The2024 United States Senate election in New York was held on November 5, 2024, to elect a member of theUnited States Senate to represent the state ofNew York .Democratic incumbentKirsten Gillibrand was re-elected to a third full term, defeatingRepublican businessman Mike Sapraicone. Primary elections took place on June 25, 2024.[ 1]
Gillibrand's victory was significantly closer than her previous two, and followedChuck Schumer 's narrower victory in2022 . This was the state's second consecutive Senate election in which the Republican garnered over 40% of the vote.
Gillibrand received around 90,000 more votes thanKamala Harris , while Sapraicone received around 330,000 fewer votes thanDonald Trump .
Khaled Salem, nonprofit executive[ 3] Kirsten Gillibrand
Individuals Labor unions Organizations Political parties Hypothetical polling
Kirsten Gillibrand vs. Andrew Cuomo
Campaign finance reports as of June 5, 2024 Candidate Raised Spent Cash on hand Kirsten Gillibrand (D) $13,181,513 $13,105,874 $10,391,040 Source:Federal Election Commission [ 30]
Mike Sapraicone, businessman and retiredNYPD detective[ 31] Mike Sapraicone
Executive branch officials Governors U.S. representatives Party chapters Cara Castronuova(disqualified)
U.S. representatives Local officials Individuals Party chapters Josh Eisen(disqualified)
Statewide officials Organizations Campaign finance reports as of June 5, 2024 Candidate Raised Spent Cash on hand Mike Sapraicone (R) $738,958 $494,680 $244,277 Source:Federal Election Commission [ 30]
Diane Sare, political organizer and perennial candidate[ 37] Kirsten Gillibrand (D)
Individuals Labor unions Organizations Political parties Mike Sapraicone (R)
Executive branch officials Governors U.S. representatives Party chapters Campaign finance reports as of September 30, 2024 Candidate Raised Spent Cash on hand Kirsten Gillibrand (D) $15,120,750 $23,896,091 $1,540,060 Michael Sapraicone (R) $1,110,275[ b] $771,871 $338,403 Diane Sare (I) $457,732[ c] $455,244 $8,933 Source:Federal Election Commission [ 30]
Aggregate polls
Source of poll aggregation Dates administered Dates updated Kirsten Gillibrand (D) Mike Sapraicone (R) Undecided[ d] Margin 538 [ 48] through November 3, 2024 November 4, 2024 57.2% 33.9% 8.9% Gillibrand +23.2% RealClearPolitics [ 49] September 23 – October 27, 2024 October 29, 2024 55.0% 34.3% 10.7% Gillibrand +20.7% 270ToWin [ 50] September 30 - November 4, 2024 November 4, 2024 55.8% 32.8% 11.4% Gillibrand +23.0% TheHill /DDHQ [ 51] through November 3, 2024 November 4, 2024 58.9% 34.8% 6.3% Gillibrand +24.1% Average 56.7% 34.0% 9.3% Gillibrand +22.7%
Poll source Date(s) administered Sample size[ a] Margin of error Kirsten Gillibrand (D) Mike Sapraicone (R) Other Undecided Research Co. [ 52] November 2–3, 2024 450 (LV) ± 4.6% 61% 33% 2%[ e] 4% ActiVote [ 53] October 4–28, 2024 400 (LV) ± 4.9% 60% 40% – – Cygnal (R)[ 54] October 26–27, 2024 600 (LV) ± 4.0% 58% 39% 1%[ f] 2% Siena College [ 55] October 13–17, 2024 872 (LV) ± 4.1% 57% 31% 2%[ g] 9% YouGov [ 56] [ B] October 7–17, 2024 1,089 (RV) ± 3.41% 57% 32% – 11% Emerson College [ 57] [ C] September 23–25, 2024 1,000 (LV) ± 3.0% 50% 33% 1%[ h] 15% ActiVote [ 58] August 24 – September 25, 2024 400 (LV) ± 4.9% 60% 40% – – Siena College [ 59] September 11–16, 2024 1,003 (LV) ± 4.3% 54% 31% 3%[ i] 13% ActiVote [ 60] July 8 – August 5, 2024 400 (LV) ± 4.9% 63% 37% – – Siena College [ 61] July 28 – August 1, 2024 1,199 (LV) ± 4.0% 56% 33% 1%[ j] 10%
Hypothetical polling
Kirsten Gillibrand vs. generic opponent
Poll source Date(s) administered Sample size[ a] Marginof error Kirsten Gillibrand (D) Generic opponent Undecided Siena College [ 62] June 12–13 & 16–17, 2024 805 (RV) ± 4.1% 42% 42% 16% Siena College [ 63] May 13–15, 2024 1,191 (RV) ± 3.9% 39% 41% 20% Siena College [ 64] April 15–17, 2024 806 (RV) ± 4.1% 42% 39% 19% Siena College [ 65] February 12–14, 2024 806 (RV) ± 4.2% 39% 37% 23% Siena College [ 65] January 14–17, 2024 807 (RV) ± 4.5% 43% 38% 19% Siena College [ 66] November 12–15, 2023 893 (RV) ± 4.6% 40% 35% 25% Siena College [ 67] October 15–19, 2023 1,225 (RV) ± 3.4% 39% 38% 23% Siena College [ 68] September 10–13, 2023 804 (RV) ± 4.3% 41% 37% 22% Siena College [ 69] August 13–16, 2023 803 (RV) ± 4.4% 40% 41% 19% Siena College [ 70] June 20–25, 2023 817 (RV) ± 3.9% 40% 40% 20% Siena College [ 71] May 7–11, 2023 810 (RV) ± 4.1% 43% 38% 19% Siena College [ 72] March 19–22, 2023 802 (RV) ± 4.6% 43% 38% 19%
2024 United States Senate election in New York[ 73] Party Candidate Votes % ±% Democratic Kirsten Gillibrand 4,318,903 54.01% −8.01% Working Families Kirsten Gillibrand 392,395 4.91% +2.27% Total Kirsten Gillibrand (incumbent)4,711,298 58.91% –8.09% Republican Mike Sapraicone 2,917,044 36.48% +7.90% Conservative Mike Sapraicone 329,070 4.12% +0.05% Total Mike Sapraicone 3,246,114 40.59% +7.59% LaRouche Diane Sare 39,413 0.49% N/A Total votes 7,996,825 100.00% N/A Democratic hold
Shift by county Trend by county Republican — >15%
Republican — +12.5−15%
Republican — +10−12.5%
Republican — +7.5−10%
Republican — +5−7.5%
Republican — +2.5−5%
Republican — +0−2.5%
Democratic — +0−2.5%
Democratic — +2.5−5%
Democratic — +5−7.5%
Democratic — +7.5-10%
Democratic — +10−12.5%
Democratic — +12.5−15%
Counties that flipped from Democratic to Republican [ edit ] By congressional district [ edit ] Gillibrand won 20 of 26 congressional districts, including one that elected a Republican.[ 74] [ 75] [ 76]
^a b c Key: A – all adults RV – registered voters LV – likely voters V – unclear ^ $550,050 of this total was self-funded by Sapraicone ^ $6,000 of this total was self-funded by Sare ^ Calculated by taking the difference of 100% and all other candidates combined. ^ "Some other candidate" with 2% ^ Sare (I) with 1% ^ "Wouldn't vote" with 2% ^ Sare (I) with 1% ^ "Wouldn't vote" with 2%; "Someone else" with 1% ^ "Wouldn't vote" with 1% Partisan clients
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