1970Final results
1970 election for New York Senate District 16
New York State Senate · New York
Donald Halperin (D) won with 69.6% of the vote, defeating Leon A. Milman (R) by 57.4 points.
Donald HalperinDemocrat · winner
69.6%64,617
Leon A. MilmanRepublican
12.3%11,383
Anthony B. RussoConservative
11.2%10,418
Irving OlaikLibertarian
6.9%6,405
92,823 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
The seat's recent races
Source: Past results: 99chambers results archive (MEDSL, Klarner, state election offices)