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The 2012 New York state elections took place on November 6, 2012. These included elections for a Senate seat and a presidential election.
All 27 members from New York of the U.S. House of Representatives, one U.S. senate seat, and some members of the New York State legislature were up for election, with most incumbents seeking re-election.
New York had 29 electoral votes at stake. As is the case with most states, the electors were winner-takes-all. The candidates that achieved ballot access were as follows, in order of their position on the ballot:
President Obama won New York by a 62.6%-36% margin over Gov. Mitt Romney.[1]
Bob Turner in a primary election for the Republican Party nomination.[2] Sen. Gillibrand was re-elected by a margin of 71.9%-26.7% over Long.[3]
After a loss of two seats following the 2010 United States Census, the New York congressional delegation will be reduced from twenty-nine to twenty-seven U.S. Representatives. The two existing districts that were eliminated were District 9, held by Republican Rep. Bob Turner,[4][5] and District 22, held by retiring Democratic Rep. Maurice Hinchey.[6][7] Fifteen-term Democratic representative Gary Ackerman, ten-term Democratic Maurice Hinchey, and freshman Republican Bob Turner announced that they would not seek re-election to United States House of Representatives.
On Election Day, the Democratic Party regained two seats previously held by Republicans, while the Republican Party regained one seat previously held by a Democrat.[8] In the 113th Congress, which is scheduled to meet beginning on January 3, 2013, the New York delegation will initially consist of 21 Democrats and six Republicans.[3][9]
On June 24, 2011, New York's legislature legalized same-sex marriage with the Marriage Equality Act. The Conservative Party of New York stated it would withdraw support for any candidate who voted in favor of the bill.[10] With New York's electoral fusion, Republican candidates often rely on the endorsement of the Conservative Party. Senators Roy McDonald, James Alesi, Mark Grisanti, and Stephen Saland each voted in favor of the Marriage Equality Act, and were previously endorsed by the Conservative Party. Carl Paladino, the 2010 Republican gubernatorial nominee, also announced he would financially back primary candidates against both Grisanti and Saland, as well as Assemblywoman Janet Duprey, who also supported the Act.[11] Sen. Alesi opted to retire rather than face a likely primary challenge, Sen. McDonald lost a Republican primary to Kathy Marchione, Sen. Saland won his primary, but lost the general election to Democrat Terry Gipson by a margin of approximately 2,000 votes[12] when his primary challenger, Neil Di Carlo, remained on the ballot on the Conservative line and acted as a spoiler. Of the four Republican state senators who voted in favor of the Marriage Equality Act, only one was re-elected to the State Senate in 2012;[13] Sen. Grisanti prevailed in both the primary and the general election.[14] Asm. Duprey won re-election.[15]
Following the 2010 census, New York redistricted the Senate, expanding it from 62 to 63 seats effective in January 2013. When all election night results were tabulated on November 6, 2012, it appeared that Democrats would hold 33 seats for a three-seat majority—just their third Senate majority since World War II. However, two races won by Democrats on the unofficial election night tallies were close enough to require a recount including the absentee and affidavit ballots.[16] In addition, Democratic Senator-elect Simcha Felder stated that he would caucus with the Republicans.[17] Also, on December 4, 2012, the G.O.P. announced a power-sharing deal with the five-member Independent Democratic Conference, which had previously defected from the Democratic leadership. Under the agreement, Senators Skelos and Klein would alternate every two weeks as temporary president of the Senate.[18]
The New York State Assembly has 150 representatives. All of the assembly members' seats were up for election. A special election was held to fill vacant seats in the 93rd, 103rd, 145th districts.
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