New York's 27th Congressional District election, 2020 (June 23 Republican primary)
- Primary date: June 23
- Primary type: Closed; semi-closed (Reform)
- Registration deadline(s): May 29 (hand-delivered, postmarked); June 3 (post received)
- Online registration: Yes
- Same-day registration: No
- Early voting starts: June 13
- Absentee/mail voting deadline(s): June 23 (submitted)
- Voter ID: No ID
- Poll times: Varies by locality
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| Election details |
| Filing deadline: April 2, 2020 |
| Primary: June 23, 2020 General: November 3, 2020 Pre-election incumbent: Vacant |
| 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 |
Inside Elections: Solid Republican Sabato's Crystal Ball: Likely Republican |
| Ballotpedia analysis |
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Christopher Jacobs defeated Beth Parlato and Stefan Mychajliw Jr. to win the Republican nomination for New York's 27th Congressional District in the primary on June 23, 2020. Jacobs received 62% of the vote to Parlato's 22% and Mychajliw's 16%.
A Republican Party primary took place on June 23, 2020, in New York's 27th Congressional District to determine which Republican candidate would run in the district's general election on November 3, 2020.
New York state law prohibits absentee ballots from being counted until the beginning of the canvassing period, which starts one week after election day. In a June 18, 2020, article, Decision Desk HQ projected that several high-profile New York primaries would not be possible to call until June 30, 2020, at the earliest, owing to a higher rate of absentee ballot requests during the coronavirus pandemic.[1] On June 30, 2020, the New York City Board of Elections announced it would begin counting absentee ballots from Staten Island on July 6 and from the other boroughs on July 8.[2]
Incumbent Christopher Jacobs advanced from the Republican primary for U.S. House New York District 27.
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Heading into the election, the 27th Congressional District seat was vacant. It was last represented by Republican Chris Collins, who was first elected in 2012.
A primary election is an election in which registered voters select a candidate that they believe should be a political party's candidate for elected office to run in the general election. They are also used to choose convention delegates and party leaders. Primaries are state-level and local-level elections that take place prior to a general election. New York utilizes a closed primary process, in which the selection of a party's candidates in an election is limited to registered party members.[3][4]
For information about which offices are nominated via primary election, see this article.
This page focuses on New York's 27th Congressional District Republican primary. For more in-depth information on the district's Democratic primary and the general election, see the following pages:
- New York's 27th Congressional District election, 2020 (June 23 Democratic primary)
- New York's 27th Congressional District election, 2020
Election procedure changes in 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 primary election process as follows:
- Election postponements: The presidential preference primary was postponed from April 28 to June 23.
- Candidate filing procedures: Petition signature requirements for primary candidates was reduced.
- Voting procedures: All votes were allowed to cast their ballots by mail in the primary election. All eligible voters were sent absentee ballot applications. The absentee ballot submission deadline was extended to June 23.
For a full timeline about election modifications made in response to the COVID-19 outbreak, click here.
Candidates and election results
Republican primary election
Republican primary for U.S. House New York District 27
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ |  | Christopher Jacobs | 59.1 | 40,459 |
 | Beth Parlato | 21.6 | 14,805 | |
| Stefan Mychajliw Jr. | 18.5 | 12,650 | ||
| Other/Write-in votes | 0.8 | 573 | ||
| Total votes: 68,487 | |||
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Withdrawn or disqualified candidates
- Frank Smierciak (R)
- Robert Ortt (R)
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+11, meaning that in the previous two presidential elections, this district's results were 11 percentage points more Republican than the national average. This made New York's 27th Congressional District the 121st most Republican nationally.[5]
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 1.10. This means that for every 1 point the national political mood moved toward a party, the district was expected to move 1.10 points toward that party.[6]
Campaign finance
This section contains campaign finance figures from the Federal Election Commission covering all candidate fundraising and spending in this election.[7] 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.[8] The chart below contains data from financial reports submitted to the Federal Election Commission.
| Name | Party | Receipts* | Disbursements** | Cash on hand | Date |
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| Christopher Jacobs | Republican Party | $2,152,684 | $2,089,855 | $62,829 | As of December 31, 2020 |
| Stefan Mychajliw Jr. | Republican Party | $109,116 | $109,116 | $0 | As of September 30, 2020 |
| Beth Parlato | Republican Party | $680,175 | $680,175 | $0 | As of December 31, 2020 |
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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." |
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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.[9]
- 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.[10][11][12]
| Race ratings: New York's 27th Congressional District election, 2020 | |||||||||
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| The Cook Political Report | Solid Republican | Solid Republican | Solid Republican | Solid Republican | |||||
| Inside Elections with Nathan L. Gonzales | Solid Republican | Solid Republican | Solid Republican | Solid Republican | |||||
| Larry J. Sabato's Crystal Ball | Likely Republican | Likely Republican | Likely Republican | Likely Republican | |||||
| Note: Ballotpedia updates external race ratings every week throughout the election season. | |||||||||
See also
- New York's 27th Congressional District election, 2020 (June 23 Democratic primary)
- New York's 27th Congressional District election, 2020
- United States House elections in New York, 2020 (June 23 Democratic primaries)
- United States House elections in New York, 2020 (June 23 Republican primaries)
- United States House Democratic Party primaries, 2020
- United States House Republican Party primaries, 2020
- United States House of Representatives elections, 2020
- U.S. House battlegrounds, 2020
External links
Footnotes
- ↑ Decision Desk HQ, "Elections In The Age Of Covid-19: Don’t Expect Complete Results On Election Night In High Profile Kentucky Or New York Primaries," June 18, 2020
- ↑ QNS, "NYC Board of Elections to canvas absentee ballots on July 6 and 8," July 1, 2020
- ↑ National Conference of State Legislatures, "State Primary Election Types," accessed October 8, 2024
- ↑ New York State Senate, "Consolidated Laws of New York § 17-17-102," accessed October 8, 2024
- ↑ Cook Political Report, "Introducing the 2017 Cook Political Report Partisan Voter Index," April 7, 2017
- ↑ FiveThirtyEight, "Election Update: The Most (And Least) Elastic States And Districts," September 6, 2018
- ↑ 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.
- ↑ Federal Election Commission, "2022 Quarterly Reports," accessed March 2, 2022
- ↑ Inside Elections also uses Tilt ratings to indicate an even smaller advantage and greater competitiveness.
- ↑ Amee LaTour, "Email correspondence with Nathan Gonzalez," April 19, 2018
- ↑ Amee LaTour, "Email correspondence with Kyle Kondik," April 19, 2018
- ↑ Amee LaTour, "Email correspondence with Charlie Cook," April 22, 2018
