United States House of Representatives elections in New York, 2016
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The 2016 U.S. House of Representatives elections in New York took place on November 8, 2016. Voters elected 27 candidates to serve in the U.S. House, one from each of the state's 27 congressional districts.
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Primary: A primary election is an election in which registered voters select a candidate that they believe should be a political party's candidate for elected office to run in the general election. They are also used to choose convention delegates and party leaders. Primaries are state-level and local-level elections that take place prior to a general election. New York utilizes a closed primary process, in which the selection of a party's candidates in an election is limited to registered party members.[1][2]
For information about which offices are nominated via primary election, see this article.
Partisan breakdown
Heading into the November 8 election, the Democratic Party held 18 of the 27 congressional seats from New York.
| Members of the U.S. House from New York -- Partisan Breakdown | |||
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| Party | As of November 2016 | After the 2016 Election | |
| Democratic Party | 18 | 18 | |
| Republican Party | 9 | 9 | |
| Total | 27 | 27 | |
Incumbents
Heading into the 2016 election, the incumbents for the 27 congressional districts were:
Margin of victory for winners
The following table shows the margin of victory for each district winner, which is calculated by examining the percentage difference between the two candidates who received the most votes. If the race was uncontested, the margin of victory is listed as 100 percent.
| District | Winner | Margin of Victory | Total Vote | Top Opponent |
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| District 1 |  Lee Zeldin |
17.9% | 297,150 | Anna Throne-Holst |
| District 2 | Peter King |
24.9% | 280,061 | DuWayne Gregory |
| District 3 |  Tom Suozzi |
5.6% | 308,653 | Jack Martins |
| District 4 | Kathleen Rice |
19.1% | 311,151 | David Gurfein |
| District 5 | Gregory Meeks |
72.5% | 233,392 | Michael O'Reilly |
| District 6 | Grace Meng |
45.4% | 189,246 | Danniel Maio |
| District 7 | Nydia Velazquez |
81.6% | 189,622 | Allan Romaguera |
| District 8 | Hakeem Jeffries |
86.6% | 229,996 | Daniel Cavanagh |
| District 9 | Yvette Clarke |
84.8% | 231,765 | Alan Bellone |
| District 10 | Jerrold Nadler |
56.2% | 245,928 | Philip Rosenthal |
| District 11 | Daniel Donovan |
24.9% | 232,097 | Richard Reichard |
| District 12 | Carolyn Maloney |
66.4% | 293,549 | Robert Ardini |
| District 13 | Adriano Espaillat |
81.9% | 233,192 | Tony Evans |
| District 14 | Joseph Crowley |
65.7% | 178,132 | Frank Spotorno |
| District 15 | Jose E. Serrano |
91.7% | 173,921 | Alejandro Vega |
| District 16 | Eliot Engel |
89.3% | 221,682 | Derickson Lawrence |
| District 17 | Nita Lowey |
100% | 214,530 | Unopposed |
| District 18 | Sean Maloney |
11.2% | 291,429 | Phil Oliva |
| District 19 | John Faso |
8.6% | 303,600 | Zephyr Teachout |
| District 20 | Paul Tonko |
35.8% | 313,759 | Francis Vitollo |
| District 21 | Elise Stefanik |
35.1% | 272,499 | Mike Derrick |
| District 22 | Claudia Tenney |
5.5% | 278,348 | Kim Myers |
| District 23 | Tom Reed |
15.2% | 279,634 | John Plumb |
| District 24 | John Katko |
21.1% | 301,801 | Colleen Deacon |
| District 25 | Louise Slaughter |
12.4% | 325,600 | Mark Assini |
| District 26 | Brian Higgins |
49.2% | 288,666 | Shelly Schratz |
| District 27 | Chris Collins |
34.4% | 328,717 | Diana Kastenbaum |
Candidates
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District 1
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General election candidates:   Lee Zeldin   Anna Throne-Holst Kenneth Schaeffer |
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Primary candidates:[3] |
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Democratic Anna Throne-Holst[4]  Dave Calone[5] |
Republican Lee Zeldin - Incumbent[6] |
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Third Party/Other Kenneth Schaeffer (Working Families)[6] |
District 2
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General election candidates: Peter King DuWayne Gregory |
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Primary candidates:[3] |
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Democratic DuWayne Gregory[7] |
Republican Peter King - Incumbent[6] |
District 3
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General election candidates: Jack Martins Tom Suozzi  Michael McDermott (Write-in) |
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Primary candidates:[3] |
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Democratic Anna Kaplan - North Hempstead Town Board member[8] Jon Kaiman[9] Steve Stern - Suffolk County Legislator[10] Tom Suozzi[11] Jonathan Clarke[6] |
Republican Jack Martins[12] Philip Pidot[13] |
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Not running: |
District 4
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General election candidates: Kathleen Rice David Gurfein |
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Primary candidates:[3] |
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Democratic Kathleen Rice - Incumbent[6] |
Republican David Gurfein[15] |
District 5
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General election candidates: Gregory Meeks Michael O'Reilly Frank Francois |
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Primary candidates:[3] |
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Democratic Gregory Meeks - Incumbent[6] Ali Mirza[6] |
Republican Michael O'Reilly[6] |
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Third Party/Other Frank Francois[6] |
District 6
