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Election 2010 Results

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2010 US Senate election in New York

Chuck Schumer (Democrat) beat Jay Townsend (Republican) in New York in 2010, 66.3% to 32.2%, a margin of 34.1 points and 1,567,387 votes.

Kirsten Gillibrand (Democrat) beat Joe DioGuardi (Republican) in New York in 2010, 62.9% to 35.1%, a margin of 27.8 points and 1,254,527 votes. (This was a special election.)

The Democratic hold continued from 2004, when Chuck Schumer also won.

Democrats led in 59 of the 62 counties and Republicans in 3. The largest, Kings, cast 393,064 votes and went to the Democrat by 68.3 points. The closest was Wyoming, where 74 votes separated the two parties.

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Early projection, based on early and incomplete polling: the likely matchups, each weighted by the betting markets' odds of both nominations, not a result. Each county is its 2024 presidential margin moved by its state's projected swing; set a national vote and every state, district and county moves by the same amount from our projection. Colours run in 100 steps from a safe Republican to a safe Democratic margin. Boundaries: US Census Bureau.

Senate

Candidate	Party	Votes	Share
Chuck Schumer won	Democratic	3,047,111	66.3%
Jay Townsend	Republican	1,479,724	32.2%
All other candidates		68,540	1.5%
Total		4,595,375

Special election

Candidate	Party	Votes	Share
Kirsten Gillibrand won	Democratic	2,836,361	62.9%
Joe DioGuardi	Republican	1,581,834	35.1%
All other candidates		88,431	2.0%
Total		4,506,626

Every county

County	Democrat	Republican	Others	Total	Margin
Kings	327,872 83.4%	59,372 15.1%	5,820	393,064	D+68.3
Suffolk	224,677 57.7%	160,865 41.3%	4,166	389,708	D+16.4
Nassau	230,103 59.6%	152,797 39.6%	3,259	386,159	D+20.0
New York	298,926 85.2%	45,823 13.1%	6,260	351,009	D+72.1
Queens	266,147 79.6%	64,567 19.3%	3,717	334,431	D+60.3
Erie	190,417 64.4%	100,302 33.9%	4,815	295,534	D+30.5
Westchester	171,334 65.9%	86,084 33.1%	2,655	260,073	D+32.8
Monroe	142,858 62.9%	80,992 35.6%	3,374	227,224	D+27.2
Bronx	155,292 90.1%	15,553 9.0%	1,459	172,304	D+81.1
Onondaga	91,733 64.6%	47,116 33.2%	3,262	142,111	D+31.4
Albany	67,363 66.7%	31,140 30.9%	2,417	100,920	D+35.9
Orange	54,212 56.1%	41,077 42.5%	1,416	96,705	D+13.6
Richmond	55,897 58.1%	39,445 41.0%	888	96,230	D+17.1
Rockland	51,652 61.3%	31,847 37.8%	753	84,252	D+23.5
Dutchess	46,121 54.8%	36,801 43.7%	1,239	84,161	D+11.1
Saratoga	43,823 54.6%	34,973 43.6%	1,461	80,257	D+11.0
Oneida	39,924 59.2%	26,472 39.3%	1,005	67,401	D+20.0
Niagara	36,792 57.2%	26,555 41.3%	1,012	64,359	D+15.9
Broome	32,768 54.2%	26,569 44.0%	1,091	60,428	D+10.3
Ulster	36,268 60.8%	21,788 36.5%	1,579	59,635	D+24.3
Rensselaer	31,645 59.6%	20,302 38.2%	1,169	53,116	D+21.4
Schenectady	28,388 59.6%	18,124 38.1%	1,082	47,594	D+21.6
Chautauqua	21,791 55.7%	16,752 42.8%	567	39,110	D+12.9
Ontario	19,242 56.7%	14,174 41.8%	504	33,920	D+14.9
Putnam	16,447 52.4%	14,549 46.4%	376	31,372	D+6.0
Oswego	18,286 58.6%	12,182 39.1%	722	31,190	D+19.6
Tompkins	20,728 71.2%	7,599 26.1%	772	29,099	D+45.1
St. Lawrence	18,908 67.0%	8,813 31.2%	487	28,208	D+35.8
Steuben	14,180 52.4%	12,525 46.2%	378	27,083	D+6.1
Wayne	13,781 51.7%	12,412 46.6%	460	26,653	D+5.1
Jefferson	16,527 62.4%	9,654 36.4%	306	26,487	D+25.9
Chemung	13,927 57.7%	9,951 41.2%	278	24,156	D+16.5
Columbia	14,157 60.6%	8,671 37.1%	532	23,360	D+23.5
Warren	13,363 59.3%	8,795 39.0%	371	22,529	D+20.3
Clinton	14,128 63.3%	7,842 35.2%	333	22,303	D+28.2
Cayuga	13,592 61.6%	7,990 36.2%	472	22,054	D+25.4
Cattaraugus	11,874 54.5%	9,561 43.9%	353	21,788	D+10.6
Madison	11,706 55.9%	8,768 41.8%	482	20,956	D+14.0
Sullivan	12,099 57.9%	8,383 40.1%	400	20,882	D+17.8
Livingston	10,262 53.2%	8,740 45.3%	298	19,300	D+7.9
Herkimer	10,718 56.3%	8,018 42.1%	289	19,025	D+14.2
Otsego	9,962 55.8%	7,511 42.1%	377	17,850	D+13.7
Washington	10,288 57.7%	7,141 40.1%	398	17,827	D+17.7
Genesee	9,069 51.6%	8,214 46.8%	284	17,567	D+4.9
Tioga	7,096 44.5%	8,563 53.7%	288	15,947	R+9.2
Greene	8,076 50.8%	7,547 47.5%	271	15,894	D+3.3
Fulton	7,326 50.5%	6,960 48.0%	222	14,508	D+2.5
Chenango	7,259 52.2%	6,308 45.4%	338	13,905	D+6.8
Cortland	8,046 58.9%	5,369 39.3%	252	13,667	D+19.6
Montgomery	7,325 53.6%	6,051 44.3%	289	13,665	D+9.3
Delaware	6,787 49.9%	6,503 47.8%	311	13,601	D+2.1
Allegany	6,432 49.5%	6,354 48.9%	211	12,997	D+0.6
Wyoming	6,018 48.5%	6,092 49.1%	292	12,402	R+0.6
Essex	7,057 57.6%	4,949 40.4%	246	12,252	D+17.2
Franklin	7,428 62.5%	4,266 35.9%	187	11,881	D+26.6
Orleans	5,597 51.2%	5,158 47.2%	178	10,933	D+4.0
Schoharie	5,182 50.1%	4,948 47.8%	217	10,347	D+2.3
Seneca	5,922 59.8%	3,799 38.4%	183	9,904	D+21.4
Lewis	4,196 57.7%	2,965 40.8%	114	7,275	D+16.9
Yates	3,834 54.5%	3,087 43.9%	111	7,032	D+10.6
Schuyler	3,134 53.4%	2,628 44.8%	102	5,864	D+8.6
Hamilton	1,149 44.7%	1,368 53.2%	53	2,570	R+8.5

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

Year	Winner	Margin
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