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New York's 11th Congressional District election, 2020

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New York's 11th Congressional District
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Election details
Filing deadline: April 2, 2020
Primary: June 23, 2020
General: November 3, 2020
Pre-election incumbent:
Max Rose (Democrat)
How to vote
Poll times: 6 a.m. to 9 p.m. (general elections); primary times vary by county
Voting in New York
Race ratings
Cook Political Report: Toss-up
Inside Elections: Toss-up
Sabato's Crystal Ball: Lean Democratic
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Nicole Malliotakis (R) defeated incumbent Max Rose (D) in the general election for New York's 11th Congressional District on November 3, 2020.

Both the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee and the National Republican Congressional Committee prioritized this race.[1][2] Rose was endorsed by former President Barack Obama (D) and Malliotakis was endorsed by President Donald Trump (R).[3][4]

Rose was first elected in 2018, defeating Republican incumbent Daniel Donovan 53% to 47%. In 2016, Donovan garnered 62% of the vote to Richard Reichard’s (D) 37%. Previous to Rose’s election, the district had been represented by a Republican since 2011.

The 11th District was one of 31 U.S. House districts that Donald Trump (R) won in the 2016 presidential election and a Democratic candidate won in the 2018 midterm elections. Obama defeated Mitt Romney (R) in the 2012 presidential election in the district 52% to 47%.[5]

The race was expected to be competitive, with New York’s 11th being one of 40 seats gained by Democrats in the 2018 midterm elections. The outcome of this race affected partisan control of the U.S. House of Representatives in the 117th Congress. All 435 seats in the House were up for election. At the time of the election, Democrats had a 232 to 198 majority over Republicans. The Libertarian Party had one seat. Four seats were vacant. Democrats defended 30 districts Donald Trump (R) won in 2016. Republicans defended five districts Hillary Clinton (D) won in 2016.

New York's 11th Congressional District is located in the southeastern portion of the state and includes parts of Kings County and Richmond County.[6]


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Post-election analysis

The table below compares the vote totals in the 2020 presidential election and 2020 U.S. House election for this district. The presidential election data was compiled by Daily Kos.

Presidential and congressional election results, New York's 11th Congressional District, 2020
Race Presidential U.S. House
Democratic candidate Democratic Party 44.3 46.8
Republican candidate Republican Party 54.8 53.1
Difference 10.5 6.3

Election procedure changes in 2020

See also: Changes to election dates, procedures, and administration in response to the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic, 2020

Ballotpedia provided comprehensive coverage of how election dates and procedures changed in 2020. While the majority of changes occurred as a result of the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic, some changes occurred for other reasons.

New York modified its absentee/mail-in voting and candidate filing procedures for the November 3, 2020, general election as follows:

  • Absentee/mail-in voting: Absentee voting eligibility in the general election was extended to any voter who was "unable to appear personally at the polling place of the election district in which they are a qualified voter because there is a risk of contracting or spreading a disease causing illness to the voter or to other members of the public." The state launched an absentee ballot request portal.
  • Candidate filing procedures: The filing deadline for independent nominating petitions was extended to July 30, 2020.

For a full timeline about election modifications made in response to the COVID-19 outbreak, click here.

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Candidates and election results

General election

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

Nicole Malliotakis defeated incumbent Max Rose in the general election for U.S. House New York District 11 on November 3, 2020.

Candidate
%
Votes
✔
Image of Nicole Malliotakis
Nicole Malliotakis (R / Conservative Party)
 
53.1
 
155,608
Image of Max Rose
Max Rose (D / Independence Party)
 
46.8
 
137,198
 Other/Write-in votes
 
0.2
 
508

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

Total votes: 293,314
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Democratic primary election

The Democratic primary election was canceled. Incumbent Max Rose advanced from the Democratic primary for U.S. House New York District 11.

Republican primary election

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

Nicole Malliotakis defeated Joe Caldarera in the Republican primary for U.S. House New York District 11 on June 23, 2020.

Candidate
%
Votes
✔
Image of Nicole Malliotakis
Nicole Malliotakis
 
68.7
 
15,697
Image of Joe Caldarera
Joe Caldarera
 
30.8
 
7,046
 Other/Write-in votes
 
0.5
 
111

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

Total votes: 22,854
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Withdrawn or disqualified candidates

Conservative Party primary election

The Conservative Party primary election was canceled. Nicole Malliotakis advanced from the Conservative Party primary for U.S. House New York District 11.

Independence Party primary election

The Independence Party primary election was canceled. Incumbent Max Rose advanced from the Independence Party primary for U.S. House New York District 11.

Candidate profiles

This section includes candidate profiles created in one of two ways. Either the candidate completed Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection survey or Ballotpedia staff created a profile after identifying the candidate as noteworthy.[7] Ballotpedia staff compiled profiles based on campaign websites, advertisements, and public statements.

Max Rose

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Party: Democratic Party

Incumbent: Yes

Political Office: 

Biography:  Rose received a bachelor’s degree in history from Wesleyan University and a master's degree in philosophy and public policy from the London School of Economics. Rose served in the U.S. Army from 2010 to 2014 and as a captain in the National Guard. He worked as the chief of staff for Brightpoint Health and as director of public engagement and special assistant to Brooklyn District Attorney Ken Thompson (D).


Key Messages

The following key messages were curated by Ballotpedia staff. For more on how we identify key messages, click here.

Rose said he worked to increase healthcare access in response to coronavirus, secured funding to address opioid addiction, and preserved toll discounts.

Rose said his experience serving in the military informed his outlook as a bipartisan legislator.

Rose said Nicole Malliotakis (R) was dishonest. He said she changed policy positions during her 2020 campaign and said she did not serve her constituents’ interests during the coronavirus response.

