2014Flipped from DemocraticFinal resultsIncumbent defeated
2014 election for New York Senate District 55
New York State Senate · New York
Rich Funke (R) won with 58.7% of the vote, defeating Ted Obrien (D) by 17.4 points, a seat Democrats won last time.
Rich FunkeRepublican · winner
58.7%54,874
Ted ObrienDemocrat · incumbent
41.3%38,624
93,498 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 2014
Races before and after
Source: Harvard Dataverse / Carl KlarnerUpdated Sep 30, 2026, 7:29 AM ET