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1984Final results

1984 election for New York Senate District 57

New York State Senate · New York

William T. Stachowski (D) won with 67.6% of the vote, defeating Ronald Ignasiak (R) by 36.8 points.

William T. StachowskiDemocrat · winner · incumbent
67.6%76,704
Ronald IgnasiakRepublican
30.8%34,966
1.6%1,787
113,457 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

EvenR+25.91978R+34.51980D+9.51982D+36.81984D+54.01986D+38.11988

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

The candidates