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New York's 11th Congressional District election, 2018

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Election details
Filing deadline: April 12, 2018
Primary: June 26, 2018
General: November 6, 2018
Pre-election incumbent:
Dan Donovan (Republican)
How to vote
Poll times: 6 a.m. to 9 p.m. (general elections); primary times vary by county
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Cook Partisan Voter Index (2018): R+3
Cook Political Report: Lean Republican
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Max Rose (D) defeated incumbent Rep. Daniel Donovan (R) and Henry Bardel (Green) in the November 6, 2018, general election for New York's 11th congressional district.

All 435 seats in the U.S. House of Representatives were up for election in 2018. The Democratic Party gained a net total of 40 seats, winning control of the chamber. This race was identified as a 2018 battleground that might have affected partisan control of the U.S. House in the 116th Congress. Heading into the election, the Republican Party was in the majority holding 235 seats to Democrats' 193 seats, with seven vacant seats. Democrats needed to win 23 GOP-held seats in 2018 to win control of the House. From 1918 to 2016, the president’s party lost an average of 29 seats in midterm elections.

Donovan was first elected by a margin of 19 percentage points in a special election in 2015. He was re-elected by a margin of 26 percentage points in 2016. The seat had been held by the Republican Party since redistricting moved the majority of the district to Staten Island from Brooklyn in 2013. Prior to the change, the district had been held by the Democratic Party since 1945. The Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee (DCCC) added the seat as one of its initial targets in 2018.[1] Heading into the election, three forecasting outlets covered by Ballotpedia rated the election as "Lean Republican."

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Candidates and election results

General election

General election

General election for U.S. House New York District 11

Candidate
%
Votes
✔
Image of Max Rose
Max Rose (D)
 
53.0
 
101,823
Image of Daniel Donovan
Daniel Donovan (R)
 
46.6
 
89,441
Image of Henry Bardel
Henry Bardel (G)
 
0.4
 
774

Incumbents are bolded and underlined. The results have been certified. Source

Total votes: 192,038
(100.00% precincts reporting)
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Fusion voting candidates

Democratic primary election

Democratic primary election

Democratic primary for U.S. House New York District 11

Candidate
%
Votes
✔
Image of Max Rose
Max Rose
 
63.3
 
11,539
Image of Michael DeVito Jr.
Michael DeVito Jr.
 
20.0
 
3,642
Image of Omar Vaid
Omar Vaid
 
8.7
 
1,589
Image of Radhakrishna Mohan
Radhakrishna Mohan
 
3.9
 
719
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Paul Sperling
 
2.7
 
486
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Zach Emig
 
1.4
 
249

There were no incumbents in this race. The results have been certified.

Total votes: 18,224
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Republican primary election

Republican primary election

Republican primary for U.S. House New York District 11

Candidate
%
Votes
✔
Image of Daniel Donovan
Daniel Donovan
 
62.9
 
13,515
Image of Michael Grimm
Michael Grimm
 
37.1
 
7,957

Incumbents are bolded and underlined. The results have been certified.

Total votes: 21,472
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Candidate profiles

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Daniel Donovan, U.S. Representative
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Party: Republican

Incumbent: Yes

Political office: United States House of Representatives (Assumed office: 2015)

Biography: Donovan earned his B.A. in criminal justice from St. John's University and his J.D. from the Fordham University School of Law. He was named as an assistant to Robert M. Morgenthau, district attorney of New York County, in 1989. After seven years in the position, he left to become chief of staff to Staten Island Borough President Guy V. Molinari. In 2002, Donovan was appointed deputy borough president of Staten Island by James Molinaro, who succeeded Guy Molinari as borough president. He served as the Richmond County District Attorney from 2003 to 2015.[2]

Key messages
  • Donovan's campaign messaging highlighted his work in Congress after Hurricane Sandy. He released a campaign ad featuring a woman talking about how he worked directly with city officials to help her rebuild her home after the hurricane. His campaign website emphasized his introduction of the Flood Insurance Mitigation and Policyholder Protection Act (FIMPPA).
  • Donovan ran on his record in Congress. He stated that he kept the promises he made during his 2015 run for Congress, which included "reining in our nation’s $18 trillion debt, a strong national defense that protects us from the threats of terrorism and a pro-growth agenda that creates good-paying jobs for New York families."[3]
  • Donovan said one of his top priorities for the district was improving transportation. He listed fighting for the West Shore Light Rail and Bus Rapid Transit as two ways of doing so.[4]



Max Rose, National Guard member
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Party: Democratic

Incumbent: No

Political office: None

Biography: Rose earned his B.A. in history from Wesleyan University and his master's degree in philosophy and public policy from the London School of Economics. He served in the U.S. Army from 2010 to 2014 and was serving as Captain in the National Guard during the 2018 election. Rose is also the former chief of staff for Brightpoint Health, a nonprofit healthcare organization.[5]

Key messages
  • Rose campaigned on on affordable universal healthcare. He wanted to create a public healthcare option, enact all-payer rate-setting nationwide, lower Medicare eligibility to age 55, and continue to fund Planned Parenthood.[6]
  • Another focus of Rose's was infrastructure and jobs. He included changing federal funding formulas that he said discriminate against Staten Island and South Brooklyn, adding HOV lanes to freeways, ensuring Staten Island is connected to the citywide ferry system, and implementing two-way tolls on the Verrazano Bridge to reduce truck traffic as part of his plan.[7]
  • Rose's campaign website featured a video summarizing his campaign. In it, he stated, "So if you're sick of putting in the work but never seeing the reward, sick of being left out of the prosperity you helped create, if you want someone who will show up, stand up, and fight like hell for you, then maybe it's time to send someone to Washington with the courage to lead."[8]



Hank Bardel, retiree
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Campaign website Facebook

Party: Green

Incumbent: No

Political office: None

Biography: Bardel received his associate degree from Staten Island Community College. He worked for the New York City Department of Parks and Recreation from 1962 to 1996. After retiring in 1996, he became involved with the Green Party of New York State and ran for numerous local, state, and federal offices, including the 11th Congressional District in 2012, 2014, and 2016.[9]

Key messages
  • Bardel said he ran to support "a progressive agenda of helping the poor and the middle class gain democratic control of society so that we can equitably distribute the wealth that is being produced, and to stop the plutocracies of this nation and world from exploiting Earth’s resources anymore than they already have."[9]
  • Bardel said his policy priorities included taxing billionaries at 90 percent, enacting a single-payer healthcare system, creating a $15 minimum wage, implenting a national jobs program, and banning fracking.[10]



Polls

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New York's 11th Congressional District election, 2018
Poll Poll sponsor Max Rose (D) Dan Donovan (R)Undecided/OtherMargin of errorSample size
Siena College
(Oct. 23-27, 2018)		New York Times 40%44%16%+/-4.7495
Note: The polls above may not reflect all polls that have been conducted in this race. Those displayed are a random sampling chosen by Ballotpedia staff. If you would like to nominate another poll for inclusion in the table, send an email to editor@ballotpedia.org.


