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The 1988 Congressional Election in New York's 19th Congressional District, a contest between Assemblyman Eliot Engel and Incumbent Convicted Representative Mario Biaggi resulted in a crushing Win for Engel in a parcial rematch of the September Democratic Primary.
For decades, Mario Biaggi had been a popular and Powerful force in the North Bronx, repeatedly winning both the Democratic and Republican nominations for reelection, however after his conviction for corruption 1988; he chose to forgo reelection
Despite this decision, his name was still on the Democratic Primary ballot and General Election. However, Bronx Assemblyman Eliot Engel—who was challenging Mr. Biaggi with the support of a large number of democratic politicians—was...
...with this conviction able to oust Biaggi in the primary, taking 48% of the vote to Biaggi's 26%.
Biaggi likewise refused to campaign in the General election, ceeding the ground to Engel, and a sleugh of minor party candidates. Regardless, because of his popularity Biaggi still took 27.2%, while Engel won with 56% of the vote.
Concurently held were the presidential Election, where in CD-19 Michael Dukakis bested George H.W. Bush by 8.4%, and Daniel Patrick Moynihan won over Robert McMillan by 41.0%
1988 Presidential Election in NY-19th CD
1988 NY Senate Election in NY-19th CD
- https://www.nytimes.com/1988/09/16/nyregion/biaggi-is-defeated-in-congress-race-by-assemblyman.html
- https://timesmachine.nytimes.com/timesmachine/1988/11/09/568088.html?pageNumber=41
- https://www.nytimes.com/2015/06/26/nyregion/mario-biaggi-10-term-new-york-congressman-who-went-to-prison-dies-at-97.html
- Data Obtained from Harvard ROAD, Shapefile from NHGIS
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