2016 United States Senate election in New York

The 2016 United States Senate election in New York was held November 8, 2016, to elect a member of the United States Senate to represent the State of New York, concurrently with the presidential election, as well as other elections to the United States Senate in other states and elections to the United States House of Representatives and various state and local elections. The primaries took place on June 28.

2016 United States Senate election in New York

November 8, 2016

Nominee Chuck Schumer Wendy Long Party Democratic Republican Alliance Parties Working Families Independence Women's Equality Parties Conservative Reform Popular vote 5,221,967 2,009,380 Percentage 70.6% 27.2%

County Results Schumer:      40–50%      50–60%      60–70%      70–80% Long:      50–60%

U.S. senator before election Chuck Schumer Democratic Elected U.S. Senator Chuck Schumer Democratic

Incumbent Democratic Senator Chuck Schumer won re-election to a fourth term in office.[1] This was considered by many polling aggregate groups to be one of the safest Democratic seats in the nation for this cycle. The prediction turned out to be true, with Schumer winning around 71% of the vote and all but 5 of the state's 62 counties.

Democratic primary

Declared

• Chuck Schumer, incumbent U.S. Senator[1]

Republican primary

Declared

• Wendy Long, attorney and nominee for the U.S. Senate in 2012[2]

Declined

• Richard L. Hanna, U.S. Representative[3]
• Larry Kudlow, economist, television personality and columnist[4][5]
• Adele Malpass, Chairwoman of the Manhattan Republican Party and wife of 2010 Senate candidate David Malpass

Third-party and independent candidates

Libertarian Party

• Alex Merced, activist[6]

Green Party

• Robin Laverne Wilson[7]

General election

Debates

Dates	Location	Schumer	Long	Link
October 30, 2016	Schenectady, New York	Participant	Participant	Full debate - C-SPAN

Predictions

Source	Ranking	As of
The Cook Political Report[8]	Safe D	September 9, 2016
Sabato's Crystal Ball[9]	Safe D	September 19, 2016
Rothenberg Political Report[10]	Safe D	September 2, 2016
Daily Kos[11]	Safe D	September 16, 2016
Real Clear Politics[12]	Safe D	September 15, 2016

Polling

Poll source	Date(s) administered	Sample size	Margin of error	Chuck Schumer (D)	Wendy Long (R)	Other	Undecided
SurveyMonkey	November 1–7, 2016	2,208	± 4.6%	71%	25%	—	4%
SurveyMonkey	October 31–November 6, 2016	2,132	± 4.6%	71%	25%	—	4%
Siena College	November 3–4, 2016	617	± 4.5%	67%	25%	—	8%
SurveyMonkey	October 28–November 3, 2016	1,949	± 4.6%	71%	26%	—	3%
SurveyMonkey	October 27–November 2, 2016	1,755	± 4.6%	70%	26%	—	4%
SurveyMonkey	October 26–November 1, 2016	1,645	± 4.6%	70%	27%	—	3%
SurveyMonkey	October 25–31, 2016	1,734	± 4.6%	68%	28%	—	4%
Siena College	October 13–17, 2016	611	± 4.6%	66%	27%	1%	6%
NBC 4 NY/WSJ/Marist	September 21–23, 2016	676	± 3.8%	70%	24%	1%	6%
Siena College	September 11–15, 2016	600	± 5.0%	69%	23%	—	8%
Emerson College	August 28–30, 2016	800	± 3.4%	60%	23%	4%	12%
Siena College	August 7–10, 2016	717	± 4.3%	63%	24%	—	13%
Quinnipiac University	July 13–17, 2016	1,104	± 3.0%	60%	28%	1%	8%
Siena College	June 22–28, 2016	803	± 4.0%	66%	23%	—	11%
Siena College	May 22–26, 2016	825	± 3.9%	64%	22%	—	14%
Siena College	April 24–27, 2016	802	± 4.1%	64%	24%	—	12%
Public Policy Polling	April 7–10, 2016	1,403	± 2.6%	55%	23%	—	22%
Quinnipiac University	March 22–29, 2016	1,667	± 2.4%	63%	24%	—	11%

Results

United States Senate election in New York, 2016 [13]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Democratic	Chuck Schumer	4,784,218	64.72%	+6.25%
	Working Families	Chuck Schumer	241,672	3.27%	-0.73%
	Independence	Chuck Schumer	150,654	2.04%	-1.82%
	Women's Equality	Chuck Schumer	45,401	0.61%	N/A
	Total	Chuck Schumer (incumbent)	5,221,945	70.64%	+4.31%
	Republican	Wendy Long	1,723,920	23.32%	-3.65%
	Conservative	Wendy Long	267,622	3.62%	-1.62%
	Reform	Wendy Long	17,813	0.24%	N/A
	Total	Wendy Long	2,009,355	27.18%	-5.03%
	Green	Robin Laverne Wilson	113,413	1.53%	+0.61%
	Libertarian	Alex Merced	48,120	0.65%	+0.11%
Total votes			7,392,833	100.0%	N/A
	Democratic hold

References

1. Emily Cahn; Alexis Levinson (January 28, 2015). "Senators Confirm Re-Election Bids for 2016". Roll Call. Archived from the original on January 29, 2015. Retrieved January 29, 2015.
2. Tumulty, Brian (March 3, 2016). "Republican Wendy Long will run against Sen. Chuck Schumer". Gannett News Service. Retrieved March 3, 2016.
3. Weiner, Mark (April 7, 2015). "U.S. Rep. Richard Hanna says he won't run against Chuck Schumer in 2016 NY senate race". Syracuse.com. Retrieved April 7, 2015.
4. Johnson, Eliana (June 24, 2015). "Larry Kudlow and NRSC Renew Discussions on Senate Run". National Review. Retrieved June 25, 2015.
5. Burns, Alexander (September 22, 2015). "Larry Kudlow Weighs Run Against Senator Richard Blumenthal in Connecticut". The New York Times. Retrieved October 1, 2015.
6. "Candidates 2016". Libertarian Party of New York.
7. Jun 12, 2016. "Dr. Jill Stein Wins 89% of GPNY Presidential Convention Vote, Robin Laverne Wilson Rallies For US Senate". Green Party of New York.CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)
8. "2016 Senate Race Ratings for September 9, 2016". The Cook Political Report. Retrieved September 9, 2016.
9. "2016 Senate". Sabato's Crystal Ball. Retrieved September 19, 2016.
10. "2016 Senate Ratings (September 2, 2016)". Senate Ratings. The Rothenberg Political Report. Retrieved September 3, 2016.
11. "Election Outlook: 2016 Race Ratings". Daily Kos. Retrieved September 17, 2016.
12. "Battle for the Senate 2016". Real Clear Politics. Retrieved September 15, 2016.
13. "New York State Official Election Night Results" (PDF). New York Board of Elections. Retrieved December 28, 2016.

External links

Official campaign websites

• Chuck Schumer (D) for Senate
• Wendy Long (R) for Senate
• Alex Merced (L) for Senate
• Robin Laverne Wilson (G) for Senate