1988Flipped from DemocraticFinal resultsIncumbent defeated
1988 election for New York Assembly District 3
New York State Assembly · New York
John Powell (R) won with 52.6% of the vote, defeating Icilio W. Bianchi (D) by 5.3 points, a seat Democrats won last time.
John PowellRepublican · winner
52.6%21,385
Icilio W. BianchiDemocrat · incumbent
47.4%19,241
40,626 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 1988
Races before and after
Source: Harvard Dataverse / Carl KlarnerUpdated Sep 30, 2026, 7:29 AM ET