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1992 New York U.S. House District 2 Election

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Who won the 1992 New York U.S. House District 2 Election?

Rick Lazio won the 1992 New York U.S. House District 2 Election. Rick Lazio received 109,386 popular votes (40.43%). The main challenger was Thomas J. Downey (39.19%).

See the full head-to-head between Lazio and Downey

Lazio +1.2 pts · won by 13,058 votes
Rick LazioRepublicanWINNER40.43%
109,386 votes
Thomas J. DowneyDemocratic39.19%
96,328 votes
Other candidates received the remaining 20.4% 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.