Campaign finance

The chart below contains data from financial reports submitted to the Federal Election Commission.

Name Party Receipts* Disbursements** Cash on hand Date
Daniel Donovan Republican Party $2,605,455 $2,694,356 $97,462 As of December 31, 2018
Max Rose Democratic Party $4,679,140 $4,441,148 $237,992 As of December 31, 2018
Henry Bardel Green Party $0 $0 $0 Data not available***

Source: Federal Elections Commission, "Campaign finance data," 2018. This product uses the openFEC API but is not endorsed or certified by the Federal Election Commission (FEC).

* According to the FEC, "Receipts are anything of value (money, goods, services or property) received by a political committee."
** According to the FEC, a disbursement "is a purchase, payment, distribution, loan, advance, deposit or gift of money or anything of value to influence a federal election," plus other kinds of payments not made to influence a federal election.
*** Candidate either did not report any receipts or disbursements to the FEC, or Ballotpedia did not find an FEC candidate ID.

Satellite spending

Satellite spending, commonly referred to as outside spending, describes political spending not controlled by candidates or their campaigns; that is, any political expenditures made by groups or individuals that are not directly affiliated with a candidate. This includes spending by political party committees, super PACs, trade associations, and 501(c)(4) nonprofit groups.[11][12][13]

This section lists satellite spending in this race reported by news outlets in alphabetical order. If you are aware of spending that should be included, please email us.

  • End Citizens United targeted Donovan and four other Republican incumbents as part of a $1.5 million negative ad campaign.[14]
  • VoteVets disclosed $200,000 in spending opposing Dan Donovan on October 31.

Race ratings

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Race ratings: New York's 11th Congressional District election, 2018
Race trackerRace ratings
October 30, 2018October 23, 2018October 16, 2018October 9, 2018
The Cook Political ReportLean RepublicanLean RepublicanLikely RepublicanLikely Republican
Inside Elections with Nathan L. GonzalesLean RepublicanLikely RepublicanLikely RepublicanLikely Republican
Larry J. Sabato's Crystal BallLean RepublicanLean RepublicanLean RepublicanLean Republican
Note: Ballotpedia updates external race ratings every two weeks throughout the election season.

District analysis

See also: The Cook Political Report's Partisan Voter Index
See also: FiveThirtyEight's elasticity scores

The 2017 Cook Partisan Voter Index for this district was R+3, meaning that in the previous two presidential elections, this district's results were 3 percentage points more Republican than the national average. This made New York's 11th Congressional District the 214th most Republican nationally.[15]

FiveThirtyEight's September 2018 elasticity score for states and congressional districts measured "how sensitive it is to changes in the national political environment." This district's elasticity score was 1.12. This means that for every 1 point the national political mood moved toward a party, the district was expected to move 1.12 points toward that party.[16]

Noteworthy endorsements

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This section lists noteworthy endorsements issued in this election, including those made by high-profile individuals and organizations, cross-party endorsements, and endorsements made by newspaper editorial boards. It also includes a bulleted list of links to official lists of endorsements for any candidates who published that information on their campaign websites. Please note that this list is not exhaustive. If you are aware of endorsements that should be included, please click here.


Click the links below to see endorsement lists published on candidate campaign websites, if available.

Noteworthy general election endorsements
Endorsement Rose (D) Donovan (R)
Individuals
Former President Barack Obama (D)[17] ✔
Gov. Andrew Cuomo (D)[18] ✔
Newspapers
The New York Post[19] ✔

Timeline

  • October 31, 2018: VoteVets disclosed $200,000 in spending opposing Dan Donovan.
  • October 27, 2018: A New York Times/Siena College poll showed Donovan with 44 percent and Rose with 40 percent. The margin of error was 4.7 percentage points.
  • October 19, 2018: Gov. Andrew Cuomo (D) hosted a fundraiser for Rose.[18]
  • October 16, 2018: Donovan and Rose met in a debate hosted by NY1. Read more here.
  • October 16, 2018: End Citizens United targeted Donovan and four other Republican incumbents as part of a $1.5 million negative ad campaign.
  • October 15, 2018: Max Rose reported raising $1.6 million in the third quarter of 2018. Dan Donovan reported raising $340,000.[35]
  • October 1, 2018: Former President Barack Obama (D) endorsed Rose.[36]

Campaign advertisements

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Republican Party Dan Donovan

Support

"Fighting for You," released September 27, 2018

Oppose

"Honor," released October 22, 2018
"Staten Island Sellout," released October 4, 2018
"Damaged," released June 26, 2018

Democratic Party Max Rose

Support

"Ever,"- Rose campaign ad, released September 17, 2018

Debates and forums

Oct. 16 NY1 forum

Donovan and Rose met in a NY1 debate at the College of Staten Island – CUNY. They discussed the Tax Cut and Jobs Act, support for President Donald Trump, immigration, transportation, and the opioid epidemic.

Watch the debate here (NY1 subscribers only).

See the following roundups of the debate:

Campaign themes

The campaign themes below were taken from the candidates' 2018 campaign websites.

Republican Party Daniel Donovan

Donovan's campaign website stated the following:

Transportation

Improving transportation for the 11th congressional district is one of my top priorities in Washington. Staten Islanders have the longest commute in the country and the residents of south Brooklyn don’t have it much better. After a long-fought battle, we worked in a bipartisan manner to pass the most comprehensive transit bill in years. The bill was a big victory for New York City with funding for many of the City’s top transit priorities, including stable mass transit dollars and more money for the Staten Island ferry. But our work is not done. I am continuing to fight for new transportation projects like the West Shore Light Rail and Bus Rapid Transit.

