2022 United States House of Representatives elections in New York


The 2022 United States House of Representatives elections in New York were held on November 8, 2022, to elect the 26 U.S. representatives from the State of New York, one from each of the state's 26 congressional districts. The elections coincided with elections for governor, U.S. Senate, attorney general, comptroller, state senate, and assembly, and various other state and local elections.
Following the 2020 census, New York lost one seat in the U.S. House. Incumbent representatives Lee Zeldin, Thomas Suozzi, Kathleen Rice, John Katko, Chris Jacobs, and Joe Sempolinski retired. Representatives Carolyn Maloney and Mondaire Jones lost renomination in their primary contests. The primary elections were set to happen on June 28, but due to a court-ordered redraw of the state's Congressional maps, they were held on August 23. Due in part to Kathy Hochul's relatively weak performance in the governor's race and heavy pro-Republican turnout, the Democratic Party lost four seats.
With 11 seats held, this is the most seats won by Republicans since 2000 and the best performance in the popular vote since 2002.

2020–22 redistricting controversy

Following the 2020 census, New York lost one Congressional seat and its Independent Redistricting Commission attempted to draw a new map. However they could not reach an agreement on the map, and the Democratic-dominated New York State Legislature drew their own new Congressional map. In April 2022, in the lead-up to the 2022 midterms, the New York State Court of Appeals struck down the map, known infamously as the "Hochulmander" as an unconstitutional partisan gerrymander that failed to follow the proper procedures. The court then assigned an Independent Special Master to create a new map. In the 2022 [United States House of Representatives elections|2022 House election] in New York, under the new map, the Republican Party flipped three seats, bringing the new seat count of 15 for the Democrats and 11 held by Republicans. The court-drawn map is often credited with helping the Republican Party win back control of the House, due to the narrow margin of the Republican majority.

Overview

In some races, candidates appeared on multiple ballot lines, with Democratic candidates often appearing on the Working Families line and Republican candidates often appearing on the Conservative line. However, they all caucus with either the Democrats or the Republicans.

By district

Candidates on multiple ballot lines are marked as the party they caucus with.

District 1

The 1st district is based on the eastern end and North Shore of Long Island, including the Hamptons, the North Fork, Riverhead, Port Jefferson, Smithtown, and Huntington, all in Suffolk County. Due to redistricting, the district lost most of Brookhaven to the 2nd district and picked up Huntington from the 3rd district. The district had a PVI of R+4 but voted for Joe Biden by 0.2 points in 2020. The incumbent was Republican Lee Zeldin, who was reelected with 54.8% of the vote in 2020. He was retiring to run for governor.
Republicans chose their nominee, Nick LaLota, to succeed Zeldin in a three-way primary in late August, the endorsed candidate of their county committee. The primary looked to be a race between him and Anthony Figliola, a former Brookhaven deputy supervisor who argued his independence from the county party leadership made him the better choice, until Michelle Bond, head of the Association for Digital Asset Marketing, a cryptocurrency trade group, filed petitions to run right before the deadline. Ultimately, LaLota won the primary with 47 percent of the vote. Bond finished with 28 percent to Figliola's 25 percent.

Republican/Conservative nominee

Eliminated in primary

  • Michelle Bond, businesswoman
  • Anthony Figliola, former deputy supervisor of Brookhaven

Withdrawn / disqualified

Declined

Democratic/Working Families nominee

Did not make the ballot

  • Alexandre Zajic

Withdrawn

  • Nicholas Antonucci, educator and executive director of Sachem Professional Development, Inc.
  • John Atkinson '
  • Kara Hahn, deputy presiding officer of and member of the Suffolk County Legislature for the 5th district '
  • Austin Smith, bankruptcy attorney

District 2

The 2nd district is based on the South Shore of Suffolk County, including the towns of Babylon, Islip, and most of Brookhaven all in Suffolk County, and a small part of Oyster Bay in Nassau County. Due to redistricting, the district lost portions of Nassau County and now stretches farther east along the South Shore. The district had a PVI of R+4 and voted for Donald Trump by 1.5 points in 2020. The incumbent was Republican Andrew Garbarino, who was elected with 52.9% of the vote in 2020.

