On Tuesday, November 8th, the 2022 General Elections were held. Predictions of a “Red Wave,” proved false, as Democrats around the country managed to prevent Republicans from gaining significant majorities in the House of Representatives and United States Senate. Also, several Democrats running for Governorships managed to defeat challenges from Republicans, including Governor Kathy Hochul. In what was certainly a closer-than-expected race, Governor Hochul made history by becoming the first woman elected Governor of New York State. Governor Hochul was declared the projected winner on election night, and as of this writing, with 94% of the vote counted, she has 3,011,837 votes (52.8%). Republican Rep. Lee Zeldin conceded yesterday, and currently has 2,689,837 votes (47.2%). “The glass ceiling like the one that’s above us here today has finally been shattered in the state of New York, and you made it happen,” the Governor told her supporters after she was declared the projected winner.
New Yorkers also decisively re-elected New York State Attorney General Letitia James, who defeated Republican Michael Henry 54% to 46%, New York State Comptroller Thomas DiNapoli, who bested Republican Paul Rodriguez 57% to 43%, and U.S. Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer, who beat Joe Pinion 56% to 43%. In the New York State Legislature, the Democrats managed to hold on to control of both the Senate and Assembly. As of this writing, Democrats have won 39 seats in the Senate and 99 seats in the Assembly. Republicans have won 21 seats in the Senate and 46 in the Assembly. Incumbents of both parties in both Houses of the State Legislature who have won re-election include:
SENATE DEMOCRATS
| SD 6 – Kevin Thomas | SD 29 – Jose Serrano |
| SD 10 – James Sanders | SD 30 – Cordell Cleare |
| SD 11 – Toby Ann Stavisky | SD 31 – Robert Jackson |
| SD 12 – Michael Gianaris | SD 32 – Luis Sepulveda |
| SD 13 – Jessica Ramos | SD 33 – Gustavo Rivera |
| SD 14 – Leroy Comrie | SD 35 – Andrea Stewart-Cousins |
| SD 15 – Joseph Addabbo | SD 36 – Jamaal Bailey |
| SD 16 – John Liu | SD 37 – Shelley Mayer |
| SD 18 – Julia Salazar | SD 40 – Peter Harckham |
| SD 19 – Roxanne Persaud | SD 41 – Michelle Hinchey (Defeated Republican Senator Sue Serino) |
| SD 20 – Zellnor Myrie | SD 46 – Neil Breslin |
| SD 21 – Kevin Parker | SD 47 – Brad Hoylman |
| SD 22 – Simcha Felder | SD 48 – Rachel May |
| SD 25 – Jabari Brisport | SD 55 – Samra Brouk |
| SD 26 – Andrew Gounardes | SD 56 – Jeremy Cooney |
| SD 27 – Brian Kavanagh | SD 61 – Sean Ryan (Defeated Republican Senator Ed Rath) |
| SD 28 – Liz Krueger | SD 63 – Timothy Kennedy |
SENATE REPUBLICANS
| SD 1 – Anthony Palumbo | SD 53 – Joe Griffo |
| SD 2 – Mario Mattera | SD 54 – Pamela Helming |
| SD 8 – Alexis Weik | SD 57 – George Borrello |
| SD 24 – Andrew Lanza | SD 58 – Thomas O’Mara |
| SD 44 – Jim Tedisco | SD 60 – Patrick Gallivan |
| SD 45 – Dan Stec | SD 62 – Minority Leader Robert Ortt |
| SD 51 – Peter Oberacker |
ASSEMBLY DEMOCRATS
| AD 1 – Fred Thiele | AD 71 – Al Taylor |
| AD 6 – Philip Ramos | AD 72 – Manny De Los Santos |
| AD 10 – Steve Stern | AD 74 – Harvey Epstein |
| AD 13 – Charles Lavine | AD 76 – Rebecca Seawright |
| AD 16 – Gina Sillitti | AD 77 – Latoya Joyner |
| AD 18 – Taylor Darling | AD 79 – Chantel Jackson |
| AD 22 – Michaelle Solages | AD 81 – Jeffrey Dinowitz |
