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New York's 22nd Congressional District
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Former incumbentClaudia Tenney (R) defeated incumbentAnthony Brindisi (D),Keith Price (L), andJames Desira (I, write-in) in the race forNew York's 22nd Congressional District on November 3, 2020.

For the first month of the117th Congress, the race was uncalled and New York's 22nd did not have a voting representative in theU.S. House due to legal proceedings surrounding the validity of certain absentee and affidavit ballots. On February 8, 2021, followingOswego County Supreme Court JusticeScott DelConte's final ruling on the ballot challenges, Tenney was certified as the winner by 109 votes. Brindisi conceded the election the same day.^[1][2] To read more about the litigation,click here.

The race was one of 56U.S. House rematches from 2018. Brindisi defeated Tenney in2018 51% to 49%. Tenney was elected in2016 with 47% of the vote. DemocratKim Myers received 41%, and Upstate Jobs candidateMartin Babinec received 12%.

The 22nd District was one of31 Democratic-held U.S. House districts thatDonald Trump (R) won in the2016 presidential election. Trump received 55% of the vote toHillary Clinton's (D) 39% in the 22nd District.^[3]

As of October 15, 2020, theDemocratic Congressional Campaign Committee had spent $2.4 million toward the race, and theNational Republican Congressional Committee had spent $2.1 million.^[4]

The outcome of this race affected partisan control of theU.S. House of Representatives in the117th 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 districtsDonald Trump (R) won in2016.Republicans defended five districtsHillary Clinton (D) won in 2016.

As of the2010 redistricting cycle,New York's 22nd Congressional District was located in the central portion of thestate and included Chenango, Cortland, Madison and Oneida counties and parts of Broome, Herkimer, Tioga and Oswego counties.^[5]

For more information about the Democratic primary,click here.
For more information about the Republican primary,click here.

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 byDaily Kos.

Presidential and congressional election results, New York's 22nd Congressional District, 2020
Race	Presidential	U.S. House
Democratic candidate	43.2	48.8
Republican candidate	54.7	48.8
Difference	11.5	0

Aftermath

Overview

Following the November 3, 2020, election, Brindisi and Tenney’s campaigns joined a lawsuit challenging certain absentee and affidavit ballots. These challenges spanned a wide variety of issues, including: how the ballot was filled out; where the ballot was dropped off; and one case where it was argued a stained ballot should be rendered invalid since the stain might have been blood, which could be used to identify the voter.^[6][7] On February 8, 2021, followingOswego County Supreme Court JusticeScott DelConte's final ruling on the ballot challenges, Tenney was certified as the winner by 109 votes.^[1] Brindisi conceded the election the same day.^[2]

The initial vote count and challenging process concluded on November 30. The unofficial results, which excluded challenged ballots, showed Tenney ahead by 12 votes. Some counties corrected errors in their vote counts days before this deadline, and certain challenged ballots were returned to DelConte with missing or incorrectly written documentation.^[8] DelConte ordered county boards of elections to correct errors in these vote counts and a partial recount of disputed ballots where necessary.^[9]

Justice DelConte resumed judicial review of ballots on December 21, 2020.^[10] Final oral arguments were heard on January 22, 2021.^[11]

Timeline of unofficial and certified results

Timeline of events

The following is a list of events and actions in this election challenge.

• February 2021 (click to collapse)

  • Feb. 11, 2021:Claudia Tenney (R) was sworn in to theHouse of Representatives.^[23]

  • Feb. 8, 2021:
    • The New York Board of Elections voted to certify the election results.^[24]
    • Brindisi conceded the election. In a statement, he said: "Today I congratulated Claudia Tenney and offered to make the transition process as smooth as possible on behalf of our community. [...] It is time to close the book on this election and focus on building a better community and more united country for our children."^[2] Tenney responded to Brindisi's concession in a tweet, saying: "I really appreciate Anthony's call today and thank him for his service. He graciously offered to help ensure a smooth transition and I look forward to working with him over the coming days to complete that process on behalf of everyone in NY22."^[25]