Taxes/Economy

The middle-class is getting squeezed. Washington’s out-of-control spending has driven taxes and the cost of living through the roof, and too many New Yorkers are still unemployed or underemployed. It’s time to start making the federal government more accountable. We need to cut taxes and reform the burdensome regulations that are killing jobs and economic growth. Reforming the tax code to make it flatter and simpler, peeling back excessive regulations and creating a balanced budget will spark the economy and unleash the entrepreneurial spirit.

Hurricane Sandy

The people of the 11th congressional district suffered catastrophic damage from Superstorm Sandy. Almost four years later, people are still not in their homes. This is simply unacceptable. When I got to Washington, the first bill I introduced was to reform FEMA. This signature legislation, the Flood Insurance Mitigation and Policyholder Protection Act (FIMPPA) addresses fraudulent engineering practices, flawed appeals process and overdue flood insurance reforms for the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA). I’m proud that this bill passed the House and now we’re working to get it through the Senate. This legislation will go a long way toward protecting homeowners in the event of a future storm so they never have to go through a broken process again.

Homeland Security

Fifteen years after the worst attack on our nation, the threat of terrorism is just as real and New York City continues to be our enemies’ number one target. Earlier this year I was appointed to the influential position as Chairman of the House Subcommittee on Emergency Preparedness, Response and Communication. In that role, I’m responsible for overseeing the federal government’s disaster response and instituting policies that keep our communities secure. When President Obama proposed drastic cuts to homeland security funding, I fought to get them successfully restored, ensuring New York City has the resources it needs to be protected. We must also secure our borders and enhance intelligence operations that are critical to tracking and preventing terrorist activity.

Foreign Affairs

This is a volatile time for the world, particularly in the Middle East. ISIS is growing bolder, Iran is on a path to nuclear proliferation and Russian aggression is increasing. All of this is a huge threat to world safety. America must be a leader on the world stage. We need to maintain and strengthen our defense system and stand by our allies. We must listen to our military leaders to develop a real strategy to defeat ISIS once and for all.

Education

Providing our children with a quality education–regardless of their zip code– is one of the most important things we can do to put them on a path to success. Unfortunately, too many kids are being failed by our education system. I support giving parents more school choice and repealing Common Core, which has been a disaster for both teachers and students. We can, and must improve standards, but there is a better way. I will also work to help our students facing the crushing cost of higher education. As someone who paid off my final student loan at 52, I understand how difficult the cost of college is for many families. We need to empower students and families to make informed decisions, streamline and improve student aid, and protect the 529 plan that helps parents save for their child’s higher education.

Healthcare Reform

We need reform of our healthcare system that truly lowers costs and delivers better care. I believe that people should be able to choose their own doctors and a health care plan that works for their needs. Sadly, Obamacare did not accomplish that. Obamacare has caused premiums to go up an average of 5% for New Yorkers, while many people have lost their doctors and are paying more out-of-pocket. Obamacare also puts unnecessary burdens on small businesses, who are being forced to hire less people because of mandated costs. We should keep the positive aspects of the law, like prohibiting insurance companies from denying coverage to people with pre-existing conditions and allowing children to stay on their parent’s plan until age 26, while reforming other parts like medical malpractice and increasing competition by allowing people to purchase insurance across state lines. These reforms would have a tremendous impact on actually lowering healthcare costs, while allowing people more choices for their healthcare needs.

Veterans

We owe an enormous debt of gratitude to the men and women in the armed services. Too often, the sacrifice they made on behalf of our nation is forgotten when they return home. The scandals that rocked the Veterans Administration are a stain on our nation. Our veterans deserve quality care near their home. I support the Veterans Healthcare Choice Improvement Act, which provides necessary funding to the VA to avert the potential for medical services cuts and hospital closures. The bill also provides up to $500 million for lifesaving Hepatitis C treatments for our veterans.

Local Labor Force

Just as I have as district attorney, I will fight relentlessly against cuts to law enforcement resources and take a strong stand for New York’s labor force. The NYPD and FDNY, along with other law enforcement agents and first responders are the finest in the nation. I will work to support fair and competitive wages, as well as fair work agreements, which protect our law enforcement agents, teachers, unions and their families. I have opposed the Trans-Pacific Partnership trade deal and voted against granting the President fast-track authority. I will continue to fight against any trade deals that harm American jobs.[4]

Democratic Party Max Rose

Rose's campaign website stated the following:

Stopping Gun Violence

There have been nearly 300 school shootings in America since that day in Newtown five years ago. On any given day, 96 Americans are killed with guns, including seven who are children or teens. If we accept these deaths as the status quo, we’re insulting their memories. This does not have to be part of daily life in America.

As a combat veteran, Max supports our right to keep and bear arms. He also knows we can respect the Second Amendment while doing more to get guns out of the hands of dangerous people. Weapons of war do not belong on our streets.

Fixing Healthcare

Rising premiums and deductibles have rendered insurance useless for far too many, while also eating away at stagnant take-home pay. Meanwhile, companies like Mylan jack up the price of an EpiPen by 400% without a thought – or consequence.

As Chief of Staff at Brightpoint Health, Max helped working people get healthcare they could afford. He knows firsthand how underserved our community is when it comes to these vital services, and has taken active steps to address this issue, including helping bring a medical clinic and drug recovery center to the Island. Here are some of Max’s top healthcare priorities:

  • Create a public healthcare option so that no county has just one insurer
  • Enact all-payer rate-setting nationwide (as Maryland already does), giving the federal government the authority to negotiate the price of all medical services and set overall global budgets for hospital systems
  • Lower the age of Medicare eligibility to 55
  • Remove the healthcare system’s perverse profit incentives by transitioning to a system of valued based payments rather than fee-for-service
  • Mandate that all health insurance companies provide essential benefits on a non-profit basis, ensuring that shareholders don’t benefit to the detriment of patients
  • Protect public health through continued funding for Planned Parenthood, which provides much-needed health services to so many communities
  • Expand healthcare market subsidies
  • Fight any effort to restrict a woman’s right to choose
  • Move the healthcare industry’s focus to achieving outcomes through investments in primary and preventive care

Competition is the American way. It’s high time that we level the playing field, so insurance companies and healthcare systems are competing on both pricing and quality with Medicare and other federal healthcare options.

