The 2012 United States Senate election in New York took place on November 6, 2012, concurrently with the U.S. presidential election as well as other elections to the

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and

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as well as various state and local elections. Incumbent Democratic U.S. Senator

Kirsten Gillibrand Kirsten Elizabeth Gillibrand (; ; born December 9, 1966) is an American lawyer and politician serving as the junior United States senator from New York since 2009. A member of the Democratic Party, she served as member of the U.S. House of ...

won re-election to her first full term. She was opposed in the general election by

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(who ran on the Republican and Conservative Party tickets) and by three minor party candidates. Gillibrand was re-elected with 72% of the vote. She carried 60 out of 62 counties statewide.

Background

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David Paterson appointed then- U.S. Representative

to serve as U.S. Senator from New York until the 2010 special election, succeeding former U.S. Senator

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, who resigned to serve as

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in the Obama administration. Gillibrand won the special election in 2010 with 62.95% of the vote over former U.S. Representative

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Democratic primary

Candidates

, incumbent U.S. Senator Gillibrand was endorsed by the Independence Party of New York and the

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and appeared on the ballot lines of both of those parties in the general election.

Republican primary

Candidates

Declared

* Wendy E. Long, attorney * George Maragos, Nassau County Comptroller * Bob Turner, U.S. Representative, New York's 9th congressional district The 2012 New York State Republican Convention took place on March 16, 2012. Candidates Wendy Long, George Maragos, and Congressman Bob Turner each reached the threshold of 25% of the weighted vote necessary to qualify for the June 26 primary ballot; however, none of the candidates achieved a majority. Long prevailed by a sizeable margin in the June 26 Republican primary, receiving 50.9% of the vote; Turner received 35.6% and Maragos 13.5%. Long was designated as the nominee for the Conservative Party of New York State, and appeared on its ballot line in the general election as well as the Republican Party line.

Withdrew

* Joe Carvin, Rye Town Supervisor, withdrew on March 16, 2012 to run for the House of Representatives against

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Polling

Endorsements

Source: Update for US Senate Election NY 2012: http://www.elections.ny.gov/NYSBOE/elections/2012/General/USSenator_07292013.pdf

Results

General election

Candidates

* Colia Clark (

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), civil rights activist and candidate for the U.S. Senate in 2010 * Chris Edes ( Libertarian) * Kirsten Gillibrand (Democratic, Working Families, Independence), incumbent U.S. Senator * Wendy Long (Republican, Conservative), attorney * John Mangelli (Common Sense Party)

Debates

Complete video of debate
October 17, 2012 - C-SPAN

Fundraising

Top contributors

Top industries

Predictions

Polling

;with George Maragos ;with Bob Turner ;with Marc Cenedella ;with Harry Wilson

Results

References

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2012 New York (state) elections Kirsten Gillibrand

Background

Democratic primary

Candidates

Republican primary

Candidates

Declared

Withdrew

Polling

Endorsements

Results

General election

Candidates

Debates

Fundraising

Top contributors

Top industries

Predictions

Polling

Results

See also

References

External links