1970Final results
1970 election for New York Senate District 56
New York State Senate · New York
James D. Griffin (D) won re-election with 65.9% of the vote, defeating James N. Leary (R) by 34.9 points.
James D. GriffinDemocrat · winner · incumbent
65.9%60,653
James N. LearyRepublican
30.9%28,480
John J. WhalenLibertarian
3.2%2,972
92,105 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)