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Sources: Facebook, "NEW AD," June 24, 2020; Facebook, "Back seat," July 7, 2020; Facebook, "When the virus hit," July 29, 2020; Facebook, "Uniform," October 5, 2020; Max Rose's 2020 campaign website, "About Max," accessed October 8, 2020; Ballotpedia, "Max Rose," accessed October 8, 2020

This information was current as of the candidate's run for U.S. House New York District 11 in 2020.

Nicole Malliotakis

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Party: Conservative Party

Incumbent: No

Political Office: 

Biography:  Malliotakis received a bachelor’s degree in communications from Seton Hall University and a master’s of business administration from Wagner College. She previously worked as a liaison for other New York politicians, including former state Senator John Marchi (R) and former Governor George Pataki (R). Malliotakis also worked as a public affairs manager at Con Edison.


Key Messages

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Malliotakis said she opposed reductions to police department budgets, the closing of Rikers Island, and ending cash bail. She said Max Rose (D) supported these positions.

Malliotakis said she helped secure funding and delivered supplies in response to Hurricane Sandy and the coronavirus pandemic.

Malliotakis said she supported Donald Trump’s (R) Tax Cuts and Jobs Act and opposed tax increases.

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Sources: Nicole Malliotakis' 2020 campaign website, "Issues," accessed October 9, 2020; YouTube, "MALLIOTAKIS DAY AFTER DAY," June 8, 2020; YouTube, "Thin Blue Line," August 7, 2020; New York Assembly, "Assemblymember - Nicole Malliotakis," accessed October 9, 2020; LinkedIn, "Nicole Malliotakis," accessed October 9, 2020

This information was current as of the candidate's run for U.S. House New York District 11 in 2020.

Polls

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New York's 11th Congressional District election, 2020: General election polls
Poll Date Democratic Party Rose Republican Party Malliotakis Other Margin of error Sample size Sponsor
NBC 4/Marist College October 18-19, 2020 46% 48% 6% ±4.7 650 --


Campaign finance

This section contains campaign finance figures from the Federal Election Commission covering all candidate fundraising and spending in this election.[8] It does not include information on fundraising before the current campaign cycle or on spending by satellite groups. The numbers in this section are updated as candidates file new campaign finance reports. Candidates for Congress are required to file financial reports on a quarterly basis, as well as two weeks before any primary, runoff, or general election in which they will be on the ballot and upon the termination of any campaign committees.[9] The chart below contains data from financial reports submitted to the Federal Election Commission.

Name Party Receipts* Disbursements** Cash on hand Date
Max Rose Democratic Party, Independence Party $9,323,126 $9,537,935 $23,184 As of December 31, 2020
Nicole Malliotakis Republican Party, Conservative Party $3,506,504 $3,483,560 $22,943 As of December 31, 2020

Source: Federal Elections Commission, "Campaign finance data," 2020. 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.

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.[10]

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.[11]

Race ratings

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Ballotpedia provides race ratings from four outlets: The Cook Political Report, Inside Elections, Sabato's Crystal Ball, and DDHQ/The Hill. Each race rating indicates if one party is perceived to have an advantage in the race and, if so, the degree of advantage:

  • Safe and Solid ratings indicate that one party has a clear edge and the race is not competitive.
  • Likely ratings indicate that one party has a clear edge, but an upset is possible.
  • Lean ratings indicate that one party has a small edge, but the race is competitive.[12]
  • Toss-up ratings indicate that neither party has an advantage.

Race ratings are informed by a number of factors, including polling, candidate quality, and election result history in the race's district or state.[13][14][15]

Race ratings: New York's 11th Congressional District election, 2020
Race trackerRace ratings
November 3, 2020October 27, 2020October 20, 2020October 13, 2020
The Cook Political ReportToss-upToss-upToss-upToss-up
Inside Elections with Nathan L. GonzalesToss-upToss-upToss-upToss-up
Larry J. Sabato's Crystal BallLean DemocraticToss-upToss-upToss-up
Note: Ballotpedia updates external race ratings every week throughout the election season.

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 endorsements
Endorsement Rose (D) Malliotakis (R)
Newspapers and editorials
The Jewish Press[16] ✔
Jewish Voice[17] ✔
Jewish World[18] ✔
New York Daily News[19] ✔
New York Post[20] ✔
Staten Island Advance[21] ✔
Elected officials
President Donald Trump (R)[22] ✔
Individuals
Former State Assemblyman Dov Hikind (D)[23] ✔
Former President Barack Obama (D)[24] ✔


Timeline

2020

Campaign advertisements

This section shows advertisements released in this race. Ads released by campaigns and, if applicable, satellite groups are embedded or linked below. If you are aware of advertisements that should be included, please email us.

Democratic Party Max Rose

Supporting Rose


Opposing Malliotakis

Republican Party Nicole Malliotakis

Supporting Malliotakis

"Work Boots" - Mlliotakis campaign ad, released September 16, 2020
"DAY AFTER DAY" - Malliotakis campaign ad, released June 8, 2020


Opposing Rose

"Keep The Change" - Malliotakis campaign ad, released October 27, 2020
"Teddy" - Malliotakis campaign ad, released October 26, 2020
"Who's Who" - Malliotakis campaign ad, released October 12, 2020
"Failing Us" - Malliotakis campaign ad, released September 21, 2020
"Hypocrite" - Malliotakis campaign ad, released September 8, 2020
"Open Season" - Malliotakis campaign ad, released August 26, 2020
"Thin Blue Line" - Malliotakis campaign ad, released August 7, 2020

Satellite group ads

Opposing Rose

"What a Phony" - National Republican Congressional Committee ad, released October 2, 2020

Debates and forums

October 14 debate

On October 14, 2020, Rose and Malliotakis participated in a debate hosted by Spectrum News NY1.

