2020 United States House of Representatives elections in New York

Overview

District

Results of the 2020 United States House of Representatives elections in New York by district:

District 1

The 1st district is based in eastern Long Island, and includes most of central and eastern Suffolk County, including most of Smithtown and all of Brookhaven, Riverhead, Southold, Southampton, East Hampton, and Shelter Island. The incumbent was Republican Lee Zeldin, who was reelected with 51.5% of the vote in 2018.

Republican primary

Lee Zeldin, incumbent U.S. representative

Democratic primary

Gregory-John Fischer, Libertarian candidate for Suffolk County executive in 2019

Bridget Fleming, Suffolk County legislator

Perry Gershon, businessman and nominee for New York's 1st congressional district in 2018

Nancy Goroff, chair of the Stony Brook University chemistry department

David Gokhshtein, cryptocurrency entrepreneur

Kate Browning, former Suffolk County legislator and candidate for New York's 1st congressional district in 2018

Dave Calone, venture capitalist and candidate for New York's 1st congressional district in 2016

John Feal, veteran and nonprofit executive

Jack Harrington, attorney

Mark Lesko, former Brookhaven town supervisor

Jack Martilotta, high school football coach

Jay Schneiderman, Southampton town supervisor

Errol Toulon, Suffolk County sheriff

District 2

The 2nd district is based on the South Shore of Long Island, and includes the southwestern Suffolk County communities of Amityville, Copiague, Lindenhurst, Gilgo, West Babylon, Wyandanch, North Babylon, Babylon, Baywood, Brentwood, Brightwaters, Central Islip, Islip, Great River, Ocean Beach, Oakdale, West Sayville, Bohemia, West Islip and Ronkonkoma, in addition to a sliver of southeastern Nassau County encompassing Levittown, North Wantagh, Seaford, South Farmingdale and Massapequa. The incumbent was Republican Peter T. King, who was reelected with 53.1% of the vote in 2018. On November 11, 2019, King announced he would retire after more than 26 years in Congress.

Republican primary

Andrew Garbarino, state assemblyman

Mike LiPetri, state assemblyman

Trish Bergin, Islip town councilwoman

Nancy Hemendinger, Suffolk County health official

Nick LaLota, Suffolk County elections commissioner (running for New York's 8th State Senate district)

Phil Boyle, state senator

Tom Cilmi, minority leader of the Suffolk County Legislature

Michael Fitzpatrick, state assemblyman

Chuck Fuschillo, former state senator

James Kennedy, Nassau County legislator

Peter T. King, incumbent U.S. representative

Steve Labriola, Oyster Bay town councilman

Rick Lazio, former U.S. representative for New York's 2nd congressional district (1993–2001), nominee for U.S. Senate in 2000, and candidate for Governor of New York in 2010

Steve Levy, former Suffolk County executive

Mary Kate Mullen, Islip town councilwoman

Kate Murray, Hempstead town clerk

Joseph Saladino, Oyster Bay town supervisor

Douglas M. Smith, state assemblyman

Democratic primary

Jackie Gordon, Babylon town councilwoman and U.S. Army veteran

Patricia Maher, attorney and nominee for New York's 2nd congressional district in 2014

Mike Sax, political blogger

Steve Bellone, Suffolk County executive

Liuba Grechen Shirley, community organizer and nominee for New York's 2nd congressional district in 2018

Christine Pellegrino, former state assemblywoman

Tim Sini, Suffolk County district attorney

Green Party

Harry R. Burger, mechanical design engineer

Independents

Daniel C. Ross, historian

District 3

The 3rd district is based on the North Shore of Long Island, and includes the northwestern Suffolk County and northern Nassau County communities of West Hills, Sands Point, Laurel Hollow, Upper Brookville, Munsey Park, Brookville, Oyster Bay Cove, Old Brookville, Kings Point, Lattingtown, Matinecock, Muttontown, Lloyd Harbor, Syosset, Glen Cove, Roslyn, Manhasset, Huntington, Dix Hills, Plainview, Bethpage, northern Farmingdale, Hicksville, Northport, Commack, Port Washington, and Great Neck. Queens neighborhoods in the district include Little Neck, Whitestone, Glen Oaks, and Floral Park. The incumbent was Democrat Tom Suozzi, who was re-elected with 59% of the vote in 2018. On November 3, 2020, Suozzi defeated Republican nominee George Santos 56% to 43% [1]

