2018 United States Senate election in New York

The 2018 United States Senate election in New York took place on November 6, 2018. Incumbent U.S. Senator Kirsten Gillibrand was re-elected to a second full term, defeating Republican Chele Chiavacci Farley with nearly 67% of the vote. Gillibrand carried a majority of the state's counties and 26 of the state's 27 congressional districts, including five that elected Republicans the same night.

Democratic primary Kirsten Gillibrand ran unopposed in the primary and automatically became the Democratic nominee.

Candidates Nominee Kirsten Gillibrand, incumbent U.S. senator

Failed to file Scott Noren, oral and maxillofacial surgeon

Declined

Chelsea Clinton, daughter of former senator Hillary Clinton Andrew Cuomo, incumbent New York governor Caroline Kennedy, former United States ambassador to Japan, daughter of former president John F. Kennedy and member of the Kennedy family Andrew Yang, entrepreneur (ran for Democratic presidential nomination in 2020)

Republican primary

The Republican Party nominated private equity executive Chele Chiavacci Farley.

Candidates

Nominee Chele Chiavacci Farley, private equity executive

Failed to file Rocky De La Fuente, businessman and perennial candidate Patrick John Hahn, civic activist Rafael Arden Jones Sr. David A. Webber

Declined Chris Gibson, former U.S. representative Joseph Holland, former commissioner of the Department of Housing and Community Renewal (running for governor)

General election Endorsements

Predictions SourceRankingAs ofThe Cook Political Report October 26, 2018Inside Elections November 1, 2018Sabato's Crystal Ball November 5, 2018Fox News July 9, 2018CNN July 12, 2018RealClearPolitics June 7, 2018 †Highest rating given

Polling

Poll source Date(s)administered Samplesize Marginof error KirstenGillibrand (D) Farley (R) Other UndecidedResearch Co.Research Co. November 1–3, 2018 450 ± 4.6% 60% 32% – 8%Siena CollegeSiena College October 28 – November 1, 2018 641 ± 3.9% 58% 35% 0% 8%Quinnipiac UniversityQuinnipiac University October 10–16, 2018 852 ± 4.4% 58% 33% 0% 8%Siena CollegeSiena College September 20–27, 2018 701 ± 3.9% 61% 29% 0% 9%Liberty Opinion Research (R-Reform Party)Liberty Opinion Research (R-Reform Party) August 29–30, 2018 2,783 ± 1.9% 51% 36% – 13%Quinnipiac UniversityQuinnipiac University July 12–16, 2018 934 ± 4.1% 57% 30% 1% 10%Siena CollegeSiena College June 4–7, 2018 745 ± 3.7% 61% 28% 0% 8%Quinnipiac UniversityQuinnipiac University April 26 – May 1, 2018 1,076 ± 3.7% 58% 23% 1% 16%Siena CollegeSiena College April 8–12, 2018 692 ± 4.3% 58% 27% 0% 13%Siena CollegeSiena College March 11–16, 2018 772 ± 4.0% 60% 24% 0% 14%

