Democrats have won a majority of New York's state Senate, giving the party full control of the Legislature for the first time since the Great Depression.

Going into Tuesday's election, the Democrats trailed 31-29 with two vacancies. They won 32 seats in the 62-seat chamber.

The victory comes after record spending on both sides of the aisle and was fueled by the enthusiam of Barack Obama's presidential campaign.

Current Senate Majority Leader Dean Skelos, who won his re-election in Nassau County, vowed to maintain balance in the Legislature.

"We will continue our fight to maintain balance and ensure an accountable government that represents all of the people," the Republican said in a statement.

One race that helped turn the tables was in Queens, where City Councilman Joseph Addabbo, a Democrat, ousted longtime incumbent Serphin Maltese, 58 percent to 43 percent.

The 15th District stretches from Masbeth to Howard Beach.

Addabbo said he's confident the entire Legislature will work together on the problems facing the state.

"I'm willing to work with anyone who wants to work with me," said Addabbo. "We have a lot of things to work on. We are going to unite this district and basically we are going to work with everyone."

Maltese has represented the district since the 1980s. He said he was the victim of a bad year for the GOP.

"The coming together of the factors: the economy, the chaos in the economy, the fact that people were worried about their jobs, and certainly the Obama landslide," he said.

As of 4 p.m. Wednesday, one local senatoral race was still too close to call.

In the 11th District in Queens, incumbent State Senator Frank Padavan is leading his Democratic challenger, Queens City Councilman James Gennaro, by a small margin.

With 100 precincts reporting, only 723 votes separate the two.

Election officials will start to examine paper ballots on Monday.

Padavan was first elected to the Senate in 1972.

Gennaro's term in the council ends next year. He has not conceded the race and said he will not back down until all of the ballots have been counted.

Most other city races saw Democrat incumbents holding on to their seats by huge margins, with at least 70 percent of the vote.

Daniel Squadron officially won possession of the 25th District seat, unseating longtime incumbent Martin Connor in the Democratic primary.