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1968Final results

1968 election for New York Senate District 13

New York State Senate · New York

Nicholas Ferraro (D) won with 54.3% of the vote, defeating Frank A. Lapina (R) by 24.0 points.

Nicholas FerraroDemocrat · winner · incumbent
54.3%49,082
Frank A. LapinaRepublican
30.3%27,423
Robert BenesConservative
8.9%8,008
James C. GreeneLibertarian
6.5%5,865
90,378 votes

Source: Harvard Dataverse / Carl KlarnerUpdated Sep 30, 2026, 7:29 AM ET

The seat over time

D − R margin in this seat's races around 1968

Races before and after

EvenD+18.21972D+55.91974D+47.91976D+52.31978D+49.31980D+53.41990

Source: Harvard Dataverse / Carl KlarnerUpdated Sep 30, 2026, 7:29 AM ET