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1986 New York U.S. House District 11 Election

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Who won the 1986 New York U.S. House District 11 Election?

Edolphus Towns won the 1986 New York U.S. House District 11 Election. Edolphus Towns received 41,689 popular votes (77.65%). The main challenger was Nathaniel Hendricks (8.69%).

See the full head-to-head between Towns and Hendricks

Towns +69.0 pts · won by 37,636 votes
Edolphus TownsDemocraticWINNER77.65%
41,689 votes
Nathaniel HendricksRepublican8.69%
4,053 votes
Alfred J. Hamelconservative1.87%
874 votes
Other candidates received the remaining 11.8% 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.