Republican/Conservative nominee

Nominee

Eliminated in primary

  • Robert Cornicelli, U.S. Navy and U.S. Army National Guard veteran, Town of Oyster Bay Sanitation Inspector Supervisor
  • Cait Corrigan, pastor
  • Mike Rakebrandt, combat veteran and NYPD detective

Democratic nominee

District 3

The 3rd district is based on the North Shore of Nassau County, including all of the towns of North Hempstead and Glen Cove, most of the town of Oyster Bay, and a small part of Hempstead, and parts of Northeast Queens, including the neighborhoods of Whitestone, Beechhurst, Little Neck, and Douglaston. Due to redistricting, the district lost Huntington to the 1st district. It had a PVI of D+2 and voted for Joe Biden by 8 points in 2020. The incumbent was Democrat Tom Suozzi, who was reelected with 55.9% of the vote in 2020. Suozzi declined to run for reelection, instead opting to run for governor.
In the general election, Republican George Santos defeated Democrat Robert Zimmerman by 7%, considered an upset in this Democratic-leaning district. On December 19, 2022, The New York Times published an article reporting that Santos had allegedly misrepresented many aspects of his life and career, including his education and employment history. An attorney for Santos said the report was a "smear" and "defamatory" but did not address the report's substance. Santos did not produce any documents to substantiate his claims, despite several requests from the Times to do so. Other news organizations confirmed and elaborated on the Timess reporting. Gerard Kassar, chair of the Conservative Party of New York State, said: "I've never seen anything like this. His entire life seems to be made up. Everything about him is fraudulent."
In the wake of the disclosures about Santos, commentators expressed amazement that no one, save the local North Shore Leader and opposition research by the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee, had raised questions about Santos's background during the campaign. It was speculated that if what the Times reported had been public knowledge before the election, Santos would have lost. However, FiveThirtyEight said that was "unclear", noting that the other two Republican candidates on the ballot district-wide, Lee Zeldin and Joe Pinion, had also carried the district. Zeldin carried the 3rd District by 12 points in the 2022 New York gubernatorial election. Pinion carried the district by 4 points in the 2022 United States Senate election in New York, despite his campaign having been minimally funded. The site has found that pre-election scandals have on average cost candidates about 9 percentage points of the vote that they might otherwise have received, and while that might have been enough to throw the election to Zimmerman, "a scandal's impact varies quite a bit from election to election. So we can't just subtract 9 points from that margin and assume that would have been the result if voters had been aware of his deceptions." Nathaniel Rakich observed that "in this era of high partisan polarization, scandals may hurt candidates less than they used to."

Democratic nominee

Eliminated in primary

Withdrawn

Declined

Republican primary

Nominee

General election

Polling

Josh Lafazan vs. George Santos vs. Melanie D'Arrigo

Poll sourceDate
administered		Sample
size		Margin
of error		Josh
Lafazan 		George
Santos 		Melanie
D'Arrigo 		Undecided
co/efficient July 11–12, 2022714 ± 3.7%33%44%8%15%

District 4

The 4th district is based on the South Shore of Nassau County and is entirely within the town of Hempstead. The district was mostly unchanged by redistricting. It had a PVI of D+5 and voted for Joe Biden by 15 points in 2020. The incumbent was Democrat Kathleen Rice, who was reelected with 56.1% of the vote in 2020. On February 15, 2022, Rice announced that she would retire at the end of her term.

Democratic primary

Candidates

Nominee

Republican/Conservative nominee

Disqualified

  • Bill Staniford, veteran and CEO of PropertyShark

General election

Polling

Generic Democrat vs. generic Republican

Poll sourceDate
administered		Sample
size		Margin
of error		Generic
Democrat		Generic
Republican		Undecided
McLaughlin & Associates March 3–6, 2022300 ± 5.7%33%55%12%

District 5

The 5th district is based in Southeast Queens, including the neighborhoods of Jamaica, Hollis, Laurelton, Richmond Hill, Ozone Park, Howard Beach, and the Rockaways. The district was mostly unchanged by redistricting. It had a PVI of D+32 and voted for Joe Biden by 63 points in 2020. The incumbent was Democrat Gregory Meeks, who was reelected unopposed with 99.3% of the vote in 2020.

