1984Flipped from DemocraticFinal resultsIncumbent defeated
1984 election for New York Senate District 9
New York State Senate · New York
Dean G. Skelos (R) won with 50.7% of the vote, defeating Carol Berman (D) by 1.4 points, a seat Democrats won last time.
Dean G. SkelosRepublican · winner
50.7%68,333
Carol BermanDemocrat · incumbent
49.3%66,497
134,830 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