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The state of New York held elections in 2014. Below are the dates of note:

2014 elections and events in New York
Filing deadline for federal candidates	April 10, 2014
School board election (1)	May 6, 2014
School board elections (15)	May 20, 2014
Voter registration deadline for federal primary election	May 30, 2014
Federal primary election date	June 24, 2014
Filing deadline for state and local candidates	July 10, 2014
Filing deadline for independent candidates for federal office	August 5, 2014
Voter registration deadline for state primary election	August 15, 2014
Filing deadline for independent candidates seeking state office	August 19, 2014
Primary election for state officials	September 9, 2014
General election date	November 4, 2014
Statewide ballot measure election	November 4, 2014

Below are the types of elections that were scheduled in New York in 2014:

On the 2014 ballot
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U.S. Senate	d
U.S. House	a
State Executives	a
State Senate	a
State Assembly	a
Statewide ballot measures (3 measures)	a
Local ballot measures	d
School boards	a
State courts	a

2014 elections

Races to watch in New York

U.S. Congress

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• 1st Congressional District

See also: New York's 1st Congressional District elections, 2014

Rep. Tim Bishop (D) sought re-election in a district that slowly became more conservative over the past decade. State Sen. Lee Zeldin was the Republican front-runner. With Zeldin's name recognition and both candidates' ability to win elections with the 1st District constituency, the district was the scene of one of the more competitive races of 2014. Zeldin defeated Bishop in the general election.

• 11th Congressional District

See also: New York's 11th Congressional District elections, 2014

Rep. Michael Grimm (R) was redistricted to the 11th District for his 2012 re-election campaign. Despite the district voting for President Barack Obama by 4.3 percentage points, Grimm won his bid by 5 percentage points. However, the 2014 campaign started early with numerous outside groups dumping money and attention into the race beginning in 2013. Grimm still won the general election on November 4, 2014.

• 18th Congressional District

See also: New York's 18th Congressional District elections, 2014

Rep. Sean Maloney defeated the 19th District incumbent Nan Hayworth (R) in the newly drawn 18th District by 3.7 percentage points. In 2014, with a better idea of the district's constituency, Hayworth and Maloney were set for a rematch. Maloney defeated Hayworth in the general election.

• 23rd Congressional District

See also: New York's 23rd Congressional District elections, 2014

Rep. Tom Reed (R) faced a challenge from Martha Robertson (D) in the general election. The 23rd ranked as competitive on every one of Ballotpedia's measures for the most competitive districts in 2014. Reed defeated Robertson in the general election.

New York State Legislature

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See also: New York State Senate elections, 2014 and New York State Assembly elections, 2014

Elections for the New York State Senate took place in 2014. A primary election took place on September 9, 2014. The general election took place November 4, 2014. The signature filing deadline for candidates wishing to run in this election was July 10, 2014. Heading into the election, the Democratic Party controlled the chamber. The following table details the 10 districts with the smallest margin of victory in the November 6, 2012, general election.

2012 Margin of Victory, New York State Senate
District	Winner	Margin of Victory	Total Votes	Top Opponent
District 46	Cecilia F. Tkaczyk	0%	126,245	George Amedore
District 41	Terry W. Gipson	1.7%	122,328	Stephen Saland
District 40	Greg Ball	2.1%	127,316	Justin R. Wagner
District 7	Jack Martins	3.6%	112,026	Daniel S. Ross
District 6	Kemp Hannon	3.9%	113,225	Ryan E. Cronin
District 55	Ted O'Brien	4%	134,592	Sean Hanna
District 39	William Larkin	4.9%	104,667	Christopher W. Eachus
District 4	Philip Boyle	5.2%	103,263	Ricardo Montano
District 37	George Latimer	8.1%	118,810	Bob Cohen
District 43	Kathleen A. Marchione	10.7%	128,807	Robin Andrews

Elections for the New York State Assembly took place in 2014. A primary election took place on September 9, 2014. The general election took place on November 4, 2014. The signature filing deadline for candidates wishing to run in this election was July 10, 2014. Heading into the election, the Democratic Party controlled the chamber. The following table details the 10 districts with the smallest margin of victory in the November 6, 2012, general election.

