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2006 New York U.S. Senate Election

New York · 6 candidates · See every 2006 U.S. Senate race

Who won the 2006 New York U.S. Senate Election?

Hillary Clinton won the 2006 New York U.S. Senate Election. Hillary Clinton received 3,008,428 popular votes (64.01%). The main challenger was John Spencer (29.61%).

See the full head-to-head between Clinton and Spencer

Clinton +34.4 pts · won by 1,616,239 votes
Hillary ClintonIndependenceWINNER64.01%
3,008,428 votes
John SpencerRepublican29.61%
1,392,189 votes
Howie HawkinsGreen1.18%
55,469 votes
Jeffrey T. RussellLibertarian0.45%
20,996 votes
Roger CaleroSocialist Workers0.15%
6,967 votes
William van AukenSocialist Equality0.13%
6,004 votes
Other candidates received the remaining 4.5% of the popular vote; only the leading candidates are individually recorded for this election.
Popular-vote totals for U.S. Senate elections come from the MIT Election Data and Science Lab (1976–2024).

Data last verified July 28, 2026.