2009 New York elections

A special election was held to fill her House seat on March 31, with Republican James Tedisco and Democrat Scott Murphy the two candidates.

John M. McHugh was nominated to become United States Secretary of the Army, necessitating a special election to fill his seat.

Albany Mayor Gerald Jennings was re-elected to a fifth term, defeating City Councilman Corey Ellis (who ran as a Working Families Party candidate) and Republican Nathan Lebron.

[2] Democratic incumbent Buffalo Mayor Byron Brown was re-elected to a second term, defeating Councilmember Michael P. Kearns.

Democrat Stephanie Miner defeated Republican Steve Kimatian and became Syracuse's first female mayor.

New York junior Senator Kirsten Gillibrand (D) on a campaign stop with Congressional candidate Scott Murphy (D) at a diner in Brunswick, New York during the 2009 special election for the 20th congressional district of New York. New York Governor David Paterson replaced former Senator Hillary Clinton with Senator Gillibrand (the former Congresswoman from New York's 20th congressional district) upon her accession of the office of United States Secretary of State in the Obama administration. Murphy won that election and represented New York's 20th congressional district in the United States House of Representatives until he was beat by challenger Chris Gibson in 2010.