1992 United States Senate election in New York

none March 2026 September 2023 1992 United States Senate election in New York New York Flag of New York (1909–2020).svg presidential no 1986 United States Senate election in New York 1986 1998 United States Senate election in New York 1998 November 3, 1992 150x150px Alfonse D'Amato (cropped).jpg Al D'Amato Republican Party (United States) font-weight:normal;text-align:left; Parties Conservative Right to Life 3,166,994 49.03% File:Soundview Abrams, Bronx Borough President (NYPL b11524053-1253146) (cropped).tiff Robert Abrams Democratic Party (United States) Liberal 3,086,200 47.78% 1992 United States Senate election in New York results map by county.svg 300px County resultsD'Amato: #ffb2b2 40–50% #e27f7f 50–60% #d75d5d 60–70%Abrams: #a5b0ff 40–50% #7996e2 50–60% #6674de 60–70% #584cde 70–80% U.S. Senator Al D'Amato Republican Party (United States) Al D'Amato Republican Party (United States) The 1992 United States Senate election in New York took place on November 3, 1992, alongside other elections to the United States Senate in other states, as well as elections to the United States House of Representatives and various state and local elections. Incumbent Senator Al D'Amato narrowly won re-election to a third term. As of , this is the last time Republicans won a U.S. Senate election in New York, and the last time that the winning presidential and U.S. Senate candidates in New York were of different political parties. Republican primary Candidates Declared Al D'Amato, incumbent Senator Withdrew Laurance Rockefeller Jr., environmental attorney and nephew of former New York Governor and Vice President Nelson Rockefeller (failed to submit signatures)https://www.nytimes.com/1992/07/12/weekinreview/july-5-11-rockefeller-vs-d-amato-a-powerful-political-name-reappears-in-new-york.html?n=Top%2fReference%2fTimes%20Topics%2fPeople%2fR%2fRockefeller%2c%20Laurance%20S The New York Times Todd S. Purdum JULY 5-11: Rockefeller vs. D'Amato; A Powerful Political Name Reappears in New York July 12, 1992 Results Senator D'Amato was unopposed for re-nomination. Democratic primary Candidates Declared Robert Abrams, New York Attorney General Geraldine Ferraro, former U.S. Representative, and Democratic nominee for vice president in 1984 Elizabeth Holtzman, New York City Comptroller, and nominee for the U.S. Senate in 1980 Al Sharpton, Baptist minister and civil rights activist Withdrew Robert Mrazek, U.S. Representative from Suffolk County Declined Mark Green, New York City Commissioner of Consumer Affairs; Democratic nominee for Senate in 1986Schwartz Maralee Kurtz Howard June 9, 1991 D'AMATO FOE GREEN RULES OUT REMATCH IN NEW YORK IN '92 https://www.washingtonpost.com/archive/politics/1991/06/09/damato-foe-green-rules-out-rematch-in-new-york-in-92/2554676e-c8fe-4a48-a7f7-28ccbcab85d1/ The Washington Post Campaign The Democratic primary campaign featured State Attorney General Robert Abrams, former U.S. Congresswoman and 1984 vice presidential candidate Geraldine Ferraro, Reverend Al Sharpton, and New York City Comptroller and former Congresswoman Elizabeth Holtzman. Congressman Robert J. Mrazek was also an early candidate, but withdrew from the race after being named in the House banking scandal.https://www.nytimes.com/1992/03/20/nyregion/mrazek-is-said-to-be-ready-to-quit-senate-race.html Mrazek Is Said to Be Ready to Quit Senate Race The New York Times Pear Robert March 20, 1992 June 24, 2018 Abrams was considered the initial front-runner.https://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=9D0CE5DE1E30F932A15753C1A967958260 In Senate Campaign, Ferraro Picks Up Where She Left Off Kolbert, Elizabeth The New York Times October 21, 1991 Ferraro emphasized her career as a teacher, prosecutor, congresswoman, and mother, and positioned herself as being tough on crime.Braden Maria Women Politicians and the Media The University Press of Kentucky Lexington, Kentucky 1996 0-8131-1970-7 135 She soon took the lead in the polls, additionally capitalizing on her name recognition from 1984. However, she drew attacks from the media and her opponents over her husband John Zaccaro's finances and business relationships.https://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=9E0CE6DD1239F932A3575AC0A964958260 For Ferraro, Cheers of '84 Are Still Resonating Mitchell, Alison The New York Times September 1, 1992 Initially, Ferraro used the attacks in an attempt to galvanize the feminist vote, but her lead began to dwindle under the criticism, and she released additional tax returns in an attempt to defray the attacks.Lurie Leonard Senator Pothole: The Unauthorized Biography of Al D'Amato Birch Lane Press 1994 1-55972-227-4 465, 467 registration https://archive.org/details/senatorpotholeun00luri/page/465 https://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=9E0CE7DD173DF932A2575AC0A964958260 Ferraro Releases Tax Returns for 2 Missing Years to Offset Attacks by Rivals Blumenthal, Ralph The New York Times September 11, 1992 Holtzman ran a negative ad accusing Ferraro and Zaccaro of taking more than $300,000 in rent in the 1980s from a pornographer with purported ties to organized crime.https://www.nytimes.com/1992/08/27/nyregion/holtzman-draws-criticism-from-feminists-over-ads.html Holtzman Draws Criticism From Feminists Over Ads Mitchell, Alison The New York Times August 27, 1992 Results thumb|300px|Primary