1974Final results
1974 election for New York Senate District 9
New York State Senate · New York
Karen S. Burstein (D) won re-election with 67.0% of the vote, defeating Joel S. Kaplan (R) by 37.4 points.
Karen S. BursteinDemocrat · winner · incumbent
67.0%49,268
Joel S. KaplanRepublican
29.6%21,774
Robert S. BerkowitzLibertarian
3.4%2,467
73,509 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)