1976Final results

1976 election for New York Senate District 16

Name: 1976 election for New York Senate District 16
Start: 1976-11-02
Location: New York

New York State Senate · New York

Howard Babbush (D) won with 78.2% of the vote, defeating Moses Aaron Lerman (R) by 60.9 points.

Howard BabbushDemocrat · winner

78.2%46,736

17.3%10,359

4.5%2,672

59,767 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

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

Also on the ballot: Edwin L. Umanoff (Libertarian), 4.5%