1978 New York U.S. House District 17 Election
Who won the 1978 New York U.S. House District 17 Election?
John M. Murphy won the 1978 New York U.S. House District 17 Election. John M. Murphy received 54,228 popular votes (54.25%). The main challenger was John M. Peters (25.08%).
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Murphy +29.2 pts · won by 21,157 votes
54,228 votes
33,071 votes
12,662 votes
Other candidates received the remaining 8.0% 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).