Infrastructure and Jobs

Staten Islanders and South Brooklynites know what it feels like to get stuck in expressway traffic or to wait forever for the R train. A generations-long comprehensive infrastructure plan, with built-in apprenticeships and job-training programs, would give people a chance to build their futures at the same time they rebuild our highways. We need a serious, substantial bill that will create jobs, improve commutes and create a better quality of life for everyone in New York’s 11th Congressional District.

  • Change federal funding formulas that discriminate against Staten Island and South Brooklyn, so we can get our fair share of funding. New York sends $48 billion a year to DC to fund the nation’s transportation priorities, but the federal Department of Transportation’s funding formulas prevent cities with more than 200,000 residents from receiving federal dollars to cover operating expenditures. Max will fight to raise the DOT funding cut off to include major urban centers, like New York City, who need the funding the most.
  • Add HOV Lanes to the West Shore Expressway and Finish the HOV SIE Lane: In the absence of federal leadership, state officials have taken the lead in improving the West Shore Expressway, but anyone who’s driven those roadways knows that’s just a start. It’s time to add an HOV lane to the West Shore Expressway, and to extend the SIE HOV lane all the way to the Goethals Bridge. Max will fight to secure federal funding to ensure those projects happen ASAP.
  • Secure federal funding to get the R-Train running more frequently and on time. We must modernize our signal system, fix track and station problems, and give New Yorkers a subway system that doesn’t leave Brooklyn residents stranded for hours waiting for the R-Train.
  • Take on City Hall to ensure Staten Island is connected to the citywide ferry service system. Mayor de Blasio promised a five-borough system, but once again Staten Island was left out. A South Shore Ferry isn’t just a nice idea, it’s a necessity for residents who have one of the longest commutes in the country. Max will take the fight to City Hall, so Staten Islanders get the ferry service we were promised.
  • Get the Staten Island Lightrail project moving. For years Staten Island light rail has been stuck in bureaucratic limbo with our members of Congress unable or unwilling to fund the studies that need to be completed before federal funding can be used for construction. Max will get the final study funded so that this game-changing project can move forward.
  • Implement two-way tolls on the Verrazano Bridge to reduce truck traffic. Not only do we have to pay a ridiculous toll to travel off the island, but commercial truck drivers take advantage of the one-way toll to dodge paying any tolls and then clog our streets in the process. With electronic toll collection now in place, there’s no reason we can’t switch to two-way tolls, splitting the cost of the current toll each way, to reduce truck traffic.
  • Putting the Gateway Tunnel on the Express Track: The Gateway Tunnel Project will create jobs for residents of Staten Island and South Brooklyn and completing the project is absolutely essential to New York’s economy. Max will work with members of both party to get this critical project built, even if the President disagrees.
  • Work with State and City Officials to Expedite North Shore Bus Rapid Transit: As local officials have already noted, we are years away from implementing the North Shore Bus Rapid Transit even as a development boom is expected to draw more New Yorkers to the North Shore than ever before. Max will work all levels of government to get this process sped up so that Staten Islanders aren’t left with even more gridlock and traffic while the MTA takes its time.
  • Seek a seat on the Transportation and Infrastructure Committee. Every minute residents of Staten Island and South Brooklyn spend stuck in traffic or waiting for public transportation is more unnecessary time they are kept from seeing their families. Max will seek a seat on the House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee so that they have a fierce advocate at the table where federal transportation decisions are made.

Ending the Drug Epidemic

Our community has been at the epicenter of the drug epidemic that’s swept across the country. It’ll take someone who understands the problem in all of its complexities to make sure we get the right kind of resources to fight back, and that’s Max Rose. As Chief of Staff at Brightpoint Health, Max helped bring a 24/7 drug recovery center to Staten Island—the first of its kind. He’ll take the same determination and innovative thinking to Congress, fighting for actual solutions to a national emergency that destroys lives one family at a time.

Just as FDR used the power of government to eradicate Polio, and as Congress passed the Ryan White Act to help curb the HIV/AIDS epidemic, Max believes we need a national commitment to beating opioids that includes:

Ensuring not one more life is needlessly lost to a preventable overdose by:

  • Reducing federal roadblocks to medically-assisted treatment: Suboxone is a life-saving drug that can diminish cravings for and withdrawal from opioids. Federal regulations restrict the amounts that doctors can prescribe and do not reflect the fact that in today’s healthcare world, Physician Assistants and Nurses provide a large portion of critical care. Congress must roll back these restrictions to ensure that victims of the opioid crisis are able to get the treatment they need to beat their addiction. Expanding access for Medical Marijuana is also critical and has been proven to help in communities hit hardest by the epidemic.
  • Improving prescriber training: Since 1999, US opioid prescription rates have tripled, and these prescriptions are often the gateway to addiction. Congress must mandate continuing pain medication training for doctors, and create resources for medical and pharmacy schools to eliminate over-prescribing.
  • Building on local successes: District Attorney Mike McMahon has launched multiple campaigns and partnerships to raise public awareness and prevent overdoses including SIHOPE, and helped equip NYPD officers with the Naloxone treatments they used to save nearly 300 lives last year. He was also a national pioneer in treating overdose cases as crimes, allowing law enforcement to conduct homicide investigations and bring those responsible to justice. Thanks in large part to his efforts, overdose deaths on Staten Island fell more than 25 percent last year. As a Congressman, I’ll introduce legislation to provide more federal funding for DA offices across the country, so that they finally have the resources necessary to implement local solutions to this crisis.

Getting victims of the opioid epidemic the support and treatment they need by:

  • Ensuring the federal funding necessary to end the crisis: The opioid epidemic is the largest public health crisis facing our generation. Ending it once and for all will require the federal government to ensure that all aspects of treatment, from grant programs for building clinics and expanding recovery services, to research by SAMSA and the NIH, are adequately funded. Just as the Ryan White Act provided funding to improve the availability of care for HIV/AIDS patients, so too must a new spending bill unleash the full power of the federal government to eliminate the scourge of the opioid crisis.
  • Improving provider communication and expand treatment options: As a Congressman, I’ll lead the effort to repeal the IMD exclusion, and fight to fund new outpatient clinics that handle substance abuse, mental health treatment, primary care, and wrap-around programs under one roof, improving inter-party communication that studies have shown is our greatest obstacle to eradicating this crisis.

