2022 New York's 23rd congressional district special election

2022 New York's 23rd congressional district special election

August 23, 2022

New York's 23rd congressional district
Turnout17.43%[1]
 
Nominee Joe Sempolinski Max Della Pia
Party Republican Democratic
Alliance Conservative Working Families
Popular vote 38,749 34,001
Percentage 53.1% 46.6%

County results
Sempolinski:      50–60%      60–70%      70–80%
Della Pia:      80–90%

U.S. Representative before election

Tom Reed
Republican

Elected U.S. Representative

Joe Sempolinski
Republican

The 2022 New York's 23rd congressional district special election was a special election held on August 23, 2022. The seat became vacant after incumbent Republican representative Tom Reed resigned on May 10, 2022.[2]

Candidates

Republican Party

Nominee

Declined

Did not run

Democratic Party

Nominee

Others

Endorsements

Joe Sempolinski (R)

U.S. Representatives

Organizations

General election

Predictions

Source Ranking As of
The Cook Political Report[20] Solid R August 23, 2022
Inside Elections[21] Solid R July 21, 2022
Sabato's Crystal Ball[22] Safe R May 11, 2022

Fundraising

Campaign finance reports as of August 3, 2022
Candidate Amount raised Amount spent Cash on hand
Max Della Pia (D) $160,139 $114,600 $47,709
Joe Sempolinski (R) $224,933 $89,705 $135,228
Source: OpenSecrets[23]

Results

2022 New York's 23rd congressional district special election[1]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Republican Joe Sempolinski 33,452 45.84% –5.73
Conservative Joe Sempolinski 5,297 7.26% +2.32
Total Joe Sempolinski 38,749 53.10% –4.60
Democratic Max Della Pia 30,238 41.44% +4.46
Working Families Max Della Pia 3,763 5.16% +1.03
Total Max Della Pia 34,001 46.60% +5.49
Write-in 218 0.30% N/A
Total votes 72,968 100.00%
Turnout 73,331 17.43%
Registered electors 420,632
Republican hold

See also

References

  1. ^ a b "New York State Unofficial Election Night Results". New York State Board of Elections. August 24, 2022. Retrieved August 24, 2022.
  2. ^ Zremski, Jerry; McCarthy, Robert (May 10, 2022). "Tom Reed to resign from Congress". The Buffalo News. Retrieved May 10, 2022.
  3. ^ a b Zremski, Jerry (May 10, 2022). "Rep. Tom Reed's resignation opens Southern Tier political free-for-all". Buffalo News.
  4. ^ "NY CD-23 SPECIAL. Both parties picked their nominees for the 8/23 special: Steuben Co GOP Chair Joe Sempolinski (R) and atty/ret USAF officer Max Della Pia (D). Sempolinski will not run in the regular election for the redrawn new district. Della Pia is the Dem nom in the regular".
  5. ^ McCarthy, Robert J. (May 27, 2022). "Cenedella promises serious primary challenge to Jacobs for Congress". The Buffalo News. Archived from the original on May 29, 2022. Retrieved June 9, 2022.
  6. ^ "Breaking: Marc @Cenedella withdraws from the race in #NY23. Here's his statement".
  7. ^ "NY CD-23. Tompkins Co Legislator Mike Sigler (R) jumped into this race right after US Rep Chris Jacobs (R) announced his retirement, but exited less than a day later, after meeting with NYGOP Chair Nick Langworthy ... increasing the rumors that Langworthy is preparing to jump in".
  8. ^ a b Zremski, Jerry (June 3, 2022). "Rep. Chris Jacobs withdraws from re-election bid amid gun control outcry". The Buffalo News. Retrieved June 3, 2022.
  9. ^ Bunay, Angela (May 22, 2022). "Max Della Pia Earns Democratic Nomination for Special Election in N.Y.-23 as Redistricting Shakes Up N.Y. Congressional Races". Cornell Sun. Retrieved May 23, 2022.
  10. ^ "Early Voting Hits Midway Point". www.erienewsnow.com. Retrieved August 18, 2022.
  11. ^ "Rep. Tom Reed endorses Joe Sempolinski for Congress". mytwintiers. January 6, 2022.
  12. ^ "NYFCR Endorsements: 2022". newyorkfcr.org. Archived from the original on August 21, 2022.
  13. ^ a b "Della Pia Endorsed By Gov Hochul And Comptroller Dinapoli". January 6, 2022.
  14. ^ "NYSUT issues round of endorsements in state and federal races". August 10, 2022.
  15. ^ "New York State AFL-CIO 2022 Endorsements".
  16. ^ "Della Pia endorsed for Congress by UAW". July 15, 2022.
  17. ^ "The Editorial Board: Della Pia in the 23rd District's Special Election". August 20, 2022.
  18. ^ "In Special Election, Consider Candidate Closest To The Center". August 17, 2022.
  19. ^ "ENDORSEMENT: Giving the nod to middle ground". August 17, 2022.
  20. ^ Wasserman, Dave. "I've seen enough: Joe Sempolinski (R) defeats Max Della Pia (D) in the #NY23 special election. @CookPolitical rated this seat Solid R, so no surprise here, but final margin worth watching". Retrieved August 26, 2022.
  21. ^ Rubashkin, Jacob (July 21, 2022). "New York Special Elections: 19th and 23rd Districts". House Ratings. The Rothenberg Political Report. Retrieved July 21, 2022.
  22. ^ Coleman, J. Miles (May 11, 2022). "Notes on the State of Politics: May 11, 2022". Retrieved May 11, 2022.
  23. ^ "New York District 23 2022 Special Election". OpenSecrets. Archived from the original on August 24, 2022. Retrieved August 24, 2022.