Click the links below for roundups of the debate from:

Campaign themes

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Democratic Party Max Rose

Rose’s campaign website stated the following:

“
  • Ending the Drug Epidemic
Our community has been at the epicenter of the drug epidemic that’s swept across the country. Max promised results and during his short time in Congress – he’s already delivered. Max fought for and won a $140 million increase in funding to combat the opioid crisis through prevention and treatment. And he led a bipartisan coalition of Congress to do it.
Max’s bill, the Fentanyl Sanctions Act, was signed into law by the President. It will combat the flow of deadly fentanyl into our community by imposing tough sanctions on any drug manufacturer in China, Mexico or anywhere else who produce and traffic illicit fentanyl. It also provides law enforcement with more tools and resources to go after opioid traffickers. Max teamed up with a Republican congressman from Arkansas to get the bill passed – because he will work with anyone at any time to get results and save lives. Read more here. He’s also breaking through red tape to get a state-of-the-art fentanyl screening lab built at JFK airport. This is needed because so much fentanyl comes into the U.S. from China via international mail through the mail depot at JFK.
Max co-lead the Joint Task Force to Combat Opioid Trafficking Act, a vital bill that creates a joint task force to enhance border security operations to detect, interdict, disrupt, and prevent fentanyl and other opioids from entering the U.S via the border. Again, Max worked with two Republican congressmen from Texas to get this passed in the House and it’s now awaiting approval in the Senate.
Max is also leading the charge to not let drug corporations off the hook and to hold them and their top leadership financially and criminally responsible for the death and destruction they’ve brought to our country.
Max is one of the few members of Congress with firsthand experience in combating the opioid crisis on the ground. As Chief of Staff at Brightpoint Health, a group of nonprofit clinics in our community, Max helped bring a 24/7 drug recovery center to Staten Island—the first of its kind. He’s taken that same determination and innovative thinking to Congress, fighting for actual solutions to a national emergency that destroys lives one family at a time.
Max is making sure victims of the opioid epidemic get the support and treatment they need by 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. Max is fighting all Republican efforts to eliminate funding to Medicaid, because without a fully-funded healthcare system, this crisis will only get worse.
Max refuses all donations from Corporate PACs and lobbyists, including from drug manufacturers , and wrote the bill to eliminate them entirely so they can no longer bankroll politicians.
  • Fixing Health Care and Lowering Drug Costs
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. But Max is getting results.
Max is helping to lead the charge to lower prescription drug prices. He helped pass the bill to finally let Medicare negotiate prescription drug prices and make the lower drug prices negotiated by Medicare available to all Americans, including those with private insurance. At the end of 2019, the House of Representatives passed this historic legislation, called the Lower Drug Costs Now Act. It included Max’s bill, the More Help for Seniors Act, which uses savings from negotiations to lower Medicare Part D copays and deductibles for low-income seniors. That day, Big Pharma lost, and the American people won. This legislation is now waiting for action in the Senate.
Max is also focused on the mental and physical health of our veterans. He serves on the House Committee on Veterans’ Affairs and Max’s bill, the FIGHT Veteran Suicide Act, passed the House. He’s now fighting to get it passed in the Senate and signed into law. This bipartisan bill is a key effort to respond to the surge of veterans committing suicide at VA hospitals and clinics.
The Breaking Barriers for Women Veterans Act, Max’s bipartisan bill to expand and improve VA care for our growing population of women veterans also passed the House and is awaiting action in the Senate.
Following a bipartisan tour of a VA health clinic in our district, the President’s VA Secretary Robert Wilkie said of Max: “It’s an honor for me to be here with a warrior, and I think it’s great for Staten Island—a borough with a military record of achievement that goes back hundreds of years, the highest number of veterans who served in World War II came from this borough—so having someone who speaks the language and understands the culture is absolutely key.” Read more here.
Max thinks outside the box about how to improve people’s lives. Max’s amendment to the Violence Against Women Act will bring the domestic violence crisis hotline into the 21st Century by finally allowing text messages, not just calls. This will ensure that even if a woman is in a dangerous situation and can’t make noise to call she can still get the help she so desperately needs. This amendment passed the House along with the larger bill and needs to be passed by the Senate as soon as possible.
Max is one of the few members of congress who worked in healthcare before being elected to serve their communities. 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.
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. Max has cosponsored multiple pieces of legislation that will create a public option, improve healthcare delivery, and improve Medicare.
  • Ending Our Commuting Nightmare and Rebuilding our Infrastructure
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. Max is fighting for 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. Max is working with Democrats and Republicans to make sure that we get the infrastructure bill that we deserve.
Since taking office Max has:
  • Gotten the bill that will allow for construction of the Staten Island East Shore Seawall signed into law by the President, allowing for construction to begin after years of delay.
  • Passed split-tolling, which will reduce the number of out-of-state drivers using our streets as a toll-free thoroughfare, while raising $185 million over 15 years that will be reinvested into Staten Island and South Brooklyn.
  • Supported State Senator Gounardes and Assemblymember Frontus’ proposal to extend the Verrazzano resident discount to Brooklynites.
  • Secured $9 million in federal funding to improve the Brooklyn bus system, making bus run faster while also being more safe for pedestrians and riders.
  • Fought attempts by the Administration to punish New York State when it comes to investing in our transportation infrastructure. New York sends $48 billion a year to DC to fund the nation’s priorities, but last year US DOT denied $342 million in grant funding that New York had requested.
  • Worked with state and local officials to advance the West Shore and North Shore Rapid Transit projects, the Staten Island and West Shore Expressway expansions, ensure that the Staten Island Fast Ferry comes on line in 2020, and worked with Borough President James Oddo to explore the feasibility of an East Shore Ferry line.
  • Pushed for out-of-the-box ideas like bifurcating the R-Train so that riders in Brooklyn aren’t delayed by a sick passenger in Queens.
  • Stood with New York City Transit President Andy Byford as the MTA began delivery of 77 new Local, Select and 50 new Express buses through 2021.
  • Stopping Gun Violence
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.
Max supports common-sense gun legislation that’s supported by 94% of American citizens, like universal background checks. During his first year in Congress, Max voted in favor of HR 8, the Bipartisan Background Checks Act of 2019 to do just that.
Max also supports:
  • getting guns out of the hands of domestic abusers,
  • empowering law enforcement and families to retain someone’s firearms if they are a danger to themselves or others.
  • reinstating the Assault Weapons Ban, since weapons of war do not belong on our streets.
  • including untraceable and unregistered weapons, called ghost guns, in Department of Homeland Security’s annual terrorism threat assessment.
Since taking office he has passed bills that:
  • Direct the intelligence community to study the threat of “ghost guns” in the hands of terrorists.
  • establish universal background checks and close the gun show loophole
  • close the “Charleston loophole” so that someone who is prohibited from buying a gun isn’t able to get one even if the FBI isn’t able to complete the background check within three days
  • Allocate $25 million for CDC and NIH to study firearms injury and mortality prevention for the first time in 20 years.
  • Counterterrorism and Homeland Security
As both an Army Combat veteran and a Jewish member of Congress, Max understands the seriousness of protecting his constituents from vile acts of terrorism, hate, and prejudice. During his term, Max has secured millions in funding to protect New York City against terrorism and racist violence. Our world is changing, and so are the ways in which extremist groups inflict acts of extremism and terrorism. And in one of the most diverse cities in the world, no one should live in fear of racist or anti-semitic violence that have become a nearly daily occurrence.
