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2000Final results

2000 election for New York Senate District 50

New York State Senate · New York

James L. Seward (R) won with 90.2% of the vote, defeating Roy B. Chamberlin (Grn) by 80.3 points.

James L. SewardRepublican · winner · incumbent
90.2%69,935
9.8%7,627
77,562 votes

Source: Harvard Dataverse / Carl KlarnerUpdated Sep 30, 2026, 7:29 AM ET

The seat over time

D − R margin in this seat's races around 2000

Races before and after

EvenR+19.31986R+28.01990R+20.31992R+35.51994R+59.82002R+24.62004

Source: Harvard Dataverse / Carl KlarnerUpdated Sep 30, 2026, 7:29 AM ET