2012 New York State Senate election

The 2012 New York State Senate elections were held on November 6, 2012 to elect representatives from all 63 State Senate districts in the U.S. state of New York.^[2][3] Primary elections were held on September 13, 2012.^[4]

2012 New York State Senate election

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All 63 seats in the New York State Senate 32 seats needed for a majority
Majority party Minority party   Leader Dean Skelos John L. Sampson Party Republican Democratic Leader's seat 9th District 19th District Seats before 33 29 Seats after 30[1] 33[1] Seat change 3 4
Results:      Democratic gain      Democratic hold      Republican hold
Temporary President and Majority Leader before election Dean Skelos Republican Temporary President and Majority Leader Dean Skelos Republican

Democrats won a total of 33 seats for a three-seat majority. Democrats gained seats in Senate Districts 17 (where Democrat Simcha Felder defeated Republican incumbent David Storobin), 41, and 55 (where Ted O'Brien defeated Sean Hanna to win the seat vacated by the retiring Republican Sen. Jim Alesi), and won the election in the newly created Senate District 46.^[2][3][1] In Senate District 46, Republican George Amedore was named the winner and was sworn in as a senator. However, a recount revealed that Democrat Cecilia Tkaczyk had defeated Amedore by 18 votes; therefore, Amedore vacated the seat (becoming the shortest-tenured senator in modern New York history) and Tkaczyk was sworn in.^[1][5]

Of the four Republican state senators who voted for the Marriage Equality Act in 2011 (Sens. Roy McDonald, James Alesi, Mark Grisanti, and Stephen Saland),^[6] only Grisanti was re-elected in 2012.^[7]

On December 4, 2012, it was announced that Senate Republicans had reached a power-sharing deal with the four-member Independent Democratic Conference (IDC).^[8] Together, the Senate Republicans and the IDC held enough seats to form a governing majority. That majority was augmented when freshman Sen. Simcha Felder of Brooklyn, a Democrat, joined the Senate Republican Conference.^[9]

Predictions

Source	Ranking	As of
Governing[10]	Tossup	October 24, 2012

District 1

New York's 1st State Senate district election, 2012

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Kenneth LaValle (incumbent)	76,006	59.7
	Democratic	Bridget M. Fleming	51,301	40.3
Total votes			127,307	100.0
	Republican hold

District 2

New York's 2nd State Senate district election, 2012

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	John J. Flanagan (incumbent)	80,004	67.5
	Democratic	Errol D. Toulon, Jr.	38,482	32.5
Total votes			118,486	100.0
	Republican hold

District 3

New York's 3rd State Senate district election, 2012

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Lee Zeldin (incumbent)	52,057	55.7
	Democratic	Francis T. Genco	41,372	44.3
Total votes			93,429	100.0
	Republican hold

District 4

New York's 4th State Senate district election, 2012

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Philip Boyle	54,515	52.6
	Democratic	Ricardo Montano	49,223	47.4
Total votes			103,738	100.0
	Republican hold

District 5

New York's 5th State Senate district election, 2012

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Carl Marcellino (incumbent)	73,947	59.8
	Democratic	David B. Wright	49,647	40.2
Total votes			123,594	100.0
	Republican hold

District 6

New York's 6th State Senate district election, 2012

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Kemp Hannon (incumbent)	58,843	52.0
	Democratic	Ryan E. Cronin	54,382	48.0
Total votes			113,225	100.0
	Republican hold

District 7

New York's 7th State Senate district election, 2012

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Jack Martins (incumbent)	58,039	51.8
	Democratic	Daniel S. Ross	53,987	48.2
Total votes			112,026	100.0
	Republican hold

District 8

New York's 8th State Senate district election, 2012

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Charles Fuschillo (incumbent)	68,708	59.2
	Democratic	Carol A. Gordon	47,393	40.8
Total votes			116,101	100.0
	Republican hold

