Conservative Party of New York State | |
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| Chairman | Gerard Kassar |
| Founded | 1962; 63 years ago (1962) |
| Split from | Republican Party of New York State |
| Headquarters | Brooklyn,New York, U.S. |
| Membership(November 2022) |  163,314[1] |
| Ideology | Conservatism |
| Political position | Right-wing |
| Colors | Orange Navy blue |
| Website | |
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TheConservative Party of New York State is anAmerican political party founded in 1962 following conservative dissatisfaction with theRepublican Party of New York State. Running only on the Conservative Party line,James L. Buckley won election to the U.S. Senate in1970 and served for one term. Since 2010, the party has held "Row C" onNew York ballots—the third-place ballot position, directly below theDemocratic andRepublican parties—because it received the third-highest number of votes of any political party in the2010,2014,2018, and2022 New York gubernatorial elections. The party is known for its strategy of attempting to influence the Republican Party in a more conservative direction.
The Conservative Party of New York State was founded in 1962 by a group includingJ. Daniel Mahoney,Kieran O'Doherty,Charles E. Rice, Raymond R. Walker andCharles Edison, out of frustration with the perceivedliberalism of the state'sRepublican Party. A key consideration wasNew York's fusion voting, unusual among U.S. states, which allows individual candidates to appear on multiple party lines in the same election. TheLiberal Party of New York, founded in 1944, had benefited from this system; the Conservative Party desired to balance the Liberal Party's influence. According toThe New York Times, the party's support "came mainly from those who would later be called Reagan Democrats—working-class, urban and suburban, often Catholic."[2]
| Chair | Tenure | Residence |
|---|---|---|
| Kieran O'Doherty | February–July 1962 | Manhattan |
| J. Daniel Mahoney | July 1962 – April 1986 | Manhattan |
| Serphin Maltese | April 1986 – December 1988 | Queens |
| Michael R. Long | December 1988 – January 2019 | Brooklyn |
| Gerard Kassar | February 2019 – present | Brooklyn |
Prominent conservative author and commentatorWilliam F. Buckley Jr. ran forMayor of New York City on the Conservative Party line in1965, winning 13.4% of the vote.[3] An op-ed inThe New York Times described the Buckley campaign as "a watershed campaign for the Conservatives, who gained heavy publicity and proved their strength in the overwhelmingly Democratic city."[2] In 1966, Conservative candidate Paul L. Adams obtained more than half a million votes in his race for Governor of New York,[4] winning Row C for the Party.[5]
In1970,James Buckley, the brother of William F. Buckley Jr., ran forU.S. Senate as the candidate of the Conservative Party. Running only on the Conservative Party line and the Independent Alliance Party line, Buckley defeated Democratic CongressmanRichard Ottinger and unelected incumbent Republican U.S. SenatorCharles Goodell, receiving 39% of the vote.[6] Buckley served one term in the Senate.[7] According to theNew York Post, "Buckley's victory cemented, for a time, an electoral coalition of urban, ethnic Democrats with rural and suburban Republicans—all disgusted with excessive taxation, runaway government spending and the decline of traditional values."[5] In1976, Buckley ran for reelection to the U.S. Senate as the candidate of the Republican and Conservative parties, losing to DemocratDaniel Patrick Moynihan.[8]
In 1978, registered ConservativeWilliam Carney, a member of theSuffolk County legislature, was elected to theUnited States House of Representatives inNew York's 1st congressional district, a long-time Democratic stronghold onLong Island, after winning the Republican primary and running on both party lines.[9] He eventually served four terms before retiring.[10]
In 1980, the Conservative Party endorsedAl D'Amato in aU.S. Senate race in which he successfully challenged incumbent Sen.Jacob Javits in a Republican primary.[11] D'Amato then narrowly prevailed in the general election over DemocratElizabeth Holtzman; the 275,100 votes D'Amato received on the Conservative line exceeded his slim margin of victory.[12][13]
In the1982 gubernatorial election, the party nominated RepublicanLewis Lehrman,[14] who was narrowly defeated by DemocratMario Cuomo.[15] In the1986 gubernatorial election, the party nominated RepublicanAndrew P. O'Rourke,[16] who was defeated by Cuomo in a landslide.[17]