| AD 24 – David Weprin | AD 82 – Michael Benedetto |
| AD 25 – Nily Rozic | AD 83 – Speaker Carl Heastie |
| AD 26 – Edward Braunstein | AD 84 – Amanda Septimo |
| AD 27 – Daniel Rosenthal | AD 85 – Kenny Burgos |
| AD 28 – Andrew Hevesi | AD 86 – Yudelka Tapia |
| AD 29 – Alicia Hyndman | AD 87 – Karines Reyes |
| AD 31 – Khaleel Anderson | AD 88 – Amy Paulin |
| AD 32 – Vivian Cook | AD 89 – Gary Pretlow |
| AD 33 – Clyde Vanel | AD 90 – Nader Sayegh |
| AD 34 – Jessica Gonzales-Rojas | AD 91 – Steven Otis |
| AD 35 – Jeff Aubry | AD 93 – Chris Burdick |
| AD 36 – Zohran Mamdani | AD 96 – Kenneth Zebrowski |
| AD 38 – Jenifer Rajkumar | AD 100 – Aileen Gunther |
| AD 39 – Catalina Cruz | AD 104 – Jonathan Jacobson |
| AD 40 – Ron Kim | AD 106 – Didi Barrett |
| AD 41 – Helene Weinstein | AD 108 – John McDonald |
| AD 42 – Rodneyse Bichotte Hermelyn | AD 109 – Patricia Fahy |
| AD 43 – Brian Cunningham | AD 110 – Phil Steck |
| AD 44 – Robert Carroll | AD 111 – Angelo Santabarbara |
| AD 47 – William Colton | AD 113 – Carrie Woerner |
| AD 48 – Simcha Eichenstein | AD 115 – Billy Jones |
| AD 50 – Emily Gallagher | AD 119 – Marianne Buttenschon |
| AD 51 – Marcela Mitaynes | AD 123 – Donna Lupardo |
| AD 52 – Jo Anne Simon | AD 125 – Anna Kelles |
| AD 53 – Maritza Davila | AD 127 – Al Stirpe |
| AD 54 – Erik Dilan | AD 128 – Pamela Hunter |
| AD 55 – Latrice Walker | AD 129 – William Magnarelli |
| AD 56 – Stefani Zinerman | AD 135 – Jen Lunsford |
| AD 57 – Phara Souffrant Forrest | AD 136 – Sarah Clark |
| AD 58 – Monique Chandler-Waterman | AD 137 – Demond Meeks |
| AD 59 – Jaime Williams | AD 138 – Harry Bronson |
| AD 60 – Nikki Lucas | AD 140 – William Conrad |
| AD 61 – Charles Fall | AD 141 – Majority Leader Crystal Peoples-Stokes |
| AD 66 – Deborah Glick | AD 142 – Patrick Burke |
| AD 67 – Linda Rosenthal | AD 143 – Monica Wallace |
| AD 68 – Eddie Gibbs | AD 146 – Karen McMahon |
| AD 69 – Daniel O’Donnell | AD 149 – Jonathan Rivera |
| AD 70 – Inez Dickens |
ASSEMBLY REPUBLICANS
| AD 2 – Jodi Giglio | AD 118 – Robert Smullen |
| AD 3 – Joe De Stefano | AD 120 – Minority Leader Will Barclay |
| AD 5 – Doug Smith | AD 121 – Joe Angelino |
| AD 7 – Jarett Gandolfo | AD 122 – Brian Miller |
| AD 8 – Michael Fitzpatrick | AD 124 – Christopher Friend |
| AD 9 – Michael Durso | AD 126 – John Lemondes |
| AD 12 – Keith Brown | AD 130 – Brian Manktelow |
| AD 14 – Dave McDonough | AD 131 – Jeff Gallahan |
| AD 17 – John Mikulin | AD 132 – Phil Palmesano |
| AD 19 – Ed Ra | AD 133 – Marjorie Byrnes |
| AD 20 – Eric Ari Brown | AD 134 – Josh Jensen |
| AD 62 – Michael Reilly | AD 139 – Stephen Hawley |
| AD 64 – Michael Tannousis | AD 144 – Michael Norris |
| AD 98 – Karl Brabenec | AD 145 – Angelo Morinello |
| AD 102 – Christopher Tague | AD 147 – David DiPietro |
| AD 112 – Mary Beth Walsh | AD 148 – Joseph Giglio |
| AD 114 – Matt Simpson | AD 150 – Andrew Goodell |
| AD 117 – Ken Blankenbush |
Three Assemblymembers ran for the State Senate and won. They include:
- SD 34 – Democratic Assemblywoman Nathalia Fernandez who is succeeding Senator Alessandra Biaggi
- SD 43 – Republican Assemblyman Jake Ashby, who is filling an open seat after Republican incumbent Senator was redistricted to the new 44th Senate District. Senator Jordan was defeated by fellow Republican Senator James Tedisco in the August Primary.