  • Got a $90 million increase in counterterrorism funding that New York City relies upon.
  • Secured a $30 million increase in Nonprofit Grant Security Program funding to help protect religious institutions.
  • Is leading the charge to recognize, label, and treat transnational white nationalist groups as foreign terrorist organizations.
  • Had the House Committee on Homeland Security unanimously approve his bill, the Transnational White Supremacist Extremism Review Act, which will ensure our law enforcement is able to properly assess security threats and keep us safe.
  • Chaired two major hearings at the House Committee on Homeland Security on the wave of anti-Semitic violence in our communities after a series of disgusting assaults on Orthodox Jews in NY and NJ.
  • Introduced the Raising the Bar Act, which works to reduce the amount of terrorist content circulating across social media platforms.
  • Supporting Law Enforcement and First Responders
As the first post-9/11 combat veteran serving New York City in elected office, Max’s top priority is the safety and security of our community. Max was chosen to serve as the Chairman of the House Committee on Homeland Security’s Subcommittee on Intelligence, where he advocates for our city’s Bravest and Finest everyday. Max fought for and won a $90 million dollar increse in the counter-terrorism funding that NYC relies upon.
Max has stood with law enforcement and bipartisan colleagues from across the state in calling for Albany to fix the recent bail and discovery laws and protect victims of crimes.
He also went to bat for our NYPD officers and called on the Mayor to finally boost their pay to be competitive with NYS Troopers and MTA officers. Max always speaks out against attacks on our police officers, because he knows that our brothers and sisters in blue are making sacrifices daily to keep us safe.
Time and again, Max gets it done. Max led the fight to reauthorize and fully fund the 9/11 Victim Compensation Fund to ensure that all of our first 9/11 responders get the care and compensation they deserve.
Following the surge in police officers dying by suicide in New York City, Max fought for and secured an increase to more than double the funding for law enforcement mental healthcare. Max prioritizes the needs of the law enforcement community. When the NYPD let Max know that ghost guns were becoming a greater concern for them, he took action. These untraceable homemade weapons are assembled from parts or even 3D printed. Max got a bill signed into law by the President that will ensure a threat assessment regarding terrorist use of ghost guns and requires the Department of Homeland Security to share this threat assessment with local law enforcement.
  • Rooting out Corruption
When Max ran for Congress two years ago, he did it for a pretty simple reason: our problems were being ignored and if we weren’t being ignored we were getting screwed over by a bunch of politicians more focused on cashing out to corporate lobbyists than getting results for the people who put them in office. They’d take our tax money, our votes, and break every promise they made because they thought they could get away with it. And maybe until then they had—but in 2018 we said enough was enough.
Max has run his campaign by telling corporate PACs and federal lobbyists to keep their damn money. By fighting to ban corporate PACs entirely, close lobbyist loopholes, overturn Citizens United, and increase transparency, Max is fighting against corruption and special interests every day. He believes that it is time to put government back on the side of working people. We came one step closer to achieving that by passing the most sweeping anti-corruption legislation in a generation: HR 1, the For the People Act, which makes it easier for people to vote, getting dark money out of politics, and demanding accountability from politicians.
Since taking office, Max has:
  • Introduced the Ban Corporate PACs Act, to get corporate money and special interests out of our democracy once and for all.
  • Established End Corruption, a caucus comprised of the nation’s most promising lawmakers united against dark money, Big Pharma, and unaccountable politicians.
  • Introduced the Transparency in Executive Branch Officials Finances Act, to ensure that no Executive Branch official can use their influence to foster undisclosed foreign business ties for their families–whether you’re Joe Biden, or Donald Trump.
  • Co-led the Save Lives Act, to prevent Big Pharma and their corporate PACs from lining DC politicians’ pockets with their blood money.
  • Fighting 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.
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 to put profits ahead of the hard-working union members who do the work right here in this district.
Our country’s union members have been ripped off for too long, which is why Max is proud to have led the effort to ensure that we put government back on the side of working people, by passing the PRO Act. The Protecting the Right to Organize (PRO) Act authorizes civil monetary penalties against employers who violate the National Labor Relations Act, protect workers from retaliation due to efforts to join a union, expand coverage of who is defined as an employee under the NLRA, and protect workers’ right to engage in collective action.
Max has also helped pass legislation to:
  • providing these officers and other TSA employees the worker rights and protections afforded to most other Federal workers under Title 5 of the U.S. Code.
  • Protect older workers against age discrimination
  • Protect health care and social service workers from violence in the workplace.
  • Protect against outsourcing by requiring public companies to disclose the number of employees they and their subsidiaries have in each state and foreign country.
  • Ban requirements to arbitrate employment, consumer, civil rights, and antitrust disputes from being imposed before a dispute arises.
  • Protect workers’ pension by allowing plans to borrow money to remain solvent.
  • Raise the minimum wage from $7.25 to $15 over six years, and indexing it to median wage growth.
  • Secure home healthcare workers with retirement benefits and allow long-term, part-time workers to join a 401(k) plan.
  • Allow workers to participate in class action lawsuits that challenge systemic pay discrimination.
  • Education
As automation continues to eliminate more and more jobs, Congress has done nothing except pay lip service to addressing the challenges facing the American 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 is fighting to expand vocational education and manufacturing institutes, renewing our commitment to supporting skilled labor.
Max wants 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 is working 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 the 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 our 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’s constituents on Staten Island and in South Brooklyn are struggling due to the high state, local, and property taxes hitting them and their small businesses. The most recent tax bill, which capped the State & Local Tax Deduction (SALT) at $10,000 per household, allowed for tax cuts for drug companies and billionaires on the backs of cops, firefighters, teachers, nurses and homeowners across the district. Max cosponsored the bipartisan Restoring Tax Fairness for States and Localities Act of 2019, which eliminated the $10,000 cap on the SALT deduction and created a new deduction for first responders.
Max is fighting for a tax system that gives hard working Americans a tax cut, not corporations. He believes we need 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 has defended while in Congress. He has:
  • Championed the successful passage of the Violence Against Women Act in the House to protect Americans from abuse, and to ensure survivors have access to essential services
  • Demanded that Congress stop spending their time and our money trying to undo Roe v. Wade, and defended women’s right to make their own healthcare decisions
  • Fought for paid parental leave by cosponsoring the FAMILY Act, the gold standard in providing working people paid leave when they need it most
  • Insisted our government protect a woman’s right to equal pay for equal work by cosponsoring and passing the Paycheck Fairness Act
  • Rejected any attempt to defund Planned Parenthood, which provides vital community health services to underserved communities
  • Stood up and spoke out against sexual harassment and gender-based discrimination
  • Supported programs to advance women’s participation in small business ownership and industries where they have traditionally been under-represented
  • Introduced The Breaking Barriers for Women Veterans Act, a bipartisan bill to expand and improve VA care for our growing population of women veterans
  • 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.[28]
 ”
—Max Rose’s campaign website (2020)[29]