Herbert London was the Conservative Party's nominee for Governor of New York in1990; that year, the party broke from the Republican Party, declining to cross-endorse Republican nomineePierre Rinfret.[18][19] Conservatives leaders cited Rinfret's support for abortion, his perceived lack of seriousness about his candidacy, and his potential difficulties in attacking incumbent Democratic Governor Mario Cuomo on fiscal policies as reasons for their decision to support London instead.[20] London ran a strong campaign statewide and finished one percentage point behind Rinfret, while Democratic GovernorMario Cuomo easily won re-election.[21]
The party declined to endorse RepublicanRudy Giuliani for Mayor of New York City in his successful1993 and1997 campaigns. In each of those elections, Giuliani accepted the endorsement of the Liberal Party. The Conservative Party endorsed George Marlin for Mayor in 1993 and left its line blank in the 1997 New York City mayoral race.[2][22][23]
The party endorsed RepublicanGeorge Pataki in his successful1994 campaign to unseat incumbent Democratic Gov.Mario Cuomo. In that race, Pataki "drew more than 300,000 votes on the Conservative line, double his slender winning margin over Mr. Cuomo."[2][24]
The party ran its own candidates for Mayor of New York City in the2001,[25]2005,[26] and2009,[27] declining to support successful Republican candidateMichael Bloomberg.
John Spencer, a former mayor ofYonkers, New York,[28] was nominated for U.S. Senate by the Republican and Conservative Parties in the2006 Senate election againstHillary Clinton. Spencer was defeated by Clinton.[29]
In the 2006 race for governor, Conservative Party Chairman Michael Long endorsedJohn Faso, the former Assembly Minority Leader and RepublicanState Comptroller nominee in 2002.[30] Faso won the nomination at the Republican convention, defeating former Massachusetts Gov.Bill Weld, 61–39%.[31] Following the convention, Weld withdrew from the race as senior party officials (including state Republican chairmanStephen Minarik, who endorsed Weld) urged party unity.[32] In the general election, Faso was the nominee of both the Republican and Conservative parties,[33] but was defeated byEliot Spitzer.[34]
The Conservative Party nominated Republican candidatesJohn McCain andSarah Palin for president and vice president in the2008 election, which was won by DemocratBarack Obama andJoe Biden.[35]
The Conservative Party nominatedDoug Hoffman for the2009 special election in New York's 23rd congressional district, an election won by the Democratic nominee,Bill Owens.[36] The Conservative Party chose Hoffman, a fiscal and social conservative, in reaction to the Republican Party's nomination of pro-choice, pro-same-sex-marriage, pro-union AssemblymemberDede Scozzafava, who Chairman Mike Long declared to be a "nice lady who is too liberal."[37] On October 31, 2009, Scozzafava suspended her campaign,[38] leading prominent Republicans such as national chairmanMichael Steele to endorse Hoffman.[39] On Election Day, Owens prevailed over Hoffman by a margin of 48.3% to 46%.[40] The 2009 special election received significant national attention, and was alternately described as "a referendum on PresidentBarack Obama" and "a fight over theidentity of the Republican Party."[41][42] According to one commentator, "tea party conservatives see the GOP loss as a victory for conservativism over mere political party loyalty. They're describing the defeat as a warning shot fired in defense of principle."[43] In addition, elected officials and observers opined that the congressional race affected the New York State Senate's December 2, 2009 vote against same-sex marriage legislation.[44][45]
Party Chairman Michael Long endorsedRick Lazio for the2010 New York gubernatorial election and directed his allies to do the same. However, several county chairmen instead coalesced behind vice chairman Ralph Lorigo.[46] Lazio defeated Lorigo in the primary election by a roughly 60–40% margin, but was defeated byCarl Paladino in the Republican primary.[47] Lazio dropped out of the race on September 27, requiring a vacancy committee to convene and select a replacement for him on the Conservative line.[48] Long eventually endorsed Paladino and the vacancy committee followed, placing Paladino on the Conservative Party line. Paladino lost the general election,[49] but drew 232,264 votes on the Conservative Party line,[50] which allowed the party to overtake theIndependence Party of New York and retake Row C (the third place ballot position in New York elections) for the first time since the 1998 elections.[51] The party has held Row C ever since.