Democratic primary

Melanie D'Arrigo, activist and healthcare professional

Tom Suozzi, incumbent U.S. representative

Michael Weinstock, former prosecutor

Robert Zimmerman, Democratic National Committee member and communications professional

Republican primary

George Santos, former call center employee

District 4

The 4th district is based central and southern Nassau County, and includes the communities of Baldwin, Bellmore, East Rockaway, East Meadow, the Five Towns, Lynbrook, Floral Park, Franklin Square, Garden City, Hempstead, Long Beach, Malverne, Freeport, Merrick, Mineola, Carle Place, New Hyde Park, Oceanside, Rockville Centre, Roosevelt, Uniondale, Wantagh, West Hempstead, Westbury and parts of Valley Stream. The incumbent was Democrat Kathleen Rice, who was re-elected with 61.3% of the vote in 2018.

Democratic primary

Kathleen Rice, incumbent U.S. representative

Republican primary

Cindy Grosz, publicist

Douglas Tuman, attorney

Green Party

Joseph R. Naham, chairman of the Nassau County Green Party

District 5

The 5th district is based mostly in southeastern Queens, and includes all of the Rockaway Peninsula and the neighborhoods of Broad Channel, Cambria Heights, Hollis, Jamaica, Laurelton, Queens Village, Rosedale, Saint Albans, Springfield Gardens, and South Ozone Park, as well as John F. Kennedy International Airport, as well as parts of Nassau County including Inwood and portions of Valley Stream and Elmont. The incumbent was Democrat Gregory Meeks, who was re-elected unopposed in 2018.

Democratic primary

Shaniyat Chowdhury, U.S. Marine Corps veteran and bartender

Gregory Meeks, incumbent U.S. representative

Independents

Amit Lal, logistics coordinator

District 6

The 6th district encompasses northeastern Queens, taking in the neighborhoods of Elmhurst, Flushing, Forest Hills, Kew Gardens, and Bayside. The incumbent was Democrat Grace Meng, who was re-elected in 2018 with 90.9% of the vote, without major-party opposition.

Democratic primary

Sandra Choi, economic development policy expert

Mel Gagarin, activist

Grace Meng, incumbent U.S. representative

Republican primary

Tom Zmich, U.S. Army veteran

District 7

The 7th district takes in the Queens neighborhoods of Maspeth, Ridgewood, and Woodhaven; the Brooklyn neighborhoods of Brooklyn Heights, Boerum Hill, Bushwick, Carroll Gardens, Cobble Hill, Dumbo, East New York, East Williamsburg, Greenpoint, Gowanus, Red Hook, Sunset Park, and Williamsburg; and parts of Manhattan's Lower East Side and East Village. The incumbent was Democrat Nydia Velázquez, who was re-elected with 93.4% of the vote, without major-party opposition.

Democratic primary

Paperboy Love Prince, rapper

Nydia Velázquez, incumbent U.S. representative

Republican primary

Brian Kelly

Avery Pereira

District 8

The 8th district is centered around eastern Brooklyn, taking in Downtown Brooklyn, Bed-Stuy, Canarsie, and Coney Island, as well as a small portion of Queens encompassing Howard Beach. The incumbent was Democrat Hakeem Jeffries, who was re-elected with 94.3% of the vote, without major-party opposition.

Democratic primary

Hakeem Jeffries, incumbent U.S. representative

Republican primary

Garfield Wallace

District 9

The 9th district encompasses Central and Southern Brooklyn, and includes the neighborhoods of Brownsville, Crown Heights, East Flatbush, Flatbush, Kensington, Park Slope, Prospect Heights, Midwood, Sheepshead Bay, Marine Park, Gerritsen Beach and Prospect Lefferts Gardens. Prospect Park, Grand Army Plaza and the Grand Army Plaza Greenmarket. The incumbent was Democrat Yvette Clarke, who was re-elected with 89.3% of the vote in 2018.

