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

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, concurrently with the

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, as well as other elections to the United States Senate in other states and

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to the United States House of Representatives and various state and local elections. The primaries took place on June 28. Incumbent Democratic Senator

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won re-election to a fourth term in office. 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 correct, with Schumer winning around 71% of the vote and all but 5 of the state's 62 counties:

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, Orleans, Wyoming, Allegany and Steuben. As of 2022, this is the last election where Jefferson, Oswego, Delaware, Schoharie, Herkimer, Genesee, Wayne,

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, Yates,

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, Chemung, Tioga,

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and Chenango counties voted Democratic.

Democratic primary

Candidates

Declared

, incumbent U.S. Senator

Republican primary

Candidates

Declared

Wendy Long Wendy Elizabeth Long (née Stone; born June 21, 1960) is an American attorney from New Hampshire. A member of the Republican Party, Long was the Republican and Conservative parties’ nominee for U.S. Senate in New York in 2012 and 2016, losing ...

, attorney and nominee for the U.S. Senate in

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Declined

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, U.S. Representative *

Larry Kudlow Lawrence Alan Kudlow (born August 20, 1947) is an American conservative television personality and financial program host for the Fox network who served as the Director of the National Economic Council (United States), National Economic Council ...

, economist, television personality and columnist * 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

Green Party

* Robin Laverne Wilson

Conservative Party

, attorney and nominee for the U.S. Senate in

General election

Debates

Endorsements

Predictions

Polling

Results

References

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
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