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2006 United States Senate election in New York
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| Turnout | 38.48% | |||||||||||||||||||
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 County results Clinton: 50–60% 60–70% 70–80% 80–90% Spencer: 40–50% 50–60% | ||||||||||||||||||||
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The 2006 United States Senate election in New York was held on November 7, 2006. Incumbent Democratic U.S. Senator Hillary Clinton won re-election to a second term in office, by a more than two-to-one margin. Clinton was challenged by Republican John Spencer, the former mayor of Yonkers. Longtime political activist Howie Hawkins of the Green Party also ran a third-party campaign.
The election was not close, with Clinton winning 58 of New York's 62 counties. Clinton had a surprisingly strong performance in upstate New York, which was considered to be a tossup. Clinton's large margins in both upstate New York and in New York City helped propel her to a landslide victory over Spencer. Clinton was sworn in for what would be her last term in the senate serving from January 3, 2007, to January 21, 2009, when she assumed the office of United States Secretary of State in the Obama administration.
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