Prior to the passage ofsame-sex marriage legislation in 2011, Long stated that the party would not endorse any candidate who supported same-sex marriage.[52][53] Four Republican state senators—Sens.James Alesi,Mark Grisanti,Roy McDonald, andStephen Saland—voted in favor of same-sex marriage. Alesi did not seek re-election in 2012,[54] while Grisanti, McDonald, and Saland faced challengers in 2012 who received the Conservative Party's endorsement. Grisanti was re-elected to the State Senate,[55] while McDonald was defeated in a Republican primary[56] and Saland was defeated in a general election in which a Conservative Party-endorsed challenger acted as a spoiler.[57]
State SenatorMark Grisanti, the last remaining Republican state senator to have voted for the Marriage Equality Act, was again denied Conservative Party endorsement in 2014; the party instead endorseddummy candidate Timothy Gallagher in State Senate District 60. Grisanti lost the Republican primary, but remained in the general election on theIndependence line. In the general election, Gallagher—despite not campaigning at all—won 8 percent of the vote; the vote split between Gallagher, Grisanti, and Republican candidate Kevin Stocker allowed DemocratMarc Panepinto to win the election with only 34 percent of the vote.[58][59]
The Party endorsedRob Astorino very early in the2014 gubernatorial election process.[60] In the election for New York State Comptroller, the party threatened to nominate its own candidate if the Republicans could not find a candidate from their party to run on the line;[61] the GOP eventually nominatedOnondaga County Comptroller Rob Antonacci.[62]
In 2016, the Conservative Party nominated eventual winnerDonald Trump for President of the United States.[63]
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On April 13, 2018, the Conservative Party executive committee selectedMarcus Molinaro as its candidate in the2018 gubernatorial election in what Long termed a "not very easy" decision; the party chose Molinaro over Deputy State Senate Majority LeaderJohn A. DeFrancisco and openly refused to considerErie County ExecutiveJoel Giambra.[64]
The Conservative Party ofCattaraugus County is alleged to have been the target of ahostile takeover by members of the Republican Party, after 37 former Republicans abruptly changed party registration in October 2017. County party chairman Leonard Ciros alleged that the Republican Party violated state party loyalty laws and the federalRacketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organizations Act.[65]
As of 2018, the Party holds "Row C" on New York ballots—the third-place ballot position, directly below theDemocratic andRepublican parties—because it received the third-highest number of votes of any political party in the 2010,[66] 2014,[67] and 2018[68] gubernatorial elections.[69][70][71]
Long announced his retirement from the chairmanship of the Conservative Party on January 28, 2019 after having served in that role for 30 years.[72] In February 2019, he was elected Chairman Emeritus of the Party.[73] On February 23, 2019, the Party named Gerard Kassar of Brooklyn as its new chairman.[74]
