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1984 New York U.S. House District 20 Election

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Who won the 1984 New York U.S. House District 20 Election?

Joseph J. Dioguardi won the 1984 New York U.S. House District 20 Election. Joseph J. Dioguardi received 106,958 popular votes (43.83%). The main challenger was Oren J. Teicher (48.2%).

See the full head-to-head between Dioguardi and Teicher

Teicher +4.4 pts · led by -4,116 votes
Joseph J. DioguardiRepublicanWINNER43.83%
106,958 votes
Oren J. TeicherDemocratic48.2%
102,842 votes
Florence T. O'Gradyright to life1.66%
3,549 votes
Other candidates received the remaining 6.3% 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.