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1978Final results

1978 election for New York Senate District 33

New York State Senate · New York

Abraham Bernstein (D) won with 95.0% of the vote, defeating John A. Somma (Con) by 89.9 points.

Abraham BernsteinDemocrat · winner · incumbent
95.0%56,120
John A. SommaConservative
5.0%2,984
59,104 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+49.51972D+72.41974D+71.51976D+75.51982D+70.71986D+65.51988

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