Democratic nominee

Withdrawn

  • Frankie Lozada

Republican nominee

  • Paul King, businessman

District 6

The 6th district is based in Central and Eastern Queens, including the neighborhoods of Woodside, Jackson Heights, Elmhurst, Kew Gardens, Flushing, Bayside, and Fresh Meadows. The district was mostly unchanged by redistricting. It had a PVI of D+17 and voted for Joe Biden by 31 points in 2020. The incumbent was Democrat Grace Meng, who was reelected with 67.9% of the vote in 2020.

Democratic nominee

Republican nominee

District 7

The 7th district is based in parts of Brooklyn and Queens, including the neighborhoods of Clinton Hill, Williamsburg, Greenpoint, Bushwick, Woodhaven, Fresh Pond, Maspeth, Sunnyside, and Long Island City. The seat was significantly altered due to redistricting, losing all of its previous territory in Manhattan and South Brooklyn in exchange for parts of Queens formerly in the 12th district. The district had a PVI of D+32 and voted for Joe Biden by 60 points in 2020. The incumbent was Democrat Nydia Velázquez, who was re-elected with 84.8% of the vote in 2020.

Democratic primary

Nominal challenger Paperboy Prince became notable for both their flamboyant 2021 run for New York City mayor, and their attempt to get on the ballots in 11 congressional districts simultaneously. They only succeeded in this one.

Candidates

Nominee

Republican/Conservative nominee

  • Juan Pagan

District 8

The 8th district is based in Southern and Eastern Brooklyn, including the neighborhoods of Bed-Stuy, Brownsville, East New York, Canarsie, Bergen Beach, Sheepshead Bay, Gravesend, and Coney Island. The district was mostly unchanged by redistricting. It had a PVI of D+25 and voted for Joe Biden by 49 points in 2020. The incumbent was Democrat Hakeem Jeffries, who was reelected with 84.8% of the vote in 2020.

Democratic primary

Candidates

Nominee

Republican nominee

  • Yuri Dashevsky

Forward Party

  • Brian Mannix, social studies teacher

District 9

The 9th district is based in South and Central Brooklyn, including the neighborhoods of Prospect Heights, Crown Heights, Midwood, and Borough Park. The district was mostly unchanged by redistricting. It had a PVI of D+27 and voted for Joe Biden by 52 points in 2020. The incumbent was Democrat Yvette Clarke, who was reelected with 83% of the vote in 2020.

Democratic nominee

Disqualified

  • Isiah James, veteran, community organizer, and candidate for this seat in 2020

Republican primary

Disqualified

District 10

The newly-drawn 10th district was based in Lower Manhattan and Brownstone Brooklyn, including the neighborhoods of Park Slope, Windsor Terrace, Gowanus, Brooklyn Heights, Cobble Hill, Red Hook, Sunset Park, the Lower East Side, Greenwich Village, and the Financial District. The district was significantly altered due to redistricting, resembling the previous 10th very little. It had a PVI of D+36 and voted for Joe Biden by 71 points in 2020. Rep. Mondaire Jones, the incumbent from the Rockland and Westchester-based 17th district, was defeated by attorney Dan Goldman in the Democratic primary. Goldman went on to win the general election by a wide margin.

Democratic primary

A last-minute, court-ordered redistricting turned what was a nominal race between safe incumbent Jerry Nadler and two non-notable challengers into a free-for-all of 13 candidates, several of whom were notable.

On the ballot

Nominee

Withdrawn

Disqualified

  • John Herron
  • Laura Thomas

Declined

Polling

Graphical summary

Poll sourceDate
administered		Sample
size		Margin
of error		Bill
de Blasio		Daniel
Goldman		Elizabeth
Holtzman		Mondaire
Jones		Yuh-Line
Niou		Carlina
Rivera		Jo Anne
Simon		OtherUndecided
Emerson CollegeAugust 10–13, 2022500 ± 4.3%3%22%4%13%17%13%6%5%17%
Impact Research ~August 7, 2022500 ± 4.4%2%23%10%15%21%18%9%––
Impact Research July 22–26, 2022500 ± 4.4%–18%9%10%16%14%7%8%18%
Change Research July 19–23, 2022437 ± 5.0%–14%12%10%10%10%10%3%30%
Justice Research Group (WFP)July 1–11, 2022636 ± 3.9%3%10%4%8%16%16%6%2%40%
Data for Progress July 7–10, 2022533 ± 4.0%5%12%9%7%14%17%8%1%27%
Impact Research Late June 2022– ––10%–9%14%12%–––
Emerson CollegeMay 24–25, 2022500 ± 4.3%6%––7%5%3%–3%77%

