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New York's 4th Congressional District election, 2024 (June 25 Democratic primary)

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Filing deadline: April 4, 2024
Primary: June 25, 2024
General: November 5, 2024
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Poll times: 6 a.m. to 9 p.m.
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A Democratic Party primary took place on June 25, 2024, in New York's 4th Congressional District to determine which Democratic candidate would run in the district's general election on November 5, 2024.

Laura Gillen advanced from the Democratic primary for U.S. House New York District 4.

All 435 seats were up for election. At the time of the election, Republicans had a 220 to 212 majority with three vacancies.[1] As of June 2024, 45 members of the U.S. House had announced they were not running for re-election. To read more about the U.S. House elections taking place this year, click here.

In the 2022 election in this district, the Republican candidate won 51.8%-48.2%. 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%.[2]

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.

Candidate filing deadline Primary election General election
April 4, 2024
June 25, 2024
November 5, 2024


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 4th Congressional District Democratic primary. For more in-depth information on the district's Republican primary and the general election, see the following pages:

Candidates and election results

Democratic primary election

The Democratic primary election was canceled. Laura Gillen advanced from the Democratic primary for U.S. House New York District 4.

Withdrawn or disqualified candidates

Candidate profiles

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Laura Gillen

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Party: Democratic Party

Incumbent: No

Political Office: Hempstead Town Supervisor (2018-2020)

Biography:  Gillen graduated from Georgetown University and later earned a degree from New York University's School of Law. She worked as an attorney and as an adjunct law professor at Hofstra University.


Key Messages

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

Gillen said she would fight to ensure abortion was legal nationwide: "As a woman, as a mother of daughters and as someone who doesn’t believe the government should make our medical decisions, ensuring that this fundamental freedom is reinstated for women is personal to me — and I’ll do everything in my power to fight back against extreme attacks on our rights."

Gillen said she would pursue a bipartisan immigration bill:" ... [M]y approach in Congress will be to collaborate with all parties to achieve comprehensive, bipartisan immigration reform. This includes enhancing border security by hiring more border patrol-agents, deploying additional advanced “smart” technology and building strategic physical barriers."

Gillen claimed D'Esposito was more focused on partisan politics than on the district: "Anthony D'Esposito puts partisan pandering and grandstanding over results. In Congress, I'll spend my time working to solve problems to deliver for NY-04 and the American people."

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Sources: LI Herald, "I’m running to fight for women’s freedoms," June 28, 2024, LI Herald, "We must secure our borders, reform immigration now," May 3, 2024, X, "Laura Gillen on X," accessed June 26, 2024; Newsday, "Voters Guide: Laura A. Gillen," accessed July 31, 2024

This information was current as of the candidate's run for U.S. House New York District 4 in 2024.

Voting information

See also: Voting in New York

Election information in New York: June 25, 2024, election.

What was the voter registration deadline?

  • In-person: June 15, 2024
  • By mail: Received by June 15, 2024
  • Online: June 15, 2024

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

N/A

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

  • In-person: June 24, 2024
  • By mail: Received by June 15, 2024
  • Online: June 15, 2024

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

  • In-person: June 25, 2024
  • By mail: Postmarked by June 25, 2024

Was early voting available to all voters?

N/A

What were the early voting start and end dates?

June 15, 2024 to June 23, 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)


Campaign finance

Name Party Receipts* Disbursements** Cash on hand Date
Laura Gillen Democratic Party $6,826,397 $6,803,193 $23,203 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.

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

See also

External links

Footnotes

  1. ↑ A majority in the U.S. House when there are no vacancies is 218 seats.
  2. ↑ Daily Kos, "Daily Kos Elections' 2020 presidential results by congressional district, for new and old districts," accessed September 15, 2022
  3. ↑ National Conference of State Legislatures, "State Primary Election Types," accessed October 8, 2024
  4. ↑ New York State Senate, "Consolidated Laws of New York § 17-17-102," accessed October 8, 2024


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