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1974Final results

1974 election for New York Senate District 1

New York State Senate · New York

Leon E. Giuffreda (R) won re-election with 56.5% of the vote, defeating Joseph P. Sullivan (D) by 19.0 points.

Leon E. GiuffredaRepublican · winner · incumbent
56.5%59,207
37.4%39,248
John F. IrwinConservative
6.1%6,353
104,808 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 1974

Races before and after

EvenR+30.51972R+19.01974R+9.41976R+40.01978

Source: Past results: 99chambers results archive (MEDSL, Klarner, state election offices)