  • Feb. 5, 2021: Justice DelConte heard oral arguments regarding whether a winner in New York's 22nd should or could leave office if an appellate court later overturned parts of DelConte's decisions and found a different election result. DelConte issued a decision saying election certification would not interfere with possible appeals, and if an appellate court found a different election result this finding could be submitted to theHouse of Representatives for review. He ordered Oneida County to certify its election results, and for the New York State Board of Elections to certify the election results for the district. The final vote count in the race had Tenney with 156,098 votes, followed by Brindisi with 155,989.^[1]

  • Feb. 1, 2021:
    • Brindisi's legal team filed an appeal requesting a full manual audit of the election results.^[26]
    • Justice DelConte issued a stay to the Oneida County Board of Elections, temporarily stopping them from certifying their election results. DelConte's delay to the certification was issued to allow time to decide whether a winner in New York's 22nd should or could leave office if an appellate court later overturned parts of DelConte's decisions and found a different election result. A deadline of February 4 was set for the candidates' legal teams to file briefs on this question, and oral arguments were scheduled for February 5.^[26]

• January 2021 (click to expand)

  • Jan. 29, 2021:
    • Oneida County finished recanvassing its affidavit ballots. Of the 1,097 ballots recanvassed, it was determined that 393 were cast by voters with unprocessed voter registrations. Brindisi's unofficial vote total rose by 139 votes, Tenney's rose by 232 votes, and 2 of the votes were forKeith Price (L).^[21]
    • Justice DelConte ruled on the challenged affidavit and absentee ballots. The decision included rulings on 17 types of ballot challenges. Of the 1,188 challenges made by the candidates, 470 were affirmed, 139 were overturned, 533 were withdrawn, and three were not preserved for judicial review.^[27] Justice DelConte also ordered each board of elections in the county to complete its final canvass of votes in court on February 1, and said he would hear challenges to the newly recanvassed Oneida County affidavit ballots.^[28]

  • Jan. 28, 2021: In a filing to the court, Justice DelConte said he would rule on the challenged affidavit and absentee ballots on January 29. He said this ruling would require some unopened ballots to be canvassed, which took place on February 1. If Brindisi or Tenney challenge any of these opened ballots, DelConte said he would "rule on those challenges on the record in open court."^[29]

  • Jan. 25, 2021: Justice DelConte extended the deadline for the Oneida County Board of Elections to recanvass its affidavit ballots. The new deadline was set for January 29.^[30]

  • Jan. 22, 2021: Final arguments regarding the challenged ballots were heard by Justice DelConte. He said he planned to issue a final ruling the following week.^[31]

  • Jan. 20, 2021:
    • Justice DelConte said the voters whose registrations were unprocessed were registered voters, and their affidavit ballots were improperly rejected. He ordered the Oneida County Board of Elections to recanvass all of its affidavit ballots by January 27.^[32] This would include the 69 ballots at issue in the Brindisi and Tenney briefs, and any other ballots cast by voters with unprocessed voter registrations.^[33]
    • Brindisi and Tenney's legal teams filed final briefs regarding challenged ballots. The Tenney brief can be foundhere, and the Brindisi brief can be foundhere.

  • Jan. 14, 2021: The Brindisi and Tenney legal teams filed briefs regarding ballots cast by voters in Oneida County whose voter registrations were not processed. Brindisi's teamargued that 69 of the ballots in question should be counted, asking Justice DelConte to register the voters. Tenney's attorneysargued that it was not within the court's jurisdiction to register the voters retroactively, and that the retroactive registration could not be limited to only 69 of the ballots in the group.^[34] The group could contain a number of other ballots not identified by the court that were cast by some of the 2,418 voters whose registrations were not processed.

