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1996Flipped from RepublicanFinal resultsIncumbent defeated

1996 election for New York Assembly District 26

New York State Assembly · New York

Ann Margaret E. Carrozza (D) won with 53.5% of the vote, defeating Douglas Prescott (R) by 6.9 points, a seat Republicans won last time.

Ann Margaret E. CarrozzaDemocrat · winner
53.5%20,612
Douglas PrescottRepublican · incumbent
46.5%17,937
38,549 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 1996

Races before and after

EvenD+38.71990R+4.01992R+16.01994D+6.91996D+23.21998D+34.82002

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