New York's 24th Congressional District election, 2024

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New York's 24th Congressional District
	Democratic primary; Republican primary; General election
Election details
	Filing deadline: April 4, 2024
	Primary: June 25, 2024; General: November 5, 2024
How to vote
	Poll times: 6 a.m. to 9 p.m.; Voting in New York
Race ratings
	Cook Political Report: Solid Republican; DDHQ and The Hill: Safe Republican; Inside Elections: Solid Republican; Sabato's Crystal Ball: Safe Republican
Ballotpedia analysis
	U.S. Senate battlegrounds; U.S. House battlegrounds; Federal and state primary competitiveness; Ballotpedia's Election Analysis Hub, 2024
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New York 2024 elections

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All U.S. House districts, including the 24th Congressional District of New York, held elections in 2024. The general election was November 5, 2024. The primary was June 25, 2024. The filing deadline was April 4, 2024. The outcome of this race affected the partisan balance of the U.S. House of Representatives in the 119th Congress. All 435 House districts were up for election.

At the time of the election, Republicans held a 220-212 majority with three vacancies.^[1] As a result of the election, Republicans retained control of the U.S. House, winning 220 seats to Democrats' 215.^[2] To read more about the 2024 U.S. House elections, click here.

In the 2022 election in this district, the Republican candidate won 65.7%-34.3%. Daily Kos calculated what the results of the 2020 presidential election in this district would have been following redistricting. Donald Trump (R) would have defeated Joe Biden (D) 59.0%-38.7%.^[3]

New York conducted redistricting between the 2022 and 2024 elections. As a result, district lines in this state changed. To review how redistricting took place in New York and to see maps of the new districts, click here. For a list of all states that drew new district lines between 2022 and 2024, click here.

For more information about the primaries in this election, click on the links below:

Candidates and election results

General election

General election for U.S. House New York District 24

Incumbent Claudia Tenney defeated David Wagenhauser in the general election for U.S. House New York District 24 on November 5, 2024.

	Candidate	%	Votes
✔	Claudia Tenney (Conservative Party / R)	65.6	235,867
	David Wagenhauser (D)	34.3	123,317
	Other/Write-in votes	0.1	223

	Incumbents are bolded and underlined. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 359,407
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Democratic primary election

The Democratic primary election was canceled. David Wagenhauser advanced from the Democratic primary for U.S. House New York District 24.

Republican primary election

Republican primary for U.S. House New York District 24

Incumbent Claudia Tenney defeated Mario Fratto in the Republican primary for U.S. House New York District 24 on June 25, 2024.

	Candidate	%	Votes
✔	Claudia Tenney	61.1	19,485
	Mario Fratto	38.3	12,233
	Other/Write-in votes	0.6	187

	Incumbents are bolded and underlined. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 31,905
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Withdrawn or disqualified candidates

Phillip Gioia (R)

Conservative Party primary election

The Conservative Party primary election was canceled. Incumbent Claudia Tenney advanced from the Conservative Party primary for U.S. House New York District 24.

Candidate profiles

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David Wagenhauser

Party: Democratic Party

Incumbent: No

Political Office: None

Submitted Biography: "I was born and raised in Upstate NY. My mother, a nurse and single parent worked two jobs, yet we still lived paycheck-to-paycheck. At 14, I was working on the farms near our home. Summers were spent picking fruit in the day and loading bushels onto trucks late into the evenings. I went to SUNY Brockport and later to Syracuse University College of Law, spending summers working as a painter and carpenter. Once I earned my JD, I left for Washington, DC, eager to change the world as a First Amendment, public interest attorney. Soon after arriving in DC, I led a team that sued six of the biggest telecom corps that were gouging consumers. I also took the fight to Congress, where I testified before the House and Senate and worked on crafting a bipartisan bill that would reign in a consumer nightmare. A year later, I was made Executive Director. Eventually, I answered the call of my family and came home to help my mom’s growing home care agency, helping our neighbors – the elderly and disabled - remain independent in their homes. While home in Brockport, I was elected Village Trustee. I worked extensively on fiscal, public safety and infrastructure issues, but after four years I decided to “term limit myself.” Recently, I’ve helped candidates that believe in the working man and woman, in bringing living wage jobs, and protecting seniors and the benefits they have earned and paid for. I believe that holding elected office is a public service - not a golden meal ticket."

Key Messages

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We need to make Upstate NY more affordable for working families - at the pump, the grocery store and for our healthcare needs. See more at DaveforUpstate.com

Medicare and Social Security are threatened. It's not a threat this time, there's a plan. We need to protect and safeguard the agreement made many years ago. In addition to looking out for our seniors, we need to make sure women can make their own healthcare decisions, unimpeded by politicians.

We need to incentivize and spur development, investment and jobs that create opportunities for our kids here and keep our families together.

This information was current as of the candidate's run for U.S. House New York District 24 in 2024.

