New York 2014 Election Results

New York held its general election on November 4, 2014, deciding 213 legislative seats and 4 statewide offices led by the governorship. Control shifted: the Senate moved from organization by a bipartisan coalition to a 32-31 Republican majority.

Highlights

• State government stayed divided: Democrats kept the governorship and a two-thirds Assembly majority, while Republicans won sole control of the Senate. Sen. Simcha Felder (D), elected as a Democrat but caucusing with Republicans, was re-elected.
• Republicans won the Senate despite a spring deal that gave Gov. Andrew Cuomo (D) the Working Families Party line; party leaders said Cuomo had joined them to secure a Democrat-Working Families majority in the Senate. Republicans unseated three Democratic senators and lost one seat of their own:
  • George A. Amedore, Jr. (R) beat Sen. Cecilia F. Tkaczyk (D) in Senate District 46.
  • Rich Funke (R) unseated Sen. Edward O'Brien (D) in Senate District 55, a race the Rochester City Newspaper said was really about which party controls the Senate.
  • Susan J. Serino (R) beat Sen. Terry W. Gipson (D) in Senate District 41.
  • In Buffalo's Senate District 60, Marc C. Panepinto (D) defeated Kevin T. Stocker (R) and Sen. Mark J. Grisanti (IDP), who ran on the Independence Party line after losing the Republican primary.
• Cuomo won a second term over Rob Astorino (R), and his running mate, Kathy Hochul (D), became lieutenant governor. Attorney General Eric Schneiderman (D) and Comptroller Thomas DiNapoli (D) were also re-elected.
• In the Assembly, Democrats finished at 106-44. Angela M. Wozniak (R) won the seat vacated by Democrat Dennis Gabryszak in Assembly District 143, Dean Murray (R) unseated Assemblyman Edward J. Hennessey (D) in Assembly District 3, and Carrie Woerner (D) picked up the open Assembly District 113. Of the races that did not change hands, 3 finished inside two points, including the open Assembly District 98, which Karl Brabenec (R) won by 37 votes.
• Voters approved all 3 statewide proposals: Proposal 1, a controversial amendment creating a redistricting commission; Proposal 2, letting the legislature distribute bills electronically; and Proposal 3, a school technology bond act.

Legislature

• Assembly (150 seats): 107 D, 43 R before the election, 106 D, 44 R after; control stayed with Democrats.
• Senate (63 seats): 33 D, 30 R before the election, 31 D, 32 R after; control moved from a bipartisan coalition to Republicans.

Statewide races

Legislative races

Ballot measures