Results

By county County Kirsten GillibrandDemocratic Chele FarleyRepublican Various candidatesOther parties Margin Total votes cast # % # % # % # % Albany 78,115 68.1% 36,456 31.8% 124 0.1% 41,659 36.3% 114,695 Allegany 5,460 37.1% 9,261 62.9% 3 0.01% −3,801 −25.8% 14,724 Bronx 257,723 91.7% 23,033 8.2% 168 0.1% 234,690 83.5% 280,924 Broome 41,145 57.1% 30,897 42.9% 48 0.1% 10,248 14.2% 72,090 Cattaraugus 10,431 44.0% 13,256 56.0% 5 0.01% −2,825 −12.0% 23,692 Cayuga 13,823 51.1% 13,232 48.9% 9 0.01% 591 2.2% 27,064 Chautauqua 20,810 48.2% 22,361 51.8% 13 0.01% −1,551 −3.6% 43,184 Chemung 14,347 49.0% 14,902 50.9% 14 0.1% −555 −1.9% 29,263 Chenango 7,286 44.7% 8,996 55.2% 10 0.1% −1,710 −10.5% 16,292 Clinton 15,930 61.4% 10,012 38.6% 2 0.01% 5,918 22.8% 25,944 Columbia 18,137 62.1% 11,055 37.8% 21 0.1% 7,082 24.3% 29,213 Cortland 9,113 56.2% 7,099 43.8% 11 0.1% 2,014 12.4% 16,223 Delaware 7,871 46.4% 9,066 53.5% 9 0.1% −1,195 −7.1% 16,946 Dutchess 63,675 57.4% 47,268 42.6% 48 0.01% 16,407 14.8% 110,991 Erie 206,024 61.7% 127,860 38.3% 0 0.0% 78,164 23.4% 333,884 Essex 8,294 59.7% 5,591 40.2% 7 0.1% 2,703 19.5% 13,892 Franklin 8,245 59.6% 5,576 40.3% 2 0.1% 2,669 19.3% 13,823 Fulton 6,896 41.3% 9,790 58.7% 4 0.01% −2,894 −17.4% 16,690 Genesee 8,149 39.3% 12,552 60.6% 10 0.1% −4,403 −21.3% 20,711 Greene 8,944 46.5% 10,293 53.5% 14 0.01% −1,349 −7.0% 19,251 Hamilton 1,078 39.3% 1,662 60.6% 2 0.1% −584 −21.3% 2,742 Herkimer 9,395 44.4% 11,742 55.5% 9 0.1% −2,347 −11.1% 21,146 Jefferson 14,741 49.7% 14,884 50.2% 15 0.1% −143 −0.5% 29,640 Kings 542,736 86.2% 85,973 13.7% 663 0.1% 456,763 72.5% 629,372 Lewis 3,707 42.0% 5,120 58.0% 3 0.01% −1,413 −16.0% 8,830 Livingston 11,311 46.9% 12,782 53.0% 7 0.1% −1,471 −6.1% 24,100 Madison 12,817 49.8% 12,894 50.1% 24 0.1% -77 -0.3% 25,735 Monroe 174,788 62.4% 105,198 37.6% 111 0.01% 69,590 24.8% 280,097 Montgomery 7,024 46.3% 8,131 53.6% 6 0.1% −1,107 −7.3% 15,161 Nassau 294,186 58.9% 104,875 41.0% 184 0.1% 89,311 17.9% 499,245 New York 481,779 89.8% 53,813 10.0% 768 0.2% 427,966 79.8% 536,360 Niagara 35,225 49.4% 36,088 50.6% 29 0.01% -863 -1.2% 71,342 Oneida 38,613 50.7% 37,446 49.2% 28 0.1% 1,167 1.5% 76,087 Onondaga 109,201 62.1% 66,599 37.9% 145 0.01% 42,602 24.2% 175,945 Ontario 23,126 52.9% 20,543 47.0% 14 0.1% 2,583 5.9% 43,683 Orange 67,701 56.2% 52,640 43.7% 36 0.1% 15,061 12.5% 120,377 Orleans 4,545 36.2% 7,999 63.7% 4 0.1% −3,454 −27.5% 12,548 Oswego 17,717 46.3% 20,499 53.6% 14 0.1% -2,782 -7.3% 38,230 Otsego 11,453 53.4% 9,969 46.5% 7 0.1% 1,484 6.9% 21,429 Putnam 19,103 49.8% 19,222 50.1% 8 0.1% −119 −0.3% 38,333 Queens 398,414 81.5% 89,810 18.4% 415 0.1% 308,604 63.1% 488,639 Rensselaer 34,680 57.2% 25,964 42.8% 24 0.01% 8,716 14.4% 60,668 Richmond 71,175 52.1% 65,375 47.8% 116 0.1% 5,800 4.3% 136,666 Rockland 59,386 59.9% 39,730 40.1% 58 0.01% 19,656 19.8% 99,174 Saratoga 52,523 54.9% 43,114 45.1% 12 0.01% 9,409 9.8% 95,649 Schenectady 32,735 59.8% 22,005 40.2% 37 0.01% 10,730 19.6% 54,777 Schoharie 5,355 44.3% 6,726 55.7% 5 0.01% −1,371 −11.4% 12,086 Schuyler 3,440 47.0% 3,868 52.9% 6 0.1% −428 −5.9% 7,314 Seneca 5,997 52.2% 5,484 47.7% 10 0.1% 513 4.5% 11,491 St. Lawrence 17,970 55.8% 14,201 44.1% 5 0.1% 3,769 11.7% 32,176 Steuben 13,868 41.2% 19,776 58.8% 6 0.01% −5,908 −17.6% 33,650 Suffolk 289,528 54.7% 239,477 45.3% 145 0.01% 50,051 9.4% 529,150 Sullivan 12,937 53.3% 11,319 46.6% 14 0.1% 1,618 6.7% 24,270 Tioga 8,002 44.0% 10,188 56.0% 8 0.01% −2,186 −12.0% 18,198 Tompkins 28,818 77.2% 8,399 22.5% 111 0.3% 20,419 54.7% 37,328 Ulster 50,163 64.6% 27,410 35.3% 45 0.1% 22,753 29.3% 77,618 Warren 14,634 56.8% 11,118 43.2% 7 0.01% 3,516 13.6% 25,759 Washington 10,465 51.3% 9,940 48.7% 5 0.01% 525 2.6% 20,410 Wayne 13,931 44.3% 17,522 55.7% 12 0.01% −3,591 −11.4% 31,465 Westchester 234,173 70.7% 96,978 29.3% 226 0.01% 137,195 41.4% 331,377 Wyoming 4,330 32.9% 8,837 67.1% 3 0.01% −4,507 −34.2% 13,170 Yates 3,743 46.3% 4,344 53.7% 3 0.01% −601 −7.4% 8,090Totals4,056,93166.96%1,998,22032.98%3,8720.06%2,058,71133.98%6,509,023

Counties that flipped from Democratic to Republican

By congressional district Gillibrand won 26 of 27 congressional districts, including five that elected Republicans.

District Gillibrand Farley Representative 53% 47%Lee Zeldin 54% 46%Peter T. King 59% 41%Thomas Suozzi 60% 40%Kathleen Rice 90% 10%Gregory Meeks 72% 28%Grace Meng 92% 8%Nydia Velázquez 90% 10%Hakeem Jeffries 89% 11%Yvette Clarke 84% 16%Jerry Nadler 55% 45%Max Rose 87% 13%Carolyn Maloney 95% 5%Adriano Espaillat 84% 16%Alexandria Ocasio Cortez 96% 4%Jose E. Serrano 79% 21%Eliot Engel 66% 34%Nita Lowey 57% 43%Sean Patrick Maloney 56% 44%Antonio Delgado 63% 37%Paul Tonko 53% 47%Elise Stefanik 51% 49%Anthony Brindisi 51% 49%Tom Reed 58% 42%John Katko 63% 37%Joe Morelle 68% 32%Brian Higgins 47% 53%Chris Collins

References

External links Candidates at Vote Smart Candidates at Ballotpedia Campaign finance at FEC Campaign finance at OpenSecrets

Official campaign websites Kirsten Gillibrand (D) for Senate Chele Farley (R) for Senate