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1986 New York U.S. House District 6 Election

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Who won the 1986 New York U.S. House District 6 Election?

Floyd H. Flake won the 1986 New York U.S. House District 6 Election. Floyd H. Flake received 58,317 popular votes (67.74%). The main challenger was Richard Dietl (26.69%).

See the full head-to-head between Flake and Dietl

Flake +41.0 pts · won by 30,544 votes
Floyd H. FlakeDemocraticWINNER67.74%
58,317 votes
Richard DietlRepublican26.69%
27,773 votes
Other candidates received the remaining 5.6% 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.