District 9

New York's 9th State Senate district election, 2012

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Dean Skelos (incumbent)	68,816	60.7
	Democratic	Thomas H. Feffer	44,646	39.3
Total votes			113,462	100.0
	Republican hold

District 10

New York's 10th State Senate district election, 2012

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	James Sanders, Jr.	67,474	100.0
Total votes			67,474	100.0
	Democratic hold

District 11

New York's 11th State Senate district election, 2012

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Tony Avella (incumbent)	64,776	73.3
	Republican	Joseph R. Concannon	23,550	26.7
Total votes			88,326	100.0
	Democratic hold

District 12

New York's 12th State Senate district election, 2012

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Michael Gianaris (incumbent)	61,843	86.4
	Republican	Aurelio A. Arcabascio	9,775	13.6
Total votes			71,618	100.0
	Democratic hold

District 13

New York's 13th State Senate district election, 2012

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Jose Peralta (incumbent)	49,893	100.0
Total votes			49,893	100.0
	Democratic hold

District 14

New York's 14th State Senate district election, 2012

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Malcolm Smith (incumbent)	86,419	100.0
Total votes			86,419	100.0
	Democratic hold

District 15

New York's 15th State Senate district election, 2012

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Joseph Addabbo Jr. (incumbent)	42,190	57.6
	Republican	Eric Ulrich	31,036	42.4
Total votes			73,226	100.0
	Democratic hold

District 16

New York's 16th State Senate district election, 2012

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Toby Ann Stavisky (incumbent)	43,980	76.5
	Republican	J. D. Kim	13,507	23.5
Total votes			57,487	100.0
	Democratic hold

District 17

New York's 17th State Senate district election, 2012

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Simcha Felder	39,266	66.4
	Republican	David Storobin (incumbent)	19,338	32.7
	Socialist	Abraham Tischler	528	0.9
Total votes			59,132	100.0
	Democratic gain from Republican

District 18

New York's 18th State Senate district election, 2012

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Martin Malave Dilan (incumbent)	69,749	94.6
	Republican	Michael E. Freeman-Saulsberre	3,987	5.4
Total votes			73,736	100.0
	Democratic hold

District 19

New York's 19th State Senate district election, 2012

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	John L. Sampson (incumbent)	78,974	90.3
	Republican	Jane Neal	7,226	8.3
	Conservative	Elias J. Weir	1,196	1.4
Total votes			87,396	100.0
	Democratic hold

District 20

New York's 20th State Senate district election, 2012

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Eric Adams (incumbent)	81,110	95.7
	Republican	Rose Laney	2,683	3.2
	Conservative	Brian Kelly	938	1.1
Total votes			84,731	100.0
	Democratic hold

District 21

New York's 21st State Senate district election, 2012

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Kevin Parker (incumbent)	95,310	97.2
	Conservative	Mindy Meyer	2,733	2.8
Total votes			98,043	100.0
	Democratic hold

District 22

New York's 22nd State Senate district election, 2012

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Martin Golden (incumbent)	38,584	57.7
	Democratic	Andrew Gounardes	28,243	42.3
Total votes			66,827	100.0
	Republican hold

District 23

New York's 23rd State Senate district election, 2012

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Diane Savino (incumbent)	50,555	77.0
	Republican	Lisa Grey	15,131	23.0
Total votes			65,686	100.0
	Democratic hold

District 24

New York's 24th State Senate district election, 2012

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Andrew Lanza (incumbent)	78,418	74.5
	Democratic	Gary W. Carsel	26,893	25.5
Total votes			105,311	100.0
	Republican hold

District 25

New York's 25th State Senate district election, 2012

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Velmanette Montgomery (incumbent)	102,940	97.2
	Republican	John A. Jasilli	2,944	2.8
Total votes			105,884	100.0
	Democratic hold

District 26

New York's 26th State Senate district election, 2012

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Daniel Squadron (incumbent)	71,621	86.7
	Republican	Jacqueline Haro	10,943	13.3
Total votes			82,564	100.0
	Democratic hold

