united states house of representatives elections , 1978 

Statements about this table:
shirley chisholm be the only female to be elect
donald j mitchell be the only candidate that run unopposed
jack kemp win by a bigger margin than s william green
shirley chisholm be first elect before jack kemp
district
incumbent
party
first elected
new york 11
james h scheuer
democratic
1974
new york 12
shirley chisholm
democratic
1968
new york 13
stephen j solarz
democratic
1974
new york 18
s william green
republican
1978
new york 31
donald j mitchell
republican
1972
new york 38
jack kemp
republican
1970
district
result
candidates
new york 11
re - elected
james h scheuer (d) 78.5% kenneth huhn (r) 21.5%
new york 12
re - elected
shirley chisholm (d) 87.8% charles gibbs (r) 12.2%
new york 13
re - elected
stephen j solarz (d) 81.1% max carasso (r) 18.9%
new york 18
re - elected
s william green (r) 53.3% carter burden (d) 46.7%
new york 31
re - elected
donald j mitchell (r) unopposed
new york 38
re - elected
jack kemp (r) 94.8% james a peck ( lib ) 5.2%