Elections / 1978 · House · NY
New York sent 26 Democrats and 13 Republicans to the US House in 1978.
39 districts. Each row shows the winning party, margin, and member elected. Vote counts are the certified district totals.
New York — 1978 House districts
Source: MIT Election Data + Science Lab, US House returns (party-classified by literal ballot party).
| District | Won | Margin | Member elected | Votes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| NY-01 | R | William Carney | 160,204 | |
| NY-02 | D | Thomas J Downey | 118,129 | |
| NY-03 | D | Jerome A Ambro | 138,670 | |
| NY-04 | R | Norman F Lent | 143,302 | |
| NY-05 | R | John W Wydler | 145,383 | |
| NY-06 | D | Lester Wolff | 134,606 | |
| NY-07 | D | Joseph P Addabbo | 77,001 | |
| NY-08 | D | Benjamin S Rosenthal | 95,202 | |
| NY-09 | D | Geraldine A Ferraro | 94,787 | |
| NY-10 | D | Mario Biaggi | 82,061 | |
| NY-11 | D | James H Scheuer | 75,203 | |
| NY-12 | D | Shirley Chisholm | 29,277 | |
| NY-13 | D | Stephen J Solarz | 84,839 | |
| NY-14 | D | Frederick W Richmond | 40,745 | |
| NY-15 | D | Leo C Zeferetti | 72,331 | |
| NY-16 | D | Elizabeth Holtzman | 72,890 | |
| NY-17 | D | John M Murphy | 99,961 | |
| NY-18 | R | S William Green | 114,301 | |
| NY-19 | D | Charles B Rangel | 61,991 | |
| NY-20 | D | Ted S Weiss | 75,936 | |
| NY-21 | D | Robert Garcia | 24,449 | |
| NY-22 | D | Jonathan B Bingham | 69,837 | |
| NY-23 | D | Peter A Peyser | 128,572 | |
| NY-24 | D | Richard L Ottinger | 134,463 | |
| NY-25 | R | Hamilton Fish JR | 146,533 | |
| NY-26 | R | Benjamin A Gilman | 139,637 | |
| NY-27 | D | Matthew F McHugh | 149,590 | |
| NY-28 | D | Samuel S Stratton | 182,945 | |
| NY-29 | R | Gerald B H Solomon | 184,223 | |
| NY-30 | R | Robert C McEwen | 141,263 | |
| NY-31 | R | Donald J Mitchell | 107,791 | |
| NY-32 | D | James M Hanley | 145,471 | |
| NY-33 | R | Gary A Lee | 147,454 | |
| NY-34 | R | Frank Horton | 140,912 | |
| NY-35 | R | Barber B Conable | 138,593 | |
| NY-36 | D | John J Lafalce | 134,257 | |
| NY-37 | D | Henry J Nowak | 90,271 | |
| NY-38 | R | Jack Kemp | 120,132 | |
| NY-39 | D | Stanley N Lundine | 135,816 |