  • Jan. 11, 2021: DelConte set a deadline of January 13 for Brindisi's and Tenney's legal teams to file briefs about Oneida County's unprocessed voter registrations. He also set a deadline of January 20 for the filing of any other legal briefs, and said final oral arguments would be heard on January 22.^[11]

  • Jan. 8, 2021:
    • Brindisi filed to run inNew York's 22nd Congressional District election in 2022.^[35]
    • During court proceedings, it was found that 2,418 voter registration applications submitted before New York's registration deadline through the Department of Motor Vehicles were not processed by the Oneida County Board of Elections before election day. These voters had the option to cast an affidavit ballot, but if they did the ballots weren't counted since it appeared they weren't registered. DelConte was set to review at least 63 affidavit ballots from this group. Brindisi's lawyers said these ballots should be counted because the voters were disenfranchised by no fault of their own. Tenney's campaign said the ballots should not be counted, since poll workers could not verify a voter's identity on election day against a record that did not exist.^[36]

  • Jan. 3, 2021: The 117th Congress was sworn in. No representative was sworn in to represent New York's 22nd, pending resolution of election litigation. In a statement, a spokesman for Brindisi said: "This Congressional seat belongs to New York’s voters and they need to have their voices heard. [...] We are confident that after New York resolves this process in a timely manner, and the voters have their voices heard, Anthony will be the winner and seated in Congress." Tenney said, "Unfortunately, the 22nd District is without a representative due to complicated and prolonged court review of disputed ballots. We remain confident that once all the facts are considered and the law is applied fairly I will be certified as the winner."^[37]

• December 2020 (click to expand)

  • Dec. 30, 2020: All counties had submitted their recanvassed vote counts. Excluding challenged ballots, Tenney was ahead by 29 votes.^[38]

  • Dec. 23, 2020: Justice DelConte ruled against discarding 118 absentee ballots fromMadison County the Tenney campaign had challenged. This was the largest batch of ballots DelConte had ruled on one way or another since litigation started.^[19]

  • Dec. 21, 2020: Justice DelConte resumed judicial review of ballots.^[10] Seven of the eight counties in the district submitted their recanvassed vote counts, which showed Tenney ahead by 19 votes. Oneida County's recanvass was expected to be submitted to the court the following week.^[39][40] Due to the delay in recanvass submission, DelConte said he did not expect to certify a winner before Congress was sworn in.^[41]

  • Dec. 18, 2020: Brindisi and Tenney's legal teams met with the boards of elections in the district and Justice DelConte.^[42]

  • Dec. 8, 2020: Justice DelConte ordered county boards of elections to perform a final check for uncounted ballots, to correct any possible canvassing errors present in their current counts, and conduct recounts of challenged ballots where necessary. He denied the Tenney campaign's request to allow counties to certify her as the winner. DelConte did not rule on the validity of the challenged ballots missing appropriate documentation.^[9]

  • Dec. 7, 2020: Justice DelConte heard arguments from Brinidsi's and Tenney's attorneys. He did not issue a ruling or set a date for a ruling, but said he would make a decision on the case soon.^[43]

  • Dec. 2, 2020: Justice DelConte had ordered the campaigns’ legal teams to submit their briefs regarding the 809 disputed ballots up for potential review by December 2. Tenney’s campaign requested that the court allow counties to certify her as the winner, and said the judge could not rule on challenged ballots that were missing the legally-required documentation. Brindisi’s legal team asked the judge to order county election officials to conduct public hearings to correct errors and missing information on challenged ballots.^[44][45]

  • Dec. 1, 2020: Chenango County election officials discovered 55 uncounted ballots. The ballots remained uncounted pending Justice DelConte’s ruling.^[46]

• November 2020 (click to expand)

  • Nov. 30, 2020: After a correction to the Herkimer County unofficial vote tally, Tenney had a 12 vote lead in the race. Madison County also corrected its vote count. Following these errors, both the Brindisi and Tenney legal teams asked for a 24-hour extension beyond the November 30 deadline to file final briefs in the case. The extension was granted by Justice DelConte, who also ordered counties to preserve records of their vote calculations.^[8][47]

  • Nov. 25, 2020: Unofficial vote counts fromWBNG in Binghamton and theAssociated Press showed Brindisi in the lead by 12 or 13 votes. A Brindisi spokesman issued a statement, saying “Election results from the remaining counties in the district show Anthony Brindisi has now taken the lead. We are hopeful that once New York’s 22nd congressional district is certified, Representative Brindisi will be sworn in again to continue his bipartisan work on behalf of this district.” Tenney’s campaign said: “The current tally includes invalid votes and that the process to review and count the massive amount of paper ballots is fractured. Today’s misleading and inaccurate tally is rife with errors and mistakes that must be rectified before this election is certified.”^[48]

