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The 2018 United States House of Representatives elections in New York were held November 6, 2018 to elect a U.S. Representative from each of New York's 27 congressional districts. The elections coincided with the gubernatorial election, as well as an election to the United States Senate and various state and local elections.

Contested primaries were held June 26, 2018. On election day, Democrats gained three New York House seats, and the Democratic Party retook control of the House of Representatives. Democrats won a total of 21 New York House seats, while Republicans won six.

Overview

Elections were held in all 27 of New York's congressional districts in 2018. Prior to the 2018 elections, one New York House seat was vacant due to the death of Rep. Louise Slaughter (D-25th District) on March 16, 2018. In the June 26, 2018 Democratic primary in District 14, insurgent Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez upset longtime incumbent Rep. Joe Crowley. On November 6, 2018, the Democratic Party held the open seat in District 25 and defeated three Republican incumbents; with the exception of Crowley, all Democratic incumbent members of Congress in New York were re-elected. The defeated Republican incumbents were Rep. Dan Donovan (R-11th District) (defeated by Democrat Max Rose), Rep. John Faso (R-19th District) (defeated by Democrat Antonio Delgado), and Rep. Claudia Tenney (R-22nd District) (defeated by Democrat Anthony Brindisi). Incumbent Rep. Chris Collins (R-27th District) was narrowly re-elected despite having been arrested on insider trading charges in August 2018.

Democrats won a total of 21 New York House seats, while Republicans won six. Nationally, the Democratic Party won control of the House of Representatives on election day.

New York is near unique among the states in that it allows electoral fusion (cross-endorsement). As a result, New York ballots tend to list many political parties. Most news outlets report election results using only the primary affiliation of party registration of candidates rather than by the party nominees who are elected, and most pollsters group candidates the same way.

By district

Results of the 2018 United States House of Representatives elections in New York by district:

District 1

The 1st district is located in eastern Long Island and includes most of central and eastern Suffolk County. The incumbent was Republican Lee Zeldin, who had represented the district since 2015. He was re-elected to a second term with 58% of the vote in 2016.

Republican primary

Candidates

=Nominee

=
*Lee Zeldin, incumbent U.S. Representative

Democratic primary

The 1st district was included on the initial list of Republican-held seats being targeted by the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee in 2018.

Candidates

=Nominee

=
* Perry Gershon, businessman

=Eliminated in primary

=
* Kate Browning, Suffolk County legislator
* Elaine DiMasi, physicist
* David Pechefsky, New York City Council staffer
* Vivian Viloria-Fisher, former Suffolk County legislator and candidate for Brookhaven Town Supervisor in 2013

=Withdrawn

=
* Brendon Henry, bartender
* Hannah Selinger, writer and sommelier

=Declined

=
* Dave Calone, venture capitalist, former chairman of the Suffolk Planning Commission and candidate in 2016
* Fred Thiele, state assembly member

Results

General election

Predictions

Campaign

In mid-September, Gershon said his campaign had raised more than $1.25 million since July 1, with contributions averaging $85. At the end of September, the nonpartisan Washington, D.C.-based Cook Political Report rated the race as "Likely Republican;" the "Likely" designation is for seats "not considered competitive at this point, but hav ngthe potential to become engaged."

Endorsements

Polling

Results

District 2

The 2nd district is based along the South Shore of Long Island and includes southwestern Suffolk County and a small portion of southeastern Nassau County. The incumbent was Republican Peter T. King, who had represented the district since 2013 and previously represented the 3rd district from 1993 to 2013. He was re-elected to a thirteenth term with 62% of the vote in 2016.

Republican primary

Candidates

=Nominee

=
*Peter T. King, incumbent U.S. Representative

Democratic primary

Candidates

=Nominee

=
*Liuba Grechen Shirley, teacher

=Eliminated in primary

=
*DuWayne Gregory, Suffolk County legislator

Results

General election

Predictions

Endorsements

Debate

Results

District 3

The 3rd district includes most of the North Shore of Long Island. It covers northwestern Suffolk County, northern Nassau County, and northeastern Queens. The incumbent was Democrat Tom Suozzi, who had represented the district since 2017. He was elected to replace retiring representative Steve Israel with 53% of the vote in 2016.

