1978 New York U.S. House District 24 Election
Who won the 1978 New York U.S. House District 24 Election?
Richard Ottinger won the 1978 New York U.S. House District 24 Election. Richard Ottinger received 75,397 popular votes (56.07%). The main challenger was Michael R. Edelman (36.34%).
See the full head-to-head between Ottinger and Edelman
Ottinger +19.7 pts · won by 17,946 votes
75,397 votes
57,451 votes
1,423 votes
192 votes
Other candidates received the remaining 6.4% 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).