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1996 general · November 5, 1996

1996 New York State Senate election results, district by district

Every New York State Senate district in the 1996 general election: winners, margins, unopposed seats and seats that changed party.

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Seats after the election

Republicans controlled the chamber · 61 seats

After the electionD 26 · R 35
Races61
Changed party3
Unopposed10%6 races
Incumbents defeated4

Every district

D 26 · R 35

RaceWinnerWon byNotes
SD-1Kenneth La Valle (R)41.1
SD-2James J. Lack (R)25.5
SD-3Caesar Trunzo (R)17.0
SD-4Owen H. Johnson (R)28.2
SD-5Carl L. Marcellino (R)19.5
SD-6Kemp Hannon (R)12.6
SD-7Michael J. Tully (R)20.0
SD-8Norman J. Levy (R)33.0
SD-9Dean G. Skelos (R)32.3
SD-10Alton R. Waldon Jr. (D)80.1
SD-11Frank Padavan (R)Unopposed
SD-12Ada L. Smith (D)85.3
SD-13Emanuel R. Gold (D)53.1
SD-14George Onorato (D)84.4
SD-15Serphin R. Maltese Jr. (R)Unopposed
SD-16Leonard Price Stavisky (D)Unopposed
SD-17Nellie R. Santiago (D)87.2
SD-18Velmanette Montgomery (D)85.7
SD-19John L. Sampson (D)88.9Incumbent lost
SD-20Martin Markowitz (D)85.9
SD-21Carl Kruger (D)45.6
SD-22Seymour P. Lachman (D)55.3
SD-23Vincent J. Gentile (D)18.6FlippedIncumbent lost
SD-24John J. Marchi (R)80.9
SD-25Martin Connor (D)71.0
SD-26Roy A. Goodman (R)25.8
SD-27Catherine M. Abate (D)Unopposed
SD-28Olga A. Mendez (D)94.2
SD-29David A. Paterson (D)96.1
SD-30Franz S. Leichter (D)90.1
SD-31Efrain Gonzalez Jr. (D)90.8
SD-32David Rosado (D)56.6Incumbent lost
SD-33Larry Seabrook (D)86.7
SD-34Guy J. Velella (R)93.3
SD-35Nicholas A. Spano (R)6.1
SD-36Suzi Oppenheimer (D)27.4
SD-37Vincent L. Leibell III (R)18.8
SD-38Joseph R. Holland (R)19.7
SD-39William J. Larkin Jr. (R)18.5
SD-40Charles D. Cook (R)25.5
SD-41Stephen M. Saland (R)38.3
SD-42Neil D. Breslin (D)8.1FlippedIncumbent lost
SD-43Joseph L. Bruno (R)16.9
SD-44Hugh T. Farley (R)31.3
SD-45Ronald B. Stafford (R)Unopposed
SD-46James W. Wright (R)35.6
SD-47Raymond A. Meier (R)83.7
SD-48Nancy Larraine Hoffmann (D)48.0
SD-49John A. Defrancisco (R)45.2
SD-50James L. Seward (R)Unopposed
SD-51Thomas W. Libous (R)46.5
SD-52John Kuhl (R)43.4
SD-53Michael F. Nozzolio (R)90.2
SD-54Richard A. Dollinger (D)38.5
SD-55James S. Alesi (R)15.0Flipped
SD-56Jess J. Present (R)38.3
SD-57Anthony R. Nanula (D)56.7
SD-58William T. Stachowski (D)54.0
SD-59Dale M. Volker (R)45.8
SD-60Mary Lou Rath (R)37.7
SD-61George D. Maziarz (R)37.6

New York State Senate

Results are each source's final count; margins are the winner's lead over the runner-up in points of the vote. Source: Harvard Dataverse / Carl Klarner