- SD 49 – Republican Assemblyman Mark Walczyk who is succeeding retiring Senator Pattie Ritchie
There are also several non-incumbents who won their elections and will be new members of the State Legislature in January. Those candidates include:
ASSEMBLY
- AD 15 – Republican Jacob Blumencranz was victorious against Democrat Amanda Field, keeping the seat being vacated by Assemblyman Michael Montesano under Republican control.
- AD 30 – Democrat Steven Raga defeated Republican Sean Lally to succeed the seat being vacated by Democratic Assemblyman Brian Barnwell
- AD 37 – Democrat Juan Ardila ran uncontested to succeed longtime Democratic Assemblywoman Catherine Nolan who is retiring.
- AD 45 – In one of the biggest shocks of the General Election, Republican Michael Novakhov defeated 22-year incumbent Democrat Assemblyman Steven Cymbrowitz 60% to 40%
- AD 46 – Former Assemblyman Alec Brook-Krasny, who used to also be a member of the Democratic Party, but recently switched to the Republican Party, defeated Democratic incumbent Assemblywoman Mathylde Frontus by a narrow margin of 51% to 49%
- AD 49 – Another major shock was the defeat of longtime Democratic Assemblyman Peter Abbate, who has served in the Assembly since 1986. Republican Lester Chang defeated Abbate 52% to 48%.
- AD 63 – In the race to succeed outgoing Democratic Assemblyman Michael Cusick, who is retiring, Republican Sam Pirozzolo has flipped the seat from red to blue. Pirozzolo defeated Democrat Vincent Argenziano 55% to 45%.
- AD 65 – Democrat Grace Lee won her election against Republican Helen Qiu for the district currently held by Assemblywoman Yuh-Line Niou. Assemblywoman Niou vacated her seat to run for in the crowded Primary for New York Congressional District 10. She lost that Primary to Dan Goldman
- AD 73 – Democrat Alex Bores bested Republican David Casavis. Bores will succeed Democratic Assemblyman Dan Quart who is retiring.
- AD 75 – Democrat Tony Simone decisively beat Republican Joseph Maffia for Assemblyman Richard Gottfried’s seat. Assemblyman Gottfried is retiring after 52 years in the State Assembly.
- AD 78 – George Alvarez, who defeated incumbent Assemblyman Jose Rivera in the June Primary, easily won his election against Republican Michael Dister
- AD 80 – Democrat John Zaccaro handily defeated Republican Phyllis Nastasio to succeed Assemblywoman Nathalia Fernandez, who won her election for the State Senate
- AD 92 – Democrat Mary Jane Shimsky, who defeated incumbent Assemblyman Thomas Abinanti in the June Primary, easily defeated Republican Carlo Valente.
- AD 94 – Matthew Slater easily defeated Democrat Kathleen Valletta. Slater will succeed Republican Assemblyman Kevin Byrne, who ran for Putnam County Executive.
- AD 95 – Democrat Dana Levenberg beat Republican Stacy Halper for the seat being vacated by longtime Assemblywoman Sandy Galef, who is retiring
- AD 97 – Republican John McGowan kept the seat that Assemblyman Michael Lawler flipped in 2020 under Republican control after he defeated Democrat Eudson Francois. Assemblyman Lawler vacated his seat to run a Congressional challenge against Rep. Sean Patrick Maloney.
