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2012 US Senate election in New York

Kirsten Gillibrand (Democrat) beat Wendy Long (Republican) in New York in 2012, 72.2% to 26.3%, a margin of 45.9 points and 3,063,628 votes.

The Democratic hold continued from 2006, when Hillary Clinton won.

Democrats led in 60 of the 62 counties and Republicans in 2. The largest, Kings, cast 687,348 votes and went to the Democrat by 75.6 points. The closest was Hamilton, where 38 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

CandidatePartyVotesShare
Kirsten Gillibrand won Democratic 4,822,330 72.2%
Wendy Long Republican 1,758,702 26.3%
All other candidates 98,646 1.5%
Total6,679,678

Every county

CountyDemocratRepublicanOthersTotalMargin
Kings 598,834 87.1% 79,504 11.6% 9,010 687,348 D+75.6
New York 487,701 86.9% 65,699 11.7% 8,017 561,417 D+75.2
Suffolk 354,929 63.3% 198,683 35.4% 6,997 560,609 D+27.9
Queens 468,079 84.1% 82,169 14.8% 6,403 556,651 D+69.3
Nassau 342,644 63.9% 188,430 35.1% 5,476 536,550 D+28.7
Erie 265,264 68.1% 117,861 30.3% 6,453 389,578 D+37.8
Westchester 254,723 70.8% 100,279 27.9% 4,541 359,543 D+43.0
Bronx 321,378 93.1% 21,618 6.3% 2,143 345,139 D+86.9
Monroe 209,781 66.3% 101,323 32.0% 5,538 316,642 D+34.3
Onondaga 133,892 68.3% 56,997 29.1% 5,174 196,063 D+39.2
Richmond 94,843 64.0% 51,782 34.9% 1,639 148,264 D+29.0
Orange 88,689 65.3% 45,128 33.2% 2,000 135,817 D+32.1
Albany 98,432 75.1% 30,317 23.1% 2,245 130,994 D+52.0
Dutchess 77,809 65.8% 38,607 32.7% 1,813 118,229 D+33.2
Rockland 77,915 66.5% 37,955 32.4% 1,277 117,147 D+34.1
Saratoga 66,459 64.8% 34,728 33.8% 1,413 102,600 D+30.9
Niagara 51,592 61.6% 30,645 36.6% 1,464 83,701 D+25.0
Oneida 50,715 62.2% 29,059 35.6% 1,785 81,559 D+26.6
Broome 49,814 64.4% 26,166 33.8% 1,338 77,318 D+30.6
Ulster 54,455 70.7% 20,908 27.2% 1,618 76,981 D+43.6
Rensselaer 45,767 69.3% 19,310 29.2% 996 66,073 D+40.0
Schenectady 43,030 68.9% 18,273 29.3% 1,135 62,438 D+39.7
Chautauqua 29,001 57.2% 20,869 41.2% 811 50,681 D+16.0
Ontario 25,987 56.8% 18,838 41.2% 894 45,719 D+15.6
Oswego 25,117 60.3% 15,404 37.0% 1,165 41,686 D+23.3
Putnam 24,310 58.7% 16,549 39.9% 572 41,431 D+18.7
Tompkins 27,764 73.0% 9,059 23.8% 1,211 38,034 D+49.2
Steuben 20,044 54.4% 16,240 44.1% 578 36,862 D+10.3
Wayne 18,974 53.1% 15,973 44.7% 771 35,718 D+8.4
St. Lawrence 24,157 69.4% 10,092 29.0% 556 34,805 D+40.4
Jefferson 21,746 63.7% 11,882 34.8% 501 34,129 D+28.9
Chemung 20,682 61.8% 12,345 36.9% 449 33,476 D+24.9
Cayuga 18,067 62.1% 10,265 35.3% 772 29,104 D+26.8
Warren 19,347 67.2% 9,095 31.6% 362 28,804 D+35.6
Columbia 19,905 69.9% 8,154 28.6% 422 28,481 D+41.3
Clinton 19,439 68.5% 8,373 29.5% 550 28,362 D+39.0
Cattaraugus 15,654 55.5% 12,058 42.8% 477 28,189 D+12.8
Madison 15,732 59.2% 10,101 38.0% 753 26,586 D+21.2
Sullivan 17,427 66.0% 8,551 32.4% 445 26,423 D+33.6
Livingston 13,462 54.3% 10,910 44.0% 438 24,810 D+10.3
Herkimer 14,655 62.4% 8,421 35.9% 401 23,477 D+26.6
Otsego 15,114 65.0% 7,767 33.4% 374 23,255 D+31.6
Genesee 11,845 51.4% 10,745 46.6% 447 23,037 D+4.8
Washington 15,228 67.3% 7,067 31.2% 320 22,615 D+36.1
Tioga 11,206 54.3% 8,995 43.6% 418 20,619 D+10.7
Greene 12,098 60.6% 7,544 37.8% 312 19,954 D+22.8
Fulton 11,122 59.2% 7,401 39.4% 258 18,781 D+19.8
Cortland 11,166 60.7% 6,730 36.6% 497 18,393 D+24.1
Chenango 10,672 59.0% 6,956 38.4% 472 18,100 D+20.5
Delaware 11,172 61.8% 6,606 36.6% 288 18,066 D+25.3
Montgomery 10,957 63.8% 5,938 34.6% 290 17,185 D+29.2
Allegany 7,635 47.5% 8,151 50.8% 272 16,058 R+3.2
Essex 10,094 64.9% 5,201 33.4% 255 15,550 D+31.5
Wyoming 7,475 48.8% 7,556 49.3% 282 15,313 R+0.5
Franklin 9,960 66.8% 4,708 31.6% 239 14,907 D+35.2
Orleans 6,884 50.1% 6,556 47.7% 295 13,735 D+2.4
Schoharie 7,541 58.9% 5,048 39.4% 207 12,796 D+19.5
Seneca 7,345 59.1% 4,815 38.7% 275 12,435 D+20.3
Lewis 5,886 60.7% 3,662 37.8% 146 9,694 D+22.9
Yates 4,772 52.8% 4,080 45.2% 178 9,030 D+7.7
Schuyler 4,456 57.6% 3,107 40.2% 167 7,730 D+17.5
Hamilton 1,487 50.0% 1,449 48.7% 39 2,975 D+1.3

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