2022 New York's 19th congressional district special election

The 2022 New York's 19th congressional district special election was a special election held on August 23, 2022.[2] The seat became vacant after incumbent Democratic representative Antonio Delgado resigned on May 25, 2022, to become lieutenant governor of New York.[3][4] Democratic nominee Pat Ryan won a slight victory over Republican nominee Marc Molinaro in what was seen as an upset due to Molinaro's lead in polls and fundraising in the weeks leading to the election.[5]

2022 New York's 19th congressional district special election

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New York's 19th congressional district
Turnout27.16%[1]
 
Nominee Pat Ryan Marc Molinaro
Party Democratic Republican
Alliance Working Families Conservative
Popular vote 66,088 63,010
Percentage 51.2% 48.8%

Results by county
Ryan:      50–60%      60–70%
Molinaro:      50–60%      60–70%      70–80%

U.S. Representative before election

Antonio Delgado
Democratic

Elected U.S. Representative

Pat Ryan
Democratic

Candidates

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Democratic Party

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Nominee

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Declined

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Republican Party

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Nominee

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Endorsements

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Pat Ryan (D)

U.S. representatives

Statewide officials

State legislators

Mayors

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General election

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Predictions

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Source Ranking As of
The Cook Political Report[17] Tossup May 5, 2022
Inside Elections[18] Tossup July 21, 2022
Sabato's Crystal Ball[19] Lean R (flip) May 11, 2022

Polling

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Graphical summary

Poll source Date(s)
administered
Sample
size[a]
Margin
of error
Pat
Ryan (D)
Marc
Molinaro (R)
Undecided
Data for Progress (D)[20] August 17–22, 2022 1,222 (LV) ± 3.0% 45% 53% 2%
DCCC Targeting and Analytics Department (D)[21][A] August 6–8, 2022 480 (LV) ± 4.5% 43% 46% 11%
Triton Polling & Research (R)[22][B] July 26–28, 2022 407 (LV) ± 4.9% 40% 50% 11%
Public Policy Polling (D)[23][C] June 29–30, 2022 581 (LV) ± 4.0% 40% 43% 16%
Triton Polling & Research (R)[24][B] June 16–20, 2022 505 (LV) ± 4.4% 38% 52% 10%
Hypothetical polling

Generic Democrat vs. generic Republican

Poll source Date(s)
administered
Sample
size[a]
Margin
of error
Generic
Democrat
Generic
Republican
Undecided
DCCC Targeting and Analytics Department (D)[21][A] August 6–8, 2022 480 (LV) ± 4.5% 44% 45% 12%

Fundraising

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Campaign finance reports as of August 3, 2022
Candidate Amount raised Amount spent Cash on hand
Marc Molinaro (R) $1,593,762 $993,626 $600,136
Pat Ryan (D) $1,582,369 $1,265,848 $316,522
Source: OpenSecrets[25]

Results

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Pat Ryan won the election with 66,088 votes or 51.2% of the vote compared to Marc Molinaro's 48.8% of the vote or 63,010 votes. This defied most polls, which had Molinaro winning by a somewhat comfortable margin as well as Sabato's Crystal Ball rating of Lean R. His victory can be attributed to his large margins in Ulster County. Ryan overperformed Joe Biden's 2020 margin in this district by about 0.8%. The result was considered an upset by some, as Molinaro had led by as much as 14 percentage points in public polling of the race, and Molinaro outspent Ryan on television advertising.[26][27] Ryan's victory led some forecasters to change some of their predictions for the 2022 House election.[28]

2022 New York's 19th congressional district special election[29][1]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Democratic Pat Ryan 58,636 45.39% –2.61
Working Families Pat Ryan 7,452 5.77% –0.78
Total Pat Ryan 66,088 51.15% –3.64
Republican Marc Molinaro 52,514 40.65% –2.55
Conservative Marc Molinaro 10,496 8.12% N/A
Total Marc Molinaro 63,010 48.77% +5.57
Write-in 96 0.07% N/A
Total votes 129,194 100.00%
Turnout 129,328 27.16%
Registered electors 476,134
Democratic hold
By county
County Pat Ryan
Democratic
Marc Molinaro
Republican
Write-in Margin Total
votes
Turnout
# % # % # % # %
Broome (part) 81 30.00 189 70.00 0 0.00 -108 -40.00 270 18.90
Columbia 9,026 57.35 6,704 42.60 8 0.05 2,322 14.75 15,738 32.71
Delaware 3,033 41.42 4,287 58.55 2 0.03 -1,254 -17.13 7,322 24.85
Dutchess (part) 12,257 48.44 13,030 51.49 17 0.07 -773 -3.05 25,304 31.07
Greene 3,632 39.21 5,626 60.74 4 0.04 -1,994 -21.53 9,262 28.67
Montgomery (part) 440 36.48 766 63.52 0 0.00 -326 -27.03 1,206 14.16
Otsego 4,153 48.26 4,434 51.52 19 0.22 -281 -3.27 8,606 24.23
Rensselaer (part) 3,901 45.13 4,739 54.83 3 0.04 -838 -9.70 8,643 18.51
Schoharie 1,642 34.05 3,176 65.85 5 0.10 -1,534 -31.81 4,823 24.27
Sullivan 3,881 42.72 5,196 57.19 8 0.09 -1,315 -14.47 9,085 18.84
Ulster 24,042 61.75 14,863 38.17 30 0.08 9,179 23.58 38,935 31.35
Totals 66,088 51.15 63,010 48.77 96 0.07 3,078 2.38 129,194 27.16