Republican/Conservative nominee

  • Benine Hamdan, risk analyst

Working Families Party

Declined

District 11

The 11th district includes all of Staten Island and the neighborhoods of Bay Ridge, Fort Hamilton, Dyker Heights, Bath Beach, and Bensonhurst in Brooklyn. The seat was mostly unchanged by redistricting. It had a PVI of R+5 and voted for Donald Trump by 8 points in 2020, making it the only Republican-leaning district in New York City. The incumbent was Republican Nicole Malliotakis, who was elected with 53% of the vote in 2020 over then-incumbent Max Rose, who ran again for his former seat, but lost by a landslide margin of 23.5%.

Republican/Conservative nominee

Republican primary

Eliminated
  • John Matland, former healthcare worker and activist

Democratic primary

Candidates

Nominee

General election

Polling

Generic Republican vs. generic Democrat

Poll sourceDate
administered		Sample
size		Margin
of error		Generic
Republican		Generic
Democrat		Undecided
1892 Polling June 23–26, 2022400 ± 4.9%48%32%20%

District 12

The 12th district is entirely based in Manhattan, comprising the Upper West Side, Upper East Side, Midtown, Hell's Kitchen, Chelsea, Murray Hill, and Gramercy. The district was significantly altered by redistricting, losing all previous territory in Queens and now including both the west and east sides of Manhattan. The district was altered so significantly in redistricting as to be a new seat, combining the Manhattan parts of the old 10th and 12th districts. The district had a PVI of D+35 and voted for Joe Biden by 71 points in 2020. The incumbents are Democrats Carolyn Maloney and Jerry Nadler. Maloney was reelected with 82.1% of the vote in 2020, and Nadler was reelected with 74.5% of the vote in 2020.
Nadler and Maloney both chose to run in the new 12th, and Nadler defeated Maloney in the Democratic primary.
This seat has the highest percentage of Jewish voters of any congressional district in the country.

Democratic primary

Nominee

Eliminated in primary

Republican/Conservative nominee

Independent candidate

  • Mikhail Itkis, cyber operations officer

District 13

The 13th district is based in Upper Manhattan and the Northwest Bronx, including the neighborhoods of Harlem, Morningside Heights, Spanish Harlem, Hamilton Heights, Washington Heights, Inwood, Marble Hill, Fordham, Kingsbridge, and Bedford Park. The seat was mostly unchanged by redistricting. It had a PVI of D+40, making it the nation's most Democratic-leaning district, and voted for Joe Biden by 78 points in 2020. The incumbent was Democrat Adriano Espaillat, who was reelected with 90.8% of the vote in 2020.

Democratic primary

Candidates

Nominee

Republican

Disqualified

  • Gary Richards, business executive

General election

Results

According to the Board of Elections, only Espaillat was on the ballot.

District 14

The 14th district is based in North Queens and the East Bronx, including the neighborhoods of Corona, East Elmhurst, Astoria, College Point, Hunts Point, Castle Hill, Throggs Neck, Parkchester, Middletown, Country Club, Co-Op City, and City Island. The district was mostly unchanged by redistricting. It had a PVI of D+30 and voted for Joe Biden by 48 points in 2020. The incumbent was Democrat Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, who was reelected with 71.6% of the vote in 2020.

Democratic Nominee

Republican primary

Candidates

Nominee
  • Tina Forte, social media influencer
    Eliminated in primary
  • Desi Cuellar, former bartender

Conservative nominee

  • Desi Cuellar, former bartender

Libertarian nominee

  • Jonathan Howe, public defender
All Libertarians were disqualified for all races due to new ballot restrictions.