Republican Party Nicole Malliotakis

Malliotakis' campaign website stated the following:

“
  • Animal Welfare
Nicole is an animal lover and owner of adopted dogs. She has sponsored legislation that would protect those without a voice and worked to improve conditions at animal shelters.
Nicole holds an annual pet adoption event with P.L.U.T.O. Rescue and works to encourage the adoption of pets before they are euthanized. Nicole has sponsored new state laws preventing animal cruelty and sponsored free veterinary care for local pets following Superstorm Sandy.
  • Education
Nicole has worked to strengthen parent involvement in our schools and protect vital educational programs, like after-school and community-based Pre-K programs. Her advocacy helped curtail the federal government’s overreach into state and local education decisions and produced significant improvements to Common Core. Nicole wrote a state law responsible for preventing the closure of a local teen intervention center and she has provided a strong voice of opposition to both New York City’s plan to lower admission standards for its specialized high schools and close Gifted and Talented schools.
Nicole also successfully intervened to protect traditional activities like the Father-Daughter Dance and cursive writing education when the New York City sought to eliminate them from our schools. Nicole regularly meets with schoolchildren to promote her anti-littering campaign and encourage a return to discipline and civility in the classroom. Currently, New York City receives nearly $2.5 billion in federal education funding. Nicole will work to ensure that every dollar is spent in the classroom educating students and preparing them for the future, instead of being wasted by the NYC Department of Education’s sprawling bureaucracy.
  • Environment
Nicole has been a leader in environmental protection as a member of the State Assembly. She worked to advance state measures to ensure both clean air and clean water and to combat beach erosion. Following Superstorm Sandy, Nicole helped prevent residential development in sensitive area wetlands, wrote a law requiring some neighborhoods destroyed by Sandy to be returned to their natural state and supported a new law requiring state agencies to consider future climate risk due to rising sea levels and storm flooding.
This year, Nicole voted to establish goals for New York to reduce greenhouse gas emissions and expand the use of renewable energy. As our voice in Congress, Nicole will deliver the federal funding needed to properly maintain Staten Island’s three federal parks.
  • Ethics
Nicole has been a leading voice for government reform and transparency. As a member of the State Assembly, Nicole was one of the first to call for the resignation of New York State Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver after it was determined that he used taxpayer funds to cover up sexual harassment and abuse by a powerful State Assemblyman and Democratic Party leader.
Nicole also vocally advocated for good government reforms that now disclose every vote taken by members of the State Assembly and she enacted a new state law taking pensions away from elected officials convicted of corruption and betraying the public trust. Unlike Rep. Max Rose, Nicole opposes H.R. 1 which would funnel billions of dollars in taxpayer money to candidates for federal office and, in states and municipalities across the country, led to the abuse of taxpayer money.
  • Healthcare
Nicole believes in making comprehensive health care more affordable for children, families and seniors. In the State Assembly, Nicole voted to provide protections to ensure that individuals with pre-existing conditions could purchase health insurance and expand the state’s Elderly Pharmaceutical Insurance Coverage program to provide lower prescription drug costs for seniors.
Unlike Rep. Max Rose who supports socialized healthcare system that would produce longer wait times and fewer patient choices, Nicole supports efforts to reform and strengthen our system, with an effective safety net to ensure those in need are never denied the care they deserve. Nicole will build on her record in the State Legislature by preventing price gouging by pharmaceutical companies, investing in preventative care — like her vote to promote childhood vaccinations – and ensure that New York hospitals have the resources to both lead the world in medical advancement and deliver lifesaving care.
  • Immigration
As the daughter of immigrants, Nicole understands the promise of the American Dream and has advocated for Washington to fix the broken immigration system that has left so many in the shadows. Nicole strongly supports strengthening our border security to help stem the tide of illegal immigration, as well as increased investment in U.S. Customs and Border Protection and U.S. Customs and Immigration Enforcement. Unlike Rep. Max Rose, Nicole opposed the passage of H.R. 6, which would have provided amnesty to more than two million immigrants in the United States illegally and its provisions prohibiting immigration officials from using state and federal gang databases to prevent gang members from accessing this program.
In the New York State Assembly, Nicole has vocally opposed sanctuary city policies and laws providing state tuition assistance and drivers licenses to undocumented immigrants. While Nicole successfully led the effort to block legislation allowing illegal immigrants to register to vote in New York State, Rose opposed efforts to stop liberal cities like New York and San Francisco from allowing illegal immigrants to vote in municipal elections. Nicole also sued New York City to prevent the destruction of background documents and other records associated with the IDNYC program, which provides New York City-issued identification cards to undocumented immigrants.
  • Job Creation
As the daughter of small business owners who emigrated to this country to build a better life, Nicole has witnessed first-hand the challenges associated with starting a business in New York City. In the State Assembly, Nicole has earned a reputation as an ardent opponent of burdensome regulations, red tape and taxes that make it difficult for businesses to survive and thrive in our communities. A strong supporter of the job-creating power of President Trump’s tax cuts, Nicole also believes in investing more resources in vocational training opportunities, so that those who choose not to attend college can obtain a life skill, earn higher wages and build a career in which they can support themselves and their families.
