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1970Final results

1970 election for New York Assembly District 48

New York State Assembly · New York

Leonard Silverman (D) won with 59.8% of the vote, defeating Guy T. Parisi (R) by 30.6 points.

Leonard SilvermanDemocrat · winner · incumbent
59.8%16,515
Guy T. ParisiRepublican
29.1%8,050
6.5%1,788
Samuel WittlinLibertarian
4.6%1,267
27,620 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

EvenD+35.01972D+60.01974D+59.31976D+64.41978D+51.31980D+34.21982

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