Counties that flipped from Democratic to Republican

See also

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Notes

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  1. ^ a b Key:
    A – all adults
    RV – registered voters
    LV – likely voters
    V – unclear

Partisan clients

  1. ^ a b This poll was conducted in-house by and for the DCCC
  2. ^ a b This poll was sponsored by Freedom Council USA
  3. ^ This poll was sponsored by Ryan's campaign and analyzed by Global Strategy Group

References

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  1. ^ a b "New York State Unofficial Election Night Results". New York State Board of Elections. August 24, 2022. Retrieved August 24, 2022.
  2. ^ Taddeo, Sarah (May 23, 2022). "Antonio Delgado to be sworn in as New York's lieutenant governor on May 25". The Journal News. Retrieved May 23, 2022.
  3. ^ a b c "Hochul taps upstate Rep. Antonio Delgado as LG". City & State. May 3, 2022. Retrieved May 3, 2022.
  4. ^ a b Fandos, Nicholas; Ferre-Sadurni, Luis (May 3, 2022). "Hochul Chooses Antonio Delgado as New Lieutenant Governor". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved May 3, 2022.
  5. ^ Solender, Andrew (August 23, 2022). "Democrats hold onto key House seat in N.Y. special election". Axios. Retrieved August 24, 2022.
  6. ^ a b c d "Pat Ryan to run in special 19th Congressional election before pursuing 18th seat". Poughkeepsie Journal. May 17, 2022. Retrieved May 23, 2022.
  7. ^ "For the strength of our party & the future we need here in NYS, I have decided to stay in the Senate & run for re-election, however the lines may look. We need representation in Albany fighting against the partisan rhetoric & blatant attacks on the rights we hold so dear".
  8. ^ "LABOR CANVASS FOR NY-19 SPECIAL ELECTION: Join Tom DiNapoli to knock doors for Pat Ryan · Mobilize".
  9. ^ "Columbia and Greene: Virtual Phonebank for Michelle Hinchey and Pat Ryan! · Mobilize".
  10. ^ "Special election for upstate New York House seat offers new test of political energy around abortion | CNN Politics". CNN. August 22, 2022.
  11. ^ a b c d e f g h "Mayors Across Hudson Valley Endorse Pat Ryan". hudsonvalleypress.com. June 22, 2022. Retrieved December 5, 2022.
  12. ^ "Pat Ryan".
  13. ^ "Stefanik makes push for Republican New York House hopefuls".
  14. ^ "Small Businesses Endorse Marc Molinaro in NY-19 Special Election". National Federation of Independent Business. July 20, 2022. Retrieved August 10, 2022.
  15. ^ "NYFCR Endorsements: 2022". newyorkfcr.org. August 21, 2022. Archived from the original on August 21, 2022.
  16. ^ "U.S. Chamber Endorses Marc Molinaro for New York's 19th Congressional District". August 10, 2022.
  17. ^ Wasserman, Dave. "Delgado Exit Yet Another Setback for New York Democrats". Retrieved May 6, 2022.
  18. ^ Rubashkin, Jacob (July 21, 2022). "New York Special Elections: 19th and 23rd Districts". House Ratings. The Rothenberg Political Report. Retrieved July 21, 2022.
  19. ^ Coleman, J. Miles (May 11, 2022). "Notes on the State of Politics: May 11, 2022". Retrieved May 11, 2022.
  20. ^ Data for Progress (D)
  21. ^ a b DCCC Targeting and Analytics Department (D)
  22. ^ Triton Polling & Research (R)
  23. ^ Public Policy Polling (D)
  24. ^ Triton Polling & Research (R)
  25. ^ "New York District 19 2022 Special Election". OpenSecrets. Archived from the original on August 24, 2022. Retrieved August 24, 2022.
  26. ^ "Democrats win Albany-area special House race despite being outspent on airwaves". NBC News. August 24, 2022. Retrieved August 24, 2022.
  27. ^ Solender, Andrew (August 24, 2022). "Democrats hold onto key House seat in N.Y. special election as Pat Ryan wins". Axios. Retrieved August 24, 2022.
  28. ^ "Red Wave Looks More Like a Ripple". Cook Political Report. August 24, 2022. Retrieved August 24, 2022.
  29. ^ "New York 19th Congressional District Special Election Results". The New York Times. August 23, 2022. Retrieved August 23, 2022.