2010 New York State Senate election

The 2010 New York State Senate elections were held on November 2, 2010, to elect representatives from all 62 State Senate districts in the U.S. state of New York.^[1] Primary elections were held on September 14, 2010.^[2] Republicans retook the Senate majority,^[3] winning 32 seats to the Democrats' 30 on Election Day.^[4][5]

2010 New York State Senate election

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All 62 seats in the New York State Senate 32 seats needed for a majority
Majority party Minority party   Leader Dean Skelos Malcolm Smith Party Republican Democratic Leader's seat 9th District 14th District Seats before 30 32 Seats after 32 30 Seat change 2 2
Results:      Democratic hold      Democratic gain      Republican hold      Republican gain
Temporary President and Majority Leader before election Malcolm Smith Democratic Temporary President and Majority Leader Dean Skelos Republican

One Republican Senate incumbent, Senator Frank Padavan of Queens, was defeated,^[6] while four Democratic incumbents (Sens. Brian Foley,^[7] Antoine Thompson,^[8] Darrel Aubertine,^[9] and Craig Johnson^[4]) were defeated in the general election.^[10][1] Democratic candidate David Carlucci was elected to an open seat in Senate District 38^[11] that had become vacant due to the July 2010 death of Republican Senator Thomas Morahan.^[12] Incumbent Democrat William Stachowski was defeated by Timothy M. Kennedy in a Democratic primary in Senate District 58,^[13] and Kennedy prevailed in the general election.^[14] The Republicans' takeover of control of the State Senate was not confirmed until Johnson, who had sought a full hand recount of his race, exhausted his final court appeal on December 20, 2010.^[4]

Predictions

Source	Ranking	As of
Governing[15]	Tossup	November 1, 2010

District 1

New York's 1st State Senate district election, 2010

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Kenneth LaValle (incumbent)	65,611	66.5
	Democratic	Jennifer J. Maertz	33,094	33.5
Total votes			98,705	100.0
	Republican hold

District 2

New York's 2nd State Senate district election, 2010

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	John J. Flanagan (incumbent)	61,842	69.8
	Democratic	Ira L. Bernstein	26,750	30.2
Total votes			88,592	100.0
	Republican hold

District 3

New York's 3rd State Senate district election, 2010

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Lee Zeldin	41,063	57.1
	Democratic	Brian X. Foley (incumbent)	30,876	42.9
Total votes			71,939	100.0
	Republican gain from Democratic

District 4

New York's 4th State Senate district election, 2010

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Owen H. Johnson (incumbent)	43,799	66.4
	Democratic	Maeghan H. Lollo	22,197	33.6
Total votes			65,996	100.0
	Republican hold

District 5

New York's 5th State Senate district election, 2010

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Carl Marcellino (incumbent)	58,064	62.2
	Democratic	Lawrence H. Silverman	35,336	37.8
Total votes			93,400	100.0
	Republican hold

District 6

New York's 6th State Senate district election, 2010

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Kemp Hannon (incumbent)	45,970	58.7
	Democratic	Francesca Carlow	30,328	38.7
	Working Families	David L. Mejias	2,013	2.6
Total votes			78,311	100.0
	Republican hold

District 7

New York's 7th State Senate district election, 2010

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Jack Martins	42,928	50.3
	Democratic	Craig M. Johnson (incumbent)	42,477	49.7
Total votes			85,405	100.0
	Republican gain from Democratic

District 8

New York's 8th State Senate district election, 2010

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Charles Fuschillo (incumbent)	53,439	64.5
	Democratic	Carol A. Gordon	29,384	35.5
Total votes			82,823	100.0
	Republican hold

District 9

New York's 9th State Senate district election, 2010

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Dean Skelos (incumbent)	59,252	65.8
	Democratic	George S. Sava	30,804	34.2
Total votes			90,056	100.0
	Republican hold

District 10

New York's 10th State Senate district election, 2010

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Shirley Huntley (incumbent)	47,186	100.0
Total votes			47,186	100.0
	Democratic hold

