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New York is the only state whose ballot includes two Senate races, along with several House races that could be close. Empire State voters will choose a new governor, too. Polls indicate Democrats will hang on to both Senate seats, as Chuck Schumer goes for his fourth term and Kirsten Gillibrand seeks a full term in a special election. Gov. David Paterson appointed her to the Senate last year when Hillary Clinton became secretary of state. Paterson, who has endured a rocky two years as governor since succeeding Eliot Spitzer in the wake of a sex scandal, decided not to seek a full term. Instead, Democrat Andrew Cuomo faces Republican Carl Paladino, a tea party favorite. Several Democrats are in competitive House races, including incumbents Scott Murphy in the 20th District, Bill Owens in the 23rd and Mike Arcuri in the 24th. The contest for the 29th District seat, vacated by Democrat Eric Massa's resignation, is also likely to be close. Obama won New York in 2008.

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Self-Financed Candidates Spent Millions, but Most Fared Poorly

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Schumer and Gillibrand Win Senate Races in New York

NEW YORK – Democratic Sens. Charles E. Schumer and Kirsten E. Gillibrand won elections Tuesday, racking up wide margins against their little-known Republican opponents. From the start of the ...

Democrat Andrew Cuomo Wins Governor's Race in New York

NEW YORK – Andrew M. Cuomo, New York's attorney general, won a big victory Tuesday over Carl Paladino, a millionaire Buffalo developer, according to The New York Times. Cuomo was running ...

GOP Wins Key Governorships, Breaks Ethnic and Gender Barriers

With all eyes on the newly flipped House and barely Democratic Senate, Republicans made perhaps their most impressive gains in the state capitals by taking back at least 10 governorships. Victories ...

How N.Y. Senator Kirsten Gillibrand Fended Off All Comers

NEW YORK – Not so long ago political analysts and insiders in New York political circles saw Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand as easy pickings. She was an upstate two-term congresswoman from a rural ...

What Is Charles Schumer's Religion?

Incumbent U.S. Sen. Charles (Chuck) Ellis Schumer, the Democratic senior senator from New York, is seeking re-election against Republican Jay Townsend, who never ran for office before. As part of a ...

Is the Tea Party a Movement or a Moment?

Everybody is talking about the tea party movement. But in the conversation, you hear more questions than answers. What does it represent? Who belongs and is anyone in charge? And most important, on ...

Turning Victory to Defeat? How Obama's Election Helped Put the Senate in Play

Senate Democrats are in danger of losing their majority on Nov. 2, and two of the reasons go back to Barack Obama's own election as president: Illinois became vulnerable after he vacated the seat to ...

Republican for Reid: If Harry Loses, 'Vicious Liberal' Chuck Schumer Would Run Senate

Nevada state Sen. Dean Rhoads is the latest prominent Republican in his state to endorse Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid over Republican nominee Sharron Angle. Rhoads said he had already voted for ...

Latest Roundup of Polls for Governor and Senate Races

Here's a roundup of polls from across the country on the Senate and gubernatorial races. Updated so far today are Florida, Maine, Minnesota, New York and Pennsylvania. In the Main governor race, a ...

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