United States Senate election in New York, 1994
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Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. The 1994 United States Senate election in New York was held on November 8, 1994. Incumbent Democratic U.S. Senator Daniel Patrick Moynihan won re-election to a fourth term.
Major candidates
Democratic
- Daniel Patrick Moynihan, incumbent U.S. Senator
Republican
- Bernadette Castro, CEO of Castro Convertibles
Campaign
1994 was significant for the Republican Revolution, mostly as a referendum against President Bill Clinton and his health care plan, and was seen as a tough year for Democratic incumbents. Moynihan, however, was New York State's most popular politician at the time, and ran ahead of all other Democrats competing statewide.[1]
Republican Castro was running for office for the first time and had trouble raising funds due to being seen as unlikely to win; at times during the race she trailed by up to 30 percentage points.[1] She portrayed herself as a fiscally conservative, socially moderate Republican in the mold of Governor of New Jersey Christie Todd Whitman, and attempted to portray Moynihan as excessively liberal and prone to government spending.[1] But Moynihan repeated his past strong performance among upstate voters, in addition to the usual Democratic strongholds in New York City.[1]
Results
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Democratic | Daniel Patrick “Pat” Moynihan (Incumbent) | 2,646,541 | 55.3 | ||
| Republican | Bernadette Castro | 1,988,308 | 41.5 | ||
| Right to Life | Henrey Hewes | 95,954 | 2.0 | ||
| Independence Fusion | Ismael Betancourt, Jr. | 26,650 | 0.6 | ||
| Libertarian | Norma Segal | 17,991 | 0.4 | ||
| Socialist Workers | Naomi Craine | 14,892 | 0.3 | ||