Maintaining and expanding healthcare access: Victims of the opioid epidemic must be able to pay for treatment, and in New York, that often means funding through Medicaid. Medicaid funding is responsible for 38% of NY’s opioid fight funding, per the Kaiser Family Foundation, and Medicaid covers 4/10 adults with opioid addiction. Congress must resist Republican efforts to eliminate funding to Medicaid, because without a fully-funded healthcare system, this crisis will only get worse.

  • Expanding clinic access in underserved areas: Researchers at Columbia University found that the opioid epidemic touches Staten Islanders “from all neighborhoods, races, ages, and socioeconomic backgrounds,” and that “some areas with the most overdoses are also the most underserved in terms of opioid addiction treatment clinics.” There are only two methadone providers on the island, and just three inpatient clinics, only one of which offers detox. We need funding to double the number of clinics on Staten Island, to ensure that anyone impacted by this crisis has the resources they need to get better.

Bringing drug companies and drug dealers to justice by:

  • Supporting a federal lawsuit against opioid manufacturers: Congress must hold drug corporations financially and criminally responsible for the death and destruction they’ve brought to our country. Just as the government sued cigarette companies for the damage they willfully inflicted on Americans, it’s time for the federal government to join cities and states across the country, Republicans and Democrats alike, in forcing these drug companies, who misled the scientific community about the harmful effects of opioids for decades, to reform, pay up, and be brought to justice.
  • Empowering law enforcement to stop the flow of fentanyl-laced drugs: As the opioid epidemic has progressed, many people have moved from painkillers to cocaine and heroin. But much of this heroin and cocaine is now laced with the opioid fentanyl — often without the knowledge of the people buying the drug. Congress must arm law enforcement agencies and the US Postal Service with the manpower and technology necessary to catch fentanyl as it’s being transported.
  • Changing federal laws that handcuff law enforcement: Both parties let drug industry lobbyists write laws that prevented the DEA from going after prescription drug distributers who fail to report suspicious orders from pharmacies, and both parties have failed to follow New York’s lead and create a federal I-STOP program to prevent doctor shoppers and pharmacy shoppers from illegally obtaining and filling multiple prescriptions. Congress must stop protecting drug companies that write large campaign checks, and instead empower the DEA and other federal law enforcement agencies to adequately address and stop this crisis.

Protecting Our Rights

From an Attorney General who vehemently opposes criminal justice reform to executive orders that target our nation’s most vulnerable, the Trump Administration is rolling back decades of progress on civil rights and voting rights. We must:

  • Foster truly meaningful criminal justice reform by working with affected communities, the judicial system and law enforcement to mend the divides between the criminal justice system and communities of color
  • Protect and advance our rights to privacy and individual choice, which allow women to make their own healthcare decisions
  • Pass comprehensive immigration reform, protect DACA recipients, and help hard-working families share in the American dream
  • Remove mandatory sentences for non-violent offenses, so Judges can fairly and appropriately administer the law
  • Ensure no soldier is disqualified from serving because of their gender identity. When Max was in harm’s way, it never mattered whether the soldier to his left or right was transgender. What mattered was that they had his back.
  • Safeguard the right of every eligible American to have their voice heard in our elections
  • Provide resources for DA’s offices across the country to investigate and prosecute animal abuse cases, which studies have shown are indicators of a propensity for violence.

Our Government is here to keep us safe and protect our rights. It’s time D.C. started acting like it.

American Leadership

As a veteran, Max understands that while America can’t solve all the world’s problems, none of those problems can be solved without America.

In the last year and a half, trusted allies have been insulted and the world has come to doubt that America’s word is its bond. It’s no surprise that our adversaries feel empowered as a result. Max will fight to protect and promote the legacy of global leadership our parents and grandparents worked so hard to build. That means adhering to these 10 principles:

  • Respecting and working with our NATO allies
  • Re-joining the Paris Climate Agreement and combating the effects of climate change
  • Safeguarding human rights
  • Empowering women and girls around the world
  • Championing a free press
  • Promoting efforts to counteract income inequality
  • Leading the way in a competitive global marketplace
  • Supporting Israel, and being firmly committed to a two-state solution to the Israeli-Palestinian conflict through US support of direct, bilateral negotiations aimed at resolving conflict and regional discord
  • Recognizing Russia as a hostile foreign power and holding the Kremlin accountable for its attempts to undermine the sovereignty and democratic values of other nations
  • Providing the State Department the resources it needs to engage with the world on all fronts, through diplomacy, humanitarian aid, and economic development.

One of Max’s proudest moments was attending the citizenship ceremony of one of the soldiers who served under his command in Afghanistan. There is something uniquely special about an America which encourages people from around the world to put on our uniform in the hopes of one day calling themselves an American citizen. That’s something we need to protect.

Standing up for Working People

The people of Staten Island and South Brooklyn wake up every day and work their hearts out to keep this city and country going. And what have they gotten for that hard work? Politicians in Washington who cater to corporations and special interests’ demands, rigging the system for their benefit, while middle and working-class Americans get screwed over or left behind. In Congress, Max will fight for the America we know is possible – one where we can create good-paying jobs as we rebuild our infrastructure with union labor. He’ll lead the fight against national right-to-work and advocate for stronger labor laws that make it easier for workers to unionize.

Right now, the laws prohibiting employers from firing workers who are organizing are very weak and the penalties are too light. This makes it too easy for big businesses like Charter Spectrum to put profits ahead of the hardworking members of Local 3 who do the work right here in this district.

At the national level, Max will vehemently oppose any efforts to repeal the Davis-Bacon Act, which requires government contractors to pay the local prevailing wages for work on federally funded projects. Repealing Davis-Bacon Act would be disastrous for states like New York, and Staten Island in particular, where the cost of living is so high. Max will never allow the union workers in his district to get screwed over.

Education

As automation continues to eliminate more and more jobs, Congress has done nothing except pay lip service to addressing the challenges facing theAmerican worker. One reason: far too many politicians have looked down on manufacturing jobs or skilled labor careers as a back-up rather than the bedrock of the middle class. Not Max. He’ll fight to expand vocational education and manufacturing institutes, renewing our commitment to supporting skilled labor.

