2008Final results
2008 election for New York Senate District 4
New York State Senate · New York
Owen H. Johnson (R) won with 59.0% of the vote, defeating Tanya D. Gilliard (D) by 20.2 points.
Owen H. JohnsonRepublican · winner · incumbent
59.0%60,007
Tanya D. GilliardDemocrat
38.8%39,456
John AlbanoWorking Families
2.2%2,219
101,682 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 2008
Races before and after
Source: Harvard Dataverse / Carl KlarnerUpdated Sep 30, 2026, 7:29 AM ET