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1982 United States Senate election in New York
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1982 United States Senate election in New York New York Flag of New York (1909–2020).svg presidential no 1976 United States Senate election in New York 1976 1988 United States Senate election in New York 1988 November 2, 1982 150x150px File:Daniel Patrick Moynihan.jpg Pat Moynihan Democratic Party (United States) Liberal Party of New York 3,232,146 65.07% File:Florence M. Sullivan.png Florence Sullivan Republican Party (United States) font-weight:normal;text-align:left;
Parties
Conservative
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The 1982 United States Senate election in New York was held on November 2, 1982. Incumbent Democratic U.S. Senator Daniel Patrick Moynihan won re-election to a second term.
Moynihan's victory made him the first Senator holding this seat to win a second term since Irving M. Ives won his second and final term in 1952.
Democratic primary
Candidates
Melvin Klenetsky, LaRouchite activist
Daniel Patrick Moynihan, incumbent U.S. Senator since 1977
Results
1982 Democratic U.S. Senate primaryhttp://www.ourcampaigns.com/RaceDetail.html?RaceID=111466 Our Campaigns - NY US Senate - D Primary www.ourcampaigns.com 30 Dec 2020
Democratic Party (United States)
Daniel Patrick Moynihan (incumbent)
922,059
85.13%
Democratic Party (United States)
Melvin Klenetsky
161,012
14.87%
1,083,071
100.00%
Republican primary
Candidates
Whitney North Seymour Jr., former United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York and state senator from Manhattan
Muriel Siebert, stockbroker
Florence M. Sullivan, assemblywoman from Bay Ridge, Brooklyn
Withdrew
Bruce F. Caputo, former U.S. representative from Yonkers and candidate for U.S. Senate in 1980 (withdrew March 8)Roberts Sam March 9, 1982 Caputo Quits Senate Race https://www.newspapers.com/clip/66200565/caputo-quits/ Daily News New York, NY 5 Newspapers.com
Results
1982 Republican U.S. Senate primaryhttp://www.ourcampaigns.com/RaceDetail.html?RaceID=111466 Our Campaigns - NY US Senate - R Primary www.ourcampaigns.com 30 Dec 2020
Republican Party (United States)
Florence M. Sullivan
216,486
42.37%
Republican Party (United States)
Muriel Siebert
157,446
30.82%
Republican Party (United States)
Whitney North Seymour Jr.
136,974
26.81%
510,906
100.00%
Results
General election resultshttp://www.ourcampaigns.com/RaceDetail.html?RaceID=3781 Our Campaigns - NY US Senate Race - Nov 02, 1982 www.ourcampaigns.com 16 April 2018
Democratic Party (United States)
Daniel Patrick Moynihan (incumbent)
3,089,871
62.20%
Liberal Party of New York
Daniel Patrick Moynihan (incumbent)
142,275
2.86%
Total
Daniel Patrick Moynihan (incumbent)
3,232,146
65.07%
Republican Party (United States)
Florence M. Sullivan
1,415,749
28.50%
Conservative Party of New York
Florence M. Sullivan
175,650
3.54%
New York State Right to Life Party
Florence M. Sullivan
105,367
2.12%
Total
Florence M. Sullivan
1,696,766
34.16%
Libertarian Party (United States)
James J. McKeown
23,379
0.47%
Socialist Workers Party (United States)
Steven Wattenmaker
15,206
0.31%
4,967,497
100.00%
Democratic Party (United States)
See also
1982 United States Senate elections
References
New York
1982
Category:1982 New York (state) elections