2010Flipped from DemocraticFinal resultsIncumbent defeated
2010 election for New York Senate District 48
New York State Senate · New York
Patricia A. Ritchie (R) won with 52.5% of the vote, defeating Darrel J. Aubertine (D) by 5.2 points, a seat Democrats won last time.
Patricia A. RitchieRepublican · winner
52.5%38,508
Darrel J. AubertineDemocrat · incumbent
47.4%34,712
73,295 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