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2024 United States Senate election in New York

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2024 United States Senate election in New York

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Reporting
95%
as of Nov. 6, 3:40 PM EST
 
Nominee Kirsten Gillibrand Mike Sapraicone
Party Democratic Republican
Alliance Working Families Conservative
Popular vote 4,473,928 3,177,975
Percentage 58.2% 41.3%

County results
Gillibrand:      50–60%      60–70%      70–80%      80–90%
Sapraicone:      50–60%      60–70%      70–80%

U.S. senator before election

Kirsten Gillibrand
Democratic

Elected U.S. Senator

Kirsten Gillibrand
Democratic

The 2024 United States Senate election in New York was held on November 5, 2024, to elect a member of the United States Senate to represent the state of New York. Democratic incumbent Kirsten Gillibrand was re-elected to a third term, defeating Republican businessman Mike Sapraicone. Primary elections took place on June 25, 2024.[1]

Gillibrand's victory was significantly closer than her previous two, and followed Chuck Schumer's narrower victory in 2022. This was the state's second consecutive Senate election in which the Republican garnered over 40% of the vote.

Democratic primary

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Candidates

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Nominee

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Disqualified

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  • Khaled Salem, nonprofit executive[3]

Declined

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Endorsements

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Polling

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Hypothetical polling
Kirsten Gillibrand vs. Andrew Cuomo
Poll source Date(s)
administered
Sample
size[a]
Margin
of error
Kirsten
Gillibrand
Andrew
Cuomo
Undecided
American Pulse & Research Polling (R)[A] November 30 – December 1, 2023 417 (V) ± 4.8% 49% 35% 16%

Fundraising

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Campaign finance reports as of June 5, 2024
Candidate Raised Spent Cash on hand
Kirsten Gillibrand (D) $13,181,513 $13,105,874 $10,391,040
Source: Federal Election Commission[29]

Republican primary

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Candidates

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Nominee

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  • Mike Sapraicone, businessman and retired NYPD detective[30]

Disqualified

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Endorsements

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Mike Sapraicone
Executive branch officials
Party chapters
Cara Castronuova (disqualified)
U.S. Representatives
Local officials
Individuals
Party chapters
Josh Eisen (disqualified)

Fundraising

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Campaign finance reports as of June 5, 2024
Candidate Raised Spent Cash on hand
Mike Sapraicone (R) $738,958 $494,680 $244,277
Source: Federal Election Commission[29]

Independents

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Candidates

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Declared

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  • Diane Sare, political organizer and perennial candidate[35]

Endorsements

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Diane Sare

Fundraising

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Campaign finance reports as of June 5, 2024
Candidate Raised Spent Cash on hand
Diane Sare (I) $331,307 $331,025 $6,726
Source: Federal Election Commission[29]

General election

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Predictions

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Source Ranking As of
The Cook Political Report[37] Solid D November 9, 2023
Inside Elections[38] Solid D November 9, 2023
Sabato's Crystal Ball[39] Safe D November 9, 2023
Decision Desk HQ/The Hill[40] Safe D June 8, 2024
Elections Daily[41] Safe D May 4, 2023
CNalysis[42] Solid D November 21, 2023
RealClearPolitics[43] Solid D August 5, 2024
Split Ticket[44] Safe D October 23, 2024
538[45] Solid D October 23, 2024

Endorsments

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Mike Sapraicone (R)
Executive branch officials
Party chapters

Fundraising

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Campaign finance reports as of September 30, 2024
Candidate Raised Spent Cash on hand
Kirsten Gillibrand (D) $15,120,750 $23,896,091 $1,540,060
Michael Sapraicone (R) $1,110,275[b] $771,871 $338,403
Diane Sare (I) $457,732[c] $455,244 $8,933
Source: Federal Election Commission[29]

