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1978 New York U.S. House District 28 Election

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Who won the 1978 New York U.S. House District 28 Election?

Samuel S. Stratton won the 1978 New York U.S. House District 28 Election. Samuel S. Stratton received 139,575 popular votes (76.29%). The main challenger was Paul H. Tocker (18.1%).

See the full head-to-head between Stratton and Tocker

Stratton +58.2 pts · won by 103,558 votes
Samuel S. StrattonDemocraticWINNER76.29%
139,575 votes
Paul H. TockerRepublican18.1%
36,017 votes
Richard A. Hindliberal4.02%
7,353 votes
Other candidates received the remaining 1.6% 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.