  • Nov. 24, 2020: Justice DelConte paused the court’s vote review until after the Thanksgiving holiday and prohibited counties from certifying a winner in the race until further notice. He said several county boards of elections had not returned final vote tallies and had not followed the correct procedure to provide information about contested ballots. According to state election law, the reasons for the challenge and the decision should be written directly on the ballot envelope, but many ballots were missing this information or had it affixed to the envelope on a sticky-note.^[49]

  • Nov. 23, 2020: Judicial review of contested ballots began.^[50]

  • Nov. 20, 2020: Justice DelConte extended the deadline to November 23 for county boards of elections to provide final vote counts and contested ballots to the court. At this time, Tenney was around 300 votes ahead of Brindisi according to unofficial counts.^[51]

  • Nov. 10, 2020:Oswego County Supreme Court JusticeScott DelConte ruled on the petitions. He ordered county boards of elections to make copies of any ballots challenged by one of the campaigns’ representatives to allow for subsequent judicial review. After this ruling, ballot counting began in the race, with an initial deadline for final submission of vote totals and challenged ballots set for November 20. Before mail-in and affadavit votes were counted, Tenney had around a 28,000 vote lead against Brindisi.^[52][53]

  • Nov. 6, 2020: Brindisi’s campaign filed a counterclaim also requesting judicial supervision of mail-in and affadavit vote counting.^[6]

  • Nov. 4, 2020: Tenney’s campaign filed a lawsuit against each of the county election offices in the 22nd district, the New York State Board of Elections, Brindisi, and Price asking that the court supervise mail-in vote counting and check the validity of ballots.^[6]

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 thecoronavirus (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.

Candidates and election results

General election

General election for U.S. House New York District 22

Claudia Tenney defeated incumbentAnthony Brindisi,Keith Price, andJames Desira in the general election for U.S. House New York District 22 on November 3, 2020.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Claudia Tenney (R / Conservative Party)	48.8	156,098
		Anthony Brindisi (D / Working Families Party / Independence Party)	48.8	155,989
		Keith Price (L)	2.1	6,780
	Submit photo	James Desira (Independent) (Write-in)	0.0	0
		Other/Write-in votes	0.2	771

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	Incumbents arebolded and underlined. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 319,638
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Democratic primary election

The Democratic primary election was canceled. IncumbentAnthony Brindisi advanced from the Democratic primary for U.S. House New York District 22.

Republican primary election

Republican primary for U.S. House New York District 22

Claudia Tenney defeatedGeorge Phillips in the Republican primary for U.S. House New York District 22 on June 23, 2020.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Claudia Tenney	59.4	23,784
		George Phillips	40.3	16,151
		Other/Write-in votes	0.3	114

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	There were noincumbents in this race. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 40,049
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Withdrawn or disqualified candidates

• Steve Cornwell (R)
• Franklin Sager (R)

Conservative Party primary election

The Conservative Party primary election was canceled.Claudia Tenney advanced from the Conservative Party primary for U.S. House New York District 22.

Independence Party primary election

The Independence Party primary election was canceled. IncumbentAnthony Brindisi advanced from the Independence Party primary for U.S. House New York District 22.

Libertarian primary election

The Libertarian primary election was canceled.Keith Price advanced from the Libertarian primary for U.S. House New York District 22.

Withdrawn or disqualified candidates

• Claudia Tenney (L)

Serve America Movement Party primary election

Withdrawn or disqualified candidates

• Claudia Tenney (Serve America Movement Party)

Working Families Party primary election

The Working Families Party primary election was canceled. IncumbentAnthony Brindisi advanced from the Working Families Party primary for U.S. House New York District 22.

Note:Claudia Tenney appears twice in the list above because she was disqualified from the ballot on both the Libertarian and Serve America Movement Party lines.