While Rep. Max Rose joined a partisan effort to undermine President Trump’s United States-Mexico-Canada Trade Agreement, Nicole led the effort in the State Assembly to build public support for the USMCA which will benefit American businesses, workers and consumers. In 2018, New York sent over $17 billion in exports to Canada and Mexico and the USMCA will increase economic activity and job creation in the shipping and container port industry on Staten Island and in South Brooklyn.
  • Military
Nicole strongly supports President Trump’s historic investment in our military, including state-of-the-art new equipment and the largest pay raise for our troops in a decade. As a community leader, Nicole worked with Congress to protect Fort Hamilton. As a member of Congress, she will work to continue this investment and protect the Fort Hamilton Army Base in Brooklyn and ensure it never closes.
  • Quality of Life
Nicole’s highest priority is protecting the quality-of-life in our neighborhoods. She regularly holds volunteer clean-up events in area parks, brought bike rentals to the boardwalk and sponsors health fairs, breast cancer screenings, CPR training, yoga and other free community events. Nicole also organizes prescription drug collection bins in NYPD precincts throughout the area to remove opioids and other highly-addictive drugs from homes.
Nicole has vocally opposed Mayor de Blasio’s plan to close Rikers Island and build jails across the five boroughs, as well as the establishment of supervised injection centers for addicts in our community.
  • Seniors
Nicole has spent her career fighting for seniors on Staten Island and in South Brooklyn. She has worked hard to make Access-A-Ride more convenient and protect state funding for local senior centers. Nicole voted to expand the state EPIC program to supplement out-of-pocket Medicare Part D prescription costs for seniors and she is working to provide more financial assistance to seniors caring for an ill spouse. She also helped lower rents for seniors living on fixed incomes.
As a member of Congress, Nicole’s priority will be strengthening both Medicare and Social Security to ensure seniors receive the full benefits of these programs. In addition, Nicole is committed to fighting price gouging and other predatory practices that increase the cost of prescription medications and she will ensure that New York receives its fair share of federal funding for hospitals, senior housing and other senior services.
  • Superstorm Sandy
On October 29, 2012, Superstorm Sandy hit the shores of New York, taking lives and devastating neighborhoods. Nicole’s State Assembly district was the hardest hit by Superstorm Sandy. Nicole immediately began delivering food, water and clothing, and organized clean-up efforts. She helped hundreds of families throughout the rebuilding process and earned national praise for her project restoring and returning recovered family photos.
In the State Assembly, Nicole led the effort to secure $151 million in state funding for the East Shore Sea Wall. Nicole also wrote a new state law protecting neighborhoods affected by Superstorm Sandy buy-outs from future development. In Congress, Nicole will continue her efforts to ensure the Sea Wall is constructed with no more delays and harden our region’s defenses against future storms.
  • Taxes
Nicole strongly supports President Trump’s Tax Cuts and Jobs Act which is responsible for the unprecedented level of job creation and economic growth achieved during the President’s first term but strongly believes Congress must restore the State and Local Tax (“SALT”) exemption to ease the tax burden on hardworking New York families.
In the State Assembly, Nicole proudly voted against tax increases 336 times and, during her campaign for New York City Mayor, she fought against inequity in city property taxes — leading to the creation of a property tax commission to review the entire system. As a proud fiscal conservative with a record of voting against out-of-control spending increases in Albany, Nicole will be a responsible steward of our federal tax dollars and stand up against the liberal tax-and-spend agenda.
  • Transportation
Nicole has been a leading advocate for improved public transportation on Staten Island and in South Brooklyn. She successfully fought to restore local bus service, including continuous x1 express service and the restoration of B37 and S93 and weekend service on S76 and X27, and she has been a leader in the effort to upgrade MTA subway signals to Communication Based Train Control to ease overcrowding and end service delays. Nicole sued the Port Authority to require the transparency that led to a multi-trip discount on the Port Authority’s three Staten Island bridges and also waged the public fight to get Governor Cuomo to reduce the Verrazzano Bridge discount for Staten Island
In Congress, Nicole will work to secure New York’s fair share of federal mass transit funding. Currently, New York only receives 16% of federal mass transit funding, while we have over 30% of total national ridership. These resources would help expand service, ease traffic congestion and improve the system’s state of good repair, which is largely responsible for the 70,000 subway delays each month. Unlike Max Rose, Nicole would ensure any attempt to implement two-way tolling on the Verrazzano Bridge results in the surplus being used to lower the toll for Brooklynites and Staten Islanders, not go to the MTA bottomless money pit.
  • Veterans
Nicole believes that we must do more to assist the brave men and women who have honorably served our country. In the State Assembly, Nicole successfully fought to restore funding for peer-to-peer counseling and mental health programs for veterans.
She also led the effort to provide free college tuition to the children of military parents who died or were disabled in the line of duty and passed legislation requiring that a portion of state contracts be awarded to service-disabled veterans.
In Congress, Nicole will build upon this record by working to improve health care for veterans and she will prioritize mental health services to combat homelessness and suicide among veterans. This includes necessary funding for the Brooklyn Campus of the VA NY Harbor Healthcare System, the VA Medical Center in Sheepshead Bay and the Staten Island Community Clinic, as well as Nicole’s support for President Trump’s reforms to provide veterans with community care.
  • Public Safety
Like many, Nicole is concerned about public safety following law changes at the city and state level. She vocally opposed Mayor de Blasio’s plan to close Rikers Island as well as fought the establishment of supervised injection centers for addicts in our community. She supports our law enforcement and has been calling for changes to the state’s new bail law that doesn’t consider criminal history or if an individual is a threat to public safety, and includes serious crimes like homicide, strangulation, assault and drug dealing.[28]
 ”
—Nicole Malliotakis campaign website (2020)[30]


