The 2022 United States Senate election in New York was held on November 8, 2022, to elect a member of the United States Senate to represent the State of New York.

Incumbent four-term Democratic Senator Chuck Schumer, who has served as Senate Majority Leader since 2021, was first elected in 1998, defeating Republican incumbent Al D'Amato. Schumer ran for a fifth term. Republican Joe Pinion is the first black Senate nominee of any major party in New York history. The filing deadline for the June primary was April 7, 2022.[1] Schumer became the longest-serving U.S. senator in the state's history once his fifth term began in the 118th Congress.[2]

Though Schumer was comfortably re-elected, he lost significant support on Long Island and Upstate New York compared to his last election in 2016. Pinion flipped the more conservative counties that Schumer had won in his previous runs, as well as some Democratic-leaning counties such as Nassau, Saratoga, Broome, Clinton, and Essex. However, Schumer's lead was large enough in New York City that it was called by most media outlets the moment the polls closed.[3]

Despite Democrats overperforming expectations on a national level during this cycle, this race was the most competitive in Schumer's Senate career since his first election in 1998, when he won by 10.5%, along with being the closest U.S. Senate election from New York since Hillary Clinton won by about 12.3 percentage points in 2000. This was due to a Democratic underperformance in New York state despite their overperformance nationally, and Schumer's performance was still the highest margin (aside from Thomas DiNapoli in the concurrent comptroller election) on the statewide ballot.

Democratic primary

Candidates

Nominee

Disqualified

  • Moses Mugulusi, regulator[5]
  • Khaled Salem, activist[6]

Declined

Endorsements

Polling

Hypothetical polling
Poll sourceDate(s)
administered
Sample
size[a]
Margin
of error
Chuck
Schumer
Alexandria
Ocasio-Cortez
Undecided
Zogby AnalyticsMay 7–9, 2020328 (LV)± 5.4%54%21%25%

Republican primary

At the 2022 New York State Republican Convention, Joe Pinion was designated as the New York State Republican Party's preferred candidate for U.S. Senate. Pinion became the first Black individual to be backed by a major party in a U.S. Senate election in New York.[23]

Candidates

Nominee

Disqualified

Declined

Endorsements

Joe Pinion
U.S. Representatives
Organizations

Conservative primary

Candidates

Nominee

Working Families primary

Candidates

Nominee

  • Chuck Schumer, incumbent U.S. senator[33]

Other candidates

Diane Sare ran on an Independent ballot line labeled "LaRouche."[34][35]

General election

Predictions

SourceRankingAs of
The Cook Political Report[36]Solid DNovember 19, 2021
Inside Elections[37]Solid DJanuary 7, 2022
Sabato's Crystal Ball[38]Safe DNovember 3, 2021
Politico[39]Solid DApril 1, 2022
RCP[40]Likely DOctober 18, 2022
Fox News[41]Solid DMay 12, 2022
DDHQ[42]Solid DJuly 20, 2022
538[43]Solid DJune 30, 2022
The Economist[44]Solid DSeptember 7, 2022

Endorsements

Joe Pinion (R)
U.S. Representatives
Organizations

Polling

Aggregate polls
Source of poll
aggregation
Dates
administered
Dates
updated
Chuck
Schumer (D)
Joe
Pinion (R)
Undecided
[b]
Margin
Real Clear PoliticsOctober 26–31, 2022November 8, 202254.7%39.3%6.0%Schumer +15.4
FiveThirtyEightOctober 12 – November 8, 2022November 8, 202255.7%38.0%6.3%Schumer +17.7
270towinOctober 26 – November 7, 2022November 8, 202254.6%38.6%6.8%Schumer +16.0
Average55.0%38.6%6.4%Schumer +16.4
Graphical summary
Poll sourceDate(s)
administered
Sample
size[a]
Margin
of error
Chuck
Schumer (D)
Joe
Pinion (R)
OtherUndecided
Research Co.November 4–6, 2022450 (LV)± 4.6%55%37%2%[c]6%
ActiVote (D)August 8 – November 6, 2022279 (LV)± 6.0%60%40%
Emerson CollegeOctober 28–31, 20221,000 (LV)± 3.0%55%36%3%[d]6%
57%39%4%[e]
The Trafalgar Group (R)October 27–31, 20221,198 (LV)± 2.9%51%40%5%[f]4%
KAConsulting (R)[A]October 27–29, 2022501 (LV)± 4.4%50%38%7%
Data for Progress (D)October 26–28, 2022818 (LV)± 3.0%56%39%5%
Long Island UniversityOctober 24–26, 20221,001 (A)± 3.0%54%27%9%[g]10%
CiviqsOctober 22–25, 2022593 (LV)± 5.0%56%41%1%[h]2%
Emerson CollegeOctober 20–24, 20221,000 (LV)± 3.0%51%36%6%[i]8%
53%40%8%[j]
SurveyUSAOctober 14–18, 2022702 (LV)± 5.4%52%38%4%6%
Quinnipiac UniversityOctober 12–16, 20221,617 (LV)± 2.4%54%42%1%[k]3%
Siena CollegeOctober 12–14, 2022707 (LV)± 4.9%57%37%1%[l]5%
Marist CollegeOctober 3–6, 2022900 (LV)± 4.4%52%39%1%[m]8%
1,117 (RV)± 4.0%54%34%1%[n]11%
Siena CollegeSeptember 16–25, 2022655 (LV)± 3.9%55%36%1%[o]8%
Emerson CollegeSeptember 4–6, 20221,000 (LV)± 3.0%55%31%5%[p]9%
McLaughlin & Associates (R)August 7–9, 2022600 (LV)± 4.0%51%36%13%
Emerson CollegeJuly 26–28, 20221,000 (LV)± 3.0%53%31%7%8%
Siena CollegeJuly 24–28, 2022806 (LV)± 3.5%56%35%0%8%
Hypothetical polling
Chuck Schumer vs. generic opponent
Poll sourceDate(s)
administered
Sample
size[a]
Margin
of error
Chuck
Schumer (D)
Generic
Opponent
Undecided
McLaughlin & Associates (R)August 7–9, 2022600 (LV)± 4.0%42%48%10%

