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1978 United States Congressional Elections – New York

United States House of Representatives – District 1 – GOP Gain

William Carney (R, CON) – 90,11556.25%

– Republican – 75,586 – 47.18%

– Conservative – 14,529 – 9.07%

John Randolph (D) – 67,18041.93%

Dorothy A. Samek (Liberal) – 2,9091.82%

Total Votes – 160,204100.00%

United States House of Representatives – District 2 – DEM Hold

Thomas J. Downey (D-inc) – 64,80754.86%

Harold J. Withers (R, CON) – 53,32245.14%

– Republican – 43,791 – 37.07%

– Conservative – 9,531 – 8.07%

Total Votes – 118,129100.00%

United States House of Representatives – District 3 – DEM Hold

Jerome A. Ambro, Jr. (D-inc) – 70,52650.86%

Gregory W. Carman (R) – 66,45847.93%

– Republican – 54,509 – 39.31%

– Conservative – 11,949 – 8.62%

William Clark (Liberal) – 1,6861.22%

Total Votes – 138,670100.00%

United States House of Representatives – District 4 – GOP Hold

Norman F. Lent (R-inc, CON) – 94,71166.09%

– Republican – 80,266 – 56.01%

– Conservative – 14,445 – 10.08%

Everett A. Rosenblum (D) – 46,50832.45%

Aaron M. Schein (Liberal) – 2,0831.45%

Total Votes – 143,302100.00%

United States House of Representatives – District 5 – GOP Hold

John W. Wydler (R-inc, CON) – 84,86458.37%

– Republican – 74,279 – 51.09%

– Conservative – 10,585 – 7.28%

John W. Matthews (D, Liberal) – 60,51941.63%

– Democratic – 56,497 – 38.86%

– Liberal – 4,022 – 2.77%

Total Votes – 145,383100.00%

United States House of Representatives – District 6 – DEM Hold

Lester L. Wolff (D-inc, Liberal) – 80,79960.03%

– Democratic – 74,741 – 55.53%

– Liberal – 6,058 – 4.50%

Stuart L. Ain (R) – 44,30432.91%

Howard Horowitz (CON) – 9,5037.06%

Total Votes – 134,606100.00%

United States House of Representatives – District 7 – DEM Hold

Joseph P. Addabbo (D-inc, R, Liberal) – 73,06694.89%

– Democratic – 55,985 – 72.71%

– Republican – 13,008 – 16.89%

– Liberal – 4,073 – 5.29%

Mark Elliott Scott (CON) – 3,9355.11%

Total Votes – 77,001100.00%

United States House of Representatives – District 8 – DEM Hold

Benjamin Stanley Rosenthal (D-inc) – 74,87278.65%

– Democratic – 68,971 – 72.45%

– Liberal – 5,901 – 6.20%

Albert Lemishow (R) – 15,16515.93%

Paul C. Ruebenacker (CON) – 5,1655.43%

Total Votes – 95,202100.00%

United States House of Representatives – District 9 – DEM Hold

Geraldine Ferraro (D) – 51,35054.17%

Alfred A. DeliBovi (R, CON) – 42,10844.42%

– Republican – 32,096 – 33.86%

– Conservative – 10,012 – 10.56%

Theodore E. Garrison (Liberal) – 1,3291.40%

Total Votes – 94,787100.00%

United States House of Representatives – District 10 – DEM Hold

Mario Biaggi (D-inc, R, Liberal) – 79,19596.51%

– Democratic – 51,682 – 62.98%

– Republican – 23,431 – 28.55%

– Liberal – 2,866 – 3.49%

Carmen Ricciardi (CON) – 4,0824.97%

Total Votes – 82,061100.00%

United States House of Representatives – District 11 – DEM Hold

James H. Scheuer (D-inc, Liberal) – 58,99778.45%

– Democratic – 55,880 – 74.31%

– Liberal – 3,117 – 4.14%

Kenneth Huhn (R) – 16,20621.55%

– Republican – 11,987 – 15.94%

– Conservative – 4,219 – 5.61%

Total Votes – 75,203100.00%

United States House of Representatives – District 12 – DEM Hold

Shirley Chisholm (D-inc, Liberal) – 25,69787.77%

– Democratic – 21,406 – 73.12%

– Liberal – 4,291 – 14.66%

Charles Gibbs (R) – 3,58012.23%

Total Votes – 29,277100.00%

United States House of Representatives – District 13 – DEM Hold

Stephen J. Solarz (D-inc, Liberal) – 68,83780.76%

– Democratic – 64,514 – 75.69%

– Liberal – 4,323 – 5.07%

Max Carasso (R, CON) – 16,40219.24%

– Republican – 12,524 – 14.69%

– Conservative – 3,878 – 4.55%