District represented by a Democrat in 2020 and won by Donald Trump in 2016

See also: U.S. House districts represented by a Democrat in 2020 and won by Donald Trump in 2016

This district was one of 30 Democratic-held U.S. House districts up in 2020 that Donald Trump (R) won in the 2016 presidential election. Most were expected to be among the House's most competitive elections in 2020.


2020 Democratic-held U.S. House districts won by Donald Trump in 2016
District Incumbent Ran in 2020? 2018 congressional margin 2016 presidential margin 2012 presidential margin
Arizona's 1st Democratic Party Tom O'Halleran Yes Democrats+7.7 Trump+1.1 Romney+2.5
Georgia's 6th Democratic Party Lucy McBath Yes Democrats+1.0 Trump+1.5 Romney+23.3
Illinois' 14th Democratic Party Lauren Underwood Yes Democrats+5.0 Trump+3.9 Romney+10
Illinois' 17th Democratic Party Cheri Bustos Yes Democrats+24.2 Trump+0.7 Obama+17
Iowa's 1st Democratic Party Abby Finkenauer Yes Democrats+5.1 Trump+3.5 Obama+13.7
Iowa's 2nd Democratic Party Dave Loebsack Retired Democrats+5.2 Trump+4.1 Obama+13.1
Iowa's 3rd Democratic Party Cindy Axne Yes Democrats+2.2 Trump+3.5 Obama+4.2
Maine's 2nd Democratic Party Jared Golden Yes Democrats+1.3 Trump+10.3 Obama+8.6
Michigan's 8th Democratic Party Elissa Slotkin Yes Democrats+3.8 Trump+6.7 Romney+3.1
Michigan's 11th Democratic Party Haley Stevens Yes Democrats+6.7 Trump+4.4 Romney+5.4
Minnesota's 2nd Democratic Party Angie Craig Yes Democrats+5.5 Trump+1.2 Obama+0.1
Minnesota's 7th Democratic Party Collin Peterson Yes Democrats+4.3 Trump+30.8 Romney+9.8
Nevada's 3rd Democratic Party Susie Lee Yes Democrats+9.1 Trump+1.0 Obama+0.8
New Hampshire's 1st Democratic Party Chris Pappas Yes Democrats+8.6 Trump+1.6 Obama+1.6
New Jersey's 3rd Democratic Party Andrew Kim Yes Democrats+1.3 Trump+6.2 Obama+4.6
New Jersey's 5th Democratic Party Josh Gottheimer Yes Democrats+13.7 Trump+1.1 Romney+3.0
New Jersey's 11th Democratic Party Mikie Sherrill Yes Democrats+14.6 Trump+0.9 Romney+5.8
New Mexico's 2nd Democratic Party Xochitl Torres Small Yes Democrats+1.9 Trump+10.2 Romney+6.8
New York's 11th Democratic Party Max Rose Yes Democrats+6.5 Trump+9.8 Obama+4.3
New York's 18th Democratic Party Sean Maloney Yes Democrats+10.9 Trump+1.9 Obama+4.3
New York's 19th Democratic Party Antonio Delgado Yes Democrats+5.2 Trump+6.8 Obama+6.2
New York's 22nd Democratic Party Anthony Brindisi Yes Democrats+1.8 Trump+15.5 Romney+0.4
Oklahoma's 5th Democratic Party Kendra Horn Yes Democrats+1.4 Trump+13.4 Romney+18.4
Pennsylvania's 8th Democratic Party Matt Cartwright Yes Democrats+9.3 Trump+9.6 Obama+11.9
Pennsylvania's 17th Democratic Party Conor Lamb Yes Democrats+12.5 Trump+2.6 Romney+4.5
South Carolina's 1st Democratic Party Joe Cunningham Yes Democrats+1.4 Trump+13.1 Romney+18.1
Utah's 4th Democratic Party Ben McAdams Yes Democrats+0.3 Trump+6.7 Romney+37.0
Virginia's 2nd Democratic Party Elaine Luria Yes Democrats+2.2 Trump+3.4 Romney+2.3
Virginia's 7th Democratic Party Abigail Spanberger Yes Democrats+1.9 Trump+6.5 Romney+10.5
Wisconsin's 3rd Democratic Party Ron Kind Yes Democrats+19.3 Trump+4.5 Obama+11
Source: Sabato's Crystal Ball and Daily Kos


Click here to see the five U.S. House districts represented by a Republican in 2020 and won by Hillary Clinton in 2016.


