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1992Final results

1992 election for New York Senate District 56

New York State Senate · New York

Jess J. Present (R) won with 45.4% of the vote, defeating Nancy Gay Bargar (D) by 0.2 points.

Jess J. PresentRepublican · winner · incumbent
45.4%50,602
45.2%50,378
John W. HasperConservative
9.3%10,371
111,351 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 1992

Races before and after

EvenR+27.01982R+44.61984R+38.81988R+0.21992R+19.11994R+38.31996

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