District 11

New York's 11th State Senate district election, 2010

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Tony Avella	31,573	54.3
	Republican	Frank Padavan (incumbent)	26,571	45.7
Total votes			58,144	100.0
	Democratic gain from Republican

District 12

New York's 12th State Senate district election, 2010

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Michael Gianaris	31,737	81.3
	Republican	Jerome Patrick Tina Jr.	7,320	18.7
Total votes			39,057	100.0
	Democratic hold

District 13

New York's 13th State Senate district election, 2010

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Jose Peralta (incumbent)	23,962	82.8
	Republican	Richard La Salle	4,979	17.2
Total votes			28,941	100.0
	Democratic hold

District 14

New York's 14th State Senate district election, 2010

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Malcolm Smith (incumbent)	43,356	81.5
	Republican	Samuel Benoit	7,798	14.7
	Conservative	Everly Brown	2,033	3.8
Total votes			53,187	100.0
	Democratic hold

District 15

New York's 15th State Senate district election, 2010

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Joseph Addabbo Jr. (incumbent)	23,272	56.9
	Republican	Anthony Como	17,594	43.1
Total votes			40,866	100.0
	Democratic hold

District 16

New York's 16th State Senate district election, 2010

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Toby Ann Stavisky (incumbent)	34,471	87.0
	Conservative	Robert Schwartz	5,171	13.0
Total votes			39,642	100.0
	Democratic hold

District 17

New York's 17th State Senate district election, 2010

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Martin Malave Dilan (incumbent)	31,483	91.1
	Republican	Michael E. Freeman-Saulsberre	3,084	8.9
Total votes			34,567	100.0
	Democratic hold

District 18

New York's 18th State Senate district election, 2010

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Velmanette Montgomery (incumbent)	54,317	95.9
	Republican	Laquan O. Word	2,330	4.1
Total votes			56,647	100.0
	Democratic hold

District 19

New York's 19th State Senate district election, 2010

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	John L. Sampson (incumbent)	43,450	93.4
	Republican	Rose Laney	3,071	6.6
Total votes			46,521	100.0
	Democratic hold

District 20

New York's 20th State Senate district election, 2010

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Eric Adams (incumbent)	51,598	92.2
	Republican	Allan E. Romaguera	4,352	7.8
Total votes			55,950	100.0
	Democratic hold

District 21

New York's 21st State Senate district election, 2010

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Kevin Parker (incumbent)	38,327	84.6
	Republican	Jeffrey Lodge	5,950	13.1
	Conservative	Brian Kelly	1,024	2.3
Total votes			45,301	100.0
	Democratic hold

District 22

New York's 22nd State Senate district election, 2010

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Martin Golden (incumbent)	28,270	65.8
	Democratic	Michael DiSanto	14,666	34.2
Total votes			42,936	100.0
	Republican hold

District 23

New York's 23rd State Senate district election, 2010

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Diane Savino (incumbent)	29,908	100.0
Total votes			29,908	100.0
	Democratic hold

District 24

New York's 24th State Senate district election, 2010

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Andrew Lanza (incumbent)	54,602	100.0
Total votes			54,602	100.0
	Republican hold

District 25

New York's 25th State Senate district election, 2010

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Daniel Squadron (incumbent)	50,485	86.0
	Republican	Joseph A. Nardiello	8,217	14.0
Total votes			58,702	100.0
	Democratic hold

District 26

New York's 26th State Senate district election, 2010

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Liz Krueger (incumbent)	56,222	70.4
	Republican	Saul J. Farber	23,634	29.6
Total votes			79,856	100.0
	Democratic hold

District 27

New York's 27th State Senate district election, 2010

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Carl Kruger (incumbent)	25,004	73.2
	Conservative	Avrahom Rosenberg	9,152	26.8
Total votes			34,156	100.0
	Democratic hold

