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1976Final results

1976 election for New York Senate District 27

New York State Senate · New York

Manfred Ohrenstein (D) won with 81.7% of the vote, defeating William P. Kelly (R) by 66.1 points.

Manfred OhrensteinDemocrat · winner · incumbent
81.7%73,438
15.6%14,039
Timothy MitchellConservative
2.7%2,404
89,881 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

EvenD+49.71972D+66.51974D+66.11976D+64.41978D+65.61980D+69.01982

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

The candidates