Democratic primary

Candidates

=Nominee

=
*Tom Suozzi, incumbent U.S. Representative

Republican primary

New York's 3rd district was included on the initial list of Democrat-held seats being targeted by the National Republican Congressional Committee in 2018.

Candidates

=Nominee

=
*Dan DeBono, investment banker

Independents

*Joshua Sauberman, policy analyst

General election

Predictions

Endorsements

Results

District 4

The 4th district is located in central and southern Nassau County. The incumbent was Democrat Kathleen Rice, who had represented the district since 2015. She was re-elected to a second term with 59.5% of the vote in 2016.

Democratic primary

Candidates

=Nominee

=
*Kathleen Rice, incumbent U.S. Representative

Republican primary

Candidates

=Nominee

=
*Ameer Benno, attorney

General election

Predictions

Endorsements

Results

District 5

The 5th district is mostly located within Queens in New York City, but also includes a small portion of Nassau County. The incumbent was Democrat Gregory Meeks, who had represented the district since 2013 and previously represented the 6th district from 1998 to 2013. He was re-elected to a tenth term with 85% of the vote in 2016.

Democratic primary

Candidates

=Nominee

=
* Gregory Meeks, incumbent U.S. Representative

=Eliminated in primary

=
* Carl Achille, former vice president of the Elmont Chamber of Commerce
* Mizan Choudhury, IT operations manager

Results

General election

Predictions

Endorsements

Results

District 6

The 6th district is located entirely within Queens in New York City. The incumbent was Democrat Grace Meng, who had represented the district since 2013. She was re-elected to a third term with 72% of the vote in 2016.

Democratic primary

Candidates

=Nominee

=
*Grace Meng, incumbent U.S. Representative

General election

Predictions

Endorsements

Results

District 7

The 7th district is located entirely in New York City and includes parts of Brooklyn, Queens, and Manhattan. The incumbent was Democrat Nydia Velázquez, who had represented the district since 2013 and previously represented the 12th district from 1993 to 2013. She was re-elected to a thirteenth term with 91% of the vote in 2016.

Democratic primary

Candidates

=Nominee

=
*Nydia Velázquez, incumbent U.S. Representative

General election

Predictions

Endorsements

Results

District 8

The 8th district is located entirely in the New York City boroughs of Brooklyn and Queens. The incumbent was Democrat Hakeem Jeffries, who had represented the district since 2013. He was re-elected to a third term with 93% of the vote in 2016.

Democratic primary

Candidates

=Nominee

=
*Hakeem Jeffries, incumbent U.S. Representative

General election

Predictions

Endorsements

Results

District 9

The 9th district is located entirely within the New York City borough of Brooklyn. The incumbent was Democrat Yvette Clarke, who had represented the district since 2013 and previously represented the 11th district from 2007 to 2013. She was re-elected to a sixth term with 92% of the vote in 2016.

Democratic primary

Candidates

=Nominee

=
*Yvette Clarke, incumbent U.S. Representative

=Eliminated in primary

=
*Adem Bunkeddeko, former member of Brooklyn Community Board 8

Results

Republican primary

Candidates

=Nominee

=
*Lutchi Gayot, businessman

General election

Predictions

Endorsements

Results

District 10

The 10th district is located in New York City and includes the Upper West Side of Manhattan; the west side of Lower Manhattan, including Greenwich Village and the Financial District; and parts of Brooklyn, including Borough Park. The incumbent was Democrat Jerrold Nadler, who had represented the district since 2013, and previously represented the 8th district from 1993 to 2013 and the 17th district from 1992 to 1993. He was re-elected to a thirteenth full term with 78% of the vote in 2016.

Democratic primary

Candidates

=Nominee

=
* Jerrold Nadler, incumbent U.S. Representative

Republican primary

Candidates

=Nominee

=
*Naomi Levin, software engineer

General election

Predictions

Endorsements

Results

District 11

The 11th district is located entirely in New York City and includes all of Staten Island and parts of southern Brooklyn. The incumbent was Republican Dan Donovan, who had represented the district since 2015. He was re-elected to a second term with 62% of the vote in 2016.