Total Votes – 85,239100.00%

United States House of Representatives – District 14 – DEM Hold

Fred Richmond (D-inc, CON) – 31,33976.91%

– Democratic – 29,040 – 71.27%

– Liberal – 2,299 – 5.64%

Arthur Bramwell (R) – 7,51618.45%

Ralph J. Carrano (CON) – 1,3303.26%

Sharon D. Grant (SW) – 5601.37%

Total Votes – 40,745100.00%

United States House of Representatives – District 15 – DEM Hold

Leo C. Zeferetti (D-inc, CON) – 49,27268.12%

– Democratic – 42,646 – 58.96%

– Conservative – 6,626 – 9.16%

Robert P. Whelan (R) – 20,50828.35%

Ronald Seminara (Liberal) – 2,5513.53%

Total Votes – 72,331100.00%

United States House of Representatives – District 16 – DEM Hold

Elizabeth Holtzman (D-inc, Liberal) – 59,70381.91%

– Democratic – 52,855 – 72.51%

– Liberal – 6,848 – 9.39%

Larry Penner (R, United Taxpayers) – 9,40512.90%

– Republican – 9,033 – 12.39%

– United Taxpayers – 372 – 0.51%

John H. Fox (CON) – 3,7825.19%

Total Votes – 72,890100.00%

United States House of Representatives – District 17 – DEM Hold

John M. Murphy (D-inc) – 54,22854.25%

John M. Peters (R, CON) – 33,07133.08%

– Republican – 25,068 – 25.08%

– Conservative – 8,003 – 8.01%

Thomas Hoyt Stokes (Liberal) – 12,66212.67%

Total Votes – 99,961100.00%

United States House of Representatives – District 18 – GOP Hold

S. William Green (R-inc, Ind. Neighbor) – 60,86753.25%

– Republican – 57,738 – 50.51%

– Independent Neighbor’s Party – 3,129 – 2.74%

Carter Burden (D, Liberal) – 53,43446.75%

– Democratic – 48,196 – 42.17%

– Liberal – 5,238 – 4.58%

Total Votes – 114,301100.00%

United States House of Representatives – District 19 – DEM Hold

Charles B. Rangel (D-inc, R, Liberal) – 59,73196.35%

– Democratic – 49,344 – 79.60%

– Republican – 5,757 – 9.29%

– Liberal – 4,630 – 7.47%

E. Freeman Yearling (CON) – 1,6482.66%

Kenneth B. Miliner (SW) – 6120.99%

Total Votes – 61,991100.00%

United States House of Representatives – District 20 – DEM Hold

Theodore S. Weiss (D-inc, Liberal) – 64,27584.64%

– Democratic – 57,452 – 75.66%

– Liberal – 6,823 – 8.99%

Harry Torczyner (R) – 11,66115.36%

Total Votes – 75,936100.00%

United States House of Representatives – District 21 – DEM Hold

Robert García (D-inc) – 23,95097.96%

– Democratic – 20,769 – 84.95%

– Republican – 1,655 – 6.77%

– Liberal – 1,526 – 6.24%

Lawrence W. Lindsley (CON) – 4992.04%

Total Votes – 24,449100.00%

United States House of Representatives – District 22 – DEM Hold

Jonathan Brewster Bingham (D-inc, Liberal) – 58,72784.09%

– Democratic – 54,110 – 77.48%

– Liberal – 4,617 – 6.61%

Anthony J. Geidel, Jr. (R, CON) – 11,11015.91%

– Republican – 8,560 – 12.26%

– Conservative – 2,550 – 3.65%

Total Votes – 69,837100.00%

United States House of Representatives – District 23 – DEM Gain

Peter A. Peyser (D) – 66,35451.61%

Angelo Martinelli (R, CON) – 59,45546.24%

– Republican – 49,071 – 38.17%

– Conservative – 10,384 – 8.08%

John P. Hagen (Liberal) – 2,7632.15%

Total Votes – 128,572100.00%

United States House of Representatives – District 24 – DEM Hold

Richard Ottinger (D-inc) – 75,39756.07%

Michael R. Edelman (R, CON) – 57,45142.73%

– Republican – 48,863 – 36.34%

– Conservative – 8,588 – 6.39%

Richard O. Reyes (Liberal) – 1,4231.06%

Michael O’Mara Billington (I) – 1920.14%

Total Votes – 134,463100.00%

United States House of Representatives – District 25 – GOP Hold

Hamilton Fish, Jr. (R-inc) – 114,64178.24%

Gunars M. Ozols (D) – 31,21321.30%

Frank Fletcher (SL) – 6790.46%

Total Votes – 146,533100.00%

United States House of Representatives – District 26 – GOP Hold

Benjamin A. Gilman (R-inc) – 87,05962.35%

Charles Emmet Holbrook (D, Liberal) – 41,87029.98%