Results

2022 United States Senate election in New York[54]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
DemocraticChuck Schumer 3,022,82251.69%-13.03%
Working FamiliesChuck Schumer 297,7395.09%+1.82%
TotalChuck Schumer (incumbent)3,320,56156.78%-13.86%
RepublicanJoe Pinion2,204,49937.69%+14.37%
ConservativeJoe Pinion296,6525.07%+1.45%
TotalJoe Pinion2,501,15142.76%+15.58%
LaRoucheDiane Sare26,8440.46%N/A
Total votes5,848,556 100.0% N/A
Democratic hold

Counties that flipped from Democratic to Republican

By congressional district

Schumer won 19 of 26 congressional districts, including four that elected Republicans.[55]

DistrictSchumerPinionRepresentative
1st45%54%Lee Zeldin (117th Congress)
Nick LaLota (118th Congress)
2nd42%58%Andrew Garbarino
3rd48%52%Tom Suozzi (117th Congress)
George Santos (118th Congress)
4th50%49%Kathleen Rice (117th Congress)
Anthony D'Esposito (118th Congress)
5th76%23%Gregory Meeks
6th60%39%Grace Meng
7th81%18%Nydia Velázquez
8th73%27%Hakeem Jefferies
9th74%25%Yvette Clarke
10th85%15%Jerry Nadler (117th Congress)
Dan Goldman (118th Congress)
11th40%60%Nicole Malliotakis
12th83%16%Carolyn Maloney (117th Congress)
Jerry Nadler (118th Congress)
13th89%11%Adriano Espaillat
14th74%26%Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez
15th83%17%Ritchie Torres
16th66%33%Jamaal Bowman
17th52%48%Mondaire Jones (117th Congress)
Mike Lawler (118th Congress)
18th51%48%Sean Patrick Maloney (117th Congress)
Pat Ryan (118th Congress)
19th50%49%Pat Ryan (117th Congress)
Marc Molinaro (118th Congress)
20th56%43%Paul Tonko
21st41%58%Elise Stefanik
22nd52%48%Claudia Tenney (117th Congress)
Brandon Williams (118th Congress)
23rd39%60%Joe Sempolinski (117th Congress)
Nick Langworthy (118th Congress)
24th38%61%John Katko (117th Congress)
Claudia Tenney (118th Congress)
25th56%43%Joseph Morelle
26th60%39%Brian Higgins

See also

Notes

  1. ^ a b c Key:
    A – all adults
    RV – registered voters
    LV – likely voters
    V – unclear
  2. ^ Calculated by taking the difference of 100% and all other candidates combined.
  3. ^ "Some other candidate" with 2%
  4. ^ Sare (I) with 1%; "Someone else" with 2%
  5. ^ Sare (I) with 1%; "Someone else" with 3%
  6. ^ Sare (I) with 5%
  7. ^ "Not planning to vote" with 6%; "Another candidate" with 3%
  8. ^ "Someone else" with 1%
  9. ^ "Someone else" with 4%; Sare (I) with 2%
  10. ^ "Someone else" with 6%; Sare (I) with 2%
  11. ^ "Someone else" with 1%
  12. ^ "Another candidate" with 1%; "Not going to vote" with 0%
  13. ^ "Another party's candidate" with 1%
  14. ^ "Another party's candidate" with 1%
  15. ^ "Another candidate" with 1%
  16. ^ "Someone else" with 5%
Partisan clients
  1. ^ Poll conducted for Citizens United, a conservative non-profit organization.

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External links

Official campaign websites