Democrats won 40 of 63 seats in the New York State Senate, decisively ousting the Republicans from control of that chamber.
[4] Incumbent Democratic lieutenant governor Kathy Hochul sought re-election to her current post.
[6] In the general election, the Cuomo/Hochul ticket (running on the Democratic, Working Families, Independence, and Women's Equality lines) defeated Marcus Molinaro and Julie Killian (Republican, Conservative and Reform Parties), Howie Hawkins and Jia Lee (Green Party), Larry Sharpe and Andrew Hollister (Libertarian Party candidate), and Stephanie Miner and Michael Volpe (running on the Serve America Movement line).
On May 7, 2018, he resigned his position, the day that an article in The New Yorker reported detailed allegations of abusive behavior toward several women he had dated during his time in the office.
[9] New York City Public Advocate Letitia "Tish" James secured the state Democratic Party official endorsement in May 2018; Leecia Eve, Sean Patrick Maloney and Zephyr Teachout challenged her in the Democratic primary.
Jonathan Trichter, a campaign operative and former public finance banker,[16] received the Republican nomination despite his past Democratic Party enrollment.
The Republican Party nominated private equity executive Chele Chiavacci Farley to challenge Gillibrand.
[27] The following day, The New York Times wrote that the Democrats had "decisively evict[ed] Republicans from running the State Senate, which they [had] controlled for all but three years since World War II.