NEW YORK
      Nov. 6, 2012 Senate

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+Kirsten Gillibrand (D,WFP,IND) i
 		4,822,330
 		72.19%
Wendy Long (R,CON)
 		1,758,702
 		26.33%
Colia Clark (G)
 		42,591
 		0.64%
Chris Edes (L)
 		32,002
 		0.48%
John Mangelli (CSP)
 		22,041
 		0.33%
scattering
 		2,012
 		0.03%

6,679,678
Total votes: 7,135,164 includes 451,051 blank and 4,435 void.
Plurality: 3,063,628 votes (45.86 percentage points).
New York State Board of Elections



Notes: In a very lopsided contest, Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand (D), first elected to the Senate in a Nov. 2010 special election, won a full term, defeating Wendy Long, an attorney and former U.S. Senate staffer by about 45 percentage points.  Three other candidates obtained less than one-percent of the vote each.

Long won the June 26 primary, defeating U.S. Rep. Bob Turner and Nassau County Comptroller George Maragos by 75,924 votes (50.9%) to 54,196 (35.6%) and 21,002 (13.5%). 

Gillibrand and Long engaged in just one debate, at Skidmore College in Saratoga Springs on Oct. 17 (>).  According to Open Secrets, the Gillibrand campaign outspent the Long campaign by $14.3 million to $742,747.




See also:
Ed O Keeefe.  "Gillibrand works to elect more women." Washington Post, Aug. 1, 2012.

Liz Benjamin.  "Shake-Up In Wendy Long's Campaign."  Times Union, May 29, 2012.

 Iowa State University-Archives of Women's Political Communication: Kirsten Gillibrand 

 





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