Voting information

See also: Voting in New York

Election information in New York: Nov. 5, 2024, election.

What was the voter registration deadline?

In-person: Oct. 26, 2024
By mail: Received by Oct. 26, 2024
Online: Oct. 26, 2024

Was absentee/mail-in voting available to all voters?

Yes

What was the absentee/mail-in ballot request deadline?

In-person: Nov. 4, 2024
By mail: Received by Oct. 26, 2024
Online: Oct. 26, 2024

What was the absentee/mail-in ballot return deadline?

In-person: Nov. 5, 2024
By mail: Postmarked by Nov. 5, 2024

Was early voting available to all voters?

Yes

What were the early voting start and end dates?

Oct. 26, 2024 to Nov. 3, 2024

Were all voters required to present ID at the polls? If so, was a photo or non-photo ID required?

N/A

When were polls open on Election Day?

6:00 a.m. - 9:00 p.m. (EST)

Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection survey responses

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Survey responses from candidates in this race

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David Wagenhauser (D)

We need to make Upstate NY more affordable for working families - at the pump, the grocery store and for our healthcare needs. See more at DaveforUpstate.com

Medicare and Social Security are threatened. It's not a threat this time, there's a plan. We need to protect and safeguard the agreement made many years ago. In addition to looking out for our seniors, we need to make sure women can make their own healthcare decisions, unimpeded by politicians.

We need to incentivize and spur development, investment and jobs that create opportunities for our kids here and keep our families together.

What areas of public policy are you personally passionate about?

David Wagenhauser (D)

Today, finger-pointing and insults have replaced common sense, hard work, and achieving real results. You don't have to be an extremist, ultra-partisan, hateful, or a conspiracy theorist to be effective. I believe in finding common ground - working for people not parties - and solving the problems we all face. We also need to reform Congress: ban stock trading, ban PAC and corporate lobbying money, and enact term limits. Representatives should not go in rich and come out richer.

What characteristics or principles are most important for an elected official?

David Wagenhauser (D)

An understanding that legislation requires compromise or nothing gets done. A desire to help people rather than winning political points for one's party.

What was your very first job? How long did you have it?

David Wagenhauser (D)

I worked on neighbood farms for many years..

Do you believe that it's beneficial for representatives to have previous experience in government or politics?

David Wagenhauser (D)

It is beneficial, but not necessary.

What are your thoughts on term limits?

David Wagenhauser (D)

I support them.

Do you believe that compromise is necessary or desirable for policymaking?

David Wagenhauser (D)

absolutely.

Campaign finance

Name	Party	Receipts*	Disbursements**	Cash on hand	Date
Claudia Tenney	Republican Party, Conservative Party	$2,995,403	$2,701,850	$355,002	As of December 31, 2024
David Wagenhauser	Democratic Party	$97,274	$95,433	$1,841	As of December 31, 2024
Mario Fratto	Republican Party	$560,050	$563,085	$0	As of December 31, 2024
Source: Federal Elections Commission, "Campaign finance data," 2024. 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.

General election race ratings

See also: Race rating definitions and methods

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.^[4]
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.^[5]^[6]^[7]

Race ratings: New York's 24th Congressional District election, 2024
Race tracker	Race ratings
	November 5, 2024	October 29, 2024	October 22, 2024	October 15, 2024
The Cook Political Report with Amy Walter	Solid Republican	Solid Republican	Solid Republican	Solid Republican
Decision Desk HQ and The Hill	Safe Republican	Safe Republican	Safe Republican	Safe Republican
Inside Elections with Nathan L. Gonzales	Solid Republican	Solid Republican	Solid Republican	Solid Republican
Larry J. Sabato's Crystal Ball	Safe Republican	Safe Republican	Safe Republican	Safe Republican
Note: Ballotpedia reviews external race ratings every week throughout the election season and posts weekly updates even if the media outlets have not revised their ratings during that week.

Ballot access

The table below details filing requirements for U.S. House candidates in New York in the 2024 election cycle. For additional information on candidate ballot access requirements in New York, click here.

Filing requirements for U.S. House candidates, 2024
State	Office	Party	Signatures required	Filing fee	Filing deadline	Source
New York	U.S. House	Ballot-qualified party	5% of voters from the candidate's same party or 1,250, whichever is less	N/A	4/4/2024	Source
New York	U.S. House	Unaffiliated	1% of votes cast for governor in the last election or 3,500, whichever is less	N/A	5/28/2024	Source

District analysis

Click the tabs below to view information about voter composition, past elections, and demographics in both the district and the state.

District map - A map of the district before and after redistricting ahead of the 2024 election.
Competitiveness - Information about the competitiveness of 2024 U.S. House elections in the state.
Presidential elections - Information about presidential elections in the district and the state.
State party control - The partisan makeup of the state's congressional delegation and state government.

District map

Competitiveness
Presidential elections

State party control

Below is the district map used in the 2022 election next to the map in place for the 2024 election. Click on a map below to enlarge it.

