2022 New York's 23rd congressional district special election

The 2022 New York's 23rd congressional district special election was a special election held on August 23, 2022. The seat became vacant after incumbent Republican representative Tom Reed resigned on May 10, 2022.

Candidates Republican Party Nominee Joe Sempolinski, chairman of the Steuben County Republican Committee

Declined George Borrello, state senator from the 57th district Marc Cenedella, CEO of Ladders, Inc. and former candidate for this seat in the regular election Mike Sigler, Tompkins County legislator

Did not run Nick Langworthy, Chair of the New York Republican State Committee, former chair of the Erie County Republican Party, and nominee for this seat in the regular election Carl Paladino, former member of the Buffalo Public Schools Board, millionaire developer, nominee for Governor of New York in 2010, and candidate for this seat in the regular election primary

Democratic Party Nominee Max Della Pia, U.S. Air Force veteran, community leader, and Chair of the Tioga County Democratic Committee; also the candidate for this seat in the 2022 general election

Others Rich Moon, pharmacist, unsuccessfully sought Republican nomination and ran as a write-in candidate

Endorsements

General election Predictions SourceRankingAs of The Cook Political Report August 23, 2022 Inside Elections July 21, 2022 Sabato's Crystal Ball May 11, 2022

Fundraising Campaign finance reports as of August 3, 2022 Candidate Amount raised Amount spent Cash on hand Max Della Pia (D) $160,139 $114,600 $47,709 Joe Sempolinski (R) $224,933 $89,705 $135,228 Source: OpenSecrets

Results

CountyJoe SempolinskiRepublicanMax Della PiaDemocraticWrite-inMarginTotalvotesTurnout#%#%#%#%Allegany 3,812 73.32 1,370 26.35 17 0.33 2,442 46.97 5,199 19.80Cattaraugus 4,813 67.65 2,273 31.95 29 0.41 2,540 35.70 7,115 15.34Chautauqua 8,039 59.35 5,413 39.96 93 0.69 2,626 19.39 13,545 17.24Chemung 4,681 58.78 3,267 41.03 15 0.19 1,414 17.76 7,963 15.46Ontario 2,366 56.93 1,782 42.88 8 0.19 584 14.05 4,156 14.97Schuyler 1,267 53.35 1,105 46.53 3 0.13 162 6.82 2,375 19.10Seneca 1,710 56.55 1,311 43.35 3 0.10 399 13.19 3,021 14.74Steuben 6,726 66.95 3,282 32.67 39 0.39 3,444 34.28 10,047 16.90Tioga 2,099 51.75 1,954 48.18 3 0.07 145 3.58 4,056 16.42Tompkins 1,951 14.73 11,287 85.22 7 0.05 -9,336 -70.49 13,245 23.19Yates 1,285 57.29 957 42.67 1 0.04 328 14.62 2,243 16.28 Totals38,74953.1034,00146.602180.304,7486.5172,96817.43

See also 2022 United States House of Representatives elections 2022 United States elections 117th United States Congress List of special elections to the United States House of Representatives

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