Candidate profiles

This section includes candidate profiles created in one of two ways. Either the candidate completedBallotpedia's Candidate Connection survey or Ballotpedia staff created a profile after identifying the candidate as noteworthy.^[54] Ballotpedia staff compiled profiles based on campaign websites, advertisements, and public statements.

Anthony Brindisi

Party:Democratic Party

Incumbent: Yes

Political Office: 

• U.S House (Assumed office: 2019)
• New York State Assembly (2012-2018)
• Utica City Board of Education

Biography:  Brindisi received a B.A. from Siena College and a J.D. from Albany Law Schoolof Union University. He worked as a lawyer in private practice.

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Key Messages

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

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Brindisi said he had a proven record of bipartisanship and delivering for upstate New York.

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Brindisi emphasized legislation he worked to get passed, including legislation requiring the defense department to buy flatware manufactured in upstate New York and legislation related to mental healthcare for veterans.

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Brindisi said he held Spectrum cable company accountable and that Tenney gave the company a tax break while it raised rates. He said Spectrum gave money to Tenney's campaign.

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Show sources

Sources:Anthony Brindisi's 2020 campaign website, "Meet Anthony," accessed October 15, 2020;YouTube, "Anthony Brindisi, Videos," accessed October 15, 2020; Biographical Directory of the United States Congress, "Brindisi, Anthony," accessed October 15, 2020

This information was current as of the candidate's run for U.S. House New York District 22 in 2020.

Claudia Tenney

Party:Conservative Party

Incumbent: No

Political Office: 

• U.S House (2017-2019)
• New York State Assembly (2011-2016)

Biography: Tenney received a B.A. from Colgate University and a J.D. from Cincinnati University. She founded Tenney Media Group, worked as a staffer to the consulate general of Yugoslavia, and was a lawyer in private practice.

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Key Messages

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

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Tenney emphasized her background as a business owner and single mother.

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Tenney said her record included introducing legislation to require the defense department to buy flatware manufactured in upstate New York, supporting the police, and voting against tax increases.

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Several Tenney ads included the line, "You can't spell Brindisi without B.S." Tenney's ads said Brindisi turned his back on police, supported releasing dangerous criminals early and free education for people in the country illegally, voted to impeach Donald Trump, and let Spectrum cable company raise rates while taking money from PACs linked to the company.

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Show sources

Sources:Claudia Tenney's 2020 campaign website, "Bio," accessed October 15, 2020;YouTube, "Claudia Tenney, Videos," accessed October 15, 2020; Biographical Directory of the United States Congress, "Tenney, Claudia," accessed October 15, 2020

This information was current as of the candidate's run for U.S. House New York District 22 in 2020.

Polls

See also:Ballotpedia's approach to covering polls

New York's 22nd Congressional District, 2020: General election polls
Poll	Date	Brindisi	Tenney	Undecided/Other	Margin of error	Sample size	Sponsor
Siena College	Sept. 27-Oct. 4	48%	39%	13%	± 5.0	383	Syracuse.com

Campaign finance

This section contains campaign finance figures from theFederal Election Commission covering all candidate fundraising and spending in this election.^[55] It does not include information on fundraising before the current campaign cycle or onspending 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.^[56] The chart below contains data from financial reports submitted to theFederal Election Commission.

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, andDDHQ/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 andSolid 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.^[57]
• 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.^[58][59][60]

Noteworthy endorsements

See also:Ballotpedia: Our approach to covering endorsements

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, pleaseclick here.

Click the links below to see endorsement lists published on candidate campaign websites, if available.

• Claudia Tenney

Timeline

2020

• October 2020 (click to collapse)

  October

  • Oct. 26, 2020: The Mohawk Valley Community College hosted adebate.

  • Oct. 22, 2020: WSKG and the League of Women Voters hosted adebate.

  • Oct. 19, 2020:Capital Tonight hosted adebate.

  • Oct. 18, 2020: Advance Media NY editorial boardendorsed Brindisi.^[61]

  • Oct. 4, 2020: A Siena Collegepoll showed Brindisi with 48% support to Tenney's 39%. The poll had a margin of error of +/- 5 percentage points.^[63]

• September 2020 (click to expand)

  September

  • Sept. 2, 2020: TheU.S. Chamber of Commerceendorsed Brindisi.^[62]

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, pleaseemail us.