Democratic primary

Adem Bunkeddeko, community organizer and candidate for New York's 9th congressional district in 2018

Yvette Clarke, incumbent U.S. representative

Chaim Deutsch, New York City councilman

Lutchi Gayot, business owner and Republican nominee for New York's 9th congressional district in 2018

Isiah James, U.S. Army veteran and community organizer

Michael Hiller, plaintiff litigator

Alex Hubbard, data scientist

Republican primary

Constantin Jean-Pierre, nonprofit executive

Serve America Movement

Joel Anabilah-Azumah, businessman and Reform candidate for New York's 9th congressional district in 2018

District 10

The 10th district stretches across the southern part of Morningside Heights, the Upper West Side, the west side of Midtown Manhattan, the west side of Lower Manhattan including Greenwich Village and the Financial District, and parts of southern Brooklyn, including Borough Park. The incumbent was Democrat Jerry Nadler, who was re-elected with 82.1% of the vote in 2018.

Democratic primary

Lindsey Boylan, former Deputy Secretary for Economic Development and Special Advisor to the Governor

Jonathan Herzog, Harvard Law School student and former staffer for Andrew Yang's presidential campaign

Jerry Nadler, incumbent U.S. representative

Darryl Hendricks, personal trainer

Holly Lynch, former advertising executive

Robert Wyman, co-founder of a geothermal heating business

Amanda Frankel

Republican primary

Cathy Bernstein, financial advisor

Independents

Jeanne Nigro, self-help minister

District 11

The 11th district contains the entirety of Staten Island and parts of southern Brooklyn, including the neighborhoods of Bay Ridge, Bath Beach, Dyker Heights, southwestern Gravesend, western Sheepshead Bay, and parts of southern Bensonhurst. The incumbent was Democrat Max Rose, who flipped the district and was elected with 53.0% of the vote in 2018, only the second time the House district flipped blue for the Democratic Party since Republicans won the seat in 1980.

Based on city and state-reported election night results, with all election districts reporting, in 2020 the traditionally conservative 11th district reverted to the Republican Party. While polls had predicted a close race, Conservative/Republican challenger Assemblywoman Nicole Malliotakis defeated Democratic freshman incumbent Rose to win the seat back for the GOP by a 6.4 point margin. Malliotakis earned 53.2 percent of the vote in the district over Rose's 46.8 percent. Malliotakis won her home borough of Staten Island while Rose won the Brooklyn portion of the district. Rose formally conceded the race to Malliotakis on November 12. Final recanvassing and certification of results happened within 25 days of the November 3 general election.

Democratic primary

Max Rose, U.S. representative

Richard-Olivier Marius, former volunteer for Max Rose

Republican primary

Joe Caldarera, former special victims prosecutor

Nicole Malliotakis, state assemblywoman and nominee for mayor of New York City in 2017

Joey Saladino, YouTube content creator (endorsed Caldarera)

Joe Borelli, New York City councilman

Michael Grimm, former U.S. representative

District 12

The 12th district includes several neighborhoods in the East Side of Manhattan, the Greenpoint section of Brooklyn, western Queens, including Astoria and Long Island City. The incumbent was Democrat Carolyn Maloney, who was re-elected with 86.4% of the vote in 2018.

Democratic primary

Lauren Ashcraft, JPMorgan Chase project manager, activist, and comedian

Peter Harrison, housing activist

Carolyn Maloney, incumbent U.S. representative

Suraj Patel, professor at New York University, lawyer, and candidate for New York's 12th congressional district in 2018

Erica Vladimer, attorney and former New York State Senate staffer

Dawn Smalls, attorney and candidate for New York City Public Advocate in 2019

Republican primary

Carlos Santiago-Cano, real estate broker

District 13

The 13th district encompasses the Upper Manhattan neighborhoods of Harlem, Washington Heights, and Inwood, as well the western Bronx neighborhoods of Kingsbridge and Bedford Park. The incumbent was Democrat Adriano Espaillat, who was re-elected with 94.6% of the vote in 2018.