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General election candidates: Grace Meng Danniel Maio Haris Bhatti (Haris Bhatti Party) |
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Primary candidates:[3] |
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Democratic Grace Meng - Incumbent[6] |
Republican Danniel Maio[6] |
District 7
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General election candidates: Nydia Velazquez Allan Romaguera |
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Primary candidates:[3] |
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Democratic Nydia Velazquez - Incumbent [6] Jeff Kurzon[16] Yungman Lee - Banking executive[17] |
Republican Allan Romaguera[6] |
District 8
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General election candidates: Hakeem Jeffries Daniel Cavanagh |
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Primary candidates:[3] |
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Democratic Hakeem Jeffries - Incumbent[6] |
Republican |
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Third Party/Other Daniel Cavanagh[6] |
District 9
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General election candidates: Yvette Clarke Alan Bellone |
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Primary candidates:[3] |
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Democratic Yvette Clarke - Incumbent[6] |
Republican |
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Third Party/Other Alan Bellone[6] |
District 10
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General election candidates: Jerrold Nadler Philip Rosenthal |
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Primary candidates:[3] |
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Democratic Jerrold Nadler - Incumbent[6] Mikhail Oliver Rosenberg[6] |
Republican Philip Rosenthal[6] |
District 11
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General election candidates: Daniel Donovan Richard Reichard Henry Bardel[6] |
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Primary candidates:[3] |
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Democratic Richard Reichard[6] |
Republican Daniel Donovan - Incumbent[6] |
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Third Party/Other Henry Bardel[6] |
District 12
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General election candidates: Carolyn Maloney Robert Ardini |
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Primary candidates:[3] |
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Democratic Carolyn Maloney - Incumbent[6] Pete Lindner[6] |
Republican Robert Ardini[6] |
District 13
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General election candidates: Adriano Espaillat Tony Evans Daniel Vila Rivera Scott Lloyd Fenstermaker (Transparent Government) |
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Primary candidates:[3] |
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Democratic Adriano Espaillat - State Senator[14][18] Keith Wright - State Assembly Member[14] Guillermo Linares - Assemblyman[19] Sam Sloan[6] Mike Gallagher[20] Yohanny Caceres[6] Adam Clayton Powell - Former State Assembly Member[21] Suzan Cook - Former Clinton official[22][6] Clyde Williams - Former Political Director at the Democratic National Committee (2008)[23][6] |
Republican Tony Evans - Attorney[24] |
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Third Party/Other Daniel Vila Rivera[6] |
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Withdrew: Bill Perkins - State Senator[14][25][26] |
District 14
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General election candidates: Joseph Crowley Frank Spotorno |
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Primary candidates:[3] |
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Democratic Joseph Crowley - Incumbent[6] |
Republican Frank Spotorno[6] |
District 15
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General election candidates: Jose E. Serrano Alejandro Vega Eduardo Ramirez |
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Primary candidates:[3] |
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Democratic Jose E. Serrano - Incumbent[6] Leonel Baez[6] |
Republican Alejandro Vega[6] |
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Third Party/Other Eduardo Ramirez[6] |
District 16
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General election candidates: Eliot Engel Derickson Lawrence (People's Choice Congress) |
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Primary candidates:[3] |
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Democratic Eliot Engel - Incumbent[6] |
Republican |
District 17
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General election candidates: Nita Lowey |
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Primary candidates:[3] |
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Democratic Nita Lowey - Incumbent[6] |
Republican |
District 18
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General election candidates: Sean Maloney Phil Oliva |
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Primary candidates:[3] |
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Democratic Sean Maloney - Incumbent[6] |
Republican Kenneth Del Vecchio[27] Phil Oliva[28] |
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Withdrew: Diana Hird[29] Daniel G. Castricone - Orange County legislator[30] Sakima Green-Brown[31] John Lange[32] Frank Spampinato[33] Scott Smith (I)[34] |
District 19
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General election candidates: John Faso Zephyr Teachout |
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Primary candidates:[3] |
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Democratic Zephyr Teachout[35] Will Yandik - Livingston Councilman[36] |
