1976Final results
1976 election for New York Senate District 20
New York State Senate · New York
Donald Halperin (D) won with 77.6% of the vote, defeating Paul Silverman (R) by 59.7 points.
Donald HalperinDemocrat · winner · incumbent
77.6%77,805
Paul SilvermanRepublican
17.9%17,941
Laura R. PogostinLibertarian
4.5%4,473
100,219 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