District 27

New York's 27th State Senate district election, 2012

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Brad Hoylman	93,569	100.0
Total votes			93,569	100.0
	Democratic hold

District 28

New York's 28th State Senate district election, 2012

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Liz Krueger (incumbent)	83,503	73.9
	Republican	David Paul Garland	29,440	26.1
Total votes			112,943	100.0
	Democratic hold

District 29

New York's 29th State Senate district election, 2012

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Jose M. Serrano (incumbent)	72,650	94.0
	Conservative	Robert Goodman	3,382	4.4
	Green	Thomas Siracuse	1,245	1.6
Total votes			77,277	100.0
	Democratic hold

District 30

New York's 30th State Senate district election, 2012

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Bill Perkins (incumbent)	98,138	100.0
Total votes			98,138	100.0
	Democratic hold

District 31

New York's 31st State Senate district election, 2012

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Adriano Espaillat (incumbent)	85,162	91.2
	Republican	Martin Chicon	8,190	8.8
Total votes			93,352	100.0
	Democratic hold

District 32

New York's 32nd State Senate district election, 2012

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Rubén Díaz Sr. (incumbent)	72,950	97.1
	Independence	David M. Johnson	2,188	2.9
Total votes			75,138	100.0
	Democratic hold

District 33

New York's 33rd State Senate district election, 2012

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Gustavo Rivera (incumbent)	57,167	96.1
	Republican	Michael E. Walters	2,296	3.9
Total votes			59,463	100.0
	Democratic hold

District 34

New York's 34th State Senate district election, 2012

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Jeffrey Klein (incumbent)	80,422	93.8
	Conservative	Elizabeth Perri	3,940	4.6
	Green	Carl Lundgren	1,348	1.6
Total votes			85,710	100.0
	Democratic hold

District 35

New York's 35th State Senate district election, 2012

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Andrea Stewart-Cousins (incumbent)	84,180	100.0
Total votes			84,180	100.0
	Democratic hold

District 36

New York's 36th State Senate district election, 2012

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Ruth Hassell-Thompson (incumbent)	86,733	97.7
	Conservative	Robert L. Diamond	2,020	2.3
Total votes			88,753	100.0
	Democratic hold

District 37

New York's 37th State Senate district election, 2012

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	George S. Latimer	64,236	54.1
	Republican	Bob Cohen	54,574	45.9
Total votes			118,810	100.0
	Democratic hold

District 38

New York's 38th State Senate district election, 2012

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	David Carlucci (incumbent)	75,428	70.6
	Republican	Janis A. Castaldi	31,460	29.4
Total votes			106,888	100.0
	Democratic hold

District 39

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

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Bill Larkin (incumbent)	54,921	52.5
	Democratic	Christopher W. Eachus	49,746	47.5
Total votes			104,667	100.0
	Republican hold

District 40

New York's 40th State Senate district election, 2012

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Greg Ball (incumbent)	64,991	51.0
	Democratic	Justin R. Wagner	62,325	49.0
Total votes			127,316	100.0
	Republican hold

District 41

New York's 41st State Senate district election, 2012

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Terry Gipson	53,562	43.8
	Republican	Stephen Saland (incumbent)	51,466	42.1
	Conservative	Neil A. DiCarlo	17,300	14.1
Total votes			122,328	100.0
	Democratic gain from Republican

District 42

New York's 42nd State Senate district election, 2012

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	John Bonacic (incumbent)	72,878	100.0
Total votes			72,878	100.0
	Republican hold

District 43

New York's 43rd State Senate district election, 2012

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Kathleen A. Marchione	60,856	47.2
	Democratic	Robin Andrews	47,022	36.5
	Independence	Roy McDonald (incumbent)	20,929	16.2
Total votes			128,807	100.0
	Republican hold

District 44

New York's 44th State Senate district election, 2012

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Neil Breslin (incumbent)	61,771	87.5
	Green	Peter A. LaVenia, Jr.	8,796	12.5
Total votes			70,567	100.0
	Democratic hold

