1976 New York U.S. House District 5 Election

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Who won the 1976 New York U.S. House District 5 Election?

John W. Wydler won the 1976 New York U.S. House District 5 Election. John W. Wydler received 110,366 popular votes (49.61%). The main challenger was Allard K. Lowenstein (41.81%).

See the full head-to-head between Wydler and Lowenstein

Wydler +7.8 pts · won by 22,498 votes
110,366 votes
Other candidates received the remaining 8.6% of the popular vote; only the leading candidates are individually recorded for this election.
Popular-vote totals for U.S. House elections come from the MIT Election Data and Science Lab (1976–2024).

Data last verified July 28, 2026.