New York — 1998 Election Results

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Certified returns for every federal race in New York in 1998, as published by the Clerk of the U.S. House of Representatives. 32 of 32 congressional races match the totals printed in the Clerk's own recapitulation.

U.S. Senate

Candidate	Party	Votes	Share
Charles E. Schumer	Democrat (2,386,314) · Independence (109,027) · Liberal (55,724)	2,551,065	51.1%
Alfonse D’Amato	Republican (1,680,203) · Conservative (274,220) · Right To Life (104,565)	2,058,988	41.3%
Corinne E. Kurtz	Marijuana Reform	34,281	0.7%
Joel Kovel	Green	14,735	0.3%
William P. McMillen	Libertarian	8,223	0.2%
Rose Ana Berbeo	Socialist Workers	3,513	0.1%
Blank/Scattering		319,072	6.4%
Total		4,989,877

U.S. House of Representatives

District 1

Candidate	Party	Votes	Share
Michael P. Forbes	Republican (75,643) · Conservative (13,032) · Right To Life (7,627) · Independence (3,158)	99,460	56.7%
William G. Holst	Democrat (54,463) · Star Tax Cut (1,167)	55,630	31.7%
Blank/Scattering		20,242	11.5%
Total		175,332

District 2

Candidate	Party	Votes	Share
Rick Lazio	Republican (71,760) · Conservative (13,329)	85,089	58.0%
John C. Bace	Democrat	37,949	25.9%
Denis K. Quinn	Right To Life	3,646	2.5%
Kenneth J. Herman	Independence	1,754	1.2%
Blank/Scattering		18,284	12.5%
Total		146,722

District 3

Candidate	Party	Votes	Share
Peter T. King	Republican (95,709) · Conservative (13,869) · Right To Life (7,680)	117,258	57.5%
Kevin N. Langberg	Democrat	63,628	31.2%
Thomas R. Di Lavore	Liberal	1,497	0.7%
Blank/Scattering		21,609	10.6%
Total		203,992

District 4

Candidate	Party	Votes	Share
Carolyn McCarthy	Democrat (86,692) · Independence (3,564)	90,256	48.4%
Gregory R. Becker	Republican (64,509) · Conservative (9,114) · Right To Life (6,361)	79,984	42.9%
Patricia M. Maher	Liberal	1,343	0.7%
Blank/Scattering		15,021	8.0%
Total		186,604

District 5

Candidate	Party	Votes	Share
Gary L. Ackerman	Democrat (92,189) · Independence (2,767) · Liberal (2,448)	97,404	56.2%
David C. Pinzon	Republican (40,861) · Conservative (8,725)	49,586	28.6%
Anne T. Robinson	Liberal	2,872	1.7%
Blank/Scattering		23,385	13.5%
Total		173,247

District 6

Candidate	Party	Votes	Share
Gregory W. Meeks	Democrat (73,235) · Independence (1,693) · Liberal (1,194)	76,122	66.2%
Blank/Scattering		38,908	33.8%
Total		115,030

District 7

Candidate	Party	Votes	Share
Joseph Crowley	Democrat	50,924	49.5%
James J. Dillon	Republican	18,896	18.4%
Richard Retcho	Conservative	3,960	3.8%
Blank/Scattering		29,105	28.3%
Total		102,885

District 8

Candidate	Party	Votes	Share
Jerrold Nadler	Democrat (108,408) · Liberal (4,540)	112,948	71.4%
Theodore Howard	Republican	18,383	11.6%
Blank/Scattering		26,846	17.0%
Total		158,177

District 9

Candidate	Party	Votes	Share
Anthony Weiner	Democrat (67,274) · Independence (2,165)	69,439	51.4%
Louis Telano	Republican	24,486	18.1%
Melinda Katz	Liberal	5,698	4.2%
Arthur J. Smith	Conservative	4,899	3.6%
Blank/Scattering		30,577	22.6%
Total		135,099

District 10

Candidate	Party	Votes	Share
Edolphus Towns	Democrat (81,368) · Liberal (2,160)	83,528	69.8%
Ernestine M. Brown	Republican	5,577	4.7%
Ernest Johnson	Conservative	1,396	1.2%
Blank/Scattering		29,246	24.4%
Total		119,747

District 11

Candidate	Party	Votes	Share
Major R. Owens	Democrat (73,674) · Liberal (2,099)	75,773	70.9%
David Greene	Republican (5,718) · Conservative (1,566)	7,284	6.8%
Phyllis Taliaferro	Independence	1,144	1.1%
Blank/Scattering		22,691	21.2%
Total		106,892

District 12

Candidate	Party	Votes	Share
Nydia M. Velazquez	Democrat	53,269	64.4%
Rosemarie Markgraf	Republican	7,405	9.0%
Angel Diaz	Conservative	1,632	2.0%
Hector Cortes, Jr.	Liberal	1,080	1.3%
Hector Henry	Fusion	320	0.4%
Blank/Scattering		19,016	23.0%
Total		82,722

District 13

Candidate	Party	Votes	Share
Vito Fossella	Republican (60,550) · Conservative (11,707) · Right To Life (3,881)	76,138	55.4%
Eugene V. Prisco	Democrat (39,153) · Liberal (1,014)	40,167	29.2%
Anita Lerman	Independence	1,245	0.9%
Blank/Scattering		19,937	14.5%
Total		137,487

District 14

Candidate	Party	Votes	Share
Carolyn B. Maloney	Democrat (104,351) · Independence (2,825) · Liberal (3,896)	111,072	67.4%
Stephanie E. Kupferman	Republican	32,458	19.7%
Blank/Scattering		21,269	12.9%
Total		164,799