In 2020, the Conservative Party nominated incumbent Republican President Donald Trump for re-election to the presidency.[75] Trump was defeated by DemocratJoe Biden.[76] In 2021, the Conservative Party successfully teamed up with the Republican Party to raise opposition among the state's voters and defeat three ballot initiatives proposed by Democrats.[77]
During the2022 New York gubernatorial election the party endorsed RepublicanLee Zeldin who had the best showing as a Republican for governor since 1970 earning 2,762,581 votes and losing to incumbentKathy Hochul by just 6.39% of the vote.[78][79]
On August 17, 2024, the Conservative Party nominated Donald Trump for President of the United States during the2024 presidential election.[80][81]
The party ran its own candidates for Mayor of New York City in2021 and2025. In 2024, Gonzalo Duran, Vice Chairman of theBronx Conservative Party, petitioned for the mayoral candidacy but was not selected. He subsequently pivoted to run for Public Advocate of New York City, becoming the first Conservative candidate in over three election cycles to receive a cross-party endorsement in a citywide race.[82][83][84]
In 2012,The New York Times stated that the Conservative Party had "a successful electoral record in a decidedly blue state in which the Conservatives have elbowed the Republican Party to the right".[4] Also in 2012, theNew York Post asserted that the Party had "helped the GOP maintain its majority in the state Senate, even as New York has turned an ever-deeper blue over the last half century" and added that it had "forced the state Republican Party to (sometimes) remember what it stood for—by threatening its power".[5]
Rather than nominating its own candidates, the Conservative Party usually endorses the same candidates as the Republican Party and campaigns against the Democratic candidates. However, the party has withheld support from Republican candidates if it deems them too liberal. For example, the Conservative Party withheld its support from RepublicanRudy Giuliani'sfusion campaigns with endorsement from the Liberal Party for New York City mayor in 1989, 1993[85] and 1997.[86] In the2004 U.S. Senate election, the Conservative Party endorsedMarilyn O'Grady to oppose Republican candidateHoward Mills and incumbentDemocratic SenatorCharles Schumer. Also in 2004, the Party's decision to endorse Tom Dadey rather than incumbent Republican State SenatorNancy Larraine Hoffmann in State Senate District 49 helped bring about the victory of DemocratDavid Valesky in that race. After losing to Hoffmann in the Republican primary, Dadey—with the support of the Conservative Party and the Independence Party—remained in the race; Hoffmann lost the general election by 742 votes.[87][88][89]
Following the passage ofsame-sex marriage legislation in 2011, the Conservative Party stated that it would withdraw support for any candidate who had voted for the bill;[90][53] two Republican senators who voted for same-sex marriage—Roy McDonald andStephen Saland—lost their seats in 2012.[56][57]