- AD 101 – Republican Brian Maher defeated Democrat Matthew Mackey in a district that was open after Assemblyman Brian Miller was redistricted to the 122nd Assembly District.
- AD 103 – Democratic Socialist Sarahana Shrestha cruised to victory against Republican Patrick Sheehan. Shrestha defeated incumbent Assemblyman and Assembly Insurance Chair Kevin Cahill in the June Primary.
- AD 105 – Republican Anil Beephan won his election against Democrat Jill Feldstein for the seat being vacated by Republican Assemblyman Kieran Michael Lalor, who is retiring.
- AD 107 – Republican Scott Bendett ran unopposed in the district vacated by Republican Assemblyman Jake Ashby, who ran for state Senate and won.
- AD 116 – Republican Scott Gray easily defeated Conservative Susan Duffy 70% to 30%.
SENATE
- SD 3 – Republican Dean Murray, who is a former Assemblymember, easily beat Democrat Farzeem Bham
- SD 4 – Democrat, and former State Senator Monica Martinez, who served one term in from 2019-2020, was reelected to the Senate, defeating Republican Wendy Rodriguez 51% to 49%
- SD 5 – Republican Steven Rhoades defeated incumbent Democratic Senator John Brooks 61% to 39%
- SD 7 – Republican, and former state Senator, Jack Martins beat incumbent Democratic Senator Anna Kaplan 53% to 47%.
- SD 9 – Republican Patricia Canzoneri-Fitzpatrick defeated Democrat Ken Moore, flipping the seat being vacated by Senator Todd Kaminsky from blue to red.
- SD 23 – Democrat Jessica Scarcella-Spanton managed to fend off a challenge from Republican Joseph Tirone, keeping the seat being vacated by longtime incumbent Senator Diane Savino under Democratic control.
- SD 38 – Republican Bill Weber won his election against Democratic Senator Elijah Reichlin-Melnick 52% to 48%.
- SD 39 – Republican Rob Rolison defeated Democrat Julie Shiroishi in a district that was open after Democratic Senator James Skoufis was redistricted in the 42nd Senate District.
- SD 52 – Democrat Lea Webb narrowly defeated Republican Richard David 50.7% to 49.3%, flipping the seat being vacated by Senator Fred Akshar from red to blue
- SD 59 – Democrat Kristen Gonzalez ran unopposed in the newly drawn 59th Senate District.
There are still several races in the Senate and Assembly that have not yet been called. Those races are:
ASSEMBLY
- AD 4 – Currently, Republican Edward Flood is leading his election against longtime Democratic incumbent Assemblyman Steven Englebright. Flood currently has 23,707 votes (50.99%), while Assemblyman Englebright is trailing with 22,734 votes (48.90%)
- AD 11 – Democratic incumbent Assemblywoman Kimberly Jean-Pierre ended election night 133 votes behind Republican Christopher Sperber. However, she has now pulled ahead by just 136 votes.
- AD 21 – Republican, and former Assemblymember, Brian Curran is currently beating incumbent Assemblywoman Judy Griffin by just 244 votes.
- AD 23 – Republican Thomas Sullivan is currently leading incumbent Assemblywoman Stacey Pheffer Amato by only 246 votes.
- AD 99 – Democrat Christopher Eachus and Republican Kathryn Luciani are in a dead heat to fill the seat being vacated by Republican Colin Schmitt, who is running in his own tight race for Congress. Currently, Luciani is ahead by only 56 votes.
SENATE
- SD 17 – In the newly drawn district in Kings County, Democrat Iwen Chu has a narrow lead of 215 votes over Vito LaBella. Currently, Chu has 17,125 votes (50.24%) and LaBella has 16,910 votes (49.61%)
- SD 42 – Democratic incumbent Senator James Skoufis is in a close race against Republican Dorey Houle. Currently Skoufis is leading Houle with 51% of the vote to Houle’s 49%.
