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1978Final results

1978 election for New York Assembly District 22

New York State Assembly · New York

Gerdi Lipschutz (D) won with 78.5% of the vote, defeating Christian W. Siemers (R) by 60.6 points.

Gerdi LipschutzDemocrat · winner · incumbent
78.5%18,449
18.0%4,222
Edward LebeauxLibertarian
3.5%821
23,492 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 1978

Races before and after

EvenD+31.71972D+56.91974D+51.51976D+60.61978D+61.11980R+34.21982

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

The candidates