1974Final results
1974 election for New York Senate District 6
New York State Senate · New York
John R. Dunne (R) won re-election with 53.6% of the vote, defeating John D. Reddan (D) by 16.6 points.
John R. DunneRepublican · winner · incumbent
53.6%53,630
John D. ReddanDemocrat
37.1%37,064
Joseph CurranConservative
6.7%6,737
Marilyn KrausLibertarian
2.6%2,580
100,011 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
Source: Past results: 99chambers results archive (MEDSL, Klarner, state election offices)
The candidates
John R. Dunne (R)John D. Reddan (D)Joseph Curran (C)
Also on the ballot: Marilyn Kraus (Libertarian), 2.6%