Anthony Brindisi

Supporting Brindisi

• "Works with Both Parties" - Brindisi Campaign ad, accessed October 15, 2020

Opposing Tenney

Claudia Tenney

Supporting Tenney

Opposing Brindisi

Satellite group ads

Opposing Brindisi

Opposing Tenney

Debates and forums

October 26, 2020

The Mohawk Valley Community College hosted a debate.View coverage here.

October 22, 2020

WSKG and the League of Women Voters hosted a debate.View coverage here.

October 19, 2020

Capital Tonight hosted a debate.View the video here.

Campaign themes

See also:Campaign themes

Anthony Brindisi

Brindisi’s campaign website stated the following:

Claudia Tenney

Tenney’s campaign website stated the following:

Keith Price

Price’s campaign Facebook page stated the following:

James Desira

Desira’s campaign website stated the following:

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 thatDonald Trump (R) won in the2016 presidential election. Most were expected to be among the House'smost 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	Tom O'Halleran	Yes	Democrats+7.7	Trump+1.1	Romney+2.5
Georgia's 6th	Lucy McBath	Yes	Democrats+1.0	Trump+1.5	Romney+23.3
Illinois' 14th	Lauren Underwood	Yes	Democrats+5.0	Trump+3.9	Romney+10
Illinois' 17th	Cheri Bustos	Yes	Democrats+24.2	Trump+0.7	Obama+17
Iowa's 1st	Abby Finkenauer	Yes	Democrats+5.1	Trump+3.5	Obama+13.7
Iowa's 2nd	Dave Loebsack	Retired	Democrats+5.2	Trump+4.1	Obama+13.1
Iowa's 3rd	Cindy Axne	Yes	Democrats+2.2	Trump+3.5	Obama+4.2
Maine's 2nd	Jared Golden	Yes	Democrats+1.3	Trump+10.3	Obama+8.6
Michigan's 8th	Elissa Slotkin	Yes	Democrats+3.8	Trump+6.7	Romney+3.1
Michigan's 11th	Haley Stevens	Yes	Democrats+6.7	Trump+4.4	Romney+5.4
Minnesota's 2nd	Angie Craig	Yes	Democrats+5.5	Trump+1.2	Obama+0.1
Minnesota's 7th	Collin Peterson	Yes	Democrats+4.3	Trump+30.8	Romney+9.8
Nevada's 3rd	Susie Lee	Yes	Democrats+9.1	Trump+1.0	Obama+0.8
New Hampshire's 1st	Chris Pappas	Yes	Democrats+8.6	Trump+1.6	Obama+1.6
New Jersey's 3rd	Andrew Kim	Yes	Democrats+1.3	Trump+6.2	Obama+4.6
New Jersey's 5th	Josh Gottheimer	Yes	Democrats+13.7	Trump+1.1	Romney+3.0
New Jersey's 11th	Mikie Sherrill	Yes	Democrats+14.6	Trump+0.9	Romney+5.8
New Mexico's 2nd	Xochitl Torres Small	Yes	Democrats+1.9	Trump+10.2	Romney+6.8
New York's 11th	Max Rose	Yes	Democrats+6.5	Trump+9.8	Obama+4.3
New York's 18th	Sean Maloney	Yes	Democrats+10.9	Trump+1.9	Obama+4.3
New York's 19th	Antonio Delgado	Yes	Democrats+5.2	Trump+6.8	Obama+6.2
New York's 22nd	Anthony Brindisi	Yes	Democrats+1.8	Trump+15.5	Romney+0.4
Oklahoma's 5th	Kendra Horn	Yes	Democrats+1.4	Trump+13.4	Romney+18.4
Pennsylvania's 8th	Matt Cartwright	Yes	Democrats+9.3	Trump+9.6	Obama+11.9
Pennsylvania's 17th	Conor Lamb	Yes	Democrats+12.5	Trump+2.6	Romney+4.5
South Carolina's 1st	Joe Cunningham	Yes	Democrats+1.4	Trump+13.1	Romney+18.1
Utah's 4th	Ben McAdams	Yes	Democrats+0.3	Trump+6.7	Romney+37.0
Virginia's 2nd	Elaine Luria	Yes	Democrats+2.2	Trump+3.4	Romney+2.3
Virginia's 7th	Abigail Spanberger	Yes	Democrats+1.9	Trump+6.5	Romney+10.5
Wisconsin's 3rd	Ron Kind	Yes	Democrats+19.3	Trump+4.5	Obama+11
Source:Sabato's Crystal Ball andDaily Kos

