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New York's 4th Congressional District
New York's 4th Congressional District in the United States House of Representatives is represented by Laura Gillen (D).
As of the 2020 Census, New York representatives represented an average of 777,529 residents. After the 2010 Census, each member represented 719,298 residents.
Elections
See also: New York's 4th Congressional District election, 2030
There are no official candidates yet for this election.
See also: United States House of Representatives elections in New York, 2028
There are no official candidates yet for this election.
See also: New York's 4th Congressional District election, 2026
General election
The general election will occur on November 3, 2026.
General election for U.S. House New York District 4
The following candidates are running in the general election for U.S. House New York District 4 on November 3, 2026.
Candidate | ||
 | Laura Gillen (D) | |
| Kiana Bierria-Anderson (D) | ||
 | Gian Jones (D)  | |
 | Nicholas Sciretta (D) | |
 | Dennis McGrath (R) | |
 | Brian Miller (R) | |
| Martin Smithmyer (R) | ||
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See also: New York's 4th Congressional District election, 2024
General election
General election for U.S. House New York District 4
Laura Gillen (D / Common Sense Party) defeated incumbent Anthony D'Esposito (R / Conservative Party) in the general election for U.S. House New York District 4 on November 5, 2024.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | Laura Gillen (D / Common Sense Party) | 51.1 | 191,760 |
 | Anthony D'Esposito (R / Conservative Party) | 48.8 | 183,157 | |
| Other/Write-in votes | 0.2% | 601 | ||
| Total votes: 375,518 | |||
| = candidate completed the Ballotpedia Candidate Connection survey. | ||||
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Democratic primary
The Democratic primary scheduled for June 25, 2024, was canceled. Laura Gillen (D) advanced from the Democratic primary for U.S. House New York District 4 without appearing on the ballot.
Withdrawn or disqualified candidates
- David Denenberg (D)
- Lawrence Henry (D)
- Sarah Hughes (D)
- Gian Jones (D)
- Frank Lozada (D)
- Patricia Maher (D)
- Kevin Thomas (D)
Republican primary
The Republican primary scheduled for June 25, 2024, was canceled. Incumbent Anthony D'Esposito (R) advanced from the Republican primary for U.S. House New York District 4 without appearing on the ballot.
Conservative Party primary
The Conservative Party primary scheduled for June 25, 2024, was canceled. Incumbent Anthony D'Esposito (Conservative Party) advanced from the Conservative Party primary for U.S. House New York District 4 without appearing on the ballot.
See also: New York's 4th Congressional District election, 2022
General election
General election for U.S. House New York District 4
Anthony D'Esposito (R / Conservative Party) defeated Laura Gillen (D) in the general election for U.S. House New York District 4 on November 8, 2022.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | Anthony D'Esposito (R / Conservative Party) | 51.8 | 140,622 |
| | Laura Gillen (D) | 48.2 | 130,871 | |
| Other/Write-in votes | 0.0% | 67 | ||
| Total votes: 271,560 | |||
| = candidate completed the Ballotpedia Candidate Connection survey. | ||||
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Democratic primary
Democratic primary for U.S. House New York District 4
Laura Gillen (D) defeated Carrie Solages (D), Keith Corbett (D), and Muzib Huq (D) in the Democratic primary for U.S. House New York District 4 on August 23, 2022.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | Laura Gillen | 62.7 | 12,923 |
 | Carrie Solages | 24.0 | 4,941 | |
| Keith Corbett | 11.4 | 2,340 | ||
 | Muzib Huq | 1.5 | 312 | |
| Other/Write-in votes | 0.4% | 81 | ||
| Total votes: 20,597 | |||
| = candidate completed the Ballotpedia Candidate Connection survey. | ||||
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Withdrawn or disqualified candidates
- Siela Bynoe (D)
- Kevin Bryan Shakil (D)
Republican primary
The Republican primary scheduled for August 23, 2022, was canceled. Anthony D'Esposito (R) advanced from the Republican primary for U.S. House New York District 4 without appearing on the ballot.
Withdrawn or disqualified candidates
- Bill Staniford (R)
Conservative Party primary
The Conservative Party primary scheduled for August 23, 2022, was canceled. Anthony D'Esposito (Conservative Party) advanced from the Conservative Party primary for U.S. House New York District 4 without appearing on the ballot.
See also: New York's 4th Congressional District election, 2020
General election
General election for U.S. House New York District 4
Incumbent Kathleen Rice (D) defeated Douglas Tuman (R / Conservative Party) and Joseph R. Naham (G) in the general election for U.S. House New York District 4 on November 3, 2020.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ |  | Kathleen Rice (D) | 56.1 | 199,762 |
 | Douglas Tuman (R / Conservative Party) | 43.0 | 153,007 | |
 | Joseph R. Naham (G) | 0.8 | 3,024 | |
| Other/Write-in votes | 0.0% | 119 | ||
| Total votes: 355,912 | |||
| = candidate completed the Ballotpedia Candidate Connection survey. | ||||
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Withdrawn or disqualified candidates
- Edward Dennehy (Independent)
Democratic primary
The Democratic primary scheduled for June 23, 2020, was canceled. Incumbent Kathleen Rice (D) advanced from the Democratic primary for U.S. House New York District 4 without appearing on the ballot.
