1978 United States House of Representatives elections
District Incumbent Party First elected Result Candidates
New York 1 Otis G. Pike Democratic 1960 Incumbent retired . New member elected . Republican gain Y William Carney ( Republican ) 56.3% John Randolph ( Democratic ) 41.9% Dorothy A. Samek ( Lib ) 1.8%
New York 2 Thomas J. Downey Democratic 1974 Incumbent re-elected Y Thomas J. Downey ( Democratic ) 54.9% Harold J. Withers ( Republican ) 45.1%
New York 3 Jerome Ambro Democratic 1974 Incumbent re-elected Y Jerome Ambro ( Democratic ) 50.9% Gregory W. Carman ( Republican ) 47.9% William Clark ( Lib ) 1.2%
New York 4 Norman F. Lent Republican 1970 Incumbent re-elected Y Norman F. Lent ( Republican ) 66.1% Everett A. Rosenblum ( Democratic ) 32.5% Aaron M. Schein ( Lib ) 1.5%
New York 5 John W. Wydler Republican 1962 Incumbent re-elected Y John W. Wydler ( Republican ) 58.4% John W. Matthews ( Democratic ) 41.6%
New York 6 Lester L. Wolff Democratic 1964 Incumbent re-elected Y Lester L. Wolff ( Democratic ) 60.0% Stuart L. Ain ( Republican ) 32.9% Howard Horowitz ( Con ) 7.1%
New York 7 Joseph P. Addabbo Democratic 1960 Incumbent re-elected Y Joseph P. Addabbo ( Democratic ) 94.9% Mark Elliott Scott ( Con ) 5.1%
New York 8 Benjamin Stanley Rosenthal Democratic 1962 Incumbent re-elected Y Benjamin Stanley Rosenthal ( Democratic ) 78.6% Albert Lemishow ( Republican ) 15.9% Paul C. Ruebenacker ( Con ) 5.4%
New York 9 James J. Delaney Democratic 1948 Incumbent retired . New member elected . Democratic hold Y Geraldine Ferraro ( Democratic ) 54.2% Alfred A. DeliBovi ( Republican ) 44.4% Theodore E. Garrison ( Lib ) 1.4%
New York 10 Mario Biaggi Democratic 1968 Incumbent re-elected Y Mario Biaggi ( Democratic ) 95.0% Carmen Ricciardi ( Con ) 5.0%
New York 11 James H. Scheuer Democratic 1974 Incumbent re-elected Y James H. Scheuer ( Democratic ) 78.5% Kenneth Huhn ( Republican ) 21.5%
New York 12 Shirley Chisholm Democratic 1968 Incumbent re-elected Y Shirley Chisholm ( Democratic ) 87.8% Charles Gibbs ( Republican ) 12.2%
New York 13 Stephen J. Solarz Democratic 1974 Incumbent re-elected Y Stephen J. Solarz ( Democratic ) 81.1% Max Carasso ( Republican ) 18.9%
New York 14 Fred Richmond Democratic 1974 Incumbent re-elected Y Fred Richmond ( Democratic ) 76.9% Arthur Bramwell ( Republican ) 18.4% Ralph J. Carrano ( Con ) 3.3% Sharon D. Grant ( Socialist Workers ) 1.4%
New York 15 Leo C. Zeferetti Democratic 1974 Incumbent re-elected Y Leo C. Zeferetti ( Democratic ) 68.1% Robert P. Whelan ( Republican ) 28.4% Ronald Seminara ( Lib ) 3.5%
New York 16 Elizabeth Holtzman Democratic 1972 Incumbent re-elected Y Elizabeth Holtzman ( Democratic ) 81.9% Larry Penner ( Republican ) 12.9% John H. Fox ( Con ) 5.2%
New York 17 John M. Murphy Democratic 1962 Incumbent re-elected Y John M. Murphy ( Democratic ) 54.2% John M. Peters ( Republican ) 33.1% Thomas Hoyt Stokes ( Lib ) 12.7%
New York 18 S. William Green Republican 1978 Incumbent re-elected Y S. William Green ( Republican ) 53.3% Carter Burden ( Democratic ) 46.7%
New York 19 Charles B. Rangel Democratic 1970 Incumbent re-elected Y Charles B. Rangel ( Democratic ) 96.4% E. Freeman Yearling ( Con ) 2.7% Kenneth B. Miliner ( Socialist Workers ) 1.0%
New York 20 Theodore S. Weiss Democratic 1976 Incumbent re-elected Y Theodore S. Weiss ( Democratic ) 84.6% Harry Torczyner ( Republican ) 15.4%
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See also : List of United States Representatives from New York
The 1978 United States House of Representatives elections was an election for the United States House of Representatives in 1978 which occurred in the middle of President Jimmy Carter's term, when the country was going through an energy crisis and facing rapid inflation. The President's Democratic Party lost seats to the opposition Republican Party, in this case a net of 15 meaning the loss of their two-thirds majority but the Democrats still retained a rather large majority. This was the last midterm election where the Democrats managed to maintain a majority under a Democratic president.