The party has also endorsed Democratic candidates, including controversial formerBuffalomayor and presidential candidateJimmy Griffin, who was initially elected mayor solely on the Conservative ticket but had Republican support as well for his subsequent campaigns. It also cross-endorsed such Democrats as Asms.Michael Cusick,[91]Michael P. Kearns,[92] andRobin Schimminger[92] and formerCapital District CongressmanMichael McNulty.[93] In 2022, the party endorsed Democratic Assembly membersSimcha Eichenstein[94] andMarianne Buttenschon,[95] as well as SenatorSimcha Felder.[96]
| Governor & Lieutenant Governor | Comptroller | Attorney General | |||||||||||||||
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| Year | Nominee (Running-mate) | # votes | % votes | Fusion | Place | Year | Nominee | # votes | % votes | Fusion | Place | Year | Nominee | # votes | % votes | Fusion | Place |
| 1962 | David H. Jaquith (E. Vernon Carbonara) | 141,877 | 2.44 / 100 | Conservative | 3rd of 5 | 1962 | Thomas D. Cole | 99,971 | 1.77 / 100 | Conservative | 3rd of 5 | 1962 | Frederick S. Dennin | 99,464 | 1.76 / 100 | Conservative | 3rd of 4 |
| 1966 | Paul Adams (Kieran O'Doherty) | 510,023 | 8.46 / 100 | Conservative | 3rd of 6 | 1966 | Benjamin R. Crosby | 331,467 | 5.80 / 100 | Conservative | 3rd of 5 | 1966 | Mason L. Hampton | 322,693 | 5.65 / 100 | Conservative | 3rd of 5 |
| 1970 | Paul Adams (Edward F. Leonard) | 422,514 | 7.03 / 100 | Conservative | 3rd of 6 | 1970 | Anthony R. Spinelli | 436,584 | 7.94 / 100 | Conservative | 3rd of 5 | 1970 | Leo Kesselring | 409,169 | 7.41 / 100 | Conservative | 3rd of 4 |
| 1974 | Malcolm Wilson (Ralph G. Caso) | 269,080 | 5.08 / 100 | Republican | 2nd of 8 | 1974 | Bradley J. Hurd | 244,701 | 5.02 / 100 | Conservative | 3rd of 7 | 1974 | Edward F. Campbell | 232,631 | 4.58 / 100 | Conservative | 3rd of 7 |
| 1978 | Perry B. Duryea Jr. (Bruce F. Caputo) | 242,972 | 5.10 / 100 | Republican | 2nd of 7 | 1978 | Edward Regan | 284,707 | 6.35 / 100 | Republican | Elected | 1978 | Michael Roth | 259,199 | 5.93 / 100 | Republican | 2nd of 5 |
| 1982 | Lewis Lehrman (James L. Emery) | 230,153 | 4.38 / 100 | Republican | 2nd of 7 | 1982 | Edward Regan | 252,716 | 5.33 / 100 | Republican | Re-elected | 1982 | Frances A. Sclafani | 178,477 | 3.76 / 100 | Republican | 2nd of 4 |
| 1986 | Andrew P. O'Rourke (E. Michael Kavanagh) | 152,306 | 3.55 / 100 | Republican | 2nd of 4 | 1986 | Edward Regan | 222,803 | 5.60 / 100 | Republican | Re-elected | 1986 | Peter T. King | 139,964 | 3.58 / 100 | Republican | 2nd of 3 |
| 1990 | Herbert London (Anthony P. DiPerna) | 827,614 | 20.40 / 100 | Conservative | 3rd of 7 | 1990 | Edward Regan | 391,743 | 9.93 / 100 | Republican | Re-elected | 1990 | Bernard C. Smith | 284,244 | 7.42 / 100 | Republican | 2nd of 3 |
