1970Flipped from DemocraticFinal resultsSpecial election
1970 special election for New York Assembly District 84
New York State Assembly · New York
G. Oliver Koppell (REF) won with 49.6% of the vote, defeating Sidney Rosen (D) by 12.4 points, flipping a seat Democrats held.
G. Oliver KoppellReform · winner
49.6%3,531
Sidney RosenDemocrat
37.2%2,647
Dominick CapriaRepublican
7.9%561
Sidney S. GraubardConservative
5.3%376
7,115 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 1970
Races before and after
Source: Past results: 99chambers results archive (MEDSL, Klarner, state election offices)