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

District analysis

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

See also:FiveThirtyEight's elasticity scores

The 2017Cook Partisan Voter Index for this district was R+6, meaning that in the previous two presidential elections, this district's results were 6 percentage points more Republican than the national average. This made New York's 22nd Congressional District the 185th most Republican nationally.^[69]

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 1.09. This means that for every 1 point the national political mood moved toward a party, the district was expected to move 1.09 points toward that party.^[70]

Pivot Counties

See also:Pivot Counties by state

Eighteen of 62 New York counties—29 percent—arePivot Counties. Pivot Counties are counties that voted forBarack Obama (D) in 2008 and 2012 and forDonald Trump (R) in 2016. Altogether, the nation had 206 Pivot Counties, with most being concentrated in upper midwestern and northeastern states.

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.^[71]

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 byDaily Kos.^[72][73]

Candidate ballot access

The table below details filing requirements for 22nd Congressional District candidates in New York in the 2020 election cycle. For additional information on candidate ballot access requirements in New York, clickhere.

District election history

2018

See also:New York's 22nd Congressional District election, 2018

General election

General election

General election for U.S. House New York District 22

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Anthony Brindisi (D)	50.9	127,715
		Claudia Tenney (R)	49.1	123,242

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Democratic primary election

Democratic primary election

Democratic primary for U.S. House New York District 22

		Candidate
✔		Anthony Brindisi

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Republican primary election

Republican primary election

Republican primary for U.S. House New York District 22

		Candidate
✔		Claudia Tenney

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Withdrawn or disqualified candidates

• Nicholas Wan (R)

2016

See also:New York's 22nd Congressional District election, 2016

New York's 22nd Congressional District was abattleground district in 2016. IncumbentRichard Hanna (R), who began serving in Congress in 2011, chose not to seek re-election in 2016, leaving the seat open.Claudia Tenney (R) defeatedKim Myers (D) andMartin Babinec (Upstate Jobs Party) in the general election on November 8, 2016. Tenney defeatedGeorge Phillips andSteve Wells in the Republican primary, while Myers faced no primary opponent. The primary elections took place on June 28, 2016.^{[75][76][77][78][79]}

U.S. House, New York District 22 General Election, 2016

Party		Candidate	Vote %	Votes
	Republican	Claudia Tenney	46.5%	129,444
	Democratic	Kim Myers	41.1%	114,266
	Upstate Jobs	Martin Babinec	12.4%	34,638
Total Votes				278,348
Source:New York Board of Elections

U.S. House, New York, District 22 Republican Primary, 2016

Candidate	Vote %	Votes
Claudia Tenney	41.1%	9,549
Steve Wells	34.3%	7,985
George Phillips	24.6%	5,716
Total Votes		23,250
Source:New York State Board of Elections

2014

See also:New York's 22nd Congressional District elections, 2014

The 22nd Congressional District of New York held an election for theU.S. House of Representatives on November 4, 2014. IncumbentRichard Hanna (R) won an unopposed general election.

U.S. House, New York District 22 General Election, 2014

Party		Candidate	Vote %	Votes
	Republican	Richard HannaIncumbent	98.4%	129,851
	N/A	Write-in votes	1.6%	2,081
Total Votes				131,932
Source:New York State Board of Elections, NYS Board of Elections Rep. in Congress Election Returns November 4, 2014," accessed August 30, 2021

See also

• United States House of Representatives elections in New York, 2020
• United States House of Representatives elections, 2020

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