2012 Margin of Victory, New York State Assembly
District	Winner	Margin of Victory	Total Votes	Top Opponent
District 3	Edward J. Hennessey	0.6%	38,351	Dean Murray
District 145	John Ceretto	1.9%	50,912	Robert M. Restaino
District 135	Mark Johns	2.2%	68,267	David R. Koon
District 107	Steven McLaughlin	3.6%	58,390	Cheryl A. Roberts
District 113	Tony Jordan	5.6%	54,233	Carrie Woerner
District 21	Brian Curran	7.3%	51,472	Jeffrey S. Friedman
District 146	Raymond Walter	8.3%	56,104	Joanne A. Schultz
District 106	Didi Barrett	8.6%	52,094	David Byrne
District 94	Steve Katz	8.6%	54,481	Andrew I. Falk
District 93	David Buchwald	8.9%	54,003	Robert Castelli

Elections by type

U.S. House

U.S. House of Representatives elections in New York

See also: United States House of Representatives elections in New York, 2014 and United States House of Representatives elections, 2014

The 2014 U.S. House of Representatives elections in New York took place on November 4, 2014. Voters elected 27 candidates to serve in the U.S. House, one from each of the state's 27 congressional districts.

Candidate Filing Deadline	Primary Election	General Election
April 14, 2014	June 24, 2014	November 4, 2014

Primary: A primary election is an election in which registered voters select a candidate that they believe should be a political party's candidate for elected office to run in the general election. They are also used to choose convention delegates and party leaders. Primaries are state-level and local-level elections that take place prior to a general election. New York utilizes a closed primary process, in which the selection of a party's candidates in an election is limited to registered party members.^[1][2][3]

For information about which offices are nominated via primary election, see this article.

Voter registration: To vote in the federal primary, voters had to register by May 30, 2014. To vote in the state primary, voters had to register by August 15, 2014.^[4]

See also: New York elections, 2014

Partisan breakdown

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Heading into the November 4 election, the Democratic Party held 21 of the 27 congressional seats from New York.

Members of the U.S. House from New York -- Partisan Breakdown
Party		As of November 2014	After the 2014 Election
	Democratic Party	21	18
	Republican Party	6	9
Total		27	27

Incumbents

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Heading into the 2014 election, the incumbents for the 27 congressional districts were:

Name	Party	District
Tim Bishop	Democratic	1
Peter T. King	Republican	2
Steve Israel	Democratic	3
Carolyn McCarthy	Democratic	4
Gregory Meeks	Democratic	5
Grace Meng	Democratic	6
Nydia Velazquez	Democratic	7
Hakeem Jeffries	Democratic	8
Yvette Clarke	Democratic	9
Jerrold Nadler	Democratic	10
Michael Grimm	Republican	11
Carolyn Maloney	Democratic	12
Charles Rangel	Democratic	13
Joseph Crowley	Democratic	14
Jose E. Serrano	Democratic	15
Eliot Engel	Democratic	16
Nita Lowey	Democratic	17
Sean Maloney	Democratic	18
Chris Gibson	Republican	19
Paul Tonko	Democratic	20
Bill Owens	Democratic	21
Richard Hanna	Republican	22
Tom Reed	Republican	23
Dan Maffei	Democratic	24
Louise Slaughter	Democratic	25
Brian Higgins	Democratic	26
Chris Collins	Republican	27

List of candidates by district

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Note: The filing deadline for candidates was April 10, 2014.

