New York held various elections in 2009.
Kirsten Gillibrand was appointed to theUnited States Senate, replacingHillary Clinton, who resigned to becomeUnited States Secretary of State. Aspecial election was held to fill her House seat on March 31, with RepublicanJames Tedisco and DemocratScott Murphy the two candidates. After the two finished in a near tie on election night, absentee ballots turned up a 700-vote margin for Murphy, despite the ballots being sent out to far more Republicans than Democrats. Murphy won the seat.
John M. McHugh was nominated to becomeUnited States Secretary of the Army, necessitating a special election to fill his seat. Democratic candidateBill Owens won the special election on November 3, 2009, defeating the Conservative candidateDoug Hoffman and the Republican candidateDierdre Scozzafava, which as a result, marks the first time that a Democrat represented parts of this district since the Civil War.[1]
There were no statewide elections in 2009.
Albany MayorGerald Jennings was re-elected to a fifth term, defeating City Councilman Corey Ellis (who ran as a Working Families Party candidate) and Republican Nathan Lebron.[2]
Democratic incumbentBuffalo MayorByron Brown was re-elected to a second term, defeating CouncilmemberMichael P. Kearns.
New York City MayorMike Bloomberg won a third term as mayor. There were also citywide races for Public Advocate, and Comptroller.
Democratic incumbentRobert Duffy ran unopposed for mayor and was re-elected for a second term.
Democratic incumbentMatt Driscoll was term limited. DemocratStephanie Miner defeated Republican Steve Kimatian and became Syracuse's first female mayor.[3]
