1984Flipped from DemocraticFinal results
1984 election for New York Senate District 38
New York State Senate · New York
Eugene Levy (R) won with 67.4% of the vote, defeating Joseph Savarese (D) by 38.8 points, a seat Democrats won last time.
Eugene LevyRepublican · winner
67.4%79,093
Joseph SavareseDemocrat
28.6%33,580
Richard BrunoRight to Life
4.0%4,641
117,314 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
Source: Harvard Dataverse / Carl KlarnerUpdated Sep 30, 2026, 7:29 AM ET