District 15

The 15th district is based in the West Bronx, including the neighborhoods of Mott Haven, Melrose, Morrisania, Highbridge, Tremont, West Farms, Belmont, Norwood, Woodlawn, Riverdale, and Spuyten Duyvil. The district was mostly unchanged by redistricting, though it did add Riverdale and Spuyten Duyvil. The district had a PVI of D+37 and voted for Joe Biden by 70 points in 2020. The incumbent was Democrat Ritchie Torres, who was elected with 88.7% of the vote in 2020.

Democratic nominee

Republican nominee

  • Stylo Sapaskis

District 16

The 16th district is based in southern Westchester County, including Yonkers, White Plains, New Rochelle, and Rye. It also includes Wakefield in the Bronx. The district was mostly unchanged by redistricting, though it did lose Riverdale and Spuyten Devil to the 15th district. It had a PVI of D+21 and voted for Joe Biden by 44 points in 2020. The incumbent was Democrat Jamaal Bowman, who was elected with 84% of the vote in 2020.

Democratic primary

Nominee

Eliminated in primary

Republican nominee

District 17

Prior to redistricting, the 17th district included all of Rockland County and portions of Westchester County. Following redistricting, the 17th district includes all of Putnam and Rockland Counties, northern Westchester County, and a small part of Dutchess County. The district voted for Joe Biden by 10 points in 2020.
The incumbent in the 17th district was Democrat Mondaire Jones. However, the redrawn 17th district included the residence of Sean Patrick Maloney, the Democratic incumbent in the neighboring 18th district and chair of the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee. According to The Guardian, "Maloney decided to run in New York’s 17th congressional district rather than his longtime, more urban, 18th district, even though that meant booting out the newer Mondaire Jones, his fellow Democrat and the incumbent congressman in the 17th district". When Maloney announced his intention to run in the redrawn 17th district, Jones opted not to challenge Maloney; instead, on May 20, 2022, Jones announced that he would seek election in the Lower Manhattan and Brooklyn-based 10th district. Jones finished third in the Democratic primary in the 10th district. Jones had been elected to his 17th district seat with 59.3% of the vote in 2020, while Maloney had been reelected to the neighboring 18th district with 55.8% of the vote in 2020. Maloney's decision to seek election in the 17th district "angered many within his party" and "was considered controversial given Maloney’s role as the chair of the House Democrats’ campaign arm was to boost incumbents and protect the Democrats’ majority in the lower chamber". According to The Hill, Maloney's decision "infuriated Jones and his allies, particularly those in the Congressional Black Caucus, who accused Maloney of putting his own political survival over the interests of the party".
Displeased with Maloney's decision to seek election in the district represented by Jones, progressive state Sen. Alessandra Biaggi opted to challenge Maloney in a Democratic primary. Maloney defeated Biaggi by a wide margin. Republican Assemblymember Mike Lawler easily defeated four other candidates in a Republican primary.
Leading up to Election Day, Maloney "set off on a Europe trip, where he hung out on a balcony overlooking the Seine, and turned up in London, Paris, and Geneva, often alongside congressman Adam Schiff, for gatherings billed as DCCC fundraising events". Maloney also dismissed Republican campaign spending in the district as "'lighting on fire'". Maloney "spent the election cycle using funds and Washington knowhow to shore up vulnerable Democrats across the country", but "had to rush back to his own district for frantic campaigning when it emerged that he, too, was suddenly vulnerable".
After running a campaign that focused on crime and inflation, Lawler narrowly defeated Maloney in the general election. Lawler’s victory marked "the first general election defeat for a campaign chair of either party since 1980". Maloney's defeat was "a major upset" and "a humiliating loss for Democrats". Maloney's loss, together with other Republican wins in New York districts, helped Republicans win a majority in the House of Representatives in 2022.

