1986 United States Senate election in New York
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The 1986 United States Senate election in New York was a statewide contest in which incumbent Republican Senator Alfonse D'Amato successfully won re-election to a second term.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| 1986 United States Senate election in New York canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T9596919 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
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Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
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Target entity: 1986 United States Senate election in New York Context triple: [Alfonse D'Amato, election, 1986 United States Senate election in New York]
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A.
1980 United States Senate election in New York
The 1980 United States Senate election in New York was the race in which Republican Alfonse D'Amato scored a major upset by defeating incumbent Democratic Senator Jacob Javits (running on the Liberal line) and Democrat Elizabeth Holtzman.
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1986 United States Senate elections
The 1986 United States Senate elections were midterm contests in which Democrats gained control of the Senate during Ronald Reagan’s presidency.
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C.
2012 United States Senate election in New York
The 2012 United States Senate election in New York was a statewide contest in which Democratic incumbent Kirsten Gillibrand won a full six-year term to the U.S. Senate.
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D.
2010 United States Senate special election in New York
The 2010 United States Senate special election in New York was a statewide contest held to fill the remainder of Hillary Clinton’s vacated Senate term, ultimately won by incumbent appointee Kirsten Gillibrand.
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E.
1989 New York City mayoral election
The 1989 New York City mayoral election was the historic contest in which David Dinkins was elected the city’s first African American mayor, defeating incumbent Ed Koch in the primary and Republican nominee Rudy Giuliani in the general election.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
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Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: 1986 United States Senate election in New York Target entity description: The 1986 United States Senate election in New York was a statewide contest in which incumbent Republican Senator Alfonse D'Amato successfully won re-election to a second term.
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A.
1980 United States Senate election in New York
The 1980 United States Senate election in New York was the race in which Republican Alfonse D'Amato scored a major upset by defeating incumbent Democratic Senator Jacob Javits (running on the Liberal line) and Democrat Elizabeth Holtzman.
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B.
1986 United States Senate elections
The 1986 United States Senate elections were midterm contests in which Democrats gained control of the Senate during Ronald Reagan’s presidency.
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C.
2012 United States Senate election in New York
The 2012 United States Senate election in New York was a statewide contest in which Democratic incumbent Kirsten Gillibrand won a full six-year term to the U.S. Senate.
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D.
2010 United States Senate special election in New York
The 2010 United States Senate special election in New York was a statewide contest held to fill the remainder of Hillary Clinton’s vacated Senate term, ultimately won by incumbent appointee Kirsten Gillibrand.
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E.
1989 New York City mayoral election
The 1989 New York City mayoral election was the historic contest in which David Dinkins was elected the city’s first African American mayor, defeating incumbent Ed Koch in the primary and Republican nominee Rudy Giuliani in the general election.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (40)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf | United States Senate election ⓘ |
| afterElectionOfficeholder | Alfonse D'Amato NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| afterElectionParty | Republican Party NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| ballotAccess | statewide ⓘ |
| beforeElectionOfficeholder | Alfonse D'Amato NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| beforeElectionParty | Republican Party NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| campaignIssue | incumbency and constituent services ⓘ |
| candidate |
Alfonse D'Amato
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
John Dyson NERFINISHED ⓘ Mark Green NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| candidateParty |
Alfonse D'Amato|Republican Party
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
John Dyson|Democratic Party NERFINISHED ⓘ Mark Green|Democratic Party ⓘ |
| chamber | United States Senate NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| country |
United States of America
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surface form:
United States
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| electionCycle | 1986 U.S. midterm elections NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| electionDate | 1986-11-04 ⓘ |
| electionForOffice | U.S. Senator from New York ⓘ |
| electorate | voters of New York State ⓘ |
| incumbentBeforeElection | Alfonse D'Amato NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| incumbentRunning | yes ⓘ |
| jurisdiction | State of New York NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| locatedIn | New York NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| nextElection | 1992 United States Senate election in New York NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| officeContested | United States Senate NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| ongoing | no ⓘ |
| partOf |
1986 United States Senate elections
NERFINISHED
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1986 United States elections NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| partyOfIncumbentBeforeElection | Republican Party NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| percentage |
Alfonse D'Amato|56.0
NERFINISHED
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Mark Green|41.9 ⓘ |
| popularVote |
Alfonse D'Amato|2865320
NERFINISHED
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Mark Green|2141000 NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| previousElection | 1980 United States Senate election in New York NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| result | Alfonse D'Amato re-elected ⓘ |
| termWon | second term ⓘ |
| title | U.S. Senator ⓘ |
| type | legislative election ⓘ |
| winner | Alfonse D'Amato NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| winningParty | Republican Party NERFINISHED ⓘ |
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Subject: 1986 United States Senate election in New York Description of subject: The 1986 United States Senate election in New York was a statewide contest in which incumbent Republican Senator Alfonse D'Amato successfully won re-election to a second term.
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
Alfonse D'Amato (as U.S. senator from New York)
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election
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1986 United States Senate election in New York
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subject surface form:
Alfonse D'Amato