– Democratic – 39,062 – 27.97%

– Liberal – 2,808 – 2.01%

William R. Schaeffer, Jr. (CON) – 10,7087.67%

Total Votes – 139,637100.00%

United States House of Representatives – District 27 – DEM Hold

Matthew F. McHugh (D-inc) – 83,41355.76%

Neil Tyler Wallace (R, CON) – 66,17744.24%

– Republican – 60,474 – 40.43%

– Conservative – 5,703 – 3.81%

Total Votes – 149,590100.00%

United States House of Representatives – District 28 – DEM Hold

Samuel S. Stratton (D-inc) – 139,57576.29%

Paul H. Tocker (R, CON) – 36,01719.69%

– Republican – 33,112 – 18.10%

– Conservative – 2,905 – 1.59%

Richard A. Hind (Liberal) – 7,3534.02%

Total Votes – 182,945100.00%

United States House of Representatives – District 29 – GOP Gain

Gerald B. H. Solomon (R) – 99,51854.02%

– Republican – 90,572 – 49.16%

– Conservative – 8,946 – 4.86%

Edward W. Pattison (D-inc) – 84,70545.98%

– Democratic – 80,512 – 43.70%

– Liberal – 4,193 – 2.28%

Total Votes – 184,223100.00%

United States House of Representatives – District 30 – GOP Hold

Robert C. McEwen (R-inc, CON) – 85,47860.51%

– Republican – 79,502 – 56.28%

– Conservative – 5,976 – 4.23%

Norma A. Bartle (D, Liberal) – 57,78539.49%

– Democratic – 52,455 – 37.13%

– Liberal – 3,330 – 2.36%

Total Votes – 141,263100.00%

United States House of Representatives – District 31 – GOP Hold

Donald J. Mitchell (R-inc, CON) – 107,791100.00%

– Republican – 98,415 – 91.30%

– Conservative – 9,376 – 8.70%

United States House of Representatives – District 32 – DEM Hold

James M. Hanley (D-inc) – 76,25152.42%

Peter Del Giorno (R, CON) – 67,07146.11%

– Republican – 60,687 – 41.72%

– Conservative – 6,384 – 4.39%

Lillian E. Reiner (Liberal) – 2,1491.48%

Total Votes – 145,471100.00%

United States House of Representatives – District 33 – GOP Hold

Gary A. Lee (R) – 82,50155.95%

Roy A. Bernardi (D) – 58,28639.53%

Robert J. Byrne (CON) – 4,9723.37%

Lynne Budzinski (Liberal) – 1,6951.15%

Total Votes – 147,454100.00%

United States House of Representatives – District 34 – GOP Hold

Frank Horton (R-inc, D) – 122,78987.14%

– Republican – 62,081 – 44.06%

– Democratic – 60,708 – 43.08%

Leo J. Kesselring (CON) – 18,12712.86%

Total Votes – 140,916100.00%

United States House of Representatives – District 35 – GOP Hold

Barber B. Conable (R-inc) – 96,11969.35%

Francis C. Repicci (D) – 36,42826.28%

Karen A. Hammel (CON) – 6,0464.36%

Total Votes – 138,593100.00%

United States House of Representatives – District 36 – DEM Hold

John J. LaFalce (D-inc, Liberal) – 99,49774.11%

– Democratic – 95,613 – 71.22%

– Liberal – 3,884 – 2.89%

Francina Joyce Cartonia (R, Taxpayer’s Citizens) – 31,52723.48%

– Republican – 30,964 – 23.06%

– Taxpayer’s Citizens – 563 – 0.42%

Francis P. Mundy (CON) – 3,2332.41%

Total Votes – 134,257100.00%

United States House of Representatives – District 37 – DEM Hold

Henry J. Nowak (D-inc) – 70,91178.55%

– Democratic – 67,475 – 74.75%

– Liberal – 3,436 – 3.81%

Charles Poth III (R) – 17,58519.48%

Dunstan Haettenschwiller (CON) – 1,5011.66%

Khushro Ghandi (Labor) – 2740.30%

Total Votes – 90,271100.00%

United States House of Representatives – District 38 – GOP Hold

Jack Kemp (R-inc, CON) – 113,92894.84%

– Republican – 100,032 – 83.27%

– Conservative – 13,896 – 11.57%

James A. Peck (Liberal) – 6,2045.16%

Total Votes – 120,132100.00%

United States House of Representatives – District 39 – DEM Hold

Stan Lundine (D-inc) – 79,38558.45%

Crispin Maguire (R, CON) – 56,43141.55%

– Republican – 52,378 – 38.57%

– Conservative – 4,053 – 2.98%

Total Votes – 135,816100.00%

Source: Office of the Clerk of the United States House of Representatives