1st Congressional District

General election candidates

• Lee Zeldina
• Tim Bishop - Incumbent

June 24, 2014, primary results

Republican Primary George Demos[5] Lee Zeldin[6]a Conservative Primary Lee Zeldin[6]a Green Primary Jason Strom[7]a

Democratic Primary Tim Bishop - Incumbent[8]a Independence Primary Tim Bishop - Incumbent[8]a Working Families Primary Tim Bishop - Incumbent[8]a

Disqualified

• Jason Strom^[9][10][11]

2nd Congressional District

General election candidates

• Peter King - Incumbenta
• Patricia M. Maher
• William D. Stevenson

June 24, 2014, primary results

Republican Primary Peter King - Incumbent[12]a Conservative Primary Peter King - Incumbent[12]a Independence Primary Peter King - Incumbent[12]a

Democratic Primary Patricia M. Maher[12]a Green Primary William D. Stevenson[12]a

3rd Congressional District

General election candidates

• Grant Lally
• Steve Israel - Incumbenta

June 24, 2014, primary results

Republican Primary Grant Lally[13]a Stephen Labate[14] Conservative Primary Grant Lally[13]a

Democratic Primary Steve Israel - Incumbent[15]a Working Families Primary Steve Israel - Incumbent[15]a Independence Primary Steve Israel - Incumbent[15]a

4th Congressional District

General election candidates

• Bruce Blakeman
• Kathleen M. Ricea

June 24, 2014, primary results

Republican Primary Bruce Blakeman[12]a Frank Scaturro[16] Conservative Primary Bruce Blakeman[12]a Independence Primary Bruce Blakeman[12]a

Democratic Primary Kathleen M. Rice[12]a Kevan Abrahams[12] Working Families Primary Kathleen M. Rice[12]a

Failed to file

• Francis Becker Jr.^[17][12]

Disqualified

• Mike Vista^[12]

5th Congressional District

General election candidates

• Gregory Meeks - Incumbenta
• Allen Steinhardt ("Allen 4 Congress")^[18]

June 24, 2014, primary results

Democratic Primary

• Gregory Meeks - Incumbent^[12]a
• Joseph Marthone^[12]

6th Congressional District

General election candidates

• Grace Meng - Incumbenta

June 24, 2014, primary results

Democratic Primary Grace Meng - Incumbent[12]a

Working Families Primary Grace Meng - Incumbent[12]a

7th Congressional District

General election candidates

• Jose Luis Fernandez
• Nydia Velazquez - Incumbenta
• Allan Romaguera

June 24, 2014, primary results

Republican Primary Jose Luis Fernandez[12]a Conservative Primary Allan Romaguera[12]a

Democratic Primary Nydia Velazquez - Incumbent[12]a Jeff Kurzon[12] Working Families Primary Nydia Velazquez - Incumbent[12]a

8th Congressional District

General election candidates

• Hakeem Jeffries - Incumbenta
• Alan Bellone

June 24, 2014, primary results

Conservative Primary Alan Bellone[12]a

Democratic Primary Hakeem Jeffries - Incumbent[12]a Working Families Primary Hakeem Jeffries - Incumbent[12]a

9th Congressional District

General election candidates

• Yvette Clarke - Incumbenta
• Daniel Cavanagh

June 24, 2014, primary results

Conservative Primary Daniel Cavanagh[12]a

Democratic Primary Yvette Clarke - Incumbent[12]a Working Families Primary Yvette Clarke - Incumbent[12]a

10th Congressional District

General election candidates

• Jerrold Nadler - Incumbenta
• Ross Brady
• Michael Dilger ("Flourish Every Person")^[19]

June 24, 2014, primary results

Conservative Primary Ross Brady[12]a

Democratic Primary Jerrold Nadler - Incumbent[12]a Working Families Primary Jerrold Nadler - Incumbent[12]a

Disqualified

• Lolita Ferrin^[12]

11th Congressional District

General election candidates

• Michael Grimm - Incumbenta
• Domenic Recchia
• Henry Bardel

June 24, 2014, primary results

Republican Primary Michael Grimm - Incumbent[12]a Conservative Primary Michael Grimm - Incumbent[12]a Independence Primary Michael Grimm - Incumbent[12]a

