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1970Final results

1970 election for New York Senate District 26

New York State Senate · New York

Roy A. Goodman (R) won with 62.8% of the vote, defeating George N. Spitz (D) by 32.0 points.

Roy A. GoodmanRepublican · winner · incumbent
62.8%77,091
30.8%37,783
Henry VanrossemConservative
6.4%7,833
122,707 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

EvenR+25.31972R+15.91974R+31.71976R+14.61978R+44.81980R+40.11982

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