| 1994 | George Pataki (Betsy McCaughey) | 328,605 | 6.31 / 100 | Republican | Elected | 1994 | Herbert London | 282,922 | 6.09 / 100 | Republican | 2nd of 5 | 1994 | Dennis Vacco | 305,961 | 6.57 / 100 | Republican | Elected |
| 1998 | George Pataki (Mary Donohue) | 348,727 | 7.40 / 100 | Republican | Re-elected | 1998 | Bruce Blakeman | 219,548 | 4.97 / 100 | Republican | 2nd of 5 | 1998 | Dennis Vacco | 302,223 | 6.99 / 100 | Republican | 2nd of 6 |
| 2002 | George Pataki (Mary Donohue) | 176,848 | 3.86 / 100 | Republican | Re-elected | 2002 | John Faso | 152,763 | 3.67 / 100 | Republican | 2nd of 5 | 2002 | Dora Irizarry | 124,657 | 3.02 / 100 | Republican | 2nd of 5 |
| 2006 | John Faso (C. Scott Vanderhoef) | 168,654 | 3.81 / 100 | Republican | 2nd of 5 | 2006 | J. Christopher Callaghan | 206,427 | 4.99 / 100 | Republican | 2nd of 5 | 2006 | Jeanine Pirro | 168,051 | 3.91 / 100 | Republican | 2nd of 5 |
| 2010 | Carl Paladino (Gregory J. Edwards) | 232,215 | 5.01 / 100 | Republican | 2nd of 6 | 2010 | Harry Wilson | 243,319 | 5.44 / 100 | Republican | 2nd of 5 | 2010 | Dan Donovan | 281,585 | 6.34 / 100 | Republican | 2nd of 5 |
| 2014 | Rob Astorino (Christopher J. Moss) | 250,634 | 6.56 / 100 | Republican | 2nd of 6 | 2014 | Bob Antonacci | 246,627 | 6.64 / 100 | Republican | 2nd of 5 | 2014 | John P. Cahill | 277,349 | 7.46 / 100 | Republican | 2nd of 4 |
| 2018 | Marc Molinaro (Julie P. Killian) | 253,624 | 4.16 / 100 | Republican | 2nd of 5 | 2018 | Jonathan Trichter | 231,380 | 3.85 / 100 | Republican | 2nd of 5 | 2018 | Keith Wofford | 257,090 | 4.29 / 100 | Republican | 2nd of 5 |
| 2022 | Lee Zeldin (Alison Esposito) | 313,187 | 5.31 / 100 | Republican | 2nd of 5 | 2022 | Paul Rodriguez | 292,337 | 5.07 / 100 | Republican | 2nd of 5 | 2022 | Michael Henry | 313,728 | 5.41 / 100 | Republican | 2nd of 5 |
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| No. | Share | No. | ± | No. | Share | No. | ± | ||||||
| 1998 | 10 C 42R, 1D | 324,864 | 8.09% | 35 / 61 |  | Republican | 1998 | 31 C 90R, 3D | 283,904 | 6.97% | 50 / 150 | | Democratic |
| 2000 | 9 C 39R, 3D | 218,439 | 4.13% | 36 / 61 | 1 | Republican | 2000 | 18 C 87R, 11D | 186,850 | 3.42% | 59 / 150 | 9 | Democratic |
| 2002 | 6 C 45R, 3D | 195,095 | 5.37% | 39 / 62 | 3 | Republican | |||||||
| 2004 | 9 C 37R, 1D | 179,229 | 3.15% | 33 / 62 |  6 | Republican | |||||||
| 2006 | 4 C 41R, 1D | 172,472 | 4.40% | 34 / 62 | 1 | Republican | |||||||
| 2008 | 5 C 46R | 242,899 | 4.00% | 29 / 62 | 5 | Democratic | 2008 | 12 C ??R | % | 0 / 150 | Democratic | ||
| 2010 | 7 C 47R | 266,523 | 6.11% | 33 / 62 | 4 | Republican | |||||||
| 2012 | 10 C 41R | 325,755 | 5.60% | 30 / 63 | 3 | Republican | |||||||
| 2014 | 8 C 38R, 1D | 263,325 | 7.98% | 34 / 63 | 4 | Republican | |||||||
| 2016 | 7 C 41R, 1D | 346,743 | 5.23% | 32 / 63 | 2 | Republican | 2016 | 91 C ??R, 1D | 306,448 | 4.62% | 0 / 150 | 1 | Democratic |
| 2018 | 7 C 39R, 1D | 253,452 | 4.50% | 24 / 63 | 8 | Democratic | 2018 | 14 C ??R | 235,807 | 4.17% | 0 / 150 | | Democratic |
| 2020 | 5 C 38R, 1D | 331,062 | 4.30% | 21 / 63 | 3 | Democratic | 2020 | 9 C ??R | 301,261 | 3.93% | 0 / 150 | | Democratic |
