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      Home/Elections/1978/US House/New York
      1978·U.S. House·New York

      New York U.S. House

      39 districtsD 26R 13
      39 districts|D won 26|R won 13|Closest: NY-34
      District ▲WinnerPartyVotes%Margin
      NY-01
      William CarneyREP
      REP160,20447.2%
      R+5.3
      NY-02
      Thomas J DowneyDEM
      DEM118,12954.9%
      D+17.8
      NY-03
      Jerome A AmbroDEM
      DEM138,67050.9%
      D+11.6
      NY-04
      Norman F LentREP
      REP143,30256.0%
      R+23.6
      NY-05
      John W WydlerREP
      REP145,38351.1%
      R+12.2
      NY-06
      Lester L WolffDEM
      DEM134,60655.5%
      D+22.6
      NY-07
      Joseph P AddabboDEM
      DEM77,00172.7%
      D+55.8
      NY-08
      Benjamin S RosenthalDEM
      DEM95,20272.5%
      D+56.5
      NY-09
      Geraldine A FerraroDEM
      DEM94,78754.2%
      D+20.3
      NY-10
      Mario BiaggiDEM
      DEM82,06163.0%
      D+34.4
      NY-11
      James H ScheuerDEM
      DEM75,20374.3%
      D+58.4
      NY-12
      Shirley ChisholmDEM
      DEM29,27773.1%
      D+60.9
      NY-13
      Stephen J SolarzDEM
      DEM84,83976.0%
      D+61.3
      NY-14
      Frederick W RichmondDEM
      DEM40,74571.3%
      D+52.8
      NY-15
      Leo C ZeferettiDEM
      DEM72,33159.0%
      D+30.6
      NY-16
      Elizabeth HoltzmanDEM
      DEM72,89072.5%
      D+60.1
      NY-17
      John M MurphyDEM
      DEM99,96154.3%
      D+29.2
      NY-18
      S William GreenREP
      REP114,30150.5%
      R+8.3
      NY-19
      Charles B RangelDEM
      DEM61,99179.6%
      D+70.3
      NY-20
      Theodore S WeissDEM
      DEM75,93675.7%
      D+60.3
      NY-21
      Robert M GarciaDEM
      DEM24,44985.0%
      D+78.2
      NY-22
      Jonathan B BinghamDEM
      DEM69,83777.5%
      D+65.2
      NY-23
      Peter A PeyserDEM
      DEM128,57251.6%
      D+13.4
      NY-24
      Richard L OttingerDEM
      DEM134,46356.1%
      D+19.7
      NY-25
      Hamilton Fish Jr.REP
      REP146,53378.2%
      R+56.9
      NY-26
      Benjamin A GilmanREP
      REP139,63762.4%
      R+34.4
      NY-27
      Matthew F McHughDEM
      DEM149,59055.8%
      D+15.3
      NY-28
      Samuel S StrattonDEM
      DEM182,94576.3%
      D+58.2
      NY-29
      Gerald B H SolomonREP
      REP184,22349.2%
      R+5.5
      NY-30
      Robert C McEwenREP
      REP141,26356.3%
      R+19.1
      NY-31
      Donald J MitchellREP
      REP107,79191.3%
      R+91.3
      NY-32
      James M HanleyDEM
      DEM145,47152.4%
      D+10.7
      NY-33
      Gary A LeeREP
      REP147,45456.0%
      R+16.4
      NY-34
      Frank J HortonREP
      REP140,91244.1%
      R+1.0
      NY-35
      Barber B ConableREP
      REP138,59369.3%
      R+43.1
      NY-36
      John J LafalceDEM
      DEM134,25771.2%
      D+48.1
      NY-37
      Henry J NowakDEM
      DEM90,27174.8%
      D+55.3
      NY-38
      Jack F KempREP
      REP120,13283.3%
      R+83.3
      NY-39
      Stanley N LundineDEM
      DEM135,81658.5%
      D+19.9
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