But he won’t stop there. Max will fight to ensure that teachers and public schools have the right kind of resources to prepare our kids for the challenges of the 21st century, so that all kids have a shot at good job opportunities with or without a college degree. And instead of saddling those who do choose to go to college with mountains of debt, Max will work to lower student loan interest rates to the same levels that bailed-out banks received at the height of the financial crisis. His ultimate goal: making college debt free. Plain and simple, Max believes the federal government should not be making a profit on educational loans. It’s unacceptable.

Max does not believe Mayor’s plan to end the SHSAT is the best way to ensure that New York City’s children have the greatest education available to them. He believes we should be focused on ensuring that the city spends the millions of dollars allocated by the state to provide prep and training for the SHSAT correctly – which he does not believe they are doing so right now. Lowering standards, instead of aiming to lift every child up is the wrong decision for my district, and all of New York City’s children.

Tax Reform

It’s time families in Staten Island and South Brooklyn got their fair share of the prosperity they helped create. But for decades, special interests and giant corporations have used the tax code to rig the system and enrich themselves, even as wages and benefits for the American worker have stagnated. No corporation, no matter how big or powerful, should be able to exploit loopholes and rely on an army of lobbyists to avoid doing their part. And no company should be given a tax break for shipping jobs overseas or giving million-dollar bonuses to CEO’s while their workers struggle just to make it every day. That doesn’t just weaken the economy, it’s immoral.

Max will fight for a tax system that gives hard working Americans a tax cut, not corporations. He’ll fight to roll back the Republican tax bill that raised our taxes, made it harder for the middle class to get ahead, and added $1.5 trillion dollars to the deficit. He’ll work to pass a bill that looks out for us, not the special interests. That means raising the long-term capital gains tax rate for the wealthy so that billionaires no longer pay a lower tax rate than firefighters or teachers. It means raising the floor on the Alternative Minimum Tax – which has hurt middle class families– and meaningfully expanding the Earned Income Tax Credit to put more money in our wallets. And it means closing loopholes, like the carried interest loophole, that allow big corporations to dodge taxes and lower the overall corporate tax rate so that small businesses receive a tax cut.

Women's Rights

Ensuring equal pay for equal work, protecting a woman’s right to make her own healthcare decisions, and promoting gender equality in the workplace should all be universal values – and they’re values Max will defend and protect. He will:

  • Demand that Congress stop spending their time and our money trying to undo Roe v. Wade, and defend women’s right to make their own healthcare decisions
  • Fight for paid parental leave, the implementation of which could revolutionize workforce participation
  • Insist our government protects a woman’s right to equal pay for equal work
  • Reject any attempt to defund Planned Parenthood, which provides vital community health services to underserved communities
  • Stand up and speak out against sexual harassment and gender-based discrimination
  • Support programs to advance women’s participation in small business ownership and industries where they have traditionally be under-represented

For too long, women in America have had to fight the same battles over and over again. It’s time for Congress to start proactively supporting policies that give everyone the opportunity to reach their full potential.[37]

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Pivot Counties

See also: Pivot Counties by state

Eighteen of 62 New York counties—29 percent—are Pivot Counties. Pivot Counties are counties that voted for Barack Obama (D) in 2008 and 2012 and for Donald Trump (R) in 2016. Altogether, the nation had 206 Pivot Counties, with most being concentrated in upper midwestern and northeastern states.

Counties won by Trump in 2016 and Obama in 2012 and 2008
County Trump margin of victory in 2016 Obama margin of victory in 2012 Obama margin of victory in 2008
Broome County, New York 2.01% 5.31% 8.02%
Cayuga County, New York 11.64% 11.40% 8.48%
Cortland County, New York 5.58% 9.11% 9.96%
Essex County, New York 1.14% 18.77% 13.32%
Franklin County, New York 5.45% 26.07% 22.23%
Madison County, New York 14.20% 0.89% 0.87%
Niagara County, New York 17.75% 0.84% 1.00%
Orange County, New York 5.50% 5.65% 4.13%
Oswego County, New York 21.99% 7.93% 2.44%
Otsego County, New York 11.13% 2.72% 5.91%
Rensselaer County, New York 1.41% 12.19% 9.34%
St. Lawrence County, New York 8.82% 16.71% 16.33%
Saratoga County, New York 3.21% 2.44% 3.40%
Seneca County, New York 11.01% 9.08% 2.60%
Suffolk County, New York 6.84% 3.69% 5.99%
Sullivan County, New York 11.23% 9.02% 9.46%
Warren County, New York 8.47% 2.32% 2.64%
Washington County, New York 18.40% 1.90% 0.81%

In the 2016 presidential election, Hillary Clinton (D) won New York with 59 percent of the vote. Donald Trump (R) received 36.5 percent. In presidential elections between 1792 and 2016, New York voted Democratic 45.6 percent of the time and Republican 35 percent of the time. In the five presidential elections between 2000 and 2016, New York voted Democratic all five times.[38]

Presidential results by legislative district

The following table details results of the 2012 and 2016 presidential elections by state Assembly districts in New York. Click [show] to expand the table. The "Obama," "Romney," "Clinton," and "Trump" columns describe the percent of the vote each presidential candidate received in the district. The "2012 Margin" and "2016 Margin" columns describe the margin of victory between the two presidential candidates in those years. The "Party Control" column notes which party held that seat heading into the 2018 general election. Data on the results of the 2012 and 2016 presidential elections broken down by state legislative districts was compiled by Daily Kos.[39][40]

In 2012, Barack Obama (D) won 114 out of 150 state Assembly districts in New York with an average margin of victory of 46.5 points. In 2016, Hillary Clinton (D) won 99 out of 150 state Assembly districts in New York with an average margin of victory of 50.3 points. Clinton won four districts controlled by Republicans heading into the 2018 elections.
In 2012, Mitt Romney (R) won 36 out of 150 state Assembly districts in New York with an average margin of victory of 10.5 points. In 2016, Donald Trump (R) won 51 out of 150 state Assembly districts in New York with an average margin of victory of 17.6 points. Trump won 13 districts controlled by Democrats heading into the 2018 elections.


