2010Flipped from DemocraticFinal resultsIncumbent defeated
2010 election for New York Senate District 3
New York State Senate · New York
Lee M. Zeldin (R) won with 57.1% of the vote, defeating Brian X. Foley (D) by 14.2 points, a seat Democrats won last time.
Lee M. ZeldinRepublican · winner
57.1%41,063
Brian X. FoleyDemocrat · incumbent
42.9%30,876
71,957 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 2010
Races before and after
Source: Harvard Dataverse / Carl KlarnerUpdated Sep 30, 2026, 7:29 AM ET