{
 "topic": "senate",
 "site": "electiondata.dev",
 "place": {
  "id": "us-ny",
  "name": "New York",
  "level": "us-state",
  "parent": "usa",
  "path": "us/ny",
  "slug": "ny",
  "state": "ny",
  "state_name": "New York",
  "state_id": "us-ny"
 },
 "question": "How did New York vote for the Senate?",
 "answer": {
  "verdict": "Kirsten E. Gillibrand (Democrat) won by 18.3 points",
  "value": 18.3,
  "unit": " pts",
  "digits": 1,
  "label": "Senate, 2024: winner's margin",
  "lines": [
   "Kirsten E. Gillibrand (Democrat) 58.8%, Michael D. Sapraicone (Republican) 40.5%, Diane Sare (Independent) 0.5%",
   "8,016,165 votes for Senate candidates"
  ]
 },
 "as_of": "2024",
 "as_of_label": "2024",
 "charts": [
  {
   "id": "senate-margin",
   "title": "Every regular Senate election in New York since 1976",
   "description": "17 regular elections; Democrats were ahead in 14 and Republicans in 3.",
   "indicator": "Democratic candidate's share of Senate votes minus the Republican's, points (regular elections; special elections are in the table)",
   "subtitle": "Democratic share minus Republican share, in points. Above the line: the Democrat got more votes.",
   "x": {
    "kind": "year"
   },
   "y": {
    "digits": 1,
    "unit": " pts",
    "format": "party-margin"
   },
   "layers": [
    {
     "type": "bars",
     "name": "Margin",
     "base": 0,
     "points": [
      [
       1976,
       8.789,
       "dem"
      ],
      [
       1980,
       -1.347,
       "rep"
      ],
      [
       1982,
       30.907,
       "dem"
      ],
      [
       1986,
       -14.604,
       "rep"
      ],
      [
       1988,
       35.969,
       "dem"
      ],
      [
       1992,
       -1.141,
       "rep"
      ],
      [
       1994,
       12.353,
       "dem"
      ],
      [
       1998,
       9.862,
       "dem"
      ],
      [
       2000,
       11.948,
       "dem"
      ],
      [
       2004,
       42.224,
       "dem"
      ],
      [
       2006,
       34.384,
       "dem"
      ],
      [
       2010,
       32.903,
       "dem"
      ],
      [
       2012,
       42.905,
       "dem"
      ],
      [
       2016,
       43.415,
       "dem"
      ],
      [
       2018,
       34,
       "dem"
      ],
      [
       2022,
       14.011,
       "dem"
      ],
      [
       2024,
       18.275,
       "dem"
      ]
     ],
     "legend": [
      {
       "label": "Democrat ahead",
       "cls": "dem"
      },
      {
       "label": "Republican ahead",
       "cls": "rep"
      }
     ]
    }
   ]
  }
 ],
 "limits": [
  "Statewide totals say nothing about who voted or why.",
  "Candidates with a party's support under another name (Minnesota's DFL, New York's fusion lines) are counted with that party, as the MIT data's simplified party does; independents stay independents."
 ],
 "method": "Each candidate's votes are summed over every ballot line; blank, over- and under-votes are left out. The margin is the winner's share of the votes minus the runner-up's. A runoff, where held, is the result.",
 "sources": [
  {
   "name": "electiondata.dev senate-results, version 2026-10-25.247421eda6",
   "url": "https://electiondata.dev/",
   "license": "CC0 1.0"
  },
  {
   "name": "MIT Election Data and Science Lab, U.S. Senate statewide 1976-2024",
   "url": "https://doi.org/10.7910/DVN/PEJ5QU",
   "license": "CC0 1.0"
  }
 ],
 "check": {
  "races": [
   {
    "year": 1976,
    "special": false,
    "runoff": false,
    "total": 6666875,
    "votes": {
     "Daniel Patrick Moynihan": 3422594,
     "James L. Buckley": 2836633,
     "Herbert Aptheker": 25141,
     "Marcia Gallo": 16350,
     "Martin E. Nixon": 10943,
     "Elijah C. Boyd": 6716
    }
   },
   {
    "year": 1980,
    "special": false,
    "runoff": false,
    "total": 6014914,
    "votes": {