District 28

New York's 28th State Senate district election, 2010

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Jose M. Serrano (incumbent)	33,115	91.2
	Republican	Jon Girodes	2,631	7.2
	Conservative	Keesha S. Weiner	568	1.6
Total votes			36,314	100.0
	Democratic hold

District 29

New York's 29th State Senate district election, 2010

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Thomas Duane (incumbent)	71,645	85.2
	Republican	Joseph A. Mendola	12,475	14.8
Total votes			84,120	100.0
	Democratic hold

District 30

New York's 30th State Senate district election, 2010

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Bill Perkins (incumbent)	56,793	93.7
	Republican	Donal Yarbrough	3,795	6.3
Total votes			60,588	100.0
	Democratic hold

District 31

New York's 31st State Senate district election, 2010

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Adriano Espaillat	50,007	84.0
	Republican	Stylo Sapaskis	6,388	10.8
	Green	Ann J. Roos	2,158	3.6
	Conservative	Raphael M. Klapper	964	1.6
Total votes			59,517	100.0
	Democratic hold

District 32

New York's 32nd State Senate district election, 2010

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Rubén Díaz Sr. (incumbent)	35,266	90.3
	Conservative	Michael E. Walters	3,795	9.7
Total votes			39,061	100.0
	Democratic hold

District 33

New York's 33rd State Senate district election, 2010

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Gustavo Rivera (incumbent)	27,417	97.1
	Green	John Reynolds	833	2.9
Total votes			28,250	100.0
	Democratic hold

District 34

New York's 34th State Senate district election, 2010

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Jeffrey Klein (incumbent)	35,863	66.9
	Republican	Frank V. Vernuccio Jr.	17,724	33.1
Total votes			53,587	100.0
	Democratic hold

District 35

New York's 35th State Senate district election, 2010

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Andrea Stewart-Cousins (incumbent)	42,982	55.6
	Republican	Liam J. McLaughlin	34,260	44.4
Total votes			77,242	100.0
	Democratic hold

District 36

New York's 36th State Senate district election, 2010

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Ruth Hassell-Thompson (incumbent)	47,113	96.1
	Republican	Robert L. Diamond	1,907	3.9
Total votes			49,020	100.0
	Democratic hold

District 37

New York's 37th State Senate district election, 2010

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Suzi Oppenheimer (incumbent)	45,300	50.4
	Republican	Bob Cohen	44,572	49.6
Total votes			89,872	100.0
	Democratic hold

District 38

New York's 38th State Senate district election, 2010

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	David Carlucci	51,515	53.0
	Republican	C. Scott Vanderhoef	45,605	47.0
Total votes			97,120	100.0
	Democratic gain from Republican

District 39

New York's 39th State Senate district election, 2010

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Bill Larkin (incumbent)	52,596	60.8
	Democratic	Harley E. Doles, III	33,961	39.2
Total votes			86,557	100.0
	Republican hold

District 40

New York's 40th State Senate district election, 2010

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Greg Ball	50,705	51.1
	Democratic	Mike Kaplowitz	48,567	48.9
Total votes			99,272	100.0
	Republican hold

District 41

New York's 41st State Senate district election, 2010

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Stephen Saland (incumbent)	56,680	59.7
	Democratic	Didi Barrett	38,253	40.3
Total votes			94,933	100.0
	Republican hold

District 42

New York's 42nd State Senate district election, 2010

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	John Bonacic (incumbent)	52,533	59.5
	Democratic	David A. Sager	35,745	40.5
Total votes			88,278	100.0
	Republican hold

District 43

New York's 43rd State Senate district election, 2010

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Roy McDonald (incumbent)	64,811	58.2
	Democratic	Joanne D. Yepsen	46,542	41.8
Total votes			111,353	100.0
	Republican hold

District 44

New York's 44th State Senate district election, 2010

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Hugh Farley (incumbent)	61,771	64.2
	Democratic	Susan E. Savage	34,433	35.8
Total votes			96,204	100.0
	Republican hold

District 45

New York's 45th State Senate district election, 2010

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Betty Little (incumbent)	71,743	100.0
Total votes			71,743	100.0
	Republican hold