District 15

Candidate	Party	Votes	Share
Charles B. Rangel	Democrat (88,271) · Liberal (2,153)	90,424	76.6%
David E. Cunningham	Republican	5,633	4.8%
Patrick McManus	Conservative	1,082	0.9%
Blank/Scattering		20,970	17.8%
Total		118,109

District 16

Candidate	Party	Votes	Share
Jose E. Serrano	Democrat (65,957) · Liberal (1,410)	67,367	74.6%
Thomas W. Bayley, Jr.	Republican	2,457	2.7%
Owen Camp	Conservative	756	0.8%
Blank/Scattering		19,687	21.8%
Total		90,267

District 17

Candidate	Party	Votes	Share
Eliot L. Engel	Democrat (79,257) · Liberal (1,690)	80,947	70.6%
Peter Fiumefreddo	Republican (7,982) · Conservative (2,280) · Independence (775)	11,037	9.6%
Blank/Scattering		22,699	19.8%
Total		114,683

District 18

Candidate	Party	Votes	Share
Nita M. Lowey	Democrat	91,623	55.2%
Daniel McMahon	Conservative	12,594	7.6%
Giulio A. Cavallo	Independence	3,251	2.0%
Marion M. Conner	Right To Life	3,234	1.9%
Blank/Scattering		55,344	33.3%
Total		166,046

District 19

Candidate	Party	Votes	Share
Sue W. Kelly	Republican (88,341) · Conservative (16,126)	104,467	55.6%
Dick Collins	Democrat	56,378	30.0%
Joseph J. Dio Guardi	Right To Life	5,941	3.2%
Charles C. Williams	Freedom	1,046	0.6%
Blank/Scattering		20,190	10.7%
Total		188,022

District 20

Candidate	Party	Votes	Share
Benjamin A. Gilman	Republican	98,546	51.6%
Paul J. Feiner	Democrat (61,753) · Independence (2,005) · Liberal (1,831)	65,589	34.4%
Christine M. Tighe	Right To Life	4,769	2.5%
Blank/Scattering		22,021	11.5%
Total		190,925

District 21

Candidate	Party	Votes	Share
Michael R. McNulty	Democrat (123,638) · Conservative (15,690) · Independence (7,311)	146,639	67.0%
Lauren Ayers	Republican	50,931	23.3%
Blank/Scattering		21,183	9.7%
Total		218,753

District 22

Candidate	Party	Votes	Share
John E. Sweeney	Republican (87,786) · Conservative (15,203) · Independence (3,930)	106,919	49.9%
Jean P. Bordewich	Democrat	81,296	37.9%
Francis A. Giroux	Right To Life	5,051	2.4%
Blank/Scattering		21,209	9.9%
Total		214,475

District 23

Candidate	Party	Votes	Share
Sherwood L. Boehlert	Republican	111,242	60.8%
David Vickers	Conservative (21,596) · Right To Life (4,897)	26,493	14.5%
Blank/Scattering		45,362	24.8%
Total		183,097

District 24

Candidate	Party	Votes	Share
John M. McHugh	Republican (101,689) · Conservative (14,993)	116,682	68.6%
Neil P. Tallon	Democrat	31,011	18.2%
Blank/Scattering		22,330	13.1%
Total		170,023

District 25

Candidate	Party	Votes	Share
James T. Walsh	Republican (102,219) · Conservative (18,985)	121,204	63.8%
Yvonne Rothenberg	Democrat (50,268) · Liberal/Green (3,193)	53,461	28.2%
Blank/Scattering		15,222	8.0%
Total		189,887

District 26

Candidate	Party	Votes	Share
Maurice D. Hinchey	Democrat (99,249) · Independence (6,321) · Liberal (2,634)	108,204	57.3%
William H. Bud Walker	Republican (47,084) · Conservative (7,692)	54,776	29.0%
Randall Terry	Right To Life	12,160	6.4%
Blank/Scattering		13,695	7.3%
Total		188,835

District 27

Candidate	Party	Votes	Share
Thomas M. Reynolds	Republican (86,106) · Conservative (15,936)	102,042	49.5%
Bill Cook	Democrat (62,714) · Right To Life (5,070) · Independence (8,194)	75,978	36.9%
Blank/Scattering		28,132	13.6%
Total		206,152

District 28

Candidate	Party	Votes	Share
Louise McIntosh Slaughter	Democrat	118,856	61.5%
Richard A. Kaplan	Republican (50,926) · Independence (5,517)	56,443	29.2%
Paul Britton	Conservative	4,963	2.6%
Gerald D. Crawford	Right To Life	3,196	1.7%
Blank/Scattering		9,678	5.0%
Total		193,136

District 29

Candidate	Party	Votes	Share
John J. LaFalce	Democrat (87,805) · Independence (6,762) · Liberal (2,668)	97,235	52.8%
Chris Collins	Republican (58,232) · Conservative (11,249)	69,481	37.7%
David E. Denzel	Right To Life	3,813	2.1%
Blank/Scattering		13,541	7.4%
Total		184,070

District 30

Candidate	Party	Votes	Share
Jack Quinn	Republican (91,350) · Conservative (16,198) · Independence (8,545)	116,093	61.7%
Crystal D. Peoples	Democrat	55,199	29.4%
Blank/Scattering		16,742	8.9%
Total		188,034

District 31

Candidate	Party	Votes	Share
Amo Houghton	Republican (95,638) · Conservative (11,977)	107,615	60.9%
Caleb Rossiter	Democrat	40,091	22.7%
James R. Pierce, Sr.	Right To Life	10,546	6.0%
Blank/Scattering		18,321	10.4%
Total		176,573

Source

Clerk of the U.S. House of Representatives

Statistics of the Presidential and Congressional Election, 1998 — Official source · Archived copy
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Shares are of all votes listed for the race, including write-ins and, where a state reports them, blank and void ballots.

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