1976 New York U.S. House District 36 Election

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Who won the 1976 New York U.S. House District 36 Election?

John J. LaFalce won the 1976 New York U.S. House District 36 Election. John J. LaFalce received 123,246 popular votes (64.22%). The main challenger was Ralph J. Argen (30.71%).

See the full head-to-head between LaFalce and Argen

LaFalce +33.5 pts · won by 61,545 votes
123,246 votes
61,701 votes
Other candidates received the remaining 5.1% 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.