Democratic primary

Adriano Espaillat, incumbent U.S. representative

James Felton Keith, entrepreneur

Ramon Rodriguez, business etiquette executive

Republican primary

Lovelynn Gwinn, landlord

District 14

The 14th district covers the eastern part of the Bronx and part of north-central Queens, including the neighborhoods of College Point, Corona, East Elmhurst, Jackson Heights, and Woodside. The incumbent was Democrat Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, who had been elected with 78.2% of the vote in 2018. Ocasio-Cortez easily won the Democratic primary against former CNBC anchor Michelle Caruso-Cabrera. Her large margin of victory was partly attributed by Fortune's Rey Mashayekhi to her substantial fundraising advantage and focus on digital advertising.

Democratic primary

Michelle Caruso-Cabrera, business news reporter

Badrun Khan, activist

Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, incumbent U.S. representative

Sam Sloan, perennial candidate and chess player

Fernando Cabrera, New York City councillor

James Dillon, activist

Jose Velazquez, former ESL student

Elizabeth Crowley, former New York City councilwoman (running for Queens borough president)

Joe Crowley, former U.S. representative (NY-14)

Julia Salazar, state senator

Jimmy Van Bramer, New York City councilman

Republican primary

John Cummings, former police officer

Jineea Butler

Miguel Hernandez, construction contractor

Scherie Murray, businesswoman and candidate for New York State Assembly in 2015

Ruth Papazian, health and medical writer

Rey Solano

Antoine Tucker, businessman (on the ballot as a write-in candidate)

District 15

The 15th district is located entirely within the Bronx, including the neighborhoods of Hunts Point, Castle Hill, and Tremont. According to the Cook Partisan Voting Index, the 15th district is one of the most Democratic congressional districts in the country, with a PVI of D+39. As a result, victory in the Democratic primary in the district would be tantamount to election. The incumbent Democrat, José E. Serrano, announced on March 25, 2019, that he had been diagnosed with Parkinson's disease and would not be seeking re-election.

Democratic primary

Frangell Basora, former congressional intern

Michael Blake, state assemblyman and vice chair of the Democratic National Committee

Rubén Díaz Sr., New York City councilman

Mark Escoffery-Bey, small business owner

Samelys López, progressive activist and co-founder of Bronx Progressives

Melissa Mark-Viverito, former speaker of the New York City Council

Chivona Newsome, finance specialist, co-founder of Black Lives Matter of Greater NY

Jonathan Ortiz, New York City financial advisor

Julio Pabon, marketing executive

Tomás Ramos, director of the Bronx River Community Center

Ydanis Rodríguez, New York City councilman

Marlene Tapper, political consultant

Ritchie Torres, New York City councilman

Marlene Cintron, president of the Bronx Overall Economic Development Corporation

David P. Franks Jr., New York City police Sergeant (write-in)

Elías Alcántara, former White House senior associate director for intergovernmental affairs

Republican primary

Orlando Molina

District 16

The 16th district contains the northern parts of the Bronx and the southern half of Westchester County, including the cities of Mount Vernon, Yonkers, and Rye. The incumbent was Democrat Eliot Engel.

Democratic primary

Jamaal Bowman, middle school principal

Eliot Engel, incumbent U.S. representative

Christopher Fink, tax attorney

Sammy Ravelo, U.S. Army veteran and retired NYPD lieutenant

Kenny Belvin, political scientist (endorsed Ghebreghiorgis)

Andom Ghebreghiorgis, special education teacher (endorsed Bowman)

District 17

The 17th district encompasses the lower Hudson Valley taking in Rockland County as well as northwestern and central Westchester County. The incumbent was Democrat Nita Lowey, who was re-elected with 88.0% of the vote in 2018, without major-party opposition. On October 10, 2019, Lowey announced she was retiring from Congress and would not seek re-election.