Withdrawn or disqualified candidates
- Azeem Hussein (D)
- David Kimmel (D)
- David LeBlanc (D)
Republican primary
Republican primary for U.S. House New York District 4
Douglas Tuman (R) defeated Cindy Grosz (R) in the Republican primary for U.S. House New York District 4 on June 23, 2020.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | Douglas Tuman | 70.6 | 10,898 |
| Cindy Grosz | 27.8 | 4,292 | ||
| Other/Write-in votes | 1.5% | 236 | ||
| Total votes: 15,426 | |||
| = candidate completed the Ballotpedia Candidate Connection survey. | ||||
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Withdrawn or disqualified candidates
- Steve Raiser (R)
Conservative Party primary
The Conservative Party primary scheduled for June 23, 2020, was canceled. Douglas Tuman (Conservative Party) advanced from the Conservative Party primary for U.S. House New York District 4 without appearing on the ballot.
Green Party primary
The Green Party primary scheduled for June 23, 2020, was canceled. Joseph R. Naham (G) advanced from the Green Party primary for U.S. House New York District 4 without appearing on the ballot.
See also: United States House of Representatives elections in New York, 2018
General election
General election for U.S. House New York District 4
Incumbent Kathleen Rice (D) defeated Ameer Benno (R) in the general election for U.S. House New York District 4 on November 6, 2018.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | Kathleen Rice (D) | 61.3 | 159,535 |
 | Ameer Benno (R) | 38.7 | 100,571 | |
| Total votes: 260,106 (100% precincts reporting) | |||
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Democratic primary
Democratic primary for U.S. House New York District 4
Incumbent Kathleen Rice (D) advanced from the Democratic primary for U.S. House New York District 4 on June 26, 2018.
Candidate | ||
| ✔ | | Kathleen Rice |
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Republican primary
Republican primary for U.S. House New York District 4
Ameer Benno (R) advanced from the Republican primary for U.S. House New York District 4 on June 26, 2018.
Candidate | ||
| ✔ | | Ameer Benno |
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District map
Redistricting
2020-2024
On February 28, 2024, Gov. Kathy Hochul (D) signed a new congressional map into law. The state Assembly voted 115-35 to approve the map on February 27. The state Senate voted 45-18 to approve the map the same day.[11][12][13]
According to Nicholas Fandos of The New York Times, "Although a pair of swing districts would become more Democratic, lawmakers in Albany left the partisan makeup of 24 of the state’s 26 districts largely intact. The middle-ground approach reflected a desire to avoid another protracted court fight like the one in New York that helped swing control of the House to Republicans in 2022, while still better positioning Democrats in key districts."[12]
On December 12, 2023, the New York Court of Appeals, the state's highest court, ruled in a 4-3 decision that the independent redistricting commission did not follow the state's congressional redistricting process and ordered the commission to reconvene and re-draw congressional district boundaries by February 28 for use in the 2024 elections.[14] The court's majority opinion stated, "In 2014, the voters of New York amended our Constitution to provide that
legislative districts be drawn by an Independent Redistricting Commission (IRC). The Constitution demands that process, not districts drawn by courts. Nevertheless, the IRC failed to discharge its constitutional duty. That dereliction is undisputed. The Appellate Division concluded that the IRC can be compelled to reconvene to fulfill that duty; we agree. There is no reason the Constitution should be disregarded."[15]
How does redistricting in New York work? On March 14, 2012, the state legislature approved a constitutional amendment to establish new redistricting procedures beginning in 2020. The New York Constitution requires that two successive legislatures approve an amendment in order to qualify it for final approval by popular vote. The legislature approved the amendment a second time in 2013. On November 4, 2014, voters approved the amendment, the provisions of which were set to take effect during the 2020 redistricting cycle.[16]
The 10-member commission comprises the following members:[16]
- Two members must be appointed by the temporary president of the New York State Senate.
- Two members must be appointed by the speaker of the New York State Assembly.
- Two members must be appointed by the minority leader of the New York State Senate.
- Two members must be appointed by the minority leader of the New York State Assembly.
- Two members must appointed by the aforementioned eight commissioners. These two appointees cannot have been enrolled in the top two major political parties in the state.
The legislature must approve the commission's plans by a simple up/down vote. The legislature must reject two separate sets of redistricting plans before it will be able to amend the commission's proposals. All districts will be required "to preserve minority rights, be equally populated, and consist of compact and contiguous territory." Further, state law will require that districts "not be drawn to discourage competition or to favor/disfavor candidates or parties." In prior redistricting cycles, authority for both congressional and state legislative redistricting was vested with the state legislature. An advisory commission participated in the process.[16]
State law requires that state legislative districts be contiguous and compact. State legislative districts must also take into account the "historic and traditional significance of counties."[16]
Below are the congressional maps in effect before and after the 2020 redistricting cycle. The map on the right was in effect for New York’s 2024 state legislative elections. The map on the right was in effect for New York’s 2024 state legislative elections. The map on the right was in effect for New York’s 2024 state legislative elections.
