2018 United States Senate election in New York
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Turnout47.99%
 
Nominee Kirsten Gillibrand Chele Farley
Party Democratic Republican
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Popular vote 4,056,931 1,998,220
Percentage 67.00% 33.00%
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
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Kirsten Gillibrand
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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.

Democratic primary

Kirsten Gillibrand ran unopposed in the primary and automatically became the Democratic nominee.

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Failed to file

Declined

Republican primary

Chele Farley's senate campaign logo

The Republican Party had nominated private equity executive Chele Chiavacci Farley.[8]

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  • Crown Heights PAC[45]
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Predictions

Source Ranking As of
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

Polling

Graphs are unavailable due to technical issues. There is more info on Phabricator and on MediaWiki.org.
Poll source Date(s)
administered 		Sample
size 		Margin
of error 		Kirsten
Gillibrand (D) 		Chele Chiavacci
Farley (R) 		Other Undecided
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%

Results

United States Senate election in New York, 2018[54]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
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

Counties that flipped from Democratic to Republican

References

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  43. ^ Chele Farley. "I've been endorsed by America's Mayor! Thank you to @RudyGiuliani for his support at yesterday's #Ohel visit. Let's #PutNYFirst on Tuesday! #Farley4NY". Twitter.
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