Republican Andrew Heaney - Businessman[37] John Faso - Former state assemblyman[38] |
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Withdrew: Mike Hein - Ulster County Executive[39][40] Peter Lopez - Member of the New York State Assembly[41][42][43] John Kehoe[44] Bob Bishop (R)[43] |
District 20
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General election candidates: Paul Tonko Francis Vitollo |
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Primary candidates:[3] |
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Democratic Paul Tonko - Incumbent[6] |
Republican Francis Vitollo[6] |
District 21
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General election candidates: Elise Stefanik Mike Derrick Matt Funiciello |
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Primary candidates:[3] |
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Democratic Mike Derrick - Retired Army colonel[45] |
Republican Elise Stefanik - Incumbent[6] |
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Third Party/Other Matt Funiciello[46] |
District 22
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General election candidates: Claudia Tenney Kim Myers Martin Babinec |
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Primary candidates:[3] |
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Democratic Kim Myers[47] |
Republican George Phillips[48] Claudia Tenney - New York State Assembly member[49] Steve Wells - Businessman[50] |
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Third Party/Other Martin Babinec (Upstate Jobs Party)[51] |
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Not running: |
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Withdrew: Aaron Price - Filmmaker[53] |
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Disqualified: |
District 23
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General election candidates: Tom Reed John Plumb |
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Primary candidates:[3] |
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Democratic John Plumb[55] |
Republican Tom Reed - Incumbent[6] |
District 24
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General election candidates: John Katko Colleen Deacon Mimi Satter |
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Primary candidates:[3] |
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Democratic Eric Kingson - Professor of social work at Syracuse University[56] Colleen Deacon - Former Central New York regional director for U.S. Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand[57] Steven Williams - Lawyer, former U.S. Navy JAG Corps officer[58] |
Republican John Katko - Incumbent[6] |
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Third Party/Other Mimi Satter[6] |
District 25
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General election candidates: Louise Slaughter Mark Assini Brandon Kirshner (Write-in) Tony D'Orazio (Write-in) |
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Primary candidates:[3] |
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Democratic Louise Slaughter - Incumbent[6] |
Republican Mark Assini[59][60] |
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Third Party/Other Tony D'Orazio[61] Brandon Kirshner[62] |
District 26
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General election candidates: Brian Higgins Shelly Schratz |
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Primary candidates:[3] |
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Democratic Brian Higgins - Incumbent[6] |
Republican Shelly Schratz[6] |
District 27
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General election candidates: Chris Collins Diana Kastenbaum |
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Primary candidates:[3] |
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Democratic Diana Kastenbaum[63] |
Republican Chris Collins - Incumbent[6] |
Important dates and deadlines
- See also: New York elections, 2016
The calendar below lists important dates for political candidates in New York in 2016.
| Dates and requirements for candidates in 2016 | |||
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| Deadline | Event type | Event description | |
| April 14, 2016 | Ballot access | Deadline for filing federal designating petitions | |
| April 21, 2016 | Ballot access | Deadline for filing federal opportunity to ballot petitions | |
| June 28, 2016 | Election date | Federal primary election | |
| July 14, 2016 | Ballot access | Deadline for filing state/local designating petitions | |
| July 21, 2016 | Ballot access | Deadline for filing state/local opportunity to ballot petitions | |
| August 2, 2016 | Ballot access | Filing deadline for independent candidates for federal office | |
| August 23, 2016 | Ballot access | Filing deadline for independent candidates for state/local office | |
| September 13, 2016 | Election date | State/local primary election | |
| November 8, 2016 | Election date | General election | |
| Source: New York State Board of Elections, "Draft 2016 Political Calendar," accessed April 15, 2016 | |||
See also
- United States House of Representatives elections, 2016
- United States Senate election in New York, 2016
- U.S. House battlegrounds, 2016
- List of U.S. Congress incumbents who did not run for re-election in 2016
- U.S. House primaries, 2016
Footnotes
- ↑ National Conference of State Legislatures, "State Primary Election Types," accessed October 8, 2024
- ↑ New York State Senate, "Consolidated Laws of New York § 17-17-102," accessed October 8, 2024
- ↑ 3.00 3.01 3.02 3.03 3.04 3.05 3.06 3.07 3.08 3.09 3.10 3.11 3.12 3.13 3.14 3.15 3.16 3.17 3.18 3.19 3.20 3.21 3.22 3.23 3.24 3.25 3.26 Candidates are listed by party and alphabetically within each party.
