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The2018 United States Senate election in New York took place on November 6, 2018. Incumbent U.S. SenatorKirsten Gillibrand was re-elected to a second full term, defeating Republican Chele Chiavacci Farley with 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.
Kirsten Gillibrand ran unopposed in the primary and automatically became theDemocratic nominee.
The Republican Party nominated private equity executive Chele Chiavacci Farley.[8]
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| Source | Ranking | As of |
|---|---|---|
| The Cook Political Report[48] | Safe D | October 26, 2018 |
| Inside Elections[49] | Safe D | November 1, 2018 |
| Sabato's Crystal Ball[50] | Safe D | November 5, 2018 |
| Fox News[51] | Likely D | July 9, 2018 |
| CNN[52] | Safe D | July 12, 2018 |
| RealClearPolitics[53] | Safe D | June 7, 2018 |
†Highest rating given
| Poll source | Date(s) administered | Sample size | Margin of error | Kirsten Gillibrand (D) | Chele Chiavacci Farley (R) | Other | Undecided |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Research Co.[54] | November 1–3, 2018 | 450 | ± 4.6% | 60% | 32% | – | 8% |
| Siena College[55] | October 28 – November 1, 2018 | 641 | ± 3.9% | 58% | 35% | 0% | 8% |
| Quinnipiac University[56] | October 10–16, 2018 | 852 | ± 4.4% | 58% | 33% | 0% | 8% |
| Siena College[57] | September 20–27, 2018 | 701 | ± 3.9% | 61% | 29% | 0% | 9% |
| Liberty Opinion Research (R-Reform Party)[58] | August 29–30, 2018 | 2,783 | ± 1.9% | 51% | 36% | – | 13% |
| Quinnipiac University[59] | July 12–16, 2018 | 934 | ± 4.1% | 57% | 30% | 1% | 10% |
| Siena College[60] | June 4–7, 2018 | 745 | ± 3.7% | 61% | 28% | 0% | 8% |
| Quinnipiac University[61] | April 26 – May 1, 2018 | 1,076 | ± 3.7% | 58% | 23% | 1% | 16% |
| Siena College[62] | April 8–12, 2018 | 692 | ± 4.3% | 58% | 27% | 0% | 13% |
| Siena College[63] | March 11–16, 2018 | 772 | ± 4.0% | 60% | 24% | 0% | 14% |
| 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 | ||
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| County | Kirsten Gillibrand Democratic | Chele Farley Republican | Various candidates Other 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 | 73.1% | 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% | 8,090 |
| Totals | 4,056,931 | 67.0% | 1,998,220 | 33.0% | 3,872 | 0.01% | 2,058,711 | 34.0% | 6,509,023 |
Counties that flipped from Democratic to Republican
Gillibrand won 26 of 27 congressional districts, including five that elected Republicans.[65]
| District | Gillibrand | Farley | Representative |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1st | 53% | 47% | Lee Zeldin |
| 2nd | 54% | 46% | Peter T. King |
| 3rd | 59% | 41% | Thomas Suozzi |
| 4th | 60% | 40% | Kathleen Rice |
| 5th | 90% | 10% | Gregory Meeks |
| 6th | 72% | 28% | Grace Meng |
| 7th | 92% | 8% | Nydia Velázquez |
| 8th | 90% | 10% | Hakeem Jeffries |
| 9th | 89% | 11% | Yvette Clarke |
| 10th | 84% | 16% | Jerry Nadler |
| 11th | 55% | 45% | Max Rose |
| 12th | 87% | 13% | Carolyn Maloney |
| 13th | 95% | 5% | Adriano Espaillat |
| 14th | 84% | 16% | Alexandria Ocasio Cortez |
| 15th | 96% | 4% | Jose E. Serrano |
| 16th | 79% | 21% | Eliot Engel |
| 17th | 66% | 34% | Nita Lowey |
| 18th | 57% | 43% | Sean Patrick Maloney |
| 19th | 56% | 44% | Antonio Delgado |
| 20th | 63% | 37% | Paul Tonko |
| 21st | 53% | 47% | Elise Stefanik |
| 22nd | 51% | 49% | Anthony Brindisi |
| 23rd | 51% | 49% | Tom Reed |
| 24th | 58% | 42% | John Katko |
| 25th | 63% | 37% | Joe Morelle |
| 26th | 68% | 32% | Brian Higgins |
| 27th | 47% | 53% | Chris Collins |
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