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1982 New York U.S. House District 27 Election

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Who won the 1982 New York U.S. House District 27 Election?

George C. Wortley won the 1982 New York U.S. House District 27 Election. George C. Wortley received 95,290 popular votes (53.18%). The main challenger was Elaine Lytel (1.77%).

See the full head-to-head between Wortley and Lytel

Wortley +51.4 pts · won by 16,081 votes
George C. WortleyRepublicanWINNER53.18%
95,290 votes
Elaine Lytelliberal1.77%
79,209 votes
Thomas M. Hunterconservative1.55%
2,783 votes
George Hyrczaright to life1.06%
1,904 votes
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.