- ↑ EMILY's List, "EMILY’s List Endorses Anna Throne-Holst for Congress in New York’s First Congressional District," June 16, 2015
- ↑ Calone for Congress, "Dave Calone announces fundraising, major endorsement, East End Leadership Team," July 16, 2015
- ↑ 6.00 6.01 6.02 6.03 6.04 6.05 6.06 6.07 6.08 6.09 6.10 6.11 6.12 6.13 6.14 6.15 6.16 6.17 6.18 6.19 6.20 6.21 6.22 6.23 6.24 6.25 6.26 6.27 6.28 6.29 6.30 6.31 6.32 6.33 6.34 6.35 6.36 6.37 6.38 6.39 6.40 6.41 6.42 6.43 6.44 6.45 6.46 6.47 6.48 6.49 6.50 New York State Board of Elections, "Filings received for the 2016 Primary Election," accessed April 27, 2016 Cite error: Invalid
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- ↑ News Day, "Anna Kaplan, a North Hempstead Democrat, announces candidacy for Congress," January 11, 2016
- ↑ Newsday, "Jon Kaiman to run for Rep. Steve Israel’s seat," January 24, 2016
- ↑ Queens Chronicle, "Long Islanders vie for Rep. Israel’s seat," January 14, 2016
- ↑ Tom Suozzi for Congress, "Tom Suozzi, running for 3rd CD, endorsed by Queens boro prez," March 6, 2016
- ↑ Queens Chronicle, "Jack Martins to run for Rep. Israel's seat," January 8, 2016
- ↑ Politico, "Judge orders special GOP primary in 3rd Congressional District," August 17, 2016
- ↑ 14.0 14.1 14.2 14.3 Politico, "Rep. Steve Israel, member of Democratic leadership, retiring," January 5, 2016 Cite error: Invalid
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- ↑ Ballotpedia Staff, "Email correspondence with Jeff Kurzon," March 1, 2016
- ↑ Kings County Politics, "Velazquez To Get Asian-American Challenger For Dem Primary," December 4, 2015
- ↑ Daily News, "Field of candidates looking to replace Rep. Charles Rangel increases by two," November 4, 2015
- ↑ Daily News, "Field of candidates looking to replace Rep. Charles Rangel increases by two," November 4, 2015
- ↑ Observer "Stay-at-Home Dad Will Run for Charles Rangel’s Congressional Seat," June 3, 2015
- ↑ New York Daily News, "Adam Clayton Powell IV launches bid for NY-13 Congressional seat his dad once held," accessed January 23, 2014
- ↑ Capital, "Former Clinton official to run for Rangel seat," July 1, 2015
- ↑ Clyde Williams 2016, "Home," accessed November 12, 2015
- ↑ Federal Election Commission, "Statement of candidacy," February 19, 2016
- ↑ Politico New York, "Bill Perkins declares himself ‘front-runner’ to replace Rangel," October 10, 2015
- ↑ Capital New York, "Wright defends housing record as ‘front-runner’ Perkins drops out," February 28, 2016
- ↑ Federal Election Commission, "Statement of candidacy," December 16, 2015
- ↑ Southest-Brewer Patch, "Astorino Advisor Running for 18th Congressional District," February 1, 2016
- ↑ Federal Election Commission, "Statement of candidacy," February 16, 2016
- ↑ Times-Herald Record, "Castricone enters GOP race for Maloney's seat," December 5, 2015
- ↑ Federal Election Commission, "Statement of candidacy," September 23, 2015
- ↑ Lange for Congress, "Main page," accessed January 20, 2016
- ↑ Federal Election Commission, "Statement of candidacy," October 29, 2015
- ↑ Ballotpedia Staff, "Email Correspondence with Scott Smith," December 28, 2015
- ↑ Poughkeepsie Journal, "Zephyr Teachout will run in 19th Congressional District," January 25, 2016
- ↑ Daily Freeman, "Livingston Councilman Will Yandik to run for Congress, challenging Zephyr Teachout for Democratic nomination in 19th District," February 1, 2016