Republican primary

Former Congressman Michael Grimm, who resigned in 2014 after pleading guilty to federal tax fraud charges for which he served eight months in prison, challenged Donovan in the primary.

Candidates

=Nominee

=
* Dan Donovan, incumbent U.S. Representative

=Eliminated in primary

=
* Michael Grimm, former U.S. Representative and convicted felon

Endorsements

Debates

Complete video of debate
June 14, 2018

Polling

Results

Democratic primary

New York's 11th district was included on the initial list of Republican-held seats being targeted by the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee in 2018.

Candidates

=Nominee

=
* Max Rose, Army veteran and chief of staff at Brightpoint Health

=Eliminated in primary

=
* Michael DeVito, retired Marine Staff Sergeant
* Zach Emig, bond trader
* Paul Sperling, entrepreneur

=Withdrawn

=
* Mike DeCillis, teacher and retired police officer (endorsed Michael DeVito)
* Boyd Melson, retired boxer and Army Reserves Captain

Endorsements

Results

Conservative primary

Dan Donovan also ran in the primary for the Conservative Party of New York State.

Results

General election

Predictions

Endorsements

Polling

Results

District 12

The 12th district is located entirely in New York City and includes several neighborhoods in the East Side of Manhattan, Greenpoint and western Queens. The incumbent was Democrat Carolyn Maloney, who had represented the district since 2013 and previously represented the 14th district from 1993 to 2013. She was re-elected to a thirteenth term with 83% of the vote in 2016.

Democratic primary

Candidates

=Nominee

=
*Carolyn Maloney, incumbent U.S. Representative

=Eliminated in primary

=
* Suraj Patel, adjunct professor at NYU Stern School of Business

Results

Republican primary

Candidates

=Nominee

=
*Eliot Rabin, businessman

General election

Predictions

Endorsements

Results

District 13

The 13th district is located entirely in New York City and includes Upper Manhattan and a small portion of the western Bronx. The incumbent was Democrat Adriano Espaillat, who had represented the district since 2017. He was elected to replace retiring representative Charles Rangel with 89% of the vote in 2016.

Democratic primary

Candidates

=Nominee

=
*Adriano Espaillat, incumbent U.S. Representative

Republican primary

Candidates

=Nominee

=
*Jineea Butler, hip hop analyst

General election

Predictions

Endorsements

Results

District 14

The 14th district is located in New York City and includes the eastern Bronx and part of north-central Queens. The incumbent was Democrat Joseph Crowley, a leader of the New Democrat Coalition, who had represented the district since 2013. Crowley previously represented the 7th district from 1999 to 2013. He was re-elected to a tenth term with 83% of the vote in 2016. Crowley, who had been named as a potential successor to Nancy Pelosi as House Leader or Speaker, sought re-election in 2018.

Democratic primary

Backed by the organization Brand New Congress, bartender and activist Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez challenged Crowley in the primary, announcing her campaign in June 2017. Ocasio-Cortez, who had been an organizer in Bernie Sanders' Bernie Sanders 2016 presidential campaign, 2016 presidential campaign, was the first primary challenger Crowley had faced since 2004 United States House of Representatives elections in New York, 2004. On May 10, 2018, it was announced that she had gathered enough signatures to appear on the primary ballot. Despite this, most observers concluded that Crowley would win the primary, citing his strong support from elected officials and his large fundraising advantage.

In her campaign, Ocasio-Cortez claimed that Crowley was not progressive enough for the district, and also accused him of corruption, stating that he was using his position as chair of the Queens Democratic Party improperly. She aggressively built a presence on social media platforms, creating a biographical video promoting her campaign that went Viral phenomenon, viral. Crowley significantly outspent Ocasio-Cortez prior to the primary election.

Candidates

=Nominee

=
*Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, bartender and activist

=Eliminated in primary

=
*Joe Crowley, incumbent U.S. Representative

Debates

Endorsements

Results

Ocasio-Cortez defeated Crowley in the Democratic primary election, which was considered an upset victory.

