The 2010 United States Senate election in New York took place on November 2, 2010, along with elections to the
United States Senate in other states, as well as elections to the
United States House of Representatives and various state and local elections. Incumbent Democrat U.S. Senator
Chuck Schumer won re-election to a third term. Schumer won every county except for
Wyoming,
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, and
Hamilton counties.
Background
In the
2004 U.S. Senate election, Schumer had defeated Republican Assemblyman
Howard Mills by a 71 to 24 percent margin. Schumer was highly popular in New York, and it was believed that any Republican contender would likely not fare well against him in 2010.
Schumer was heavily favored to retain his seat.
In addition to this regular election, there was also a
special election to fill the Senate seat vacated by
Hillary Clinton, who became the
United States Secretary of State on January 21, 2009. In addition, there was the
New York gubernatorial election. The existence of two other top-level statewide races, one with a Democratic incumbent perceived as vulnerable and the other an open race, respectively, was believed to lead major New York Republicans to gravitate towards them rather than challenge the popular Schumer.
Republican nomination
Convention
Candidates
*
Gary Berntsen, retired
CIA officer, received the party's endorsement on the second round of balloting
* Martin Chicon, candidate for New York Senate in 2008 and
New York Republican State Committee member from upper Manhattan.
* George Maragos, Nassau County Comptroller
* James Staudenraus, Long Island resident and 2008 state assembly candidate
* Jay Townsend, Republican strategist (finished second and also qualified for the primary)
Results
Only two candidates, Berntsen and Townsend, obtained at least 25% of the vote at the New York State Republican Convention on June 1, 2010. Berntsen came in first, but still needed to win the primary in order to win the Republican nomination. Berntsen lost the primary to Jay Townsend.
Primary
Candidates
*
Gary Berntsen
* Jay Townsend
Results
General election
Candidates
* Anti-Prohibition Party:
Randy Credico
* Conservative Party of New York: Jay Townsend
* Democratic Party:
Chuck Schumer
* Green Party:
Colia Clark
* Libertarian Party:
Randy Credico
* Republican Party: Jay Townsend
* Taxpayers Party:
Gary Berntsen
Predictions
Fundraising
Polling
Results
Aftermath
Credico sued the
New York State Board of Elections
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under the
Equal Protection Clause of the Fourteenth Amendment because of this unfair treatment regarding ballot access. Despite being nominated by both the Libertarian Party and the Anti-Prohibition Party, in most jurisdictions, he only appeared on the ballot once. On June 19, 2013, the Federal District Court for the Eastern District of New York ruled in favor of Credico. The New York State Board of Elections did not appeal this decision.
References
External links
New York State Board of Elections*
Official candidate listU.S. Congress candidates for New Yorkat
Project Vote Smart
New York U.S. Senate 2010from OurCampaigns.com
Campaign contributionsfrom
Open Secrets
New York Pollsgraph of multiple polls from ''Pollster.com''
Election 2010: New York Senatefrom
Rasmussen Reports
2010 New York Senate Racefrom
Real Clear Politics
2010 New York Senate Racefrom
CQ Politics
Race profilefrom
The New York Times
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