- ↑ Daily KOS, "Morning Digest: Republican covers up actual straight sex scandal with fake gay sex scandal," August 10, 2015
- ↑ Faso for Congress, "About," accessed August 12, 2015
- ↑ Record Online, "Ulster Exec Hein deciding on a run for Congress," accessed December 4, 2015
- ↑ The Daily Star, "Ulster exec rules out run for House seat," December 18, 2015
- ↑ NY State of Politics, "Lopez Looking At Run For NY-19," accessed January 13, 2015
- ↑ The Daily Star, "Pete Lopez says he'll seek House seat," October 8, 2015
- ↑ 43.0 43.1 Daily Freeman, "Assemblyman Pete Lopez drops out of 19th Congressional District race," January 11, 2016
- ↑ Federal Election Commission, "Details for Committee ID: C00580431," accessed July 8, 2015
- ↑ Roll Call, "Retired Army Colonel to Challenge Stefanik," July 1, 2015
- ↑ PostStar.com, "Derrick would not discuss criticism of Stefanik as 'anti Pell," July 28, 2015
- ↑ Syracuse.com, "Daughter of Dick's Sporting Goods founder to run for Congress," March 3, 2016
- ↑ Phillips for Congress, "Home," accessed January 13, 2016
- ↑ Syracuse.com, "Claudia Tenney launches 2nd GOP primary bid to unseat Rep. Richard Hanna," November 17, 2015
- ↑ Syracuse.com, "GOP leader from Cazenovia will run for Congress in bid to succeed Hanna," February 11, 2016
- ↑ Babinec for Congress, "Home," accessed June 13, 2016
- ↑ Syracuse.com, "GOP Rep. Richard Hanna plans to retire at end of term (video)," December 20, 2015
- ↑ Federal Election Commission, "Statement of candidacy, Aaron Price," February 26, 2016
- ↑ Syracuse.com, "Utica Democrat launches bid to succeed Rep. Richard Hanna in Congress," December 31, 2015
- ↑ Star Gazette, "Navy Reserve officer to challenge Reed," July 8, 2015
- ↑ The Huffington Post, "Why I am Proudly Running for Congress at Age 69*," July 24, 2015
- ↑ Syracuse.com, "Top Gillibrand aide to challenge Rep. John Katko in race for Congress," October 1, 2015
- ↑ Syracuse.com, "Former U.S. Navy lawyer enters Democratic race to challenge Rep. John Katko," October 19, 2015
- ↑ Rochester Homepage, "Assini to Run for Congress in 2016," accessed January 14, 2015
- ↑ Democrat and Chronicle, "Assini kicks off congressional run," November 18, 2015
- ↑ Tony D'Orazio for Congress, "Home," accessed June 24, 2016
- ↑ Brandon Kirshner for Congress, "Home," accessed July 19, 2016
- ↑ Federal Election Commission, "Statement of candidacy," February 13, 2016
For information about public policy issues in the 2016 elections, see: Public policy in the 2016 elections!
Senators
Chuck Schumer (D)
Representatives
District 1
Nicholas LaLota (R)
District 2
Andrew Garbarino (R)
District 3
Tom Suozzi (D)
District 4
Laura Gillen (D)
District 5
Gregory Meeks (D)
District 6
Grace Meng (D)
District 7
Nydia Velazquez (D)
District 8
Hakeem Jeffries (D)
District 9
Yvette Clarke (D)
District 10
Daniel Goldman (D)
District 11
District 12
Jerrold Nadler (D)
District 13
District 14
District 15
Ritchie Torres (D)
District 16
George Latimer (D)
District 17
Michael Lawler (R)
District 18
Pat Ryan (D)
District 19
Josh Riley (D)
District 20
Paul Tonko (D)
District 21
Elise Stefanik (R)
District 22
John Mannion (D)
District 23
Nick Langworthy (R)
District 24
Claudia Tenney (R)
District 25
Joseph Morelle (D)
District 26
Tim Kennedy (D)
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