Democratic primary

Nominee

Eliminated in primary

Republican primary

Candidates

Nominee

Conservative primary

Candidates

Nominee

General election

Polling

Alessandra Biaggi vs. Mike Lawler

Poll sourceDate
administered		Sample
size		Margin
of error		Alessandra
Biaggi 		Mike
Lawler 		Undecided
McLaughlin & Associates July 19–21, 2022400 ± 4.9%41%47%12%

District 18

The 18th district is based in the mid-Hudson Valley, including all of Orange County and most of Dutchess and Ulster Counties. The seat was modestly altered due to redistricting, losing all of Putnam County and parts of Westchester County to the 17th district while picking up the portions of Dutchess and Ulster Counties formerly in the 19th district. The district had a PVI of D+1 and voted for Joe Biden by 8 points in 2020. The incumbents were Democrat Sean Patrick Maloney, who was reelected with 55.8% of the vote in 2020, and Democrat Pat Ryan, who was first elected in 2022 in a special election with 51.2% of the vote. Maloney ran for reelection in the neighboring 17th district instead, while Pat Ryan ran for reelection in this district. In the general election Pat Ryan narrowly beat Schmitt, with Schmitt conceding defeat. After the election, it became public that a Democrat-aligned group had tried to request Schmitt's military records without authorization.

Democratic primary

Nominee

Eliminated in primary

  • Aisha Mills, political strategist
  • Moses Mugulusi

Withdrawn

Declined

Republican nominee

General election

Polling

Sean Patrick Maloney vs. Colin Schmitt

Poll sourceDate
administered		Sample
size		Margin
of error		Sean Patrick
Maloney 		Colin
Schmitt 		Undecided
Global Strategy Group March 10–13, 2022500 ± 4.4%49%37%14%
BK Strategies February 5–7, 2022300 ± 5.7%37%38%25%

District 19

The 19th district stretches from the Upper Hudson Valley across the Catskill Mountains to parts of the Southern Tier and Finger Lakes, including Hudson, Woodstock, Monticello, Oneonta, Binghamton, and Ithaca. It includes all of Columbia, Greene, Sullivan, Delaware, Chenango, Cortland, Broome, Tioga, and Tompkins counties, and parts of Otsego and Ulster Counties. The district was modestly altered by redistricting, losing all of its territory in Dutchess County and most of its territory in Ulster County in exchange for Binghamton and Ithaca. The district had an even PVI and voted for Joe Biden by 5 points in 2020. The incumbent was Democrat Antonio Delgado, who was reelected with 54.8% of the vote in 2020. However, on May 3, 2022, Governor Kathy Hochul announced her intention to appoint Delgado to the vacant lieutenant governor position, triggering a special election that Democrat Pat Ryan won with 51.2% of the vote. Ryan was then redistricted into the neighboring 18th district, leaving this seat open.

Democratic primary

Nominee

Eliminated in primary

  • Jamie Cheney, businesswoman

Declined

Withdrawn

Republican nominee

Disqualified

  • Brandon Buccola

Withdrew

  • Kyle Van De Water, Republican nominee for this district in 2020

District 20

The 20th district is based in the Capital Region, including Albany, Troy, Schenectady, and Saratoga Springs. It includes all of Albany, Schenectady, and Saratoga counties and parts of Rensselaer County. Due to redistricting, the district lost Amsterdam to the 21st district. It had a PVI of D+7 and voted for Joe Biden by 20 points in 2020. The incumbent was Democrat Paul Tonko, who was reelected with 61.2% of the vote in 2020.

Democratic primary

Candidates

Nominee
  • Paul Tonko, incumbent U.S. representative
    Elimated in primary
  • Rostov Rar
    Disqualified
  • Justin Raphael Chaires
  • Jack Fallon-Underwood, musician
  • Cole Francis Matthews

Republican nominee

  • Liz Joy, Republican nominee for this district in 2020

District 21

The 21st district is based in upstate New York encompassing the Adirondack Mountains and North Country regions. Also including Glens Falls, Lake George, Plattsburgh, Potsdam, Amsterdam, and Cooperstown. Redistricting added parts of the Mohawk Valley to the district while removing Watertown. The district had a PVI of R+9 and voted for Donald Trump by 12 points in 2020. The incumbent was Republican Elise Stefanik, who was reelected with 58.8% of the vote in 2020.

