Competitive Races — 2012
Data note: Certified NYSBOE results. Margin = difference between top two candidates as % of total votes. NY fusion voting: each candidate's votes across all party lines are summed.
52 races within 15.0% margin
| Office | District | Winner | Runner-up | Total Votes | Margin |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| State Senate | 46 | Cecilia F. Tkaczyk D | George A. Amedore, Jr. R | 126,408 | 0.0% |
| Supreme Court | 10th | Richard Ambro D | John J. Leo D | 5,679,306 | 0.0% |
| State Assembly | 3 | Edward J. Hennessey D | Dean Murray R | 38,496 | 0.7% |
| Supreme Court | 4th | Joseph M. Sise R | Christine M. Clark D | 1,195,385 | 0.9% |
| U.S. House | 27 | Chris Collins R | Kathy C. Hochul D | 317,439 | 1.6% |
| State Senate | 41 | Terry W. Gipson D | Stephen M. Saland R | 122,328 | 1.7% |
| State Assembly | 145 | John D. Ceretto R | Robert M. Restaino D | 50,912 | 1.9% |
| U.S. House | 21 | William L. Owens D | Matthew A. Doheny R | 252,451 | 2.0% |
| State Senate | 40 | Gregory R. Ball R | Justin R. Wagner D | 127,316 | 2.1% |
| State Assembly | 135 | Mark C. Johns R | David R. Koon D | 68,267 | 2.2% |
| Supreme Court | 2nd | Cheryl E. Chambers D | William Miller D | 1,669,279 | 2.4% |
| Supreme Court | 3rd | Richard Mott D | Stephan Schick D | 650,768 | 2.9% |
| Supreme Court | 11th | Charles S. Lopresto D | Lawrence V. Cullen D | 1,301,999 | 3.2% |
| Supreme Court | 9th | Maria Rosa D | Gerald E. Loehr D | 2,073,890 | 3.3% |
| State Assembly | 107 | Steven F. McLaughlin R | Cheryl Roberts D | 58,390 | 3.6% |
| State Senate | 7 | Jack M. Martins R | Daniel S. Ross D | 112,026 | 3.6% |
| Supreme Court | 1st | Manuel J. Mendez D | Saliann Scarpulla D | 1,379,669 | 3.6% |
| U.S. House | 23 | Thomas W. Reed, II R | Nate Shinagawa D | 265,204 | 3.8% |
| U.S. House | 18 | Sean Patrick Maloney D | Nan Hayworth R | 276,894 | 3.9% |
| State Senate | 6 | Kemp Hannon R | Ryan E. Cronin D | 113,225 | 3.9% |
| State Senate | 55 | Ted O'Brien D | Sean T. Hanna R | 134,592 | 4.0% |
| Supreme Court | 12th | Donna Marie Mills D | Fernando Tapia D | 556,963 | 4.2% |
| State Senate | 39 | William J. Larkin, Jr. R | Christopher W. Eachus D | 104,667 | 4.9% |
| U.S. House | 1 | Timothy H. Bishop D | Randy Altschuler R | 278,483 | 5.0% |
| State Senate | 4 | Philip M. Boyle R | Ricardo Montano D | 103,738 | 5.1% |
| U.S. House | 24 | Daniel B. Maffei D | Ann Marie Buerkle R | 319,126 | 5.2% |
| U.S. House | 11 | Michael G. Grimm R | Mark S. Murphy D | 197,487 | 5.4% |
| State Assembly | 113 | Tony Jordan R | Carrie Woerner D | 54,233 | 5.6% |
| U.S. House | 19 | Christopher P. Gibson R | Julian Schreibman D | 284,540 | 5.6% |
| Supreme Court | 7th | Gail Donofrio D | J. Scott Odorisi D | 953,055 | 6.4% |
| State Assembly | 21 | Brian F. Curran R | Jeffrey S. Friedman D | 51,472 | 7.3% |
| State Senate | 37 | George S. Latimer D | Bob Cohen R | 118,810 | 8.1% |
| State Assembly | 146 | Raymond W. Walter R | Joanne A. Schultz D | 56,104 | 8.3% |
| State Assembly | 106 | Didi Barrett D | David Byrne R | 52,094 | 8.6% |
| State Assembly | 94 | Stephen Katz R | Andrew I. Falk D | 54,481 | 8.6% |
| State Assembly | 93 | David Buchwald D | Bob Castelli R | 54,003 | 8.9% |
| State Assembly | 127 | Albert A. Stirpe, Jr. D | Don Miller R | 62,461 | 10.1% |
| State Assembly | 10 | Chad A. Lupinacci D | Joseph S. Dujmic, Jr. D | 47,741 | 10.6% |
| State Senate | 43 | Kathleen A. Marchione R | Robin Andrews D | 128,807 | 10.7% |
| State Assembly | 147 | David J. DiPietro R | Christina M. Abt D | 58,510 | 10.8% |
| State Assembly | 98 | Ann G. Rabbitt R | Gerard T. McQuade, Jr. D | 45,088 | 11.0% |
| State Assembly | 99 | James G. Skoufis D | Kyle P. Roddey R | 52,201 | 11.2% |
| State Assembly | 114 | Daniel G. Stec R | Dennis J. Tarantino D | 51,994 | 11.4% |
| State Senate | 3 | Lee M. Zeldin R | Francis T. Genco D | 93,429 | 11.4% |
| State Assembly | 105 | Kieran Michael Lalor R | Paul F. Curran D | 53,220 | 11.5% |
| State Assembly | 20 | Harvey Weisenberg D | David J. Sussman R | 38,821 | 11.9% |
| State Assembly | 133 | Bill Nojay R | Randolph J. Weaver D | 55,631 | 13.3% |
| State Assembly | 7 | Andrew R. Garbarino R | Christopher D. Bodkin D | 50,202 | 13.5% |
| State Assembly | 110 | Phillip G. Steck D | Jennifer A. Whalen R | 57,152 | 14.3% |
| State Senate | 60 | Mark J. Grisanti R | Michael L. Amodeo D | 126,928 | 14.6% |
| State Assembly | 17 | Thomas McKevitt R | Kevin C. Brady D | 47,252 | 14.8% |
| U.S. House | 25 | Louise M. Slaughter D | Maggie Brooks R | 313,199 | 14.8% |