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Election 1982 Results

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1982 US Senate election in New York

Daniel P. Moynihan (Democrat) beat Florence M. Sullivan (Republican) in New York in 1982, 65.1% to 34.2%, a margin of 30.9 points and 1,535,380 votes.

The Democratic hold continued from 1976, when Pat Moynihan won.

Democrats led in 50 of the 62 counties as they stood then and Republicans in 12. The largest, Nassau, cast 483,561 votes and went to the Democrat by 16.8 points. The closest was Orleans, where 5 votes separated the two parties.

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Senate

CandidatePartyVotesShare
Daniel P. Moynihan won Democratic 3,232,146 65.1%
Florence M. Sullivan Republican 1,696,766 34.2%
All other candidates 38,817 0.8%
Total4,967,729

Every county

CountyDemocratRepublicanOthersTotalMargin
Nassau 281,424 58.2% 200,088 41.4% 2,049 483,561 D+16.8
Queens 328,090 74.5% 109,370 24.8% 2,702 440,162 D+49.7
Kings 313,527 80.3% 73,769 18.9% 3,132 390,428 D+61.4
Suffolk 198,276 55.8% 155,445 43.7% 1,872 355,593 D+12.0
Erie 232,343 68.4% 105,186 31.0% 2,163 339,692 D+37.4
New York 279,507 84.6% 45,554 13.8% 5,229 330,290 D+70.8
Westchester 182,158 60.9% 114,964 38.4% 1,975 299,097 D+22.5
Monroe 151,158 63.0% 86,760 36.1% 2,162 240,080 D+26.8
Bronx 171,330 81.8% 36,356 17.4% 1,666 209,352 D+64.5
Onondaga 101,673 62.5% 59,811 36.7% 1,301 162,785 D+25.7
Albany 93,137 71.3% 36,524 28.0% 956 130,617 D+43.3
Oneida 55,460 62.9% 32,071 36.4% 590 88,121 D+26.5
Rockland 57,339 65.2% 30,062 34.2% 596 87,997 D+31.0
Richmond 53,683 62.4% 31,914 37.1% 470 86,067 D+25.3
Broome 46,112 61.0% 28,733 38.0% 778 75,623 D+23.0
Dutchess 38,114 50.7% 36,526 48.5% 605 75,245 D+2.1
Orange 39,672 53.8% 33,538 45.5% 573 73,783 D+8.3
Niagara 44,294 63.9% 24,668 35.6% 326 69,288 D+28.3
Rensselaer 36,738 60.5% 23,518 38.7% 445 60,701 D+21.8
Schenectady 38,622 63.7% 21,444 35.4% 589 60,655 D+28.3
Saratoga 29,522 52.5% 26,273 46.7% 479 56,274 D+5.8
Ulster 31,912 57.5% 22,968 41.4% 585 55,465 D+16.1
Chautauqua 28,483 59.3% 19,258 40.1% 276 48,017 D+19.2
Oswego 17,575 52.7% 15,221 45.7% 535 33,331 D+7.1
St. Lawrence 20,068 61.5% 12,262 37.6% 301 32,631 D+23.9
Chemung 18,005 56.8% 13,431 42.4% 238 31,674 D+14.4
Steuben 14,601 47.4% 15,978 51.8% 251 30,830 R+4.5
Ontario 15,877 54.3% 13,118 44.8% 259 29,254 D+9.4
Cattaraugus 14,555 53.2% 12,643 46.2% 177 27,375 D+7.0
Jefferson 15,836 59.0% 10,800 40.2% 210 26,846 D+18.8
Cayuga 14,593 54.4% 11,962 44.6% 246 26,801 D+9.8
Wayne 13,199 50.3% 12,696 48.4% 321 26,216 D+1.9
Putnam 12,897 49.8% 12,802 49.4% 191 25,890 D+0.4
Tompkins 14,750 60.0% 9,232 37.5% 606 24,588 D+22.4
Clinton 12,449 54.2% 10,209 44.5% 300 22,958 D+9.8
Sullivan 13,334 59.0% 9,114 40.3% 158 22,606 D+18.7
Herkimer 13,135 58.4% 9,190 40.8% 176 22,501 D+17.5
Columbia 11,794 53.1% 10,257 46.2% 154 22,205 D+6.9
Otsego 12,299 59.5% 8,180 39.6% 187 20,666 D+19.9
Madison 10,401 52.4% 9,253 46.7% 177 19,831 D+5.8
Genesee 10,422 53.1% 9,051 46.1% 149 19,622 D+7.0
Montgomery 12,508 64.3% 6,813 35.0% 142 19,463 D+29.3
Livingston 9,124 49.0% 9,305 50.0% 183 18,612 R+1.0
Warren 8,881 47.9% 9,534 51.4% 124 18,539 R+3.5
Washington 8,343 45.4% 9,867 53.7% 148 18,358 R+8.3
Fulton 9,951 55.1% 7,955 44.0% 155 18,061 D+11.1
Greene 8,284 50.1% 8,141 49.2% 126 16,551 D+0.9
Delaware 9,169 55.9% 7,068 43.1% 151 16,388 D+12.8
Chenango 7,999 49.6% 7,936 49.2% 205 16,140 D+0.4
Tioga 7,726 50.0% 7,532 48.7% 197 15,455 D+1.3
Cortland 7,897 51.9% 7,093 46.7% 212 15,202 D+5.3
Allegany 6,248 43.2% 8,087 56.0% 112 14,447 R+12.7
Essex 6,189 46.3% 6,975 52.1% 213 13,377 R+5.9
Franklin 7,175 55.7% 5,604 43.5% 103 12,882 D+12.2
Wyoming 5,169 43.4% 6,660 55.9% 82 11,911 R+12.5
Seneca 6,545 55.3% 5,178 43.7% 121 11,844 D+11.5
Orleans 5,750 49.7% 5,755 49.7% 76 11,581 level
Schoharie 5,872 56.0% 4,519 43.1% 97 10,488 D+12.9
Lewis 3,742 46.9% 4,163 52.2% 67 7,972 R+5.3
Yates 3,019 45.5% 3,559 53.6% 61 6,639 R+8.1
Schuyler 3,019 48.0% 3,193 50.8% 73 6,285 R+2.8
Hamilton 1,172 41.6% 1,630 57.9% 14 2,816 R+16.3