2020
2024
2010-2011
In 2011, the New York State Legislature re-drew the congressional districts based on updated population information from the 2010 census.
District analysis
- See also: The Cook Political Report's Partisan Voter Index
- See also: FiveThirtyEight's elasticity scores
2026
Heading into the 2026 elections, based on results from the 2024 and 2020 presidential elections, the Cook Partisan Voter Index for this district is D+2. This meant that in those two presidential elections, this district's results were 2 percentage points more Democratic than the national average. This made New York's 4th the 193rd most Democratic district nationally.[17]
2024
Heading into the 2024 elections, based on results from the 2020 and 2016 presidential elections, the Cook Partisan Voter Index for this district was D+5. This meant that in those two presidential elections, this district's results were 5 percentage points more Democratic than the national average. This made New York's 4th the 163rd most Democratic district nationally.[18]
Daily Kos calculated what the results of the 2020 presidential election in this district would have been following redistricting. Joe Biden (D) would have defeated Donald Trump (R) 56.8%-42.2%.[19]
2022
Heading into the 2022 elections, based on results from the 2020 and 2016 presidential elections, the Cook Partisan Voter Index for this district was D+5. This meant that in those two presidential elections, this district's results were 5 percentage points more Democratic than the national average. This made New York's 4th the 163rd most Democratic district nationally.[20]
Daily Kos calculated what the results of the 2020 presidential election in this district would have been following redistricting. Joe Biden (D) would have received 56.8% of the vote in this district and Donald Trump (R) would have received 42.2%.[21]
2018
Heading into the 2018 elections, based on results from the 2016 and 2012 presidential elections, the Cook Partisan Voter Index for this district was D+4. This meant that in those two presidential elections, this district's results were 4 percentage points more Democratic than the national average. This made New York's 4th Congressional District the 176th most Democratic nationally.[22]
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 1.04. This means that for every 1 point the national political mood moved toward a party, the district was expected to move 1.04 points toward that party.[23]
See also
- Redistricting in New York
- New York's 4th Congressional District election, 2024
- New York's 4th Congressional District election, 2022
- New York's 4th Congressional District election, 2020
- New York's 4th Congressional District election, 2018
External links
Footnotes
- ↑ New York State Board of Elections, "Filings received for the 2016 Primary Election," accessed May 15, 2016
- ↑ Politico, "New York House Races Results," June 28, 2016
- ↑ Garden City Patch, "Update: McCarthy Will Not Seek Re-election," accessed January 8, 2014
- ↑ Politico, "2012 Election Map, New York," accessed November 7, 2012
- ↑ U.S. Congress House Clerk, "Statistics of the Congressional Election of November 2, 2010," accessed March 28, 2013
- ↑ U.S. Congress House Clerk, "Statistics of the Congressional Election of November 4, 2008," accessed March 28, 2013
- ↑ U.S. Congress House Clerk, "Statistics of the Congressional Election of November 7, 2006," accessed March 28, 2013
- ↑ U.S. Congress House Clerk, "Statistics of the Congressional Election of November 2, 2004," accessed March 28, 2013
- ↑ U.S. Congress House Clerk, "Statistics of the Congressional Election of November 5, 2002," accessed March 28, 2013
- ↑ U.S. Congress House Clerk, "Statistics of the Congressional Election of November 7, 2000," accessed March 28, 2013
- ↑ Associated Press, "New York gets a new congressional map that gives Democrats a slight edge in fight for House," February 28, 2024
- ↑ 12.0 12.1 The New York Times, "Democrats Propose N.Y. Congressional Map With Slight Tilt in Their Favor," February 27, 2024
- ↑ Politico, "New congressional maps approved in New York," February 28, 2024
- ↑ New York Daily News, "New York’s top court orders House map redrawn," December 12, 2023
- ↑ State of New York Court of Appeals, "Opinion No. 90, In the Matter of Anthony S. Hoffmann v. New York State Independent Redistricting Commission," December 12, 2023
- ↑ 16.0 16.1 16.2 16.3 All About Redistricting, "New York," accessed May 8, 2015
- ↑ Cook Political Report, "2025 Cook PVI℠: District Map and List (119th Congress)," accessed July 1, 2025
- ↑ Cook Political Report, "The 2022 Cook Partisan Voting Index (Cook PVI℠)," accessed January 10, 2024
- ↑ Daily Kos, "Daily Kos Elections' 2020 presidential results by congressional district, for new and old districts," accessed September 15, 2022
- ↑ Cook Political Report, "The 2022 Cook Partisan Voting Index (Cook PVI℠)," accessed February 6, 2023
- ↑ Daily Kos, "Daily Kos Elections' 2020 presidential results by congressional district, for new and old districts," accessed September 15, 2022
- ↑ 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