Republican primary

Candidates

=Nominee

=
*Anthony Pappas, St. John's University (New York City), St. John's University economics and finance associate professor

General election

Predictions

Campaign

Following his defeat in the Democratic primary, Crowley remained on the ballot on the Working Families Party line, but did not actively campaign. Following Ocasio-Cortez's primary win, Joann Ariola, chairwoman of the Queens Republican Party, claimed that the Republican Party had a chance of winning the seat due to Ocasio-Cortez being a Democratic socialism, democratic socialist. Michael Rendino, chairman of the Bronx Republican Party, was more skeptical, declaring that "even if Crowley and Ocasio-Cortez split the vote, we'd still lose two-to-one".

Professor Anthony Pappas was the Republican nominee, but was disavowed by the Queens and Bronx Republican Parties after he was accused of committing domestic violence. Several Republicans approached both the Queens and Bronx Republican parties with the intent of replacing Pappas on the ballot, but Pappas refused to withdraw from the race. Pappas's campaign was based around the abolition of judicial immunity, which he argued had led to judges becoming unaccountable for their actions. Pappas's campaign manager attempted to convince him to run an aggressive campaign against Ocasio-Cortez, but he refused.

Endorsements

Results

District 15

The 15th district is located entirely within The Bronx in New York City and is one of the smallest districts by area in the entire country. The incumbent was Democrat José E. Serrano, who had represented the district since 2013, and previously represented the 16th district from 1993 to 2013 and the 18th district from 1990 to 1993. He was re-elected to a fourteenth full term with 95% of the vote in 2016.

Democratic primary

Candidates

=Nominee

=
* José E. Serrano, incumbent U.S. Representative

Republican primary

Candidates

=Nominee

=
*Jason Gonzalez

Reform primary

Candidates

=Nominee

=
*Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (write-in) (declined nomination)

General election

Predictions

Endorsements

Results

District 16

The 16th district is located in the northern part of The Bronx and the southern half of Westchester County, New York, Westchester County, including the cities of Mount Vernon, New York, Mount Vernon, Yonkers, New York, Yonkers, New Rochelle, New York, New Rochelle, and Rye (city), New York, Rye. The incumbent was Democrat Eliot Engel, who had represented the district since 2013 and previously represented the 17th district from 1993 to 2013 and the 19th district from 1989 to 1993. He was re-elected to a fifteenth term with 95% of the vote in 2016.

Democratic primary

Candidates

=Nominee

=
*Eliot Engel, incumbent U.S. Representative

=Eliminated in primary

=
*Joyce Briscoe
*Derickson Lawrence
*Jonathan Lewis

Results

General election

Predictions

Endorsements

Results

District 17

The 17th district contains all of Rockland County, New York, Rockland County and the northern and central portions of Westchester County, New York, Westchester County, including the cities of Peekskill, New York, Peekskill and White Plains, New York, White Plains. The incumbent was Democrat Nita Lowey, who had represented the district since 2013 and previously represented the 18th district from 1993 to 2013 and the 20th district from 1989 to 1993. She was re-elected to a fifteenth term unopposed in 2016.

Democratic primary

Candidates

=Nominee

=
*Nita Lowey, incumbent U.S. Representative

General election

Predictions

Endorsements

Results

District 18

The 18th district is located entirely within the Hudson Valley, covering all of Orange County, New York, Orange County and Putnam County, New York, Putnam County, as well as parts of southern Dutchess County, New York, Dutchess County and northeastern Westchester County, New York, Westchester County. The incumbent was Democrat Sean Patrick Maloney, who had represented the district since 2013. He was re-elected to a third term with 56% of the vote in 2016.

Democratic primary

Candidates

=Nominee

=
* Sean Patrick Maloney, incumbent U.S. Representative

Republican primary

New York's 18th district was included on the initial list of Democratic held seats that were being targeted by the National Republican Congressional Committee in 2018.