| 2022 | 3 C 38R, 1D | 314,379 | 5.75% | 0 / 63 | Democratic | 2022 | 4 C ??R | 320,163 | 5.95% | 0 / 150 | | Democratic | |
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| Year | Nominee (Running-mate) | # votes | % votes | Fusion | Place | Year | Nominee | # votes | % votes | Fusion | Place | Election | Nominees (and Endorsees) | Votes | Seats (Party and Endorsed) | Control | ||
| 1962 | Not Up | 1962 | Kieran O'Doherty | 116,151 | 2.04 / 100 | Conservative | 3rd of 5 | 1962 | Did Not Contest | Republican | ||||||||
| 1964 | Did Not Contest | 1964 | Henry Paolucci | 212,216 | 2.97 / 100 | Conservative | 3rd of 5 | 1964 | 10 C 7R | 52,274 | 0.77% | 1 / 41 | 1 | Democratic | ||||
| 1966 | Not Up | 1966 | No Seat Up | 1966 | 17 C 8R | 255,487 | 4.63% | 1 / 41 | | Democratic | ||||||||
| 1968 | Richard Nixon (Spiro Agnew) | No Electors Nominated | Republican | 2nd of 6 | 1968 | James L. Buckley | 1,139,402 | 17.31 / 100 | Conservative | 3rd of 6 | 1968 | 25 C 10R, 2D | 402,780 | 6.59% | 6 / 41 | 5 | Democratic | |
| 1970 | Not Up | 1970 | James L. Buckley | 2,179,640 | 36.91 / 100 | Conservative | Elected | 1970 | 18 C 17R, 2D | 510,272 | 9.38% | 10 / 41 | 4 | Democratic | ||||
| 1972 | Richard Nixon (Spiro Agnew) | 368,136 | 5.14 / 100 | Republican | Won | 1972 | No Seat Up | 1972 | 15 C 20R, 2D | 364,422 | 5.52% | 11 / 39 | 1 | Democratic | ||||
| 1974 | Not Up | 1974 | Barbara A. Keating | 822,584 | 15.93 / 100 | Conservative | 3rd of 8 | 1974 | 19 C 17R, 1D, 1L | 292,467 | 5.98% | 8 / 39 | 3 | Democratic | ||||
| 1976 | Gerald Ford (Bob Dole) | 274,878 | 4.21 / 100 | Republican | 2nd of 6 | 1976 | James L. Buckley | 311,494 | 4.93 / 100 | Republican | 2nd of 6 | 1976 | 16 C 19R, 3D | 285,679 | 4.77% | 9 / 39 | 1 | Democratic |
| 1978 | Not Up | 1978 | No Seat Up | 1978 | 14 C 20R, 1D | 246,669 | 5.63% | 8 / 39 | 1 | Democratic | ||||||||
| 1980 | Ronald Reagan (George H. W. Bush) | 256,131 | 4.13 / 100 | Republican | Won | 1980 | Al D'Amato | 275,100 | 4.57 / 100 | Republican | Elected | 1980 | 9 C 26R, 1D | 265,045 | 4.72% | 12 / 39 | 4 | Democratic |
| 1982 | Not Up | 1982 | Florence M. Sullivan | 175,650 | 3.54 / 100 | Republican | 2nd of 4 | 1982 | 14 C 17R | 201,917 | 4.31% | 8 / 34 | 4 | Democratic | ||||
| 1984 | Ronald Reagan (George H. W. Bush) | 288,244 | 4.23 / 100 | Republican | Won | 1984 | No Seat Up | 1984 | 6 C 23R | 238,848 | 3.84% | 11 / 34 | 3 | Democratic | ||||
| 1986 | Not Up | 1986 | Al D'Amato | 212,101 | 4.73 / 100 | Republican | Re-elected | 1986 | 13 C 18R | 186,333 | 4.77% | 9 / 34 | 2 | Democratic | ||||
| 1988 | George H. W. Bush (Dan Quayle) | 243,457 | 3.75 / 100 | Republican | 2nd of 7 | 1988 | Robert McMillan | 189,226 | 3.13 / 100 | Republican | 2nd of 6 | 1988 | 8 C 18R | 210,052 | 3.82% | 9 / 34 | | Democratic |
| 1990 | Not Up | 1990 | No Seat Up | 1990 | 12 C 15R, 1D | 272,292 | 7.44% | 11 / 34 | 2 | Democratic | ||||||||
