Nick Langworthy | |
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 Official portrait, 2024 | |
| Member of theU.S. House of Representatives fromNew York's23rd district | |
| Assumed office January 3, 2023 | |
| Preceded by | Joe Sempolinski |
| Chair of theNew York Republican Party | |
| In office July 1, 2019 – March 13, 2023 | |
| Preceded by | Ed Cox |
| Succeeded by | Ed Cox |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Nicholas Andrew Langworthy (1981-02-27)February 27, 1981 (age 44) Jamestown, New York, U.S. |
| Political party | Republican |
| Spouse | Erin Langworthy |
| Children | 2 |
| Education | Niagara University (BA) |
| Website | House website Campaign website |
Nicholas Andrew Langworthy (born February 27, 1981) is an American politician serving as theU.S. representative forNew York's 23rd district since 2023. He was formerly the chair of theNew York State Republican Committee. Langworthy was named chair of the committee in July 2019 after having chaired theErie County, New YorkRepublican Committee since 2010. He was the youngest state chair in party history.
Langworthy was born inJamestown, New York. He attended the Pine Valley Central School in his hometown ofSouth Dayton and graduated in 1999. After graduation, he attendedNiagara University, where he established the university's branch of theCollege Republicans. He graduated from Niagara with abachelor's degree inpolitical science and chaired theNew York College Republicans.[1][2]
Afterinterning at GovernorGeorge Pataki's office and running a congressional campaign for Brett Sommer in 2000, Langworthy became a staffer forCongressmanThomas M. Reynolds. He managed Reynolds's successful reelection campaigns in 2004 and 2006.[2] While working for Reynolds, Langworthy met his future wife, Erin Baker, who also worked on Reynolds's staff. Langworthy later managed the successful 2008 campaign of RepresentativeChris Lee and served as Lee's district office director until May 2010.[1][3][2]
Langworthy is the founder and president of apolling firm, Liberty Opinion Research.[1][4][better source needed]
Erie County Republican Committee chair James P. Domagalski resigned his chairmanship in 2010 to run for theNew York State Senate.[5][6] An early front-runner for the county chairship, Langworthy made himself as visible as possible on the county and state Republican scenes. Langworthy unanimously won a special election on May 5, 2010, becoming the youngest chair of either political party in Erie County's history.[1][better source needed] He was the only Republican county chair to endorseCarl Paladino in theRepublican gubernatorial primary in 2010; he emerged as a political powerhouse when Paladino won the primary.[7] Paladino's primary upset, together with the Republicans' successful effort to take control of the Erie County legislature, ledBuffalo News chief political columnist Bob McCarthy to call Langworthy the "GOP's Young Elder".[8]
In 2016,President-electDonald Trump announced that Langworthy would serve on the executive committee of histransition team.[9][10] Langworthy had been a vocal supporter of Trump's presidential campaign.[11]
In September 14, 2019, it was announced that Langworthy would be succeeded as Erie County chair byBoston, New York Republican chair Karl J. Simmeth Jr.[12]
In 2018, Langworthy began campaigning for the chairship of theNew York State Republican Committee against incumbent state chairmanEd Cox.[13] On May 20, 2019, after Monroe County Republican Chair Bill Reilich announced his support for Langworthy, Cox announced that he was withdrawing his candidacy for a new term as chair;[14] theDemocrat and Chronicle reported that Langworthy was "poised to become" the next chair of the Republican Committee.[15] On July 1, 2019, Langworthy was named chair of the New York State Republican Committee.[16] He is the youngest state chair in party history.[17]
In June 2022, U.S. representativeChris Jacobs, who was running inNew York's 23rd congressional district, announced that he would withdraw from the race and not seek reelection. Langworthy subsequently announced his candidacy for the seat, which represents portions of the Buffalo suburbs and most of theSouthern Tier.[18] His home inPendleton, nearNiagara Falls, had been in the 27th district before most of its territory was merged with the 23rd in redistricting. Jacobs had previously represented the 27th, and initially sought to follow most of his constituents into the 23rd before pulling out of the race.
Langworthy won the August 24 Republican primary—the real contest in this heavily Republican district—defeatingCarl Paladino. While Paladino dominated the Buffalo suburbs, Langworthy swamped him in the Southern Tier.[19] In the general election, Langworthy defeated Democratic nominee Max Della Pia.[20]
On June 11, 2024, Langworthyvoted (at 6:36 in video) against including H.R.1282 -MAJ Richard Star Act in the FY 25 NDAA. This despite the fact that he is listed as a co-sponsor of thebill.
In his role as member of the House Rules Committee, on July 14, 2025, he voted "no" when the committee voted on an amendment by CongressmanRo Khanna (D-CA) seeking to release theJeffrey Epstein files.[22][23] The amendment, which included the language that "affirms Congress's Article I authority to conduct oversight, demands that the Trump Administration release the Epstein files, calls on the Department of Justice and FBI to submit a report on any delays, suppression, or destruction of evidence related to the files, and supports full transparency and access to these documents in the interest of justice and accountability" was defeated with 8 "nay" votes and 4 "yea" votes.[24][25][26] Langworthy explained his "no" vote, claiming the amendment "was a pointless political gimmick, not a path to justice."
Langworthy voted "nay" on a subsequent September 2, 2025 resolution calling for a floor vote in the House on the bipartisanEpstein Files Transparency Act introduced by Reps. Khanna andThomas Massie (R-KY).[27] The Massie-Khanna measure allows the Justice Department to withhold or redact files that “contain personally identifiable information of victims or victims’ personal and medical files and similar files the disclosure of which would constitute a clearly unwarranted invasion of personal privacy.”[28]
Langworthy's wife, Erin Baker Langworthy, ran unsuccessfully forAmherst, New York, Town Board in 2017.[29][30] She served as finance chair of the Erie County Republican Committee.[31]
| Party political offices | ||
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| Preceded by | Chair of theNew York Republican Party 2019–2023 | Succeeded by |
| U.S. House of Representatives | ||
| Preceded by | Member of theU.S. House of Representatives fromNew York's 23rd congressional district 2023–present | Incumbent |
| U.S. order of precedence (ceremonial) | ||
| Preceded by | United States representatives by seniority 333rd | Succeeded by |