1976Flipped from DemocraticFinal results
1976 election for New York Assembly District 19
New York State Assembly · New York
Raymond McGrath (R) won with 56.6% of the vote, defeating Eugene W. Bechtle Jr. (D) by 13.2 points, a seat Democrats won last time.
Raymond McGrathRepublican · winner
56.6%29,933
Eugene W. Bechtle Jr.Democrat
43.4%22,938
52,871 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 1976
Races before and after
Source: Harvard Dataverse / Carl KlarnerUpdated Sep 30, 2026, 7:29 AM ET