The
1974 New York state election was held on November 5. Congressman
Hugh Carey and State Senator
Mary Anne Krupsak were elected Governor and Lieutenant Governor, both Democrats. Carey defeated the incumbent Governor
Malcolm Wilson. The elections to the other five statewide elective offices resulted in a Republican Attorney General with Liberal endorsement; a Democratic State Comptroller with Liberal endorsement; a Republican U.S. Senator with Liberal endorsement; and two Democratic judges of the Court of Appeals, one of them with Liberal endorsement. The approximate party strength at this election, as expressed by the vote for Governor, was: Democrats/Liberals 3,029,000; Republicans/Conservatives 2,220,000; Courage 12,500; Free Libertarians 10,500; Socialist Workers 9,000; Communists 5,000; Socialist Labor 4,500; and Labor 3,000. Gathering from the results for the other offices, the strength of the Liberals was about 400,000 votes, and the Conservatives about 250,000. However, Conservative Barbara A. Keating polled more than 800,000 votes for U.S. Senator. Of the seven women members of the previous legislature, State Senator
Mary Anne Krupsak (Dem.), a lawyer of
Amsterdam, was elected
Lieutenant Governor of New York, and became
ex officio president of the state Senate; and five of the other six—State Senators
Karen Burstein, a lawyer of
Lawrence, and
Carol Bellamy, a lawyer of
Brooklyn; and Assemblywomen
Elizabeth Connelly (Dem.), of
Staten Island;
Estella B. Diggs, of
the Bronx; and
Rosemary R. Gunning (Cons.), a lawyer of
Ridgewood, Queens—were re-elected.
Linda Winikow, of
Spring Valley, was also elected to the state Senate.
Jean Amatucci (Dem.), a registered nurse of
White Lake;
Mary B. Goodhue (Rep.), a lawyer of
Mount Kisco; and
Marie M. Runyon (Dem.), of
Manhattan, were also elected to the assembly. The 1975 New York state election was held on November 4. No statewide elective offices were up for election. One vacancy was filled in the Legislature:
Jeannette Gadson, of
Brooklyn, was elected to the assembly. On February 10, 1976,
Gerdi E. Lipschutz (Dem.), of
Queens, was elected to fill a vacancy in the Assembly, making her the eleventh woman member of the Legislature of 1976, surpassing the previous record of eight in the
166th New York State Legislature (1947–1948). ==Sessions==