Democratic Primary Domenic Recchia - Brooklyn City Councilman[20]a Working Families Primary Domenic Recchia - Brooklyn City Councilman[20]a Green Primary Henry Bardel[12]a

Disqualified

• Erick Salgado^[12][21]

12th Congressional District

General election candidates

• Nick Di Iorio
• Carolyn Maloney - Incumbenta

June 24, 2014, primary results

Republican Primary Nick Di Iorio[12]a Conservative Primary Nick Di Iorio[12]a Independence Primary Nick Di Iorio[12]a

Democratic Primary Carolyn Maloney - Incumbent[12]a Working Families Primary Carolyn Maloney - Incumbent[12]a

13th Congressional District

General election candidates

• Charles Rangel - Incumbenta
• Daniel Vila Rivera

Note: Although Kenneth Schaeffer was set to be on the Working Families Party line, he was removed from the ballot shortly before the election, allowing Rangel to run for the Working Families Party in addition to the Democratic Party.^[22][23]

June 24, 2014, primary results

Democratic Primary Charles Rangel - Incumbent[12]a Adriano Espaillat - State senator[24] Michael A. Walrond Jr.[12] Yolanda Garcia[12]

Working Families Primary Kenneth Schaeffer[12]a Green Primary Daniel Vila Rivera[12]a

Disqualified

• Kenneth Schaeffer^[23]

Failed to file

• Adam Clayton Powell - Former New York State Assemblyman^{[25][26][24][12]}
• David Paterson - Former governor^[24][12]
• Keith Wright - State assemblyman^[24][12]

14th Congressional District

General election candidates

• Joseph Crowley - Incumbenta
• Elizabeth Perri

June 24, 2014, primary results

Conservative Primary Elizabeth Perri[12]a

Democratic Primary Joseph Crowley - Incumbent[12]a Working Families Primary Joseph Crowley - Incumbent[12]a

15th Congressional District

General election candidates

• Jose Serrano - Incumbenta
• Eduardo Ramirez
• William Edstrom

June 24, 2014, primary results

Conservative Primary Eduardo Ramirez[12]a Green Primary William Edstrom[12]a

Democratic Primary Jose Serrano - Incumbent[12]a Sam Sloan[12] Working Families Primary Jose Serrano - Incumbent[12]a

16th Congressional District

General election candidates

• Eliot Engel - Incumbenta

June 24, 2014, primary results

Democratic Primary Eliot Engel - Incumbent[12]a

Working Families Primary Eliot Engel - Incumbent[12]a

Disqualified

• Patrick A. McManus^[12]

17th Congressional District

General election candidates

• Chris Day
• Nita Lowey - Incumbenta

June 24, 2014, primary results

Republican Primary Chris Day[12]a Conservative Primary Chris Day[12]a

Democratic Primary Nita Lowey - Incumbent[12]a Working Families Primary Nita Lowey - Incumbent[12]a

Disqualified

• Francis Morganthaler^[12]

18th Congressional District

General election candidates

• Nan Hayworth
• Sean Maloney - Incumbenta
• Scott Smith ("Send Mr. Smith")^[27]

June 24, 2014, primary results

Republican Primary Nan Hayworth - Prior 18th District incumbent unseated in 2012[28]a Conservative Primary Nan Hayworth - Prior 18th District incumbent unseated in 2012[28]a Independence Primary Sean Maloney - Incumbent[12] Nan Hayworth - Prior 18th District incumbent unseated in 2012[28]a

Democratic Primary Sean Maloney - Incumbent[12]a Working Families Primary Sean Maloney - Incumbent[12]a

Disqualified

• Andre Barnett^[12][29]

19th Congressional District

General election candidates

• Chris Gibson - Incumbenta
• Sean Eldridge

June 24, 2014, primary results

Republican Primary Chris Gibson - Incumbent[12]a Conservative Primary Chris Gibson - Incumbent[12]a Independence Primary Chris Gibson - Incumbent[12]a