- SD 50 – Republican Rebecca Shiroff is giving Democratic Senator John Mannion a tough fight for reelection. Currently, Shiroff is ahead by 396 votes. However, over 1,000 absentee ballots remain to be counted.
On the Congressional side, Republicans flipped several seats leading to a sweep of Long Island and the defeat of Rep. Sean Patrick Maloney.
- NY-1 – Republican Nicholas LaLota defeated Democrat Bridget Fleming to succeed Rep. Lee Zeldin, who ran unsuccessfully for New York Governor. LaLota won with 55.9% of the vote.
- NY-2 – Republican incumbent Rep. Andrew Garbarino easily fended off a challenge from Jackie Gordon, winning with 60.9% of the vote
- NY-3 – Republican George Santos flipped the seat vacated by Democratic Rep. Thomas Suozzi. Santos defeated Robert Zimmerman 54.2% to 45.8%
- NY-4 – Republican Anthony D’Esposito narrowly defeated Democrat Laura Gillen 51.9% to 48.1%, flipping the seat held by outgoing Rep. Kathleen Rice.
- NY-5 – Democratic incumbent Rep. Gregory Meeks easily fended off a challenge from Republican Paul King, winning 75.2% to 24.8%.
- NY-6 – Democratic incumbent Rep. Grace Meng defeated Republican Tom Zmich 63.3% to 36.7%.
- NY-7 – Democratic incumbent Rep. Nydia Velazquez beat Republican Juan Pagan 80.5% to 19.5%.
- NY-8 – Democratic incumbent Rep. Hakeem Jeffries cruised to victory against Yuri Dashevsky, winning with 72.4% to 27.6%.
- NY-9 – Democratic incumbent Rep. Yvette Clarke won reelection against Menachem Raitport with 82.2% of the vote.
- NY-10 – Democrat Dan Goldman easily defeated Republican Benine Hamdan and Steve Speer with 83.9% of the vote.
- NY-11 – Republican Rep. Nichole Malliotakis defeated Democrat Max Rose in a rematch. Malliotakis won with 62.1% of the vote.
- NY-12 – Democratic incumbent Rep. Jerry Nadler won reelection with 81.7% of the vote.
- NY-13 – Democratic incumbent Rep. Adriano Espaillat won reelection as he ran unopposed.
- NY-14 – Democratic incumbent Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez easily fended off challenged from Republican Tina Forte and Conservative Desi Cuellar. Rep. Ocasio-Cortez won with 70.6% of the vote.
- NY-15 – Democratic incumbent Rep. Ritchie Torres easily defeated Stylo Sapaskis with 82.6% of the vote.
- NY-16 – Democratic incumbent Rep. Jamaal Bowman won reelection with 64.3% of the vote.
- NY-17 – In a shocking race, Republican Assemblyman Mike Lawler defeated incumbent Rep. Sean Patrick Maloney 50.6% to 49.4%.
- NY-18 – Democrat Pat Ryan narrowly defeated Republican Assemblyman Colin Schmitt by just over 2,000 votes.
- NY-19 – Defying the polls, Republican and Dutchess County Executive Marc Molinaro defeated Democrat Josh Riley 51.1% to 48.9%
- NY-20 – Democratic incumbent Rep. Paul Tonko again defeated Republican Liz Joy. Tonko won with 54.8% of the vote.
- NY-21 – Republican incumbent Rep. Elise Stefanik won reelection against Democrat Matt Castelli with 59.2% of the vote.
- NY-22 – In what was the last race to be called, Republican Brandon Williams managed to keep the seat being vacated by Rep. John Katko under Republican Control. William defeated Democrat Francis Conole by over 4,000 votes.
- NY-23 – Republican Nick Langworthy easily defeated Max Della Pia 65% to 35%.
- NY-24 – Republican incumbent Claudia Tenney defeated Democrat Steven Holden 66.4% to 33.6%.
- NY-25 – In a race that was closer than expected, Democratic incumbent Rep. Joe Morelle defeated La’Ron Singletary 53.6% to 46.4%.
- NY-26 – Democratic incumbent Rep. Brian Higgins cruised to victory with 63.8% of the vote.