1970Flipped from RepublicanFinal resultsIncumbent defeated
1970 election for New York Senate District 53
New York State Senate · New York
John LaFalce (D) won with 51.3% of the vote, defeating William E. Adams (R) by 10.1 points, a seat Republicans won last time.
John LaFalceDemocrat · winner
51.3%64,530
William E. AdamsRepublican · incumbent
41.2%51,853
Thomas T. BasilConservative
7.5%9,468
125,851 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: Harvard Dataverse / Carl KlarnerUpdated Sep 30, 2026, 7:29 AM ET