Democratic Primary Sean Eldridge[12]a Working Families Primary Sean Eldridge[12]a

20th Congressional District

General election candidates

• Jim Fischer
• Paul Tonko - Incumbenta

June 24, 2014, primary results

Republican Primary Jim Fischer[12]a Conservative Primary Jim Fischer[12]a

Democratic Primary Paul Tonko - Incumbent[12]a Working Families Primary Paul Tonko - Incumbent[12]a Independence Primary Paul Tonko - Incumbent[12]a

21st Congressional District

General election candidates

• Elise Stefanik*a
• Aaron Woolf
• Matt Funiciello

*Although Matt Doheny won the Independence primary, he was later nominated for a state Supreme Court judgeship, removing him from the ballot and allowing the Independence Party to endorse Stefanik.^[30]

June 24, 2014, primary results

Republican Primary Elise Stefanik[31]a Matt Doheny[32] Conservative Primary Elise Stefanik[31]a Independence Primary Matt Doheny[32]a

Democratic Primary Aaron Woolf[33]a Working Families Primary Aaron Woolf[33]a Green Primary Matt Funiciello[12]a

Disqualified

• Stephen Burke^[34][35]
• Donald Hassig^[12][35]

Failed to file

• Joe Gilbert^[36][12]

• Mike Ring^[37][12]

22nd Congressional District

General election candidates

• Richard Hanna - Incumbenta

June 24, 2014, primary results

Republican Primary Richard Hanna - Incumbent[12]a Claudia Tenney - Republican member of the New York State Assembly[12]

Independence Primary Richard Hanna - Incumbent[12]a

Disqualified

• Michael Kicinski Sr.^[12][38]

Failed to file

• Michael Vasquez - Founder and President of M V Consulting, Inc.^[39][40]

23rd Congressional District

General election candidates

• Tom Reed - Incumbenta
• Martha Robertson

June 24, 2014, primary results

Republican Primary Tom Reed - Incumbent[12]a Conservative Primary Tom Reed - Incumbent[12]a Independence Primary Tom Reed - Incumbent[12]a

Democratic Primary Martha Robertson - Tompkins County Legislative Chair[12]a Working Families Primary Martha Robertson - Tompkins County Legislative Chair[12]a

Disqualified

• Amber Cole^[12][35]
• Darin Robbins^[12][35]

24th Congressional District

General election candidates

• John Katkoa
• Dan Maffei - Incumbent

June 24, 2014, primary results

Republican Primary John Katko[12]a Conservative Primary John Katko[12]a Independence Primary John Katko[12]a

Democratic Primary Dan Maffei - Incumbent[12]a Working Families Primary Dan Maffei - Incumbent[12]a

25th Congressional District

General election candidates

• Mark Assini
• Louise Slaughter - Incumbent a

June 24, 2014, primary results

Republican Primary Mark Assini[12]a Conservative Primary Mark Assini[12]a

Democratic Primary Louise Slaughter - Incumbent[12]a Working Families Primary Louise Slaughter - Incumbent[12]a

26th Congressional District

General election candidates

• Kathy Weppner
• Brian Higgins - Incumbenta

June 24, 2014, primary results

Republican Primary Kathy Weppner[12]a Conservative Primary Kathy Weppner[12]a

Democratic Primary Brian Higgins - Incumbent[12]a Working Families Primary Brian Higgins - Incumbent[12]a

Disqualified

• Emin Eddie Egriu^[12][41]

27th Congressional District

General election candidates

• Chris Collins - Incumbenta
• Jim O'Donnell

June 24, 2014, primary results

Republican Primary Chris Collins - Incumbent[12]a Conservative Primary Chris Collins - Incumbent[12]a Independence Primary Chris Collins - Incumbent[12]a

Democratic Primary Jim O'Donnell[12]a Working Families Primary Jim O'Donnell[12]a

State Executives

State executive official elections in New York

See also: New York state executive official elections, 2014 and State executive official elections, 2014

Four state executive positions were up for election in 2014 in the state of New York.