     "Alfonse M. D'amato": 2699652,
     "Elizabeth Holtzman": 2618661,
     "Jacob K. Javits": 664544,
     "Richard Savadel": 21465,
     "William R. Scott": 4161,
     "Thomas Soto": 3643,
     "Victor A. Nieto": 2715
    }
   },
   {
    "year": 1982,
    "special": false,
    "runoff": false,
    "total": 4967729,
    "votes": {
     "Daniel P. Moynihan": 3232146,
     "Florence M. Sullivan": 1696766,
     "James J. Mckeown": 23379,
     "Steven Wattenmaker": 15206
    }
   },
   {
    "year": 1986,
    "special": false,
    "runoff": false,
    "total": 4484859,
    "votes": {
     "Alfonse M. D'amato": 2378197,
     "Mark Green": 1723216,
     "John Dyson": 60099,
     "Frederick D. Newman": 10559,
     "Micharl Shur": 7376
    }
   },
   {
    "year": 1988,
    "special": false,
    "runoff": false,
    "total": 6040980,
    "votes": {
     "Daniel Patrick Moynihan": 4048649,
     "Robert R. Mcmillan": 1875784,
     "Adelle R. Nathanson": 64845,
     "Charlene Mitchell": 14770,
     "Lydia Bayoneta": 13573,
     "William P. Mcmillen": 12064,
     "James E. Harris Jr.": 11239
    }
   },
   {
    "year": 1992,
    "special": false,
    "runoff": false,
    "total": 7078805,
    "votes": {
     "Alfonse D'amato": 3166994,
     "Robert Abrams": 3086200,
     "Norma Segal": 108530,
     "Mohammad T. Mehdi": 56631,
     "Stanley Nelson": 23747,
     "Ed Warren": 16724
    }
   },
   {
    "year": 1994,
    "special": false,
    "runoff": false,
    "total": 5328486,
    "votes": {
     "Daniel Patrick Moynihan": 2646541,
     "Bernadette Castro": 1988308,
     "Henry F. Hewes": 95954,
     "Ismael Betancourt Jr.": 26650,
     "Norma Segal": 17991,
     "Naomi L. Craine": 14892
    }
   },
   {
    "year": 1998,
    "special": false,
    "runoff": false,
    "total": 4989877,
    "votes": {
     "Charles E. Schumer": 2551065,
     "Alfonse D'amato": 2058988,
     "Corinne E. Kurtz": 34281,
     "Joel Kovel": 14735,
     "William P. Mcmillen": 8223,
     "Rose Ana Berbeo": 3513
    }
   },
   {
    "year": 2000,
    "special": false,
    "runoff": false,
    "total": 6959662,
    "votes": {
     "Hillary Rodham Clinton": 3747310,
     "Rick Lazio": 2915730,
     "Jeffrey E. Graham": 43181,
     "Mark J. Dunau": 40991,
     "John O. Adefope": 21439,
     "John Clifton": 4734,
     "Louis P. Wein": 3414,
     "Jacob J. Perasso": 3040
    }
   },
   {
    "year": 2004,
    "special": false,
    "runoff": false,
    "total": 7447818,
    "votes": {
     "Charles E. Schumer": 4769824,
     "Howard Mills": 1625069,
     "Marilyn F. O'grady": 220960,
     "David E. Mcreynolds": 36942,
     "Donald Silberger": 19073,
     "Abraham Hirschfeld": 16196,
     "Martin Koppel": 14811
    }
   },
   {
    "year": 2006,
    "special": false,
    "runoff": false,
    "total": 4700632,
    "votes": {
     "Hillary Rodham Clinton": 3008428,
     "John Spencer": 1392189,
     "Howie Hawkins": 55469,
     "Jeffrey T. Russell": 20996,
     "Roger Calero": 6967,
     "William Van Auken": 6004
    }
   },
   {
    "year": 2010,
    "special": false,
    "runoff": false,
    "total": 4763899,
    "votes": {
     "Charles E. Schumer": 3047880,
     "Jay Townsend": 1480423,
     "Colia Clark": 42341,
     "Randy A. Credico": 24871
    }
   },
   {
    "year": 2010,
    "special": true,
    "runoff": false,
    "total": 4757635,
    "votes": {
     "Kirsten E. Gillibrand": 2837684,
     "Joseph J. Dioguardi": 1582693,
     "Cecile A. Lawrence": 35489,
     "John Clifton": 18414,
     "Joseph Huff": 17019,
     "Vivia Morgan": 11787,
     "Bruce Blakeman": 4516
    }
   },
   {
    "year": 2012,
    "special": false,
    "runoff": false,
    "total": 7116628,
    "votes": {
     "Kirsten E. Gillibrand": 4808878,
     "Wendy Long": 1755466,
     "Blank Vote/void Vote/scattering": 455963,
