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2010 New York U.S. Senate Election

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Who won the 2010 New York U.S. Senate Election?

Charles E. Schumer won the 2010 New York U.S. Senate Election. Charles E. Schumer received 3,047,880 popular votes (63.98%). The main challenger was Jay Townsend (31.08%).

See the full head-to-head between Schumer and Townsend

Schumer +32.9 pts · won by 1,567,457 votes
Charles E. SchumerDemocraticWINNER63.98%
3,047,880 votes
Jay TownsendRepublican31.08%
1,480,423 votes
Colia ClarkGreen0.89%
42,341 votes
Randy A. CredicoLibertarian0.52%
24,871 votes
Other candidates received the remaining 3.5% 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.