1982Final resultsIncumbent defeated
1982 election for New York Assembly District 77
New York State Assembly · New York
Jose Rivera (D) won with 72.0% of the vote, defeating Bill Shaw (Lib) by 60.3 points.
Jose RiveraDemocrat · winner
72.0%6,974
Bill ShawLibertarian
11.7%1,133
Jesse LynchRepublican
9.1%878
Sean P. WalshConservative · incumbent
7.3%704
9,689 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 1982
Races before and after
Source: Harvard Dataverse / Carl KlarnerUpdated Sep 30, 2026, 7:29 AM ET