results by county. Map legend #A5B0FF Abrams—40–50% #BDD3FF Abrams—30–40% #aae5aa Ferraro—30–40% #87de87 Ferraro—40–50% #5fd35f Ferraro—50–60% #37c837 Ferraro—60–70% #2ca02c Ferraro—70–80% |right In the primary, Abrams won by less than one percentage point, winning 37 percent of the vote to Ferraro's 36 percent.https://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=9E0CE6DC1E31F935A2575AC0A964958260 Abrams, In Tight Senate Vote, Appears to Edge Out Ferraro Purdum, Todd S. Todd Purdum The New York Times September 16, 1992 Ferraro did not concede the election for two weeks.https://www.nytimes.com/1992/10/01/nyregion/abrams-gets-a-concession-from-ferraro.html Abrams Gets A Concession From Ferraro Verhovek, Sam Howe The New York Times October 1, 1992 Democratic primary resultshttps://www.ourcampaigns.com/RaceDetail.html?RaceID=26017 NY US Senate D Primary Race - September 15, 1992 Our Campaigns June 24, 2018 Democratic Party (United States) Robert Abrams 426,904 37.02% Democratic Party (United States) Geraldine Ferraro 415,650 36.04% Democratic Party (United States) Al Sharpton 166,665 14.45% Democratic Party (United States) Elizabeth Holtzman 144,026 12.49% 1,153,245 100.00% General election Campaign After Abrams emerged as the nominee, the Democrats remained divided. In particular, Abrams spent much of the remainder of the campaign trying to get Ferraro's endorsement. Ferraro, enraged and bitter after the nature of the primary, ignored Abrams, and accepted Bill Clinton's request to campaign for his presidential bid instead. She was eventually persuaded by state party leaders into giving an unenthusiastic endorsement, with just three days to go before the general election, in exchange for an apology by Abrams for the tone of the primary.https://www.nytimes.com/1992/11/01/nyregion/ferraro-gets-an-apology-from-abrams.html Ferraro Gets An Apology From Abrams Manegold, Catherine S. The New York Times November 1, 1992 Abrams was also accused of engaging in ethnically charged attacks against the Italian ancestry of both Ferraro and D'Amato. Ahead of the primary, Ferraro sought to defend herself against accusations that she received financial support from organized crime in her 1978 congressional campaign, claiming that, "If I were not Italian American, this whole thing would never have been brought up."Treadwell David September 15, 1992 '92 POLITICAL PERSPECTIVE : A Family Feud Comes to a Close - at Ballot Box: N.Y. Senate primary today ends Democratic fight over Ferraro. But GOP could benefit. Los Angeles Times In October, Abrams was again accused of anti-Italian political attacks, after calling D'Amato a "fascist" at a campaign event and alleging that he had engaged in the "big lie techniques" of Nazi propaganda officers.Mouat Lucia October 22, 1992 D'Amato, Abrams Splatter Road To US Senate With Lots of Mud https://www.csmonitor.com/1992/1022/22023.html The Christian Science Monitor August 18, 2018 At a Columbus Day parade the following day, D'Amato accused Abrams of engaging in ethnic insults on his Italian ancestry, and in a subsequent campaign ad featured images of Italian fascist leader Benito Mussolini to depict the word "fascist" as an anti-Italian slur.Stanley Alessandra November 5, 1992 THE 1992 ELECTIONS: NEW YORK STATE - U.S. SENATE RACE; D'Amato: Combining Money, Attacks, and Foe's Blunders https://www.nytimes.com/1992/11/05/nyregion/1992-elections-new-york-state-us-senate-race-d-amato-combining-money-attacks-foe.html The New York Times August 18, 2018 Abrams narrowly lost the general election, partially as a result of these controversies.Attorney General Abrams to Quit To Join a Law Firm in Manhattan. New York Times. September 9, 1993. Polling Poll source Date(s)administered Samplesize Margin oferror AlfonseD'Amato (R) RobertAbrams (D) Other/Neither UndecidedBuffalo News/Political-Media Research Inc.Buffalo News/Political-Media Research Inc. October 30, 1992 833 ± 3.5% 42% 44% - 14% Results 1992 U.S. Senate election in New Yorkhttp://www.ourcampaigns.com/RaceDetail.html?RaceID=3497 Our Campaigns - NY US Senate Race - Nov 03, 1992http://clerk.house.gov/member_info/electionInfo/1992election.pdf Statistics of the Presidential and Congressional election of November 3, 1992 Clerk of the House of Representatives Clerk of the United States House of Representatives 1993 U.S. Government Printing Office Republican Party (United States) Al D'Amato (incumbent) 2,652,822 41.07% -4.19% Conservative Party of New York Al D'Amato (incumbent) 289,258 4.48% -0.25% New York State Right to Life Party Al D'Amato (incumbent) 224,914 3.48% +0.46% Total Al D'Amato (incumbent) 3,166,994 49.03% -4.00% Democratic Party (United States) Robert Abrams 2,943,001 45.57% +7.15% Liberal Party of New York Robert Abrams 143,199 2.22% +0.88% Total Robert Abrams 3,086,200 47.78% Libertarian Party (United States) Norma Segal 108,530 1.68% New Alliance Party Mohammad T. Mehdi 56,631 0.88% +0.64% Natural Law Party (United States) Stanley Nelson 23,747 0.37% Socialist Workers Party (United States) Eddie Warren 16,724 0.26% 0.10% Republican Party (United States) See also 1992 United States Senate elections References Further reading Columbia Journalism Review Degrees of Sleaze https://www.cjr.org/60th/degrees-of-sleaze-victor-navasky-alfonse-damato.php/ Navasky Victor January–February 1993 Category:1992 New York (state) elections New York 1992 Category:Geraldine Ferraro