1980Final results
1980 election for New York Senate District 28
New York State Senate · New York
Leon Bogues (D) won with 81.3% of the vote, defeating Dorothy Gordon (R) by 63.4 points.
Leon BoguesDemocrat · winner
81.3%46,981
Dorothy GordonRepublican
17.9%10,342
Leonides MartinezRight to Life
0.8%464
57,787 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 1980
Races before and after
Source: Harvard Dataverse / Carl KlarnerUpdated Sep 30, 2026, 7:29 AM ET