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.[31]

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.[32][33]

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.


Candidate ballot access

The table below details filing requirements for 11th Congressional District candidates in New York in the 2020 election cycle. For additional information on candidate ballot access requirements in New York, click here.

Filing requirements, 2020
State Office Party Signatures required Signature formula Filing fee Filing fee formula Filing deadline Source
New York 11th Congressional District Qualified party 375 Reduced by executive action in response to the coronavirus pandemic N/A N/A 4/2/2020 Source
New York 11th Congressional District Unaffiliated 3,500 5% of the total number of votes cast for governor in the district in the last election, or 3,500, whichever is less N/A N/A 5/26/2020 Source

District election history

2018

See also: New York's 11th Congressional District election, 2018

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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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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Withdrawn or disqualified candidates

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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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.[35][36]

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 profile

See also: New York and New York elections, 2020
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Partisan data

The information in this section was current as of June 19, 2020.

Presidential voting pattern

Congressional delegation

State executives

State legislature

New York Party Control: 1992-2025
Nine years of Democratic trifectas  •  No Republican trifectas
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New York quick stats
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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.


See also

External links

Footnotes

  1. ↑ DCCC, "Frontline," accessed October 8, 2020
  2. ↑ GOP Young Guns, "Young Guns," accessed October 8, 2020
  3. ↑ Staten Island Live, "Rep. Rose touts endorsement from former President Obama," August 3, 2020
  4. ↑ Staten Island Live, "Malliotakis wins ‘Complete & Total Endorsement’ from Trump in congressional race against Max Rose," February 12, 2020
  5. ↑ Daily Kos, "Daily Kos Elections' presidential results by congressional district for 2016, 2012, and 2008," accessed October 8, 2020
  6. ↑ New York Redistricting Map, "Map," accessed September 25, 2012
  7. ↑ Candidate Connection surveys completed before September 26, 2019, were not used to generate candidate profiles. In battleground primaries, Ballotpedia based its selection of noteworthy candidates on polling, fundraising, and noteworthy endorsements. In battleground general elections, all major party candidates and any other candidates with the potential to impact the outcome of the race were included.
  8. ↑ Fundraising by primary candidates can be found on the race's respective primary election page. Fundraising by general election candidates can be found on the race's general election page.
  9. ↑ Federal Election Commission, "2022 Quarterly Reports," accessed March 2, 2022
  10. ↑ Cook Political Report, "Introducing the 2017 Cook Political Report Partisan Voter Index," April 7, 2017
  11. ↑ FiveThirtyEight, "Election Update: The Most (And Least) Elastic States And Districts," September 6, 2018
  12. ↑ Inside Elections also uses Tilt ratings to indicate an even smaller advantage and greater competitiveness.
  13. ↑ Amee LaTour, "Email correspondence with Nathan Gonzalez," April 19, 2018
  14. ↑ Amee LaTour, "Email correspondence with Kyle Kondik," April 19, 2018
  15. ↑ Amee LaTour, "Email correspondence with Charlie Cook," April 22, 2018
  16. ↑ Twitter, "Nicole Malliotakis on June 16, 2020," accessed October 29, 2020
  17. ↑ 17.0 17.1 Jewish Voice, "The Jewish Voice Political Endorsements For 2020," October 13, 2020
  18. ↑ 18.0 18.1 Twitter, "Nicole Malliotakis on October 29, 2020," accessed October 29, 2020
  19. ↑ 19.0 19.1 New York Daily News, "Re-elect Max Rose: The freshman congressman has served Staten Island and Brooklyn well," October 18, 2020
  20. ↑ 20.0 20.1 New York Post, "The Post’s local endorsements for 2020," October 25, 2020
  21. ↑ 21.0 21.1 Staten Island Advance, "For Congress: The Advance endorses Max Rose," October 25, 2020
  22. ↑ Staten Island Live, "Malliotakis wins ‘Complete & Total Endorsement’ from Trump in congressional race against Max Rose," February 12, 2020
  23. ↑ 23.0 23.1 Twitter, "Dov Hikind on October 7, 2020," accessed October 16, 2020
  24. ↑ 24.0 24.1 Staten Island Live, "Rep. Rose touts endorsement from former President Obama," August 3, 2020
  25. ↑ Sabato's Crystal Ball, "2020 Rating Changes," November 2, 2020
  26. ↑ Marist Poll, "NBC 4 New York/Marist Poll Results & Analysis," October 26, 2020
  27. ↑ Spectrum News NY1, "Max Rose vs. Nicole Malliotakis: Full Congressional Debate," October 14, 2020
  28. ↑ 28.0 28.1 Note: This text is quoted verbatim from the original source. Any inconsistencies are attributable to the original source.
  29. ↑ Max Rose’s 2020 campaign website, “Issues,” accessed October 8, 2020
  30. ↑ Nicole Malliotakis' 2020 campaign website, “Issues,” accessed October 8, 2020
  31. ↑ 270towin.com, "New York," accessed June 1, 2017
  32. ↑ Daily Kos, "Daily Kos Elections' statewide election results by congressional and legislative districts," July 9, 2013
  33. ↑ Daily Kos, "Daily Kos Elections' 2016 presidential results for congressional and legislative districts," February 6, 2017
  34. ↑ Democrats won Assembly District 9 in a special election on May 23, 2017. The seat was previously held by a Republican.
  35. ↑ New York State Board of Elections, "Filings received for the 2016 Primary Election," accessed May 15, 2016
  36. ↑ Politico, "New York House Races Results," June 28, 2016


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