2018 United States Senate election in New York
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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.
As of 2021, this, along with the concurrent comptroller election is the last time Ontario, Seneca, Cayuga, Oneida, Warren, Washington, Otesgo, Saint Lawrence and Sullivan counties have voted Democratic in a statewide election.
Democratic primary[]
Kirsten Gillibrand ran unopposed in the primary and automatically became the Democratic nominee.
Candidates[]
Nominee[]
Failed to file[]
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[5]
- Andrew Yang, entrepreneur (ran for Democratic presidential nomination in 2020)[6]
Republican primary[]
The Republican Party had nominated private equity executive Chele Chiavacci Farley.[7]
Candidates[]
Nominee[]
- Chele Chiavacci Farley, private equity executive[8]
Failed to file[]
- Rocky De La Fuente, businessman and perennial candidate[4]
- Patrick John Hahn, civic activist[4]
- Rafael Arden Jones Sr.[4]
- David A. Webber[4]
Declined[]
- Chris Gibson, former U.S. Representative[9]
- Joseph Holland, former Commissioner of the Department of Housing and Community Renewal[10] (running for Governor)
General election[]
Endorsements[]
Kirsten Gillibrand (D)
- Individuals
- Amy Schumer, actress[11]
- Organizations
- EMILY's List[12]
- End Citizens United[13]
- National Organization for Women[14]
- Natural Resources Defense Council Action Fund[15]
- Sierra Club[16]
- Giffords[17]
- AFL-CIO[18]
- New York State United Teachers[19]
- Human Rights Campaign[20]
- Working Families[21]
- [22]
- CSEA[23]
- Newspapers
Chele Farley (R)
- U.S. President
- Donald Trump, 45th President of the United States[29]
- U.S. Senators
- Al D'Amato, former U.S. Senator (R-NY)[30]
- U.S. Representatives
- Chris Collins, U.S. Representative (R-NY-27)[31]
- Dan Donovan, U.S. Representative (R-NY-11)[32]
- John Faso, U.S. Representative (R-NY-19)[33]
- John Katko, U.S. Representative (R-NY-24)[34]
- Peter King, U.S. Representative (R-NY-2)[35]
- Tom Reed, U.S. Representative (R-NY-23)[36]
- Elise Stefanik, U.S. Representative (R-NY-21)[37]
- Claudia Tenney, U.S. Representative (R-NY-22)[38]
- Lee Zeldin, U.S. Representative (R-NY-1)[39]
- Governors
- Individuals
- Rudy Giuliani, former Mayor of New York City[42]
- Sean Hannity, conservative talk radio host and host of Hannity[43]
- Organizations
- Crown Heights PAC[44]
- Newspapers
Predictions[]
| Source | Ranking | As of |
|---|---|---|
| The Cook Political Report[47] | Safe D | October 26, 2018 |
| Inside Elections[48] | Safe D | November 1, 2018 |
| Sabato's Crystal Ball[49] | Safe D | November 5, 2018 |
| Fox News[50] | Likely D | July 9, 2018 |
| CNN[51] | Safe D | July 12, 2018 |
| RealClearPolitics[52] | Safe D | June 7, 2018 |
†Highest rating given
Polling[]
| Poll source | Date(s) administered |
Sample size |
Margin of error |
Kirsten Gillibrand (D) |
Chele Chiavacci Farley (R) |
Other | Undecided |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Research Co. | November 1–3, 2018 | 450 | ± 4.6% | 60% | 32% | – | 8% |
| Siena College | October 28 – November 1, 2018 | 641 | ± 3.9% | 58% | 35% | 0% | 8% |
| Quinnipiac University | October 10–16, 2018 | 852 | ± 4.4% | 58% | 33% | 0% | 8% |
| Siena College | September 20–27, 2018 | 701 | ± 3.9% | 61% | 29% | 0% | 9% |
| Liberty Opinion Research (R-Reform Party) | August 29–30, 2018 | 2,783 | ± 1.9% | 51% | 36% | – | 13% |
| Quinnipiac University | July 12–16, 2018 | 934 | ± 4.1% | 57% | 30% | 1% | 10% |
| Siena College | June 4–7, 2018 | 745 | ± 3.7% | 61% | 28% | 0% | 8% |
| Quinnipiac University | April 26 – May 1, 2018 | 1,076 | ± 3.7% | 58% | 23% | 1% | 16% |
| Siena College | April 8–12, 2018 | 692 | ± 4.3% | 58% | 27% | 0% | 13% |
| Siena College | March 11–16, 2018 | 772 | ± 4.0% | 60% | 24% | 0% | 14% |
Results[]
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Democratic | Kirsten Gillibrand | 3,755,489 | 62.02% | -4.36% | |
| Working Families | Kirsten Gillibrand | 160,128 | 2.64% | -1.12% | |
| Independence | Kirsten Gillibrand | 99,325 | 1.64% | -0.43% | |
| Women's Equality | Kirsten Gillibrand | 41,989 | 0.69% | N/A | |
| Total | Kirsten Gillibrand (incumbent) | 4,056,931 | 67.00% | -5.21% | |
| Republican | Chele Chiavacci Farley | 1,730,439 | 28.58% | +5.86% | |
| Conservative | Chele Chiavacci Farley | 246,171 | 4.07% | +0.46% | |
| Reform | Chele Chiavacci Farley | 21,610 | 0.35% | N/A | |
| Total | Chele Chiavacci Farley | 1,998,220 | 33.00% | +6.66% | |
| Total votes | 6,055,151 | 100.00% | N/A | ||
| Democratic hold | |||||
References[]
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- ^ Bernstein, Jonathan (February 16, 2018). "The 2020 Democratic Primary Is Already Out of Hand". www.bloomberg.com.