| 1992 | George H. W. Bush (Dan Quayle) | 177,000 | 2.56 / 100 | Republican | 2nd of 6 | 1992 | Al D'Amato | 289,258 | 4.48 / 100 | Republican | Re-elected | 1992 | 8 C 19R, 2D | 326,192 | 5.51% | 10 / 34 | 1 | Democratic |
| 1994 | Not Up | 1994 | Bernadette Castro | 276,548 | 5.77 / 100 | Republican | 2nd of 6 | 1994 | 9 C 17R, 1D | 295,779 | 6.41% | 11 / 34 | 1 | Democratic | ||||
| 1996 | Bob Dole (Jack Kemp) | 183,392 | 2.90 / 100 | Republican | 2nd of 9 | 1996 | No Seat Up | 1996 | 5 C 22R, 1D, 1IND | 261,849 | 4.80% | 11 / 31 | | Democratic | ||||
| 1998 | Not Up | 1998 | Al D'Amato | 274,220 | 5.87 / 100 | Republican | 2nd of 6 | 1998 | 10 C 17R | 270,549 | 6.33% | 11 / 31 | | Democratic | ||||
| 2000 | George W. Bush (Dick Cheney) | 144,797 | 2.12 / 100 | Republican | 2nd of 7 | 2000 | Rick Lazio | 191,141 | 2.82 / 100 | Republican | 2nd of 8 | 2000 | 9 C 18R, 1D | 208,719 | 3.58% | 11 / 31 | | Democratic |
| 2002 | Not Up | 2002 | No Seat Up | 2002 | 6 C 19R, 1D | 199,829 | 5.23% | 10 / 29 | 1 | Democratic | ||||||||
| 2004 | George W. Bush (Dick Cheney) | 155,574 | 2.10 / 100 | Republican | 2nd of 5 | 2004 | Marilyn O'Grady | 220,960 | 3.30 / 100 | Conservative | 3rd of 7 | 2004 | 5 C 19R, 1D | 200,933 | 3.23% | 8 / 29 | 2 | Democratic |
| 2006 | Not Up | 2006 | John Spencer | 179,287 | 3.99 / 100 | Republican | 2nd of 6 | 2006 | 3 C 18R, 1D | 143,166 | 3.46% | 7 / 29 | 1 | Democratic | ||||
| 2008 | John McCain (Sarah Palin) | 170,475 | 2.23 / 100 | Republican | 2nd of 7 | 2008 | No Seat Up | 2008 | 5 C 21R | 195,874 | 3.06% | 3 / 29 | 4 | Democratic | ||||
| 2010 | Not Up | 2010 | Jay Townsend | 240,777 | 5.24 / 100 | Republican | 2nd of 4 | 2010 | 4 C 25R | 267,873 | 5.97% | 8 / 29 | 5 | Democratic | ||||
| 2010 SE | Joe DioGuardi | 244,320 | 5.42 / 100 | Republican | 2nd of 7 | |||||||||||||
| 2012 | Mitt Romney (Paul Ryan) | 262,371 | 3.71 / 100 | Republican | 2nd of 6 | 2012 | Wendy Long | 241,124 | 3.61 / 100 | Republican | 2nd of 5 | 2012 | 1 C 21R | 257,809 | 3.99% | 5 / 27 | 3 | Democratic |
| 2014 | Not Up | 2014 | No Seat Up | 2014 | 3 C 20R | 270,926 | 7.43% | 8 / 27 | 3 | Democratic | ||||||||
| 2016 | Donald Trump (Mike Pence) | 292,393 | 3.78 / 100 | Republican | 2nd of 4 | 2016 | Wendy Long | 267,622 | 3.62 / 100 | Republican | 2nd of 4 | 2016 | 5 C 17R | 337,178 | 4.73% | 9 / 27 | 1 | Democratic |
| 2018 | Not Up | 2018 | Chele Chiavacci Farley | 246,171 | 4.07 / 100 | Republican | 2nd of 2 | 2018 | 2 C 17R | 207,094 | 3.57% | 6 / 27 | 3 | Democratic | ||||
| 2020 | Donald Trump (Mike Pence) | 295,657 | 3.43 / 100 | Republican | 2nd of 4 | 2020 | No Seat Up | 2020 | 3 C 21R | 315,541 | 3.84% | 8 / 27 | 2 | Democratic | ||||
| 2022 | No Seat Up | 2022 | Joe Pinion | 296,652 | 5.07 / 100 | Republican | 2nd of 3 | 2022 | 2 C 21R | 320,049 | 5.56% | 11 / 27 | 3 | Democratic | ||||
| 2024 | Donald Trump (JD Vance) | 321,733 | 3.89 / 100 | Republican | 2nd of 3 | 2024 | Mike Sapraicone | 329,070 | 4.12 / 100 | Republican | 2nd of 3 | 2024 | 1 C 22R | 331,892 | 4.19% | 7 / 27 | 4 | Democratic |
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