1970 New York U.S. House District 12 Election
Who won the 1970 New York U.S. House District 12 Election?
Shirley Chisholm won the 1970 New York U.S. House District 12 Election. Shirley Chisholm received 31,500 popular votes (72.02%). The main challenger was George A Coleman (15.1%).
See the full head-to-head between Chisholm and Coleman
Chisholm +56.9 pts · won by 25,684 votes
31,500 votes
5,816 votes
1,204 votes
Other candidates received the remaining 9.8% of the popular vote; only the leading candidates are individually recorded for this election.
Popular-vote totals for this U.S. House election come from the Constituency-Level Elections Archive (CLEA) and the official public record.