| County | Thomas Flaherty (D) |
John Cotter (R) |
Other | Margin | TOTAL | ||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| TOTAL | 14,441 | 69.6% | 6,297 | 30.4% | 0 | 0.0% | 8,144 | 20,738 | |||||||||||
| Total R vote: 6,297 (30.4%) Total D vote: 14,441 (69.6%) Total Other vote: 0 (0.0%) | |||||||||||||||||||
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| Republican Primary | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Pos | Candidate | Votes | % |
| 1 | John Cotter | 1,795 | 65.9% |
| 2 | Herbert Goodwin | 280 | 10.3% |
| 3 | Stephen Sullivan | 201 | 7.4% |
| 4 | Joseph DeNapoli | 188 | 6.9% |
| 5 | Edward Davis | 163 | 6.0% |
| 6 | William Driscoll | 44 | 1.6% |
| Other | 54 | 2.0% | |
| TOTAL VOTES | 2,725 | ||
| Democrat Primary | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Pos | Candidate | Votes | % |
| 1 | Thomas Flaherty | 12,377 | 30.1% |
| 2 | John Cotter | 9,485 | 23.0% |
| 3 | Joseph Langone | 8,007 | 19.4% |
| 4 | Melvin Breat | 3,671 | 8.9% |
| 5 | Thomas Barry | 3,151 | 7.7% |
| 6 | Felix Marcella | 2,036 | 4.9% |
| 7 | Philip Diehl | 1,109 | 2.7% |
| 8 | William O'Hare | 522 | 1.3% |
| 9 | John Farley | 171 | 0.4% |
| 10 | Albert O'Connell | 130 | 0.3% |
| 11 | James Higgins | 102 | 0.2% |
| 12 | Edward Davis | 94 | 0.2% |
| 13 | William Singer | 72 | 0.2% |
| 14 | John Clapp | 67 | 0.2% |
| 15 | Paul O'Brien | 59 | 0.1% |
| 16 | Joseph DeNapoli | 54 | 0.1% |
| 17 | Vincenzo Di Nunno | 36 | 0.1% |
| 18 | Bernard Parker | 22 | 0.1% |
| Other | 12 | 0.0% | |
| TOTAL VOTES | 41,177 | ||