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2012Final results

2012 election for New York Senate District 55

New York State Senate · New York

Ted Obrien (D) won with 52.0% of the vote, defeating Sean T. Hanna (R) by 4.0 points.

Ted ObrienDemocrat · winner
52.0%70,020
Sean T. HannaRepublican
48.0%64,572
134,592 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 2012

Races before and after

EvenR+26.32006R+20.62008R+6.42010D+4.02012R+17.42014R+3.82018

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