2012 New York State Senate election

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
	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

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]

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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]

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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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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