1982 United States Senate election in New York

1982 United States Senate election in New York
	County results; Moynihan: 40–50% 50–60% 60–70% 70–80% 80–90%; Sullivan: 40–50% 50-60%
U.S. senator before election; Pat Moynihan; Democratic	Elected U.S. Senator ; Pat Moynihan; Democratic

The 1982 United States Senate election in New York was held on November 2, 1982. Incumbent Democratic U.S. Senator Daniel Patrick Moynihan won re-election to a second term.

Democratic primary[]

Candidates[]

Marvin Klenetsky
Daniel Patrick Moynihan, incumbent U.S. Senator since 1977

Results[]

1982 Democratic U.S. Senate primary^[1]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Daniel Patrick Moynihan (incumbent)	922,059	85.13%
	Democratic	Melvin Klenetsky	161,012	14.87%
Total votes			1,083,071	100.00%

Republican primary[]

Candidates[]

Whitney North Seymour Jr., former United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York and State Senator from Manhattan
Muriel Siebert, stockbroker
Florence M. Sullivan, Assemblywoman from Bay Ridge, Brooklyn

Results[]

1982 Republican U.S. Senate primary^[2]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Florence M. Sullivan	216,486	42.37%
	Republican	Muriel Siebert	157,446	30.82%
	Republican	Whitney North Seymour Jr.	136,974	26.81%
Total votes			510,906	100.00%

Results[]

General election results^[3]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Daniel Patrick Moynihan (incumbent)	3,089,871	62.20%
	Liberal	Daniel Patrick Moynihan (incumbent)	142,275	2.86%
	Total	Daniel Patrick Moynihan (incumbent)	3,232,146	65.07%
	Republican	Florence M. Sullivan	1,415,749	28.50%
	Conservative	Florence M. Sullivan	175,650	3.54%
	New York State Right to Life Party	Florence M. Sullivan	105,367	2.12%
	Total	Florence M. Sullivan	1,696,766	34.16%
	Libertarian	James J. McKeown	23,379	0.47%
	Socialist Workers	Steven Wattenmaker	15,206	0.31%
Total votes			4,967,497	100.00%
	Democratic hold

References[]

^ "Our Campaigns - NY US Senate - D Primary". www.ourcampaigns.com. Retrieved 30 Dec 2020.
^ "Our Campaigns - NY US Senate - R Primary". www.ourcampaigns.com. Retrieved 30 Dec 2020.
^ "Our Campaigns - NY US Senate Race - Nov 02, 1982". www.ourcampaigns.com. Retrieved 16 April 2018.

[1] "Our Campaigns - NY US Senate - D Primary". www.ourcampaigns.com. Retrieved 30 Dec 2020.

[2] "Our Campaigns - NY US Senate - R Primary". www.ourcampaigns.com. Retrieved 30 Dec 2020.

[3] "Our Campaigns - NY US Senate Race - Nov 02, 1982". www.ourcampaigns.com. Retrieved 16 April 2018.

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1982 United States Senate election in New York

Contents

Democratic primary[]

Candidates[]

Results[]

Republican primary[]

Candidates[]

Results[]

Results[]

See also[]

References[]