The following offices were elected in 2014 in New York:

• Governor of New York
• Lieutenant Governor of New York
• New York Attorney General
• New York Controller

List of candidates by office

Governor

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General election

Andrew Cuomo/Kathy Hochul (also ran on the Working Families Party, the Women's Equality Party and the Independence Party lines)^[42]
Rob Astorino/Chris Moss (also ran on the Conservative Party and "Stop Common Core" lines)^[43][42]
Howie Hawkins/Brian Jones^[44]
Michael McDermott/Chris Edes (nominated at party convention)^[45]
Sapient Party - Steven Cohn/Bobby K. Kalotee^[46]

Lost in primary

Gubernatorial

Zephyr Teachout - Fordham University Law professor^[47]
Randy Credico^[46]

Lieutenant gubernatorial

Tim Wu^[12]

Lost at convention

Gubernatorial

Nathan LeBron^[48][49]
Richard Cooper - manufacturing executive and Libertarian activist^[50][49]

Lieutenant gubernatorial

Chris Edes - Libertarian activist (nominated for lieutenant governor instead)^[51][49]

Did not qualify

Racquel McPherson
Sam Sloan
Nenad Bach^[42]
Life and Justice Party candidate Michael J. Carey^[46]
Rent is 2 Damn High - Jimmy McMillan/Christalle Felix^[46]

Did not file by deadline

Steven McLaughlin - State Assemblyman^[52]
Carl Paladino - 2010 Republican candidate for governor^[53]
John Studer - Socialist Workers Party candidate^[54]

Lieutenant Governor

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General election

Kathy Hochul (also ran on the Working Families Party, Independence Party and Women's Equality Party lines) - Former U.S. House Representative, New York, District 26^[55][42]
Chris Moss (also ran on the Conservative Party and "Stop Common Core" lines)^[42]
Brian Jones - educator^[56]
Chris Edes (nominated at party convention) - Libertarian activist^[49]
Rent is 2 Damn High candidate Christalle Felix^[42]
Sapient Party candidate Bobby K. Kalotee^[42]

Lost in primary

Tim Wu^[12]

Did not qualify

Nenad Bach^[42]

Attorney General

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General election

Eric Schneiderman - Incumbent (also ran on the Working Families Party, Independence Party and Women's Equality Party lines) ^[42]
John Cahill (also ran on the Conservative Party, Life and Justice Party and "Stop Common Core" lines)^[57][42]
Ramon Jimenez^[42]
Carl Person (nominated at party convention) - attorney^[49]

Declined

Daniel Donovan - 2010 candidate for New York Attorney General^[58]
Michael Garcia - Former U.S. Attorney^[59]

Down ballot offices

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Office	Incumbent	Assumed Office	Incumbent running?	General Election Candidates	2015 Winner	Partisan Switch?
Comptroller	Thomas DiNapoli	2007	Yes[60]	Thomas DiNapoli Bob Antonacci Theresa Portelli John Clifton	Thomas DiNapoli	No

State Senate

State Senate election in New York

See also: New York State Senate elections, 2014 and State legislative elections, 2014

Elections for the New York State Senate took place in 2014. A primary election took place on September 9, 2014. The general election took place November 4, 2014. The signature filing deadline for candidates wishing to run in this election was July 10, 2014.

Majority control

See also: Partisan composition of state senates

Heading into the November 4 election, the Democratic Party held the majority in the New York State Senate:

New York State Senate
Party		As of November 3, 2014	After November 4, 2014
	Democratic Party	32	31
	Republican Party	29	32
	Vacancy	2	0
Total		63	63

Note: Although Democrats had a numerical majority going into the 2014 election, a coalition gave Republicans control of the chamber.

List of candidates by district

Note: The filing deadline for candidates was April 10, 2014.

