The 1965 New York state election was held on November 2, 1965, to elect a judge of the
New York Court of Appeals, as well as all members of the
New York State Assembly and the
New York State Senate.
Background
Judge
Marvin R. Dye would reach the constitutional age limit of 70 years at the end of the year.
In December 1964, the assembly and senate districts were re-apportioned. This time the legislators were elected for an exceptional one-year term (session of 1966). From this election on, the assembly districts are all numbered statewide (from 1 to 165, in 1966; from 1 to 150 thereafter) instead of apportioned by county and numbered inside the county (previously 150 districts). This was the only general election of state legislators in an odd-numbered year after 1937.
Result
Former Senator
Kenneth Keating
Kenneth Barnard Keating (May 18, 1900 – May 5, 1975) was an American politician, diplomat, and judge who served as a United States Senator representing New York from 1959 until 1965. A member of the Republican Party, he also served in the ...
was elected.
Notes
Sources
''KEATING IS VICTOR IN COURT CONTEST; Ex-Senator Tops McGivern for Appeals Bench in Sole Statewide Election''in NYT on November 3, 1965 (subscription required)
Vote totals from New York Red Book 1966
See also
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New York state elections
The results of elections in the state of New York have tended to be more Democratic-leaning than in most of the United States, with in recent decades a solid majority of Democratic voters, concentrated in New York City and some of its suburbs, i ...
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New York City mayoral election, 1965
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