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2018Final results

2018 election for New York Senate District 55

New York State Senate · New York

Rich Funke (R) won with 51.9% of the vote, defeating Jen Lunsford (D) by 3.8 points.

Rich FunkeRepublican · winner · incumbent
51.9%66,279
Jen LunsfordDemocrat
48.1%61,407
127,686 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 2018

Races before and after

EvenR+6.42010D+4.02012R+17.42014R+3.82018D+14.82020D+16.82022

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