District history

2016

See also: New York's 11th Congressional District election, 2016

Heading into the election, Ballotpedia rated this race as safely Republican. Incumbent Daniel Donovan defeated Richard Reichard (D) and Henry Bardel (Green) in the general election on November 8, 2016. No candidate faced any opposition in the primaries on June 28, 2016.[42][43]

U.S. House, New York District 11 General Election, 2016
Party Candidate Vote % Votes
     Republican Green check mark transparent.pngDaniel Donovan Incumbent 61.6% 142,934
     Democratic Richard Reichard 36.7% 85,257
     Green Henry Bardel 1.7% 3,906
Total Votes 232,097
Source: New York Board of Elections

2014

See also: New York's 11th Congressional District elections, 2014

The 11th Congressional District of New York held an election for the U.S. House of Representatives on November 4, 2014. Incumbent Rep. Michael Grimm (R) defeated Domenic Recchia (D) and Henry Bardel (Green) in the general election.

U.S. House, New York District 11 General Election, 2014
Party Candidate Vote % Votes
     Republican Green check mark transparent.pngMichael Grimm Incumbent 54.8% 58,886
     Democratic Domenic Recchia 42.1% 45,244
     Green Henry Bardel 2.5% 2,687
     N/A Write-in votes 0.5% 546
Total Votes 107,363
Source: New York State Board of Elections, NYS Board of Elections Rep. in Congress Election Returns November 4, 2014," accessed August 30, 2021

State overview

Partisan control

This section details the partisan control of federal and state positions in New York heading into the 2018 elections.

Congressional delegation

State executives

State legislature

  • Democrats controlled both chambers of the New York State Legislature. They had a 104-41 majority in the state Assembly and a 32-31 majority in the state Senate.

Trifecta status

  • New York was a Democratic trifecta, meaning that the Democratic Party controlled the office of the governor, the state House, and the state Senate.

2018 elections

See also: New York elections, 2018

New York held elections for the following positions in 2018:

Demographics

Demographic data for New York
 New YorkU.S.
Total population:19,747,183316,515,021
Land area (sq mi):47,1263,531,905
Race and ethnicity**
White:64.6%73.6%
Black/African American:15.6%12.6%
Asian:8%5.1%
Native American:0.4%0.8%
Pacific Islander:0%0.2%
Two or more:2.9%3%
Hispanic/Latino:18.4%17.1%
Education
High school graduation rate:85.6%86.7%
College graduation rate:34.2%29.8%
Income
Median household income:$59,269$53,889
Persons below poverty level:18.5%11.3%
Source: U.S. Census Bureau, "American Community Survey" (5-year estimates 2010-2015)
Click here for more information on the 2020 census and here for more on its impact on the redistricting process in New York.
**Note: Percentages for race and ethnicity may add up to more than 100 percent because respondents may report more than one race and the Hispanic/Latino ethnicity may be selected in conjunction with any race. Read more about race and ethnicity in the census here.

As of July 2016, New York's three largest cities were New York (pop. est. 8,622,698), Hempstead (pop. est. 774,959), and Brookhaven (pop. est. 486,170).[44][45]

State election history

This section provides an overview of federal and state elections in New York from 2000 to 2016. All data comes from the New York State Board of Elections.

Historical elections

Presidential elections, 2000-2016

This chart shows the results of the presidential election in New York every year from 2000 to 2016.

Election results (President of the United States), New York 2000-2016
Year First-place candidate First-place candidate votes (%) Second-place candidate Second-place candidate votes (%) Margin of victory (%)
2016 Democratic Party Hillary Clinton 59.0% Republican Party Donald Trump 36.5% 22.5%
2012 Democratic Party Barack Obama 63.3% Republican Party Mitt Romney 35.2% 28.1%
2008 Democratic Party Barack Obama 62.9% Republican Party John McCain 36.0% 26.1%
2004 Democratic Party John Kerry 58.4% Republican Party George W. Bush 40.1% 18.3%
2000 Democratic Party Al Gore 60.2% Republican Party George W. Bush 35.2% 25.0%

U.S. Senate elections, 2000-2016

This chart shows the results of U.S. Senate races in New York from 2000 to 2016. Every state has two Senate seats, and each seat goes up for election every six years. The terms of the seats are staggered so that roughly one-third of the seats are up every two years.

Election results (U.S. Senator), New York 2000-2016
Year First-place candidate First-place candidate votes (%) Second-place candidate Second-place candidate votes (%) Margin of victory (%)
2016 Democratic Party Chuck Schumer 70.7% Republican Party Wendy Long 27.1% 43.6%
2012 Democratic Party Kirsten Gillibrand 67.6% Republican Party Wendy Long 24.7% 42.9%
2010 Democratic Party Chuck Schumer 64.0% Republican Party Jay Townsend 31.1% 32.9%
2008 Democratic Party Hillary Clinton 67.0% Republican Party John Spencer 31.0% 36.0%
2004 Democratic Party Chuck Schumer 71.2% Republican Party Howard Mills 24.2% 47.0%
2000 Democratic Party Hillary Clinton 55.3% Republican Party Rick Lazio 43.0% 22.3%

Gubernatorial elections, 2000-2016

This chart shows the results of the four gubernatorial elections held between 2000 and 2016. Gubernatorial elections are held every four years in New York.

Election results (Governor), New York 2000-2016
Year First-place candidate First-place candidate votes (%) Second-place candidate Second-place candidate votes (%) Margin of victory (%)
2014 Democratic Party Andrew Cuomo 50.3% Republican Party Rob Astorino 40.3% 10.0%
2010 Democratic Party Andrew Cuomo 61.0% Republican Party Carl Paladino 32.5% 28.5%
2006 Democratic Party Eliot Spitzer 65.3% Republican Party John Faso 27.1% 38.2%
2002 Republican Party George Pataki 49.4% Democratic Party Carl McCall 33.5% 15.9%

Congressional delegation, 2000-2016

This chart shows the number of Democrats and Republicans who were elected to represent New York in the U.S. House from 2000 to 2016. Elections for U.S. House seats are held every two years.

