1994 United States Senate election in New York

Democratic Primary

Candidates

• Daniel Patrick Moynihan, incumbent U.S. Senator
• Al Sharpton, civil rights activist, Baptist minister and talk show host

Results

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Conservative Primary

Candidates

• Bernadette Castro, CEO of Castro Convertibles
• Henry Hewes, real estate developer and perennial candidate

Results

General election

Candidates

• Daniel Patrick Moynihan (D/L), incumbent U.S. Senator
• Bernadette Castro (R/C), 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.

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. She portrayed herself as a fiscally conservative, socially moderate Republican in the mold of Governor of New Jersey Christine Todd Whitman, and attempted to portray Moynihan as excessively liberal and prone to government spending. But Moynihan repeated his past strong performance among upstate voters, in addition to the usual Democratic strongholds in New York City.

Results

References

References

1. "1994 Sep 13 • Democratic Primary • United States Senator • State of New York {{!}} New York State Board of Elections".
2. "1994 Sep 13 • Conservative Primary • United States Senator • State of New York {{!}} New York State Board of Elections".
3. Finder, Alan. (November 9, 1994). "Defying Anti-Incumbent Mood, Moynihan Wins Easily". [[The New York Times]].
4. "Vote Cast for United States Senator by Party of Candidate New York State by County".