Republican nominee

Withdrew

  • Lonny William Koons, former paratrooper and truck driver

Democratic primary

Candidates

Nominee
  • Matt Castelli, former CIA officer
    Eliminated in primary
  • Matt Putorti, attorney
    Did not make the ballot
  • Ezra Watson
    Withdrew
  • Brigid "Bridie" Farrell, child victims advocate and former speedskater

District 22

The 22nd district is based in Central New York and the Mohawk Valley, including Syracuse and Utica. It includes all of Onondaga, Oneida, and Madison Counties and a small sliver of Oswego County. The district was significantly altered by redistricting, losing all of its previous territory in the Southern Tier while keeping Syracuse and also adding Utica. The district had a PVI of D+1 and voted for Joe Biden by 8 points in 2020, similar to the partisanship of the old 24th district. The incumbent, Republican John Katko of the 24th district, who was elected with 53.1% of the vote in 2020, decided to retire rather than run for reelection.

Republican primary

Nominee

Eliminated in primary

  • Steve Wells, former prosecutor

Withdrawn

  • Timothy Ko, physician assistant '
  • Mike Sigler, Tompkins County legislator ' ''''

Declined

Democratic primary

Nominee

  • Francis Conole, commander in U.S. Navy Reserves and candidate for NY-24 in 2020

Eliminated in primary

Withdrawn

General election

Polling

Generic Republican vs. generic Democrat

Poll sourceDate
administered		Sample
size		Margin
of error		Generic
Republican		Generic
Democrat		Undecided
GQR October 18, 2022––46%48%6%
Global Strategy Group September 15–19, 2022400 ± 4.9%43%41%17%

District 23

District 23 is based in the Southern Tier and Western New York, including Elmira, Corning, Jamestown, and outer Erie County. Due to redistricting, the district lost parts of the Finger Lakes such as Ithaca while picking up parts of Erie County formerly in the 27th district. The district had a PVI of R+12 and voted for Donald Trump by 17 points in 2020. The district's two incumbents, both Republicans, both declined to run for reelection: Joe Sempolinski, who was elected in August 2022 to fulfill the remaining term caused by Tom Reed's resignation, specifically ran for the seat as a placeholder and not as a permanent representative; and Chris Jacobs, of the old 27th district, announced that he would no longer seek election to the seat after his comments in support of gun control in the wake of the Robb Elementary School shooting upset many other Republicans and drew threats of primary challengers.

Republican primary

Nominee

Eliminated in primary

Disqualified

  • Rich Moon, pharmacist

Withdrawn

Declined

Democratic nominee

Declined

District 24

The 24th district is based along the Lake Ontario coast and the upper Finger Lakes, including Watertown, Oswego, Auburn, Seneca Falls, and Batavia. It was significantly altered by redistricting, taking in all of the old 27th district outside of Erie County while only retaining the rural parts of the old 24th district. The district had a PVI of R+12 and voted for Donald Trump by 17 points in 2020. Republican Claudia Tenney, the incumbent of the old 22nd district, ran in this district and won. In 2020 she was narrowly elected in the old 22nd with 47.8% of the vote.

Republican primary

Nominee

Eliminated in primary

  • Mario Fratto, attorney and businessman
  • George K. Phillips
    Withdrawn
  • Todd Aldinger, attorney
  • Chris Jacobs, incumbent representative of New York's 27th congressional district
  • Andrew McCarthy, intelligence analyst
  • John Murtari, software engineer and former U.S. Air Force pilot

Democratic nominee

  • Steven Holden, veteran and businessman

District 25

The 25th district is based in the Rochester area, including all of Monroe County and part of Orleans County. The district was mostly unchanged by redistricting. It had a PVI of D+7 and voted for Joe Biden by 21 points in 2020. The incumbent was Democrat Joseph Morelle, who was reelected with 59.3% of the vote in 2020.

Democratic nominee

Republican nominee

District 26

The 26th district is based in the Buffalo-Niagara Falls area, including the more urban parts of Erie County and western Niagara County. The district was mostly unchanged by redistricting. It had a PVI of D+8 and voted for Joe Biden by 26 points in 2020. The incumbent was Democrat Brian Higgins, who was reelected with 69.8% of the vote in 2020.

Democratic primary

Candidates

Nominee
  • Brian Higgins, incumbent U.S. representative
    Eliminated in primary
  • Emin "Eddie" Egriu, contractor

Republican nominee