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1976Final results

1976 election for New York Senate District 6

New York State Senate · New York

John R. Dunne (R) won with 57.3% of the vote, defeating Carl Pollet (D) by 20.1 points.

John R. DunneRepublican · winner · incumbent
57.3%67,818
Carl PolletDemocrat
37.2%44,053
Joseph CurranConservative
5.6%6,578
118,449 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

EvenR+33.71972R+16.61974R+20.11976R+27.21978R+35.41980R+19.41982

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