Democratic primary

David Buchwald, state assemblyman

David Carlucci, state senator

Asha Castleberry-Hernandez, U.S. Army veteran and national security expert

Evelyn Farkas, former Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense for Russia, Ukraine, and Eurasia

Allison Fine, former chairwoman of NARAL

Mondaire Jones, attorney

Adam Schleifer, former federal prosecutor for Operation Varsity Blues

Catherine Borgia, Westchester County legislator (endorsed Buchwald)

Duane Jackson, Buchanan trustee and candidate for New York's 18th congressional district in 2012

David Katz, debt-recovery attorney (endorsed Jones)

Catherine Parker, Westchester County legislator (endorsed Jones) (remained on ballot)

Jo-Anna Rodriguez-Wheeler, small business owner

Tom Abinanti, state assemblyman (running for re-election)

Chelsea Clinton, global health advocate and member of the Clinton family

Andrew Cuomo, Governor of New York

Paul Feiner, Greenburgh town supervisor

Republican primary

Yehudis Gottesfeld, chemical engineer

Maureen McArdle-Schulman, former FDNY firefighter

Josh Eisen, businessman (ran as an independent)

Rob Astorino, former Westchester County Executive, 2014 nominee for governor of New York

Ron Belmont, mayor of Harrison

Ed Day, Rockland County executive

Leigh McHugh, Rockland County Legislator

Originally, businessman Josh Eisen was considered the Republican frontrunner, as he had posted relatively strong fundraising numbers. However, his campaign imploded when allegations were revealed that he had threatened former employees, and that while embroiled in a legal dispute he had told his opponents' wife that she would "bathe in the warm semen of Mengele" and had also written sexual polemics about this same opponents' daughter. This revelation caused the local Rockland and Westchester Republican parties to disavow Eisen's campaign, and he withdrew from the race. Eisen's withdrawal paved the way for two other candidates, retired firefighter Maureen McArdle-Schulman and chemical engineer Yehudis Gottesfeld, to compete for the nomination.

District 18

The 18th district is located in the mid-Hudson Valley covering all of Orange County and Putnam County, as well as parts of southern Dutchess County and northeastern Westchester County, including the city of Poughkeepsie. The incumbent was Democrat Sean Patrick Maloney, who was re-elected with 55.5% of the vote in 2018.

Democratic primary

Sean Patrick Maloney, incumbent U.S. representative

Republican primary

Chele Farley, investment banker and nominee for U.S. Senate in 2018

Third parties

Scott Smith, former Middletown town councilman and candidate for New York's 18th congressional district in 2014

District 19

The 19th district is based in the upper Hudson Valley and Catskills. The incumbent was Democrat Antonio Delgado, who flipped the district and was elected with 51.4% of the vote in 2018.

Democratic primary

Antonio Delgado, incumbent U.S. representative

Republican primary

Ola Hawatmeh, fashion designer and philanthropist

Kyle Van De Water, former Millbrook village trustee and attorney

Tony German, former New York National Guard adjutant general

Mike Roth, activist

John Faso, former U.S. representative

Steven McLaughlin, Rensselaer County executive and former state assemblyman

Marc Molinaro, Dutchess County executive, nominee for Governor of New York in 2018, and former state assemblyman

Sue Serino, state senator

District 20

The 20th district is located in the Capital District and includes all of Albany and Schenectady Counties, and portions of Montgomery, Rensselaer and Saratoga Counties. The incumbent was Democrat Paul Tonko, who was re-elected with 66.5% of the vote in 2018.

Democratic primary

Paul Tonko, incumbent U.S. representative

Republican primary

Liz Joy, real estate agent and author

District 21

The 21st district is based in upstate New York, encompassing the Adirondack Mountains and North Country regions. The incumbent was Republican Elise Stefanik, who was re-elected with 56.1% of the vote in 2018.

