2004Flipped from RepublicanFinal resultsIncumbent defeated
2004 election for New York Senate District 28
New York State Senate · New York
Jose Serrano (D) won with 82.2% of the vote, defeating Olga A. Mendez (R) by 64.8 points, a seat Republicans won last time.
Jose SerranoDemocrat · winner
82.2%55,320
Olga A. MendezRepublican · incumbent
17.3%11,679
Agustin Alamo EstradaConservative
0.5%339
67,338 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 2004
Races before and after
Source: Harvard Dataverse / Carl KlarnerUpdated Sep 30, 2026, 7:29 AM ET