District 45

New York's 45th State Senate district election, 2012

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Betty Little (incumbent)	87,266	100.0
Total votes			87,266	100.0
	Republican hold

District 46

New York's 46th State Senate district election, 2012

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Cecilia Tkaczyk	63,213	50.007
	Republican	George Amedore	63,195	49.993
Total votes			126,408	100.0
	Democratic win (new seat)

District 47

New York's 47th State Senate district election, 2012

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Joseph Griffo (incumbent)	81,429	100.0
Total votes			81,429	100.0
	Republican hold

District 48

New York's 48th State Senate district election, 2012

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Patty Ritchie (incumbent)	66,016	69.9
	Democratic	Amy M. Tresidder	28,470	30.1
Total votes			94,486	100.0
	Republican hold

District 49

New York's 49th State Senate district election, 2012

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Hugh Farley (incumbent)	69,861	60.1
	Democratic	Madelyn C. Thorne	46,415	39.9
Total votes			116,276	100.0
	Republican hold

District 50

New York's 50th State Senate district election, 2012

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	John DeFrancisco (incumbent)	94,910	85.9
	Green	Michael F. Donnelly	15,591	14.1
Total votes			110,501	100.0
	Republican hold

District 51

New York's 51st State Senate district election, 2012

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	James L. Seward (incumbent)	76,428	68.6
	Democratic	Howard Leib	34,967	31.4
Total votes			111,395	100.0
	Republican hold

District 52

New York's 52nd State Senate district election, 2012

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Thomas W. Libous (incumbent)	71,912	63.9
	Democratic	John P. Orzel	37,856	33.6
	Working Families	Barrett Esworthy	2,798	2.5
Total votes			112,566	100.0
	Republican hold

District 53

New York's 53rd State Senate district election, 2012

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	David Valesky (incumbent)	84,429	100.0
Total votes			84,429	100.0
	Democratic hold

District 54

New York's 54th State Senate district election, 2012

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Michael Nozzolio (incumbent)	96,302	100.0
Total votes			96,302	100.0
	Republican hold

District 55

New York's 55th State Senate district election, 2012

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Ted O'Brien	70,020	52.0
	Republican	Sean Hanna	64,572	48.0
Total votes			134,592	100.0
	Democratic gain from Republican

District 56

New York's 56th State Senate district election, 2012

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Joseph Robach (incumbent)	79,572	100.0
Total votes			79,572	100.0
	Republican hold

District 57

New York's 57th State Senate district election, 2012

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Catharine Young (incumbent)	93,254	100.0
Total votes			93,254	100.0
	Republican hold

District 58

New York's 58th State Senate district election, 2012

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Tom O'Mara (incumbent)	74,458	47.2
Total votes			74,458	100.0
	Republican hold

District 59

New York's 59th State Senate district election, 2012

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Patrick Gallivan (incumbent)	99,469	58.7
Total votes			99,469	100.0
	Republican hold

District 60

New York's 60th State Senate district election, 2012

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Mark Grisanti (incumbent)	63,683	50.2
	Democratic	Michael L. Amodeo	45,140	35.6
	Conservative	Charles M. Swanick	15,027	11.8
	Working Families	Gregory L. Davis	3,078	2.4
Total votes			126,928	100.0
	Republican hold

District 61

New York's 61st State Senate district election, 2012

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Michael Ranzenhofer (incumbent)	73,103	59.0
	Democratic	Justin M. Rooney	50,889	41.0
Total votes			123,992	100.0
	Republican hold

District 62

New York's 62nd State Senate district election, 2012

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	George D. Maziarz (incumbent)	69,359	61.4
	Democratic	Amy Hope Witryol	42,508	37.6
	Green	Jonathon B. Benedict	1,127	1.0
Total votes			112,994	100.0
	Republican hold

District 63

New York's 63rd State Senate district election, 2012

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Timothy M. Kennedy (incumbent)	82,458	100.0
Total votes			82,458	100.0
	Democratic hold