District 46

New York's 46th State Senate district election, 2010

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Neil Breslin (incumbent)	53,724	53.7
	Republican	Robert L. Domenici	40,408	40.3
	Reform	Michael J. Carey	5,980	6.0
Total votes			100,112	100.0
	Democratic hold

District 47

New York's 47th State Senate district election, 2010

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Joseph Griffo (incumbent)	55,909	68.7
	Democratic	Michael J. Hennessy	25,525	31.3
Total votes			81,434	100.0
	Republican hold

District 48

New York's 48th State Senate district election, 2010

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Patty Ritchie	38,508	52.6
	Democratic	Darrel Aubertine (incumbent)	34,712	47.4
Total votes			73,220	100.0
	Republican gain from Democratic

District 49

New York's 49th State Senate district election, 2010

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	David Valesky (incumbent)	43,935	52.8
	Republican	Andrew C. Russo	39,317	47.2
Total votes			83,252	100.0
	Democratic hold

District 50

New York's 50th State Senate district election, 2010

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	John DeFrancisco (incumbent)	58,892	64.8
	Democratic	Kathleen Joy	31,997	35.2
Total votes			90,889	100.0
	Republican hold

District 51

New York's 51st State Senate district election, 2010

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	James L. Seward (incumbent)	66,956	68.7
Total votes			66,956	100.0
	Republican hold

District 52

New York's 52nd State Senate district election, 2010

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Thomas W. Libous (incumbent)	52,700	61.2
	Democratic	John P. Orzel	33,346	38.8
Total votes			86,046	100.0
	Republican hold

District 53

New York's 53rd State Senate district election, 2010

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Tom O'Mara	46,226	59.5
	Democratic	Pamela Mackesey	31,470	40.5
Total votes			77,696	100.0
	Republican hold

District 54

New York's 54th State Senate district election, 2010

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Michael Nozzolio (incumbent)	61,958	69.6
	Democratic	Edward J. O'Shea	27,059	30.4
Total votes			89,017	100.0
	Republican hold

District 55

New York's 55th State Senate district election, 2010

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	James Alesi (incumbent)	57,025	53.2
	Democratic	Mary Wilmot	50,163	46.8
Total votes			107,188	100.0
	Republican hold

District 56

New York's 56th State Senate district election, 2010

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Joseph Robach (incumbent)	46,506	61.9
	Democratic	Robin Wilt	28,678	38.1
Total votes			75,184	100.0
	Republican hold

District 57

New York's 57th State Senate district election, 2010

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Catharine Young (incumbent)	67,212	84.7
	Democratic	Michael J. McCormick	12,121	15.3
Total votes			79,333	100.0
	Republican hold

District 58

New York's 58th State Senate district election, 2010

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Timothy M. Kennedy	42,757	47.2
	Republican	Jack Quinn III	41,162	45.5
	Independence	William Stachowski (incumbent)	6,611	7.3
Total votes			90,530	100.0
	Democratic hold

District 59

New York's 59th State Senate district election, 2010

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Patrick Gallivan	59,208	58.7
	Democratic	Cynthia M. Appleton	30,712	30.5
	Independent	David DiPietro	10,850	10.8
Total votes			100,770	100.0
	Republican hold

District 60

New York's 60th State Senate district election, 2010

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Mark Grisanti	33,243	50.4
	Democratic	Antoine Thompson (incumbent)	32,724	49.6
Total votes			65,967	100.0
	Republican gain from Democratic

District 61

New York's 61st State Senate district election, 2010

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Michael Ranzenhofer (incumbent)	63,467	62.9
	Democratic	Marc A. Coppola	37,464	37.1
Total votes			100,931	100.0
	Republican hold

District 62

New York's 62nd State Senate district election, 2010

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	George D. Maziarz (incumbent)	59,097	67.6
	Democratic	Amy Hope Witryol	28,386	32.4
Total votes			87,483	100.0
	Republican hold