2022

2024

See also: Primary election competitiveness in state and federal government, 2024

This section contains data on U.S. House primary election competitiveness in New York.

New York U.S. House competitiveness, 2014-2024
Office	Districts/ offices	Seats	Open seats	Candidates	Possible primaries	Contested Democratic primaries	Contested Republican primaries	% of contested primaries	Incumbents in contested primaries	% of incumbents in contested primaries
2024	26	26	0	59	52	5	1	11.5%	4	15.4%
2022	26	26	7	107	52	16	8	46.2%	13	68.4%
2020	27	27	4	108	54	16	7	42.6%	11	47.8%
2018	27	27	1	85	54	13	1	25.9%	6	23.1%
2016	27	27	4	77	54	10	3	24.1%	5	21.7%
2014	27	27	2	55	54	5	5	18.5%	5	20.0%

Post-filing deadline analysis

The following analysis covers all U.S. House districts up for election in New York in 2024. Information below was calculated on June 16, 2024, and may differ from information shown in the table above due to candidate replacements and withdrawals after that time.

Fifty-nine candidates ran for New York’s 26 U.S. House districts, including 32 Democrats and 27 Republicans. That’s an average of 2.27 candidates per district. There were 4.12 candidates per district in 2022, 4.00 candidates per district in 2020, and 3.15 candidates per district in 2018.

The 59 candidates who ran in New York in 2024 was the fewest number of candidates since 2014, when 55 candidates ran.

No districts were open in 2024, meaning all incumbents ran for re-election. This was the fewest number of open districts in the last 10 years.

Four candidates—three Democrats and one Republican—ran for the 10th Congressional District, the most candidates who ran for a district in New York in 2024.

Six primaries—five Democratic and one Republican—were contested in 2024. Between 2014 and 2022, an average of 16.8 primaries were contested each election year.

Four incumbents—three Democrats and one Republican—were in contested primaries in 2024. Between 2014 and 2022, an average of 8.00 incumbents ran in contested primaries each election year.

Candidates filed to run in the Republican and Democratic primaries in all 26 districts, meaning no seats were guaranteed to either party.

Partisan Voter Index

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

Heading into the 2024 elections, based on results from the 2020 and 2016 presidential elections, the Cook Partisan Voter Index for this district was R+13. This meant that in those two presidential elections, this district's results were 13 percentage points more Republican than the national average. This made New York's 24th the 109th most Republican district nationally.^[8]

2020 presidential election results

The table below shows what the vote in the 2020 presidential election would have been in this district. The presidential election data was compiled by Daily Kos.

2020 presidential results in New York's 24th based on 2024 district lines
Joe Biden	Donald Trump
38.7%	59.0%

Inside Elections Baselines

See also: Inside Elections

Inside Elections' Baseline is a figure that analyzes all federal and statewide election results from the district over the past four election cycles. The results are combined in an index estimating the strength of a typical Democratic or Republican candidate in the congressional district.^[9] The table below displays the Baseline data for this district.

Inside Elections Baseline for 2024
Democratic Baseline	Republican Baseline	Difference
38.9	58.8	R+19.9

Presidential voting history

See also: Presidential election in New York, 2020

New York presidential election results (1900-2020)

18 Democratic wins
13 Republican wins

Year	1900	1904	1908	1912	1916	1920	1924	1928	1932	1936	1940	1944	1948	1952	1956	1960	1964	1968	1972	1976	1980	1984	1988	1992	1996	2000	2004	2008	2012	2016	2020
Winning Party	R	R	R	D	R	R	R	R	D	D	D	D	R	R	R	D	D	D	R	D	R	R	D	D	D	D	D	D	D	D	D

See also: Party control of New York state government

Congressional delegation

The table below displays the partisan composition of New York's congressional delegation as of May 2024.

Congressional Partisan Breakdown from New York
Party	U.S. Senate	U.S. House	Total
Democratic	2	19	21
Republican	0	7	7
Independent	0	0	0
Vacancies	0	0	0
Total	2	26	28

State executive

The table below displays the officeholders in New York's top four state executive offices as of May 2024.

State executive officials in New York, May 2024
Office	Officeholder
Governor	Kathy Hochul
Lieutenant Governor	Antonio Delgado
Secretary of State	Robert Rodriguez
Attorney General	Letitia James

State legislature

New York State Senate

Party		As of February 2024
	Democratic Party	42
	Republican Party	21
	Other	0
	Vacancies	0
Total		63

New York House of Representatives

Party		As of February 2024
	Democratic Party	102
	Republican Party	48
	Independence	0
	Other	0
	Vacancies	0
Total		150

Trifecta control

The table below shows the state's trifecta status from 1992 until the 2024 election.

New York Party Control: 1992-2024
Eight 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
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
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
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

District history

The section below details election results for this office in elections dating back to 2018.