Counties as they stood in 1982; some have since been split, merged or renamed. Margin: the Democrat's share of all votes minus the Republican's. Sources and how the results were checked.

New York Senate elections we hold

YearWinnerMargin
2024 Kirsten Gillibrand (D) D+18.3
2022 Chuck Schumer (D) D+14.0
2018 Kirsten E. Gillibrand (D) D+34.0
2016 Chuck Schumer (D) D+43.4
2012 Kirsten Gillibrand (D) D+45.9
2010 Chuck Schumer (D) D+34.1
2006 Hillary Clinton (D) D+36.0
2004 Chuck Schumer (D) D+46.9
2000 Hillary Rodham Clinton (D) D+12.3
1998 Chuck Schumer (D) D+10.5
1994 Patrick Moynihan (D) D+13.7
1992 Alfonse D'amato (R) R+1.1
1988 Daniel Patrick Moynihan (D) D+36.0
1986 Alfonse M. D'amato (R) R+14.6
1982 Daniel P. Moynihan (D) D+30.9
1980 Al D'Amato (R) R+1.3
1976 Pat Moynihan (D) D+9.3
1974 Jacob K. Javits (R) R+7.1
1970 James L. Buckley (other)
1968 Jacob Javits (R) R+17.0
1964 Robert Kennedy (D) D+9.9
1962 Jacob Javits (R) R+17.2
1958 Kenneth Keating (R) R+2.4
1956 Jacob Javits (R) R+6.6
1952 Irving M. Ives (R) R+19.1
1950 Herbert H. Lehman (D) D+5.1
1946 Irving M. Ives (R) R+5.2
1944 Robert F. Wagner (D) D+6.4
1940 James M. Mead (D) D+7.0
1938 Robert F. Wagner (D) D+9.6
1934 Royal S. Copeland (D) D+18.5
1932 Robert F. Wagner (D) D+17.2
1928 Royal S. Copeland (D) D+1.2
1926 Robert F. Wagner (D) D+4.1
1922 Royal S. Copeland (D) D+11.6
1920 James Wadsworth Jr. (R) R+19.5
1916 William M. Calder (R) R+15.1
1914 James Wolcott Wadsworth Jr. (R) R+5.0