     "Colia Clark": 42442,
     "Chris Edes": 31894,
     "John Mangelli": 21985
    }
   },
   {
    "year": 2016,
    "special": false,
    "runoff": false,
    "total": 7399782,
    "votes": {
     "Charles E. Schumer": 5221949,
     "Wendy Long": 2009353,
     "Robin Laverne Wilson": 113413,
     "Alex Merced": 48121,
     "Void Vote": 3474
    }
   },
   {
    "year": 2018,
    "special": false,
    "runoff": false,
    "total": 6055151,
    "votes": {
     "Kirsten E. Gillibrand": 4056931,
     "Chele Chiavacci Farley": 1998220
    }
   },
   {
    "year": 2022,
    "special": false,
    "runoff": false,
    "total": 5848556,
    "votes": {
     "Charles E. Schumer": 3320561,
     "Joe Pinion": 2501151,
     "Diane Sare": 26844
    }
   },
   {
    "year": 2024,
    "special": false,
    "runoff": false,
    "total": 8016165,
    "votes": {
     "Kirsten E. Gillibrand": 4711669,
     "Michael D. Sapraicone": 3246690,
     "Diane Sare": 39421,
     "Void": 4895
    }
   }
  ],
  "dataset": "senate-results",
  "version": "2026-10-25.247421eda6"
 },
 "table": {
  "title": "Every Senate race since 1976",
  "columns": [
   "Race",
   "Winner",
   "Runner-up",
   "Margin",
   "Votes"
  ],
  "num": [
   3,
   4
  ],
  "rows": [
   [
    "2024",
    "Kirsten E. Gillibrand (D) 58.8%",
    "Michael D. Sapraicone (R) 40.5%",
    "18.3 pts",
    "8,016,165"
   ],
   [
    "2022",
    "Charles E. Schumer (D) 56.8%",
    "Joe Pinion (R) 42.8%",
    "14.0 pts",
    "5,848,556"
   ],
   [
    "2018",
    "Kirsten E. Gillibrand (D) 67.0%",
    "Chele Chiavacci Farley (R) 33.0%",
    "34.0 pts",
    "6,055,151"
   ],
   [
    "2016",
    "Charles E. Schumer (D) 70.6%",
    "Wendy Long (R) 27.2%",
    "43.4 pts",
    "7,399,782"
   ],
   [
    "2012",
    "Kirsten E. Gillibrand (D) 67.6%",
    "Wendy Long (R) 24.7%",
    "42.9 pts",
    "7,116,628"
   ],
   [
    "2010 special",
    "Kirsten E. Gillibrand (D) 59.6%",
    "Joseph J. Dioguardi (R) 33.3%",
    "26.4 pts",
    "4,757,635"
   ],
   [
    "2010",
    "Charles E. Schumer (D) 64.0%",
    "Jay Townsend (R) 31.1%",
    "32.9 pts",
    "4,763,899"
   ],
   [
    "2006",
    "Hillary Rodham Clinton (D) 64.0%",
    "John Spencer (R) 29.6%",
    "34.4 pts",
    "4,700,632"
   ],
   [
    "2004",
    "Charles E. Schumer (D) 64.0%",
    "Howard Mills (R) 21.8%",
    "42.2 pts",
    "7,447,818"
   ],
   [
    "2000",
    "Hillary Rodham Clinton (D) 53.8%",
    "Rick Lazio (R) 41.9%",
    "11.9 pts",
    "6,959,662"
   ],
   [
    "1998",
    "Charles E. Schumer (D) 51.1%",
    "Alfonse D'amato (R) 41.3%",
    "9.9 pts",
    "4,989,877"
   ],
   [
    "1994",
    "Daniel Patrick Moynihan (D) 49.7%",
    "Bernadette Castro (R) 37.3%",
    "12.4 pts",
    "5,328,486"
   ],
   [
    "1992",
    "Alfonse D'amato (R) 44.7%",
    "Robert Abrams (D) 43.6%",
    "1.1 pts",
    "7,078,805"
   ],
   [
    "1988",
    "Daniel Patrick Moynihan (D) 67.0%",
    "Robert R. Mcmillan (R) 31.1%",
    "36.0 pts",
    "6,040,980"
   ],
   [
    "1986",
    "Alfonse M. D'amato (R) 53.0%",
    "Mark Green (D) 38.4%",
    "14.6 pts",
    "4,484,859"
   ],
   [
    "1982",
    "Daniel P. Moynihan (D) 65.1%",
    "Florence M. Sullivan (R) 34.2%",
    "30.9 pts",
    "4,967,729"
   ],
   [
    "1980",
    "Alfonse M. D'amato (R) 44.9%",
    "Elizabeth Holtzman (D) 43.5%",
    "1.3 pts",
    "6,014,914"
   ],
   [
    "1976",
    "Daniel Patrick Moynihan (D) 51.3%",
    "James L. Buckley (R) 42.5%",
    "8.8 pts",
    "6,666,875"
   ]
  ]
 },
 "api": {
  "now": "/data/places/us-ny/senate.json",
  "source": "https://api.electiondata.dev/v1/senate-results/download/senate-results.csv",
  "source_label": "Every Senate race, every state, from electiondata.dev (live, no key)"
 },
 "generated_at": "2026-10-26T20:05:12+00:00"
}