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The '''2016 New York state elections''' took place on November 8, 2016. Presidential primary elections occurred on April 19, 2016, congressional primary elections occurred on June 28, 2016, and state and local primary elections occurred on September 13, 2016. One U.S. Senate seat and all 27 seats in the U.S. House of Representatives were up for election, as were all 63 seats in the [[New York State Senate]] and all 150 seats in the [[New York State Assembly]]. The [[2016 United States presidential election]] occurred on the same date as the general election.

On Election Day, while Republican presidential nominee [[Donald Trump]] won the White House, Democratic presidential nominee [[Hillary Clinton]] defeated Trump by a wide margin in New York.<ref name="auto">{{cite web|url=https://www.nytimes.com/elections/2016/results/new-york|title=New York 2016 general election results|work=The New York Times|access-date=January 19, 2022}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.elections.ny.gov/NYSBOE/elections/2016/General/2016President.pdf|title=2016 presidential election results in New York|website=Elections.NY.gov|access-date=January 19, 2022}}</ref> Incumbent [[Democratic Party (United States)|Democratic]] U.S. Senator [[Chuck Schumer]] won re-election to a fourth term in office.<ref name=RCRG>{{cite web | url=http://atr.rollcall.com/senate-races-2016-retirement-guide | title=Senators Confirm Re-Election Bids for 2016 | work=Roll Call | date=January 28, 2015 | access-date=January 29, 2015 | author1=Emily Cahn | author2=Alexis Levinson | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150129222855/http://atr.rollcall.com/senate-races-2016-retirement-guide/ | archive-date=January 29, 2015 | url-status=dead }}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.elections.ny.gov/NYSBOE/elections/2016/General/2016USSenator.pdf|title=2016 U.S. Senate election results in New York|website=Elections.NY.gov|access-date=January 19, 2022}}</ref> In the elections to the U.S. House of Representatives, 18 Democrats and nine Republicans prevailed. No incumbents were defeated.<ref name="auto"/><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.elections.ny.gov/NYSBOE/elections/2016/General/2016Congress.pdf|title=2016 U.S. House of Representatives election results in New York|website=Elections.NY.gov|access-date=January 19, 2022}}</ref>

In the New York State Senate elections, Democrats won 32 seats and Republicans won 31;<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.elections.ny.gov/NYSBOE/elections/2016/General/2016NYSenate.pdf|title=2016 New York State Senate election results|website=Elections.NY.gov|access-date=January 19, 2022}}</ref><ref name="auto"/><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.liherald.com/stories/marcellino-gaughran-rematch-for-ny-senate-district-5,108738|title=Marcellino, Gaughran rematch for N.Y. Senate district 5|website=Herald Community Newspapers}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.longislandpress.com/2016/12/16/brooks-confirmed-winner-unseats-ny-sen-venditto/|title=Brooks Confirmed Winner, Unseats NY Sen. Venditto|first=Timothy|last=Bolger|date=December 16, 2016}}</ref> however, one Democrat opted to caucus with the Republicans and another 7 worked with the Republicans through the [[Independent Democratic Conference]], allowing Republicans to continue to hold a State Senate majority.<ref>{{Cite news |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2016/11/21/nyregion/simcha-felder-rogue-democratic-senator-will-remain-loyal-to-gop.html |title=Simcha Felder, Rogue Democratic Senator, Will Remain Loyal to G.O.P.|last=Yee |first=Vivian |date=November 21, 2016 |newspaper=The New York Times |page=A25}}</ref> Democrats retained a large majority in the New York State Assembly.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.elections.ny.gov/NYSBOE/elections/2016/General/2016Assembly.pdf|title=2016 New York State Assembly election results|website=Elections.NY.gov|access-date=January 19, 2022}}</ref><ref name="auto"/>

==See also==
* [[2016 United States Senate election in New York]]
* [[2016 United States House of Representatives elections in New York]]
* [[2016 New York State Senate election]]
* [[2016 New York State Assembly election]]

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