1998 United States Senate election in New York
The 1998 United States Senate election in New York was held November 3, 1998. Republican incumbent Al D'Amato ran for a fourth term in office but was defeated by Democratic U.S. representative Chuck Schumer in the "high[est] profile and nastiest" contest of the 1998 United States elections. Primary elections were held on September 15. Schumer defeated the early favorite for the Democratic nomination, television host and 1984 vice presidential nominee Geraldine Ferraro, who was making her second unsuccessful bid to face D'Amato. The third candidate in the Democratic race was New York City public advocate Mark Green, whom D'Amato had defeated in a 1986 landslide. Schumer was also nominated by the Liberal and Independence parties, while D'Amato was nominated by the Conservative and Right to Life parties. This was the first time since 1950 that Democrats won the Class 3 United States Senate seat from New York, and the last time an incumbent U.S. Senator from New York lost a general election...
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