Candidates

=Nominee

=
*James O'Donnell, Orange County, NY, Orange County legislator

General election

Predictions

Debate

Endorsements

Results

District 19

The 19th district is located in New York's Hudson Valley and Catskill Mountains, Catskills regions and includes all of Columbia County, New York, Columbia, Delaware County, New York, Delaware, Greene County, New York, Greene, Otsego County, New York, Otsego, Schoharie County, New York, Schoharie, Sullivan County, New York, Sullivan and Ulster County, New York, Ulster counties, and parts of Broome County, New York, Broome, Dutchess County, New York, Dutchess, Montgomery County, New York, Montgomery and Rensselaer County, New York, Rensselaer counties. The incumbent was Republican John Faso, who had represented the district since 2017. He was elected to replace retiring representative Chris Gibson (New York politician), Chris Gibson with 54% of the vote in 2016. The Democratic nominee was Antonio Delgado. Actress Diane Neal ran under the newly created Friends of Diane Neal ballot line.

Democratic primary

New York's 19th district was included on the initial list of Republican-held seats being targeted by the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee in 2018.

Candidates

=Nominee

=
* Antonio Delgado, attorney

=Eliminated in primary

=
* Jeff Beals, teacher and former U.S. diplomat
* David Clegg, lawyer
* Erin Collier, economist
* Brian Flynn, businessman
* Gareth Rhodes, former gubernatorial aide
* Pat Ryan (politician), Pat Ryan, Iraq War veteran and businessman

=Withdrawn

=
* Sue Sullivan, strategic planning consultant

=Declined

=
* Michael P. Hein, Mike Hein, Ulster County, New York, Ulster County Executive
* Zephyr Teachout, candidate for governor in 2014 and nominee for this seat in 2016
* Will Yandik, Livingston, New York, Livingston Deputy Supervisor and candidate for this seat in 2016

Polling

Results

Republican primary

*John Faso, incumbent

Independent candidates

Declared
*Diane Neal, actress

Disqualified
*Dal LaMagna, businessman

General election

Predictions

Endorsements

Debates

Complete video of debate
October 19, 2018

Polling

Results

District 20

The 20th district is located in the Capital District, New York, Capital District and includes all of Albany County, New York, Albany and Schenectady County, New York, Schenectady Counties, and portions of Montgomery County, New York, Montgomery, Rensselaer County, New York, Rensselaer and Saratoga County, New York, Saratoga Counties. The incumbent was Democrat Paul Tonko, who had represented the district since 2013 and previously represented the 21st district from 2009 to 2013. He was re-elected to a fifth term with 68% of the vote in 2016.

Democratic primary

Candidates

=Nominee

=
*Paul Tonko, incumbent U.S. Representative

Republican primary

Candidates

=Nominee

=
*Joe Vitollo, nurse and Republican nominee in United States House of Representatives elections in New York, 2016#District 20, 2016

General election

Predictions

Endorsements

Results

District 21

The 21st district, the state's largest and most rural congressional district, includes most of the North Country (New York), North Country and the northern suburbs of Syracuse, New York, Syracuse. The district borders Vermont to the east. The incumbent was Republican Elise Stefanik, who had represented the district since 2015. She was re-elected to a second term with 65.3% of the vote in 2016.

Republican primary

Farmer and real estate broker Russ Finley planned on making a primary challenge of Stefanik, but later withdrew from the race, leaving Stefanik unopposed in the primary.

Candidates

=Nominee

=
*Elise Stefanik, incumbent U.S. Representative

=Withdrawn

=
*Russ Finle, farmer and real estate broker

Democratic primary

Candidates

=Nominee

=
* Tedra Cobb, former St. Lawrence County, New York, St. Lawrence County legislator

=Eliminated in primary

=
* Don Boyajian, attorney and former congressional aide
* Emily Martz, economic development adviser
* Patrick Nelson, biochemist, campaign director for Democratic nominee Mike Derrick (politician), Mike Derrick in 2016, candidate for Stillwater Town Board in 2015
* Dylan Ratigan, businessman, author, film producer, ''The Young Turks'' political commentator and former MSNBC host
* Katie Wilson, antiques store owner

=Declined

=
* Mike Derrick, retired Army Colonel and nominee in United States House of Representatives elections in New York, 2016#District 21, 2016
* Martha Devaney
* Dylan Hewitt, project consultant for the Clinton Foundation
* Aaron Woolf, filmmaker and nominee in United States House of Representatives elections in New York, 2014#District 21, 2014

Debate

Results

Green primary

Past Green Party nominee Matt Funiciello announced that he would not run in 2018. Lynn Kahn was the Green Party candidate in 2018.

