2010 New York State Senate election

The 2010 New York State Senate elections were held on November 2, 2010 to elect representatives from all 62 State Senate districts in the U.S. state of New York. Primary elections were held on September 14, 2010. Republicans retook the Senate majority, winning 32 seats to the Democrats' 30 on Election Day.

2010 New York State Senate election

November 2, 2010

All 62 seats in the New York State Senate
32 seats needed for a majority
  Majority party Minority party
 
Leader Pedro Espada Jr.
Party Democratic Republican
Leader's seat 33rd District
Seats before 32 29
Seats after 30 32
Seat change 2 2

One Republican Senate incumbent, Senator Frank Padavan of Queens, was defeated, while four Democratic incumbents (Sens. Brian Foley, Antoine Thompson, Darrel Aubertine, and Craig Johnson) were defeated in the general election. Democratic candidate David Carlucci was elected to an open seat in Senate District 38 that had become vacant due to the July 2010 death of Republican Senator Thomas Morahan. Incumbent Democrat William Stachowski was defeated by Timothy M. Kennedy in a Democratic primary in Senate District 58, and Kennedy prevailed in the general election. The Republicans' takeover of control of the State Senate was not confirmed until Johnson, who had sought a full hand recount of his race, exhausted his final court appeal on December 20, 2010.

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