The 2018 United States Senate election in New York took place on November 6, 2018. Incumbent U.S. Senator Kirsten Gillibrand was re-elected to a second full term, defeating Republican Chele Chiavacci Farley with over 67% of the vote. Gillibrand carried a majority of the state's counties and 26 of the state's 27 congressional districts, including five that elected Republicans the same night.
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Turnout | 47.99% | |||||||||||||||||||
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Gillibrand: 40–50% 50–60% 60–70% 70–80% 80–90% >90% Farley: 50–60% 60–70% 70–80% 80–90% >90% Tie: 40–50% 50% No data | ||||||||||||||||||||
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Kirsten Gillibrand ran unopposed in the primary and automatically became the Democratic nominee.
The Republican Party had nominated private equity executive Chele Chiavacci Farley.[8]
Source | Ranking | As of |
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The Cook Political Report[48] | Safe D | October 26, 2018 |
Inside Elections[49] | Safe D | November 1, 2018 |
Sabato's Crystal Ball[50] | Safe D | November 5, 2018 |
Fox News[51] | Likely D | July 9, 2018 |
CNN[52] | Safe D | July 12, 2018 |
RealClearPolitics[53] | Safe D | June 7, 2018 |
†Highest rating given
Poll source | Date(s) administered |
Sample size |
Margin of error |
Kirsten Gillibrand (D) |
Chele Chiavacci Farley (R) |
Other | Undecided |
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Research Co. | November 1–3, 2018 | 450 | ± 4.6% | 60% | 32% | – | 8% |
Siena College | October 28 – November 1, 2018 | 641 | ± 3.9% | 58% | 35% | 0% | 8% |
Quinnipiac University | October 10–16, 2018 | 852 | ± 4.4% | 58% | 33% | 0% | 8% |
Siena College | September 20–27, 2018 | 701 | ± 3.9% | 61% | 29% | 0% | 9% |
Liberty Opinion Research (R-Reform Party) | August 29–30, 2018 | 2,783 | ± 1.9% | 51% | 36% | – | 13% |
Quinnipiac University | July 12–16, 2018 | 934 | ± 4.1% | 57% | 30% | 1% | 10% |
Siena College | June 4–7, 2018 | 745 | ± 3.7% | 61% | 28% | 0% | 8% |
Quinnipiac University | April 26 – May 1, 2018 | 1,076 | ± 3.7% | 58% | 23% | 1% | 16% |
Siena College | April 8–12, 2018 | 692 | ± 4.3% | 58% | 27% | 0% | 13% |
Siena College | March 11–16, 2018 | 772 | ± 4.0% | 60% | 24% | 0% | 14% |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Democratic | Kirsten Gillibrand | 3,755,489 | 62.02% | -4.36% | |
Working Families | Kirsten Gillibrand | 160,128 | 2.64% | -1.12% | |
Independence | Kirsten Gillibrand | 99,325 | 1.64% | -0.43% | |
Women's Equality | Kirsten Gillibrand | 41,989 | 0.69% | N/A | |
Total | Kirsten Gillibrand (incumbent) | 4,056,931 | 67.00% | -5.21% | |
Republican | Chele Chiavacci Farley | 1,730,439 | 28.58% | +5.86% | |
Conservative | Chele Chiavacci Farley | 246,171 | 4.07% | +0.46% | |
Reform | Chele Chiavacci Farley | 21,610 | 0.35% | N/A | |
Total | Chele Chiavacci Farley | 1,998,220 | 33.00% | +6.66% | |
Total votes | 6,055,151 | 100.00% | N/A | ||
Democratic hold |