1996Final results
1996 election for New York Senate District 48
New York State Senate · New York
Nancy Larraine Hoffmann (D) won with 74.0% of the vote, defeating Dale A. Sweetland (R) by 48.0 points.
Nancy Larraine HoffmannDemocrat · winner · incumbent
74.0%74,231
Dale A. SweetlandRepublican
26.0%26,089
100,320 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
Source: Harvard Dataverse / Carl KlarnerUpdated Sep 30, 2026, 7:29 AM ET