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1974Final results

1974 election for New York Senate District 17

New York State Senate · New York

Major Owens (D) won with 79.5% of the vote, defeating Pascual Sanchez (R) by 64.5 points.

Major OwensDemocrat · winner
79.5%10,758
Pascual SanchezRepublican
15.0%2,024
Edna CameronLibertarian
5.6%753
13,535 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

EvenD+25.21972D+64.51974D+82.11976D+83.31978D+84.61980D+74.21988

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