Republican primary

Elise Stefanik, incumbent U.S. representative

Democratic primary

Tedra Cobb, former St. Lawrence County legislator and nominee for New York's 21st congressional district in 2018

Simon Conroy, Clinton County legislator

District 22

The 22nd district is based in central New York and the Mohawk Valley, including the cities of Utica, Rome, Cortland and Binghamton. The incumbent was Democrat Anthony Brindisi, who flipped the district and was elected with 50.9% of the vote in 2018. This was a rematch of the 2018 election where Brindisi unseated Tenney.

The election went into lengthy legal proceedings during the counting of absentee ballots. Several errors by county boards of election were uncovered during the proceedings, affecting thousands of voters.

The Oneida County Board of Elections used sticky notes to mark disputed ballots, which fell off and adhered to other ballots: this came to be called "stickygate".

More significantly, Oneida County failed to process registrations for 2,400 voters,

and incorrectly rejected 700 absentee ballots. Oneida County would later face legal action from the federal Department of Justice over these errors. Other county boards of elections also made errors affecting dozens of ballots.

The seat officially became vacant when Brindisi's term expired on January 3, 2021.

On February 5, 2021, Judge Scott DelConte ruled that Tenney had won the election by 109 votes.

Brindisi conceded the election on February 8.

Democratic primary

Anthony Brindisi, incumbent U.S. representative

Republican primary

George Phillips, teacher, former Broome County legislator, and nominee for New York's 22nd congressional district in 2008 and 2010

Claudia Tenney, former U.S. representative

Steve Cornwell, Broome County district attorney

Franklin Sager, teacher

Richard C. David, mayor of Binghamton

District 23

The 23rd district is based in the Southern Tier, adjacent to Lake Erie and the state's border with Pennsylvania, and is home to the cities of Jamestown, Olean, Elmira, and Ithaca. The incumbent was Republican Tom Reed, who was re-elected with 54.2% of the vote in 2018.

Republican primary

Tom Reed, incumbent U.S. representative

Casey McDonald, real estate developer and activist

Democratic primary

Tracy Mitrano, cyber security expert and nominee for New York's 23rd congressional district in 2018

Scott Noren, physician and U.S. Army veteran

Paolo Cremidis, New York State Young Democrats Rural Caucus Chair

District 24

The 24th district is centered around the Syracuse area and contains Cayuga, Onondaga, and Wayne counties, as well as western Oswego County. The incumbent was Republican John Katko, who was re-elected with 52.6% of the vote in 2018.

Republican primary

John Katko, incumbent U.S. representative

Democratic primary

Dana Balter, nonprofit leader, Syracuse University professor, and nominee for New York's 24th congressional district in 2018

Francis Conole, former intelligence officer and U.S. Navy veteran

Roger Misso, U.S. Navy veteran

District 25

The 25th district is located entirely within Monroe County, encompassing Rochester and the surrounding suburbs, including Irondequoit and Brighton. The incumbent was Democrat Joseph Morelle, who was elected with 59.0% of the vote in 2018.

Democratic primary

Joseph Morelle, incumbent U.S. representative

Robin Wilt, Brighton town councilwoman and candidate for New York's 25th congressional district in 2018

Republican primary

George Mitris, businessman

District 26

The 26th district is centered around the city of Buffalo and its inner suburbs, including Cheektowaga, Tonawanda, Amherst, Grand Island, and Niagara Falls. The incumbent was Democrat Brian Higgins, who was re-elected with 73.3% of the vote in 2018.

Democratic primary

Brian Higgins, incumbent U.S. representative

Republican primary

Ricky Donovan, retired corrections officer

District 27

The 27th district is based in rural western New York and covers the outer suburbs of Buffalo and Rochester. The former incumbent Republican Chris Collins, pled guilty to charges of insider trading and resigned his seat effective immediately on October 1, 2019. Republican Chris Jacobs won the special election to replace Collins on June 23, 2020.

Republican primary

Chris Jacobs, state senator

Stefan Mychajliw, Erie County comptroller

Beth Parlato, attorney and former Darien town justice

Democratic primary

Nate McMurray, former Grand Island supervisor and nominee for this district in 2018