1970 United States Senate election in New York
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The 1970 United States Senate election in New York was a high-profile three-way race marked by Republican incumbent Charles Goodell’s liberal stance on the Vietnam War and strong challenges from Conservative James Buckley and Democrat Richard Ottinger.
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How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T17000558 — 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: 1970 United States Senate election in New York Context triple: [Charles Goodell, election, 1970 United States Senate election in New York]
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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 election in New York
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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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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D.
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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E.
1970 United States Senate election in Virginia
The 1970 United States Senate election in Virginia was a statewide contest in which incumbent Senator Harry F. Byrd Jr. successfully secured another term in the U.S. Senate.
- 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: 1970 United States Senate election in New York Target entity description: The 1970 United States Senate election in New York was a high-profile three-way race marked by Republican incumbent Charles Goodell’s liberal stance on the Vietnam War and strong challenges from Conservative James Buckley and Democrat Richard Ottinger.
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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 election in New York
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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C.
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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D.
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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E.
1970 United States Senate election in Virginia
The 1970 United States Senate election in Virginia was a statewide contest in which incumbent Senator Harry F. Byrd Jr. successfully secured another term in the U.S. Senate.
- F. None of above. chosen
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