District 1 • District 2 • District 3 • District 4 • District 5 • District 6 • District 7 • District 8 • District 9 • District 10 • District 11 • District 12 • District 13 • District 14 • District 15 • District 16 • District 17 • District 18 • District 19 • District 20 • District 21 • District 22 • District 23 • District 24 • District 25 • District 26 • District 27 • District 28 • District 29 • District 30 • District 31 • District 32 • District 33 • District 34 • District 35 • District 36 • District 37 • District 38 • District 39 • District 40 • District 41 • District 42 • District 43 • District 44 • District 45 • District 46 • District 47 • District 48 • District 49 • District 50 • District 51 • District 52 • District 53 • District 54 • District 55 • District 56 • District 57 • District 58 • District 59 • District 60 • District 61 • District 62 • District 63

State Assembly

State Assembly elections in New York

See also: New York State Assembly elections, 2014 and State legislative elections, 2014

Elections for the New York State Assembly took place in 2014. A primary election took place on September 9, 2014. The general election took place on November 4, 2014. The signature filing deadline for candidates wishing to run in this election was July 10, 2014.

Majority control

See also: Partisan composition of state senates

Heading into the November 4 election, the Democratic Party held the majority in the New York State Assembly:

New York State Assembly
Party		As of November 3, 2014	After November 4, 2014
	Democratic Party	99	106
	Republican Party	40	44
	Vacancy	11	0
Total		150	150

List of candidates by district

Note: The filing deadline for candidates was April 10, 2014.

District 1 • District 2 • District 3 • District 4 • District 5 • District 6 • District 7 • District 8 • District 9 • District 10 • District 11 • District 12 • District 13 • District 14 • District 15 • District 16 • District 17 • District 18 • District 19 • District 20 • District 21 • District 22 • District 23 • District 24 • District 25 • District 26 • District 27 • District 28 • District 29 • District 30 • District 31 • District 32 • District 33 • District 34 • District 35 • District 36 • District 37 • District 38 • District 39 • District 40 • District 41 • District 42 • District 43 • District 44 • District 45 • District 46 • District 47 • District 48 • District 49 • District 50 • District 51 • District 52 • District 53 • District 54 • District 55 • District 56 • District 57 • District 58 • District 59 • District 60 • District 61 • District 62 • District 63 • District 64 • District 65 • District 66 • District 67 • District 68 • District 69 • District 70 • District 71 • District 72 • District 73 • District 74 • District 75 • District 76 • District 77 • District 78 • District 79 • District 80 • District 81 • District 82 • District 83 • District 84 • District 85 • District 86 • District 87 • District 88 • District 89 • District 90 • District 91 • District 92 • District 93 • District 94 • District 95 • District 96 • District 97 • District 98 • District 99 • District 100 • District 101 • District 102 • District 103 • District 104 • District 105 • District 106 • District 107 • District 108 • District 109 • District 110 • District 111 • District 112 • District 113 • District 114 • District 115 • District 116 • District 117 • District 118 • District 119 • District 120 • District 121 • District 122 • District 123 • District 124 • District 125 • District 126 • District 127 • District 128 • District 129 • District 130 • District 131 • District 132 • District 133 • District 134 • District 135 • District 136 • District 137 • District 138 • District 139 • District 140 • District 141 • District 142 • District 143 • District 144 • District 145 • District 146 • District 147 • District 148 • District 149 • District 150

Statewide ballot measures

Statewide ballot measure elections in New York

See also: New York 2014 ballot measures and 2014 ballot measures

Three measures were certified for the 2014 statewide ballot in New York.

On the ballot

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November 4:

Type	Title	Subject	Description	Result
LRCA	Proposal 1	Redistricting	Creates a redistricting commission to draw district lines every ten years	a
LRCA	Proposal 2	Legislature	Allows for electronic versions of bills rather than requiring paper copies	a
BI	Proposal 3	Bonds	Authorizes $2 billion in state bonds to fund technology upgrades in schools	a

School boards

School board elections in New York

See also: List of school board elections in 2014 and New York school board elections, 2014

In 2014, 670 of America's largest school districts held elections for 2,188 seats. These elections took place in 37 states.

