2009 New York elections

New York held various elections in 2009.

New York junior Senator Kirsten Gillibrand (D) on a campaign stop with Congressional candidate Scott Murphy (D) at a diner in Brunswick, New York during the 2009 special election for the 20th congressional district of New York. New York Governor David Paterson replaced former Senator Hillary Clinton with Senator Gillibrand (the former Congresswoman from New York's 20th congressional district) upon her accession of the office of United States Secretary of State in the Obama administration. Murphy won that election and represented New York's 20th congressional district in the United States House of Representatives until he was beat by challenger Chris Gibson in 2010.

Federal

20th congressional district special election

Main article: 2009 New York's 20th congressional district special election

Kirsten Gillibrand was appointed to the United States Senate, replacing Hillary Clinton, who resigned to become United States Secretary of State. A special election was held to fill her House seat on March 31, with Republican James Tedisco and Democrat Scott Murphy the two candidates. After the two finished in a near tie on election night, absentee ballots turned up a 700-vote margin for Murphy, despite the ballots being sent out to far more Republicans than Democrats. Murphy won the seat.

23rd congressional district special election

Main article: 2009 New York's 23rd congressional district special election

John M. McHugh was nominated to become United States Secretary of the Army, necessitating a special election to fill his seat. Democratic candidate Bill Owens won the special election on November 3, 2009, defeating the Conservative candidate Doug Hoffman and the Republican candidate Dierdre Scozzafava, which as a result, marks the first time that a Democrat represented parts of this district since the Civil War.^[1]

State

There were no statewide elections in 2009.

Cities

Albany

Main article: 2009 Albany mayoral election

Albany Mayor Gerald Jennings was re-elected to a fifth term, defeating City Councilman Corey Ellis (who ran as a Working Families Party candidate) and Republican Nathan Lebron.^[2]

Buffalo

Main article: 2009 Buffalo mayoral election

Democratic incumbent Buffalo Mayor Byron Brown was re-elected to a second term, defeating Councilmember Michael P. Kearns.

New York City

Main articles: 2009 New York City mayoral election; New York City Public Advocate election, 2009; and New York City Comptroller election, 2009

New York City Mayor Mike Bloomberg won a third term as mayor. There were also citywide races for Public Advocate, and Comptroller.

Rochester

Main article: 2009 Rochester mayoral election

Democratic incumbent Robert Duffy ran unopposed for mayor and was re-elected for a second term.

Syracuse

Main article: 2009 Syracuse mayoral election

Democratic incumbent Matt Driscoll was term limited. Democrat Stephanie Miner defeated Republican Steve Kimatian and became Syracuse's first female mayor.^[3]

References

1. "Democrats make history with victory in New York's 23rd district". www.newschannel34.com. Archived from the original on November 7, 2009.
2. "2009 General Election Results" (PDF). November 19, 2009.
3. Post-Standard, Meghan Rubado / The (November 4, 2009). "Stephanie Miner elected Syracuse's first female mayor". syracuse. Retrieved October 11, 2022.