- ^ Jimmy Vielkind (March 2, 2018). "Republicans nominate Chele Farley to make their case against Gillibrand". Politico. Retrieved March 20, 2018.
- ^ Zremski, Jerry (February 2, 2018). "GOP fundraiser Chele Chiavacci Farley to run against Gillibrand". The Buffalo News. Retrieved February 2, 2018.
- ^ Hamilton, Matthew (October 1, 2017). "Gibson talks book, Trump". Times Union. Retrieved February 20, 2018.
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- ^ "EMILY's List Endorses Nine Democratic Women Senators for Re-Election in 2018". EMILY's List. February 10, 2017. Retrieved February 13, 2017.
- ^ Tiffany Muller (February 13, 2018). "Gillibrand Pledges to Reject Corporate PAC Money; End Citizens United Endorses Re-election". End Citizens United.
- ^ "Federal Endorsements by the NOW PAC | National Organization for Women Political Action Committees". nowpac.org. August 23, 2017.
- ^ "NRDC Action Fund announces first wave of 2018 Senate endorsements". www.nrdcactionfund.org. January 5, 2018.
- ^ "Sierra Club #ClimateVoter Guide: Endorsements". Sierra Club Voter Guide. July 16, 2012.
- ^ "RELEASE: Giffords Endorses Kirsten Gillibrand for Senate in New York". Giffords. August 17, 2018.
- ^ "New York State AFL-CIO Announces the Endorsement of Senator Kirsten Gillibrand and Endorsements In Congressional Races". New York State AFL-CIO. August 21, 2018.
- ^ https://www.nysut.org/~/media/files/nysut/news/2018/2018finalendorsements_v2.pdf?la=en
- ^ "HRC Endorses New York Senator Kirsten Gillibrand for Re-Election". Human Rights Campaign.
- ^ "New York". Working Families.
- ^ tbrown (September 6, 2018). "PSC Endorsements 2018". PSC CUNY.
- ^ "CSEA's 2018 Endorsements". cseany.org.
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- ^ "Newsday endorses Gillibrand for Senate". Newsday.
- ^ "Endorsement: Gillibrand has right stuff for Senate". Glens Falls Post-Star.
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- ^ The Editorial Board. "amNewYork endorses Kirsten Gillibrand for Senate". amNewYork.
- ^ McPherson, Lindsey (August 14, 2018). "Trump Touts New York GOP Senate Candidate at Fundraiser for Vulnerable House Republican" – via www.rollcall.com.
- ^ Lovett, Kenneth (April 9, 2018). "LOVETT: Al D'Amato blasts former pal Kirsten Gillibrand, says she 'doesn't care two s--ts in a bucket' about New Yorkers". New York Daily News.
- ^ Whalen, Ryan (July 26, 2018). "Rep. Collins Endorses Farley For U.S. Senate". NY State of Politics.
- ^ "Dan Donovan Endorses Chele Farley for US Senate". Chele Farley for US Senate. May 18, 2018. Archived from the original on August 6, 2018. Retrieved August 6, 2018.
- ^ Reisman, Nick (May 1, 2018). "Faso For Farley". NY State of Politics.
- ^ Harding, Robert (May 31, 2018). "Rep. John Katko backs Chele Farley in race against Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand". The Citizen.
- ^ Chele Farley for Senate. "I'm thrilled to announce that Congressman Peter King has endorsed our campaign for US Senate!". Facebook.
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- ^ Harding, Robert (March 28, 2018). "Rep. Elise Stefanik endorses Chele Farley for Senate against Gillibrand". The Citizen.
- ^ Chele Farley. "Thank you, @claudiatenney, for your endorsement! #Farley4NY". Twitter.
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- ^ Chele Farley for Senate. "Proud to have the endorsement of Governor George E. Pataki in my bid to represent New York in the US Senate! #Farley4NY #Farley4Senate". Facebook.
- ^ Chele Farley. "I've been endorsed by America's Mayor! Thank you to @RudyGiuliani for his support at yesterday's #Ohel visit. Let's #PutNYFirst on Tuesday! #Farley4NY". Twitter.
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- ^ https://www.elections.ny.gov/NYSBOE/elections/2018/general/2018USSenate.pdf
External links[]
- Candidates at Vote Smart
- Candidates at Ballotpedia
- Campaign finance at FEC
- Campaign finance at Center for Responsive Politics
- Official campaign websites
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