The 2016 United States presidential election in New York will take place on November 8, 2016, as part of the 2016 General Election in which all 50 states plus The District of Columbia participate. New York voters will choose 29 electors to represent them in the Electoral College via a popular vote pitting Former Secretary of State and her running mate, HUD Secretary Julian Castro against Donald Trump and his running mate, Indiana Governor Mike Pence. Hillary Clinton won New York by an unprecedented 42.44% margin, giving her the largest vote margin in the history of New York and the largest percentage of the vote for any presidential candidate in the state since 1964.