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1984Flipped from DemocraticFinal resultsIncumbent defeated

1984 election for New York Assembly District 25

New York State Assembly · New York

Douglas Prescott (R) won with 57.7% of the vote, defeating John F. Duane (D) by 15.4 points, a seat Democrats won last time.

Douglas PrescottRepublican · winner
57.7%27,124
John F. DuaneDemocrat · incumbent
42.3%19,905
47,029 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 1984

Races before and after

EvenD+34.11978R+3.01980D+8.61982R+15.41984R+21.61986R+35.71988

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