2018 United States Senate election in New York


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 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.

Candidates

Nominee

Failed to file

Declined

Republican primary

The Republican Party nominated private equity executive Chele Chiavacci Farley.

Candidates

Nominee

  • Chele Chiavacci Farley, private equity executive

Failed to file

Declined

General election

Predictions

†Highest rating given

Polling

Poll sourceDate
administered
Sample
size
Margin
of error
Kirsten
Gillibrand

Farley
OtherUndecided
Research Co.November 1–3, 2018450± 4.6%60%32%8%
Siena CollegeOctober 28November 1, 2018641± 3.9%58%35%0%8%
Quinnipiac UniversityOctober 10–16, 2018852± 4.4%58%33%0%8%
Siena CollegeSeptember 20–27, 2018701± 3.9%61%29%0%9%
Liberty Opinion Research (R-Reform Party)August 29–30, 20182,783± 1.9%51%36%13%
Quinnipiac UniversityJuly 12–16, 2018934± 4.1%57%30%1%10%
Siena CollegeJune 4–7, 2018745± 3.7%61%28%0%8%
Quinnipiac UniversityApril 26May 1, 20181,076± 3.7%58%23%1%16%
Siena CollegeApril 8–12, 2018692± 4.3%58%27%0%13%
Siena CollegeMarch 11–16, 2018772± 4.0%60%24%0%14%

Results

By county

'''Counties that flipped from Democratic to Republican'''

By congressional district

Gillibrand won 26 of 27 congressional districts, including five that elected Republicans.
DistrictGillibrandFarleyRepresentative
53%47%Lee Zeldin
54%46%Peter T. King
59%41%Thomas Suozzi
60%40%Kathleen Rice
90%10%Gregory Meeks
72%28%Grace Meng
92%8%Nydia Velázquez
90%10%Hakeem Jeffries
89%11%Yvette Clarke
84%16%Jerry Nadler
55%45%Max Rose
87%13%Carolyn Maloney
95%5%Adriano Espaillat
84%16%Alexandria Ocasio Cortez
96%4%Jose E. Serrano
79%21%Eliot Engel
66%34%Nita Lowey
57%43%Sean Patrick Maloney
56%44%Antonio Delgado
63%37%Paul Tonko
53%47%Elise Stefanik
51%49%Anthony Brindisi
51%49%Tom Reed
58%42%John Katko
63%37%Joe Morelle
68%32%Brian Higgins
47%53%Chris Collins