanship

Congressional delegation

The table below displays the partisan composition of New York's congressional delegation as of November 2022.

Congressional Partisan Breakdown from New York, November 2022
Party	U.S. Senate	U.S. House	Total
Democratic	2	19	21
Republican	0	8	8
Independent	0	0	0
Vacancies	0	0	0
Total	2	27	29

State executive

The table below displays the officeholders in New York's top four state executive offices as of November 2022.

State executive officials in New York, November 2022
Office	Officeholder
Governor	Kathy Hochul
Lieutenant Governor	Antonio Delgado
Secretary of State	Robert Rodriguez
Attorney General	Letitia James

State legislature

The tables below highlight the partisan composition of the New York State Legislature as of November 2022.

New York State Senate

Party		As of November 2022
	Democratic Party	42
	Republican Party	20
	Vacancies	1
Total		63

New York House of Representatives

Party		As of November 2022
	Democratic Party	107
	Republican Party	42
	Independence	0
	Vacancies	1
Total		150

Trifecta control

As of November 2022, New York was a Democratic trifecta, with majorities in both chambers of the state legislature and control of the governorship. The table below displays the historical trifecta status of the state.

New York Party Control: 1992-2022
Six years of Democratic trifectas • No Republican trifectas
Scroll left and right on the table below to view more years.

Year	92	93	94	95	96	97	98	99	00	01	02	03	04	05	06	07	08	09	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22
Governor	D	D	D	R	R	R	R	R	R	R	R	R	R	R	R	D	D	D	D	D	D	D	D	D	D	D	D	D	D	D	D
Senate	R	R	R	R	R	R	R	R	R	R	R	R	R	R	R	R	R	D	D	R	R	R	R	R	R	R	R	D	D	D	D
Assembly	D	D	D	D	D	D	D	D	D	D	D	D	D	D	D	D	D	D	D	D	D	D	D	D	D	D	D	D	D	D	D

Demographics

The table below details demographic data in New York and compares it to the broader United States as of 2019.

Demographic Data for New York
	New York	United States
Population	20,201,249	331,449,281
Land area (sq mi)	47,123	3,531,905
Race and ethnicity**
White	62.3%	70.4%
Black/African American	15.4%	12.6%
Asian	8.6%	5.6%
Native American	0.4%	0.8%
Pacific Islander	0%	0.2%
Other (single race)	8.6%	5.1%
Multiple	4.7%	5.2%
Hispanic/Latino	19.1%	18.2%
Education
High school graduation rate	87.2%	88.5%
College graduation rate	37.5%	32.9%
Income
Median household income	$71,117	$64,994
Persons below poverty level	13.6%	12.8%
Source: population provided by U.S. Census Bureau, "Decennial Census" (2020). Other figures provided by U.S. Census Bureau, "American Community Survey" (5-year estimates 2015-2020).
**Note: Percentages for race and ethnicity may add up to more than 100 percent because respondents may report more than one race and the Hispanic/Latino ethnicity may be selected in conjunction with any race. Read more about race and ethnicity in the census here.

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Footnotes

↑ Inside Elections also uses Tilt ratings to indicate an even smaller advantage and greater competitiveness.
↑ Amee LaTour, "Email correspondence with Nathan Gonzalez," April 19, 2018
↑ Amee LaTour, "Email correspondence with Kyle Kondik," April 19, 2018
↑ Amee LaTour, "Email correspondence with Charlie Cook," April 22, 2018
↑ The raw data for this study was provided by Dave Leip of Atlas of U.S. Presidential Elections.
↑ Daily Kos, "Daily Kos Elections' presidential results by congressional district for 2020, 2016, and 2012," accessed September 9, 2022

[1] Inside Elections also uses Tilt ratings to indicate an even smaller advantage and greater competitiveness.

[2] Amee LaTour, "Email correspondence with Nathan Gonzalez," April 19, 2018

[3] Amee LaTour, "Email correspondence with Kyle Kondik," April 19, 2018

[4] Amee LaTour, "Email correspondence with Charlie Cook," April 22, 2018

[5] The raw data for this study was provided by Dave Leip of Atlas of U.S. Presidential Elections.

[6] Daily Kos, "Daily Kos Elections' presidential results by congressional district for 2020, 2016, and 2012," accessed September 9, 2022

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