State elections

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A total of 16 New York school districts among America's largest school districts by enrollment held elections in 2014 for 47 seats. Each district held its elections in May 2014.

Here are several quick facts about New York's school board elections in 2014:

• An average of 2.02 candidates ran for each board seat up for election in 2014 in New York’s largest school districts by enrollment, which was higher than the national average of 1.89 candidates per seat.
• 23.40 percent of the school board seats on the ballot in 2014 were unopposed. This was a lower percentage than the 32.57 percent of school board seats that were unopposed nationally.

• 72.34 percent of the incumbents whose seats were on the ballot ran for re-election in 2014, and they retained 59.57 percent of the total seats up for election.
• A total of 19 newcomers were elected to school boards in New York. They took 40.43 percent of the total seats in 2014, which was higher than the 38.19 percent of school board seats that went to newcomers nationally.
• The largest school district by enrollment with an election in 2014 was Buffalo Public Schools with 33,543 K-12 students.
• The smallest school district by enrollment with an election in 2014 was Utica City School District with 9,481 K-12 students.
• Wappingers Central School District had the most seats on the ballot in 2014 with five seats up for election.
• Utica City School District had the fewest seats on the ballot in 2014 with one seat up for election.

The districts listed below served 202,612 K-12 students during the 2010-2011 school year, according to the National Center for Education Statistics.^[61] Click on the district names for more information on the district and its school board elections.

2014 New York School Board Elections
District	Date	Seats up for election	Total board seats	Student enrollment
Buffalo Public Schools	5/6/2014	3	9	33,543
Arlington Central School District	5/20/2014	3	9	9,724
Brentwood Union Free School District	5/20/2014	2	7	16,833
Greece Central School District	5/20/2014	3	9	12,220
Half Hollow Hills Central School District	5/20/2014	3	7	9,882
Middle County Central School District	5/20/2014	3	9	10,806
New Rochelle School District	5/20/2014	2	9	10,889
Newburgh Enlarged City School District	5/20/2014	4	9	11,623
North Syracuse Central School District	5/20/2014	3	9	9,661
Sachem Central School District	5/20/2014	3	9	14,668
Schenectady City School District	5/20/2014	3	7	9,918
Shenendehowa Central School District	5/20/2014	3	7	9,839
Smithtown Central School District	5/20/2014	3	7	10,810
Utica City School District	5/20/2014	1	7	9,481
Wappingers Central School District	5/20/2014	5	9	12,314
Williamsville Central School District	5/20/2014	3	9	10,401

Voting in New York

See also: Voting in New York

Important voting information

• A primary election is an election in which registered voters select a candidate that they believe should be a political party's candidate for elected office to run in the general election. They are also used to choose convention delegates and party leaders. Primaries are state-level and local-level elections that take place prior to a general election. New York utilizes a closed primary process, in which the selection of a party's candidates in an election is limited to registered party members.^[62][63][64]

For information about which offices are nominated via primary election, see this article.

• New York has implemented an online voter registration system. Residents can register to vote by visiting this website.

Voting absentee

See also: Absentee voting by state

For information about eligibility, deadlines, military and overseas voting and updates to the voting laws in New York, please visit our absentee voting by state page.

Voting early

See also: Early voting

New York is one of 14 states that do not permit no-excuse early voting.

Elections Performance Index

See also: Pew Charitable Trusts' Elections Performance Index

New York ranked 50th out of the 50 states and District of Columbia in the Pew Charitable Trusts' Elections Performance Index (EPI), based on the 2012 elections. The EPI examined election administration performance and assigned an average percentage score based on 17 indicators of election performance. These indicators were chosen in order to determine both the convenience and integrity of these three phases of an election: registration, voting and counting. New York received an overall score of 45 percent.^[65]

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