Congressional delegation, New York 2000-2016
Year Republicans Republicans (%) Democrats Democrats (%) Balance of power
2016 Republican Party 9 33.3% Democratic Party 18 66.7% D+7
2014 Republican Party 9 33.3% Democratic Party 18 66.7% D+7
2012 Republican Party 6 22.2% Democratic Party 21 77.8% D+15
2010 Republican Party 8 27.6% Democratic Party 21 72.4% D+13
2008 Republican Party 3 10.3% Democratic Party 26 89.6% D+23
2006 Republican Party 6 20.7% Democratic Party 23 79.3% D+17
2004 Republican Party 9 31.0% Democratic Party 20 69.0% D+9
2002 Republican Party 10 34.5% Democratic Party 19 65.5% D+9
2000 Republican Party 12 38.7% Democratic Party 19 61.3% D+7

Trifectas, 1992-2017

A state government trifecta occurs when one party controls both chambers of the state legislature and the governor's office.

New York Party Control: 1992-2025
Nine years of Democratic trifectas  •  No Republican trifectas
Scroll left and right on the table below to view more years.

Year 92 93 94 95 96 97 98 99 00 01 02 03 04 05 06 07 08 09 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25
Governor D D D R R R R R R R R R R R R D D D D D D D D D D D D D D D D D D D
Senate R R R R R R R R R R R R R R R R R D D R R R R R R R R D D D D D D D
Assembly D D D D D D D D D D D D D D D D D D D D D D D D D D D D D D D D D D



See also

Footnotes

  1. ↑ DCCC, "House Democrats Playing Offense," January 30, 2017
  2. ↑ Dan Donovan 2015 campaign website, "About," accessed May 4, 2015
  3. ↑ Dan Donovan 2018 campaign website, "Meet Dan," accessed October 2, 2018
  4. ↑ 4.0 4.1 Dan Donovan 2018 campaign website, "Issues," accessed October 2, 2018
  5. ↑ Max Rose 2018 campaign website, "About Max," accessed October 2, 2018
  6. ↑ Max Rose 2018 campaign website, "Fixing Healthcare," accessed October 2, 2018
  7. ↑ Max Rose 2018 campaign website, "Infrastructure and Jobs," accessed October 2, 2018
  8. ↑ Max Rose 2018 campaign website, "Home," accessed October 2, 2018
  9. ↑ 9.0 9.1 Hank Bardel for Congress, "Biography," accessed November 1, 2018
  10. ↑ Hank Bardel for Congress, "Issues," accessed November 1, 2018
  11. ↑ OpenSecrets.org, "Outside Spending," accessed September 22, 2015
  12. ↑ OpenSecrets.org, "Total Outside Spending by Election Cycle, All Groups," accessed September 22, 2015
  13. ↑ National Review.com, "Why the Media Hate Super PACs," November 6, 2015
  14. ↑ Politico, "Pelosi gives Playbook a preview of the Democratic majority," October 16, 2018
  15. ↑ Cook Political Report, "Introducing the 2017 Cook Political Report Partisan Voter Index," April 7, 2017
  16. ↑ FiveThirtyEight, "Election Update: The Most (And Least) Elastic States And Districts," September 6, 2018
  17. ↑ Staten Island Live, "President Barack Obama endorses Staten Island Democrat Max Rose," October 1, 2018
  18. ↑ 18.0 18.1 New York Daily News, "Cuomo fundraises for 2 Democratic congressional candidates," October 22, 2018
  19. ↑ The New York Post, "The Post’s endorsements in NY, NJ House races," October 20, 2018
  20. ↑ Cite error: Invalid <ref> tag; no text was provided for refs named politico2
  21. ↑ New York Post, "Giuliani to campaign in support of Donovan’s re-election bid," May 18, 2018
  22. ↑ Cite error: Invalid <ref> tag; no text was provided for refs named mooch
  23. ↑ Washington Examiner, "Paul Ryan backs Dan Donovan over Michael Grimm in New York GOP primary," October 11, 2017
  24. ↑ Cite error: Invalid <ref> tag; no text was provided for refs named newsweek
  25. ↑ 25.0 25.1 Real Clear Politics, "Primary in Staten Island -- Trump Country -- Worries GOP," June 8, 2018
  26. ↑ Politico, "Grimm and Donovan brawl in first of 2 primary debates," June 11, 2018
  27. ↑ Staten Island Advance, "In the Republican Primary, the Advance endorses Dan Donovan," June 17, 2018
  28. ↑ New York Post, "The Post endorses Dan Donovan for Congress," June 10, 2018
  29. ↑ Staten Island Live, "Police union backs Rep. Dan Donovan in primary race," June 5, 2018
  30. ↑ Staten Island Live, "New York state AFL-CIO endorses Rep. Daniel Donovan," April 12, 2018
  31. ↑ New York Post, "Staten Island’s Donovan gets Independence Party nod," February 28, 2018
  32. ↑ Dan Donovan for Congress, "Donovan Receives Reform Party Endorsement," February 26, 2018
  33. ↑ Staten Island Live, "Staten Island GOP endorses Rep. Daniel Donovan for re-election," February 22, 2018
  34. ↑ Staten Island Live, "State Conservative Party endorses Rep. Daniel Donovan," February 14, 2018
  35. ↑ Forward, "Jewish Veteran Flush With Cash Narrows Lead Of Republican On Staten Island," October 16, 2018
  36. ↑ New York Daily News, "Barack Obama endorses 11 New York congressional candidates, including Bronx progressive Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez," October 1, 2018
  37. ↑ Max Rose 2018 campaign website, "Issues," accessed October 2, 2018
  38. ↑ 270towin.com, "New York," accessed June 1, 2017
  39. ↑ Daily Kos, "Daily Kos Elections' statewide election results by congressional and legislative districts," July 9, 2013
  40. ↑ Daily Kos, "Daily Kos Elections' 2016 presidential results for congressional and legislative districts," February 6, 2017
  41. ↑ Democrats won Assembly District 9 in a special election on May 23, 2017. The seat was previously held by a Republican.
  42. ↑ New York State Board of Elections, "Filings received for the 2016 Primary Election," accessed May 15, 2016
  43. ↑ Politico, "New York House Races Results," June 28, 2016
  44. ↑ New York Demographics, "New York Cities by Population," accessed September 4, 2018
  45. ↑ U.S. Census Bureau, "Quickfacts New York," accessed September 4, 2018
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