General election

Predictions

Endorsements

Debate

Results

District 22

The 22nd district is located in Central New York and includes all of Chenango County, New York, Chenango, Cortland County, New York, Cortland, Madison County, New York, Madison and Oneida County, New York, Oneida counties, and parts of Broome County, New York, Broome, Herkimer County, New York, Herkimer, Oswego County, New York, Oswego and Tioga County, New York, Tioga counties. The incumbent was Republican Claudia Tenney, who had represented the district since 2017. She was elected to replace retiring representative Richard L. Hanna, Richard Hanna with 47% of the vote in 2016.

Republican primary

Candidates

=Nominee

=
*Claudia Tenney, incumbent U.S. Representative

Democratic primary

New York's 22nd district was included on the initial list of Republican-held seats being targeted by the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee in 2018.

Candidates

=Nominee

=
*Anthony Brindisi, state assembly member

General election

Predictions

Endorsements

Debate

Polling

Results

District 23

The 23rd district includes all of Allegany County, New York, Allegany, Cattaraugus County, New York, Cattaraugus, Chautauqua County, New York, Chautauqua, Chemung County, New York, Chemung, Schuyler County, New York, Schuyler, Seneca County, New York, Seneca, Steuben County, New York, Steuben, Tompkins County, New York, Tompkins and Yates County, New York, Yates counties, along with parts of Ontario County, New York, Ontario and Tioga County, New York, Tioga counties. The incumbent was Republican Tom Reed (politician), Tom Reed, who had represented the district since 2013 and previously represented the 29th district from 2009 to 2013. He was re-elected to a fifth term with 58% of the vote in 2016.

Republican primary

Candidates

=Nominee

=
*Tom Reed (politician), Tom Reed, incumbent U.S. Representative

Democratic primary

Candidates

=Nominee

=
* Tracy Mitrano, Interim Director of the Executive Master's Program of the Park School of Communications at Ithaca College

=Eliminated in primary

=
* Max Della Pia, retired Air Force officer
* Ian Golden, businessman
* Eddie Sundquist, attorney

=Declined

=
* Paolo Cremidis, Democratic organizer and New York State Young Democrats Rural Caucus chair
* Jason Leifer, Dryden, New York, Dryden Town Supervisor
* John F. Plumb, nominee in United States House of Representatives elections in New York, 2016#District 23, 2016

Results

Although Della Pia finished slightly ahead of the other candidates on primary election night, he conceded to Mitrano after absentee ballots were counted.

Women's Equality primary

Tracy Mitrano ran unopposed for the Women's Equality Party (New York), Women's Equality Party nomination.

Results

General election

Predictions

Endorsements

Polling

Results

District 24

The 24th district includes all of Cayuga County, New York, Cayuga, Onondaga County, New York, Onondaga and Wayne County, New York, Wayne counties, and the western part of Oswego County, New York, Oswego County. The incumbent was Republican John Katko, who had represented the district since 2015. He was re-elected to a second term with 61% of the vote in 2016.

Republican primary

Candidates

=Nominee

=
*John Katko, incumbent U.S. Representative

Democratic primary

New York's 24th district was included on the initial list of Republican-held seats being targeted by the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee in 2018.

Candidates

=Nominee

=
* Dana Balter, Syracuse University professor

=Eliminated in primary

=
* Juanita Perez Williams, former Syracuse mayoral candidate

=Declined

=
* Eric Kingson, professor and candidate in United States House of Representatives elections in New York, 2016#District 24, 2016
* Phil LaTessa, former Syracuse, New York, Syracuse City Auditor
* Steve Michaels, attorney
* Stephanie Miner, List of mayors of Syracuse, New York, Mayor of Syracuse, New York, Syracuse
* Chris Ryan, Onondaga County, