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2000Final results

2000 election for New York Assembly District 62

New York State Assembly · New York

Sheldon Silver (D) won with 85.2% of the vote, defeating Raymond J. Dowd (Grn) by 70.4 points.

Sheldon SilverDemocrat · winner · incumbent
85.2%20,084
14.8%3,485
23,569 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 2000

Races before and after

EvenD+61.31992D+65.31994D+71.71996D+72.51998R+28.02002R+46.42004

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