Polling

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Aggregate polls
Source of poll
aggregation
Dates
administered
Dates
updated
Kirsten
Gillibrand (D)
Mike
Sapraicone (R)
Undecided
[d]
Margin
538 through November 3, 2024 November 4, 2024 57.2% 33.9% 8.9% Gillibrand +23.2%
RealClearPolitics September 23 – October 27, 2024 October 29, 2024 55.0% 34.3% 10.7% Gillibrand +20.7%
270ToWin September 30 - November 4, 2024 November 4, 2024 55.8% 32.8% 11.4% Gillibrand +23.0%
TheHill/DDHQ through November 3, 2024 November 4, 2024 58.9% 34.8% 6.3% Gillibrand +24.1%
Average 56.7% 34.0% 9.3% Gillibrand +22.7%
Poll source Date(s)
administered
Sample
size[a]
Margin
of error
Kirsten
Gillibrand (D)
Mike
Sapraicone (R)
Other Undecided
Research Co. November 2–3, 2024 450 (LV) ± 4.6% 61% 33% 2%[e] 4%
ActiVote October 4–28, 2024 400 (LV) ± 4.9% 60% 40%
Cygnal (R) October 26–27, 2024 600 (LV) ± 4.0% 58% 39% 1%[f] 2%
Siena College October 13–17, 2024 872 (LV) ± 4.1% 57% 31% 2%[g] 9%
YouGov[B] October 7–17, 2024 1,089 (RV) ± 3.41% 57% 32% 11%
Emerson College[C] September 23–25, 2024 1,000 (LV) ± 3.0% 50% 33% 1%[h] 15%
ActiVote August 24 – September 25, 2024 400 (LV) ± 4.9% 60% 40%
Siena College September 11–16, 2024 1,003 (LV) ± 4.3% 54% 31% 3%[i] 13%
ActiVote July 8 – August 5, 2024 400 (LV) ± 4.9% 63% 37%
Siena College July 28 – August 1, 2024 1,199 (LV) ± 4.0% 56% 33% 1%[j] 10%
Hypothetical polling
Kirsten Gillibrand vs. generic opponent
Poll source Date(s)
administered
Sample
size[a]
Margin
of error
Kirsten
Gillibrand (D)
Generic
opponent
Undecided
Siena College June 12–13 & 16–17, 2024 805 (RV) ± 4.1% 42% 42% 16%
Siena College May 13–15, 2024 1,191 (RV) ± 3.9% 39% 41% 20%
Siena College April 15–17, 2024 806 (RV) ± 4.1% 42% 39% 19%
Siena College February 12–14, 2024 806 (RV) ± 4.2% 39% 37% 23%
Siena College January 14–17, 2024 807 (RV) ± 4.5% 43% 38% 19%
Siena College November 12–15, 2023 893 (RV) ± 4.6% 40% 35% 25%
Siena College October 15–19, 2023 1,225 (RV) ± 3.4% 39% 38% 23%
Siena College September 10–13, 2023 804 (RV) ± 4.3% 41% 37% 22%
Siena College August 13–16, 2023 803 (RV) ± 4.4% 40% 41% 19%
Siena College June 20–25, 2023 817 (RV) ± 3.9% 40% 40% 20%
Siena College May 7–11, 2023 810 (RV) ± 4.1% 43% 38% 19%
Siena College March 19–22, 2023 802 (RV) ± 4.6% 43% 38% 19%

Results

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2024 United States Senate election in New York[54]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Democratic Kirsten Gillibrand
Working Families Kirsten Gillibrand
Total Kirsten Gillibrand (incumbent) 4,426,901 58.4%
Republican Mike Sapraicone
Conservative Mike Sapraicone
Total Mike Sapraicone 3,117,846 41.1%
LaRouche Diane Sare 35,717 0.5%
Total votes 7,580,464 100.0%
Democratic hold

Notes

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  1. ^ a b c Key:
    A – all adults
    RV – registered voters
    LV – likely voters
    V – unclear
  2. ^ $550,050 of this total was self-funded by Sapraicone
  3. ^ $6,000 of this total was self-funded by Sare
  4. ^ Calculated by taking the difference of 100% and all other candidates combined.
  5. ^ "Some other candidate" with 2%
  6. ^ Sare (I) with 1%
  7. ^ "Wouldn't vote" with 2%
  8. ^ Sare (I) with 1%
  9. ^ "Wouldn't vote" with 2%; "Someone else" with 1%
  10. ^ "Wouldn't vote" with 1%
Partisan clients
  1. ^ Poll sponsored by Save the Senate
  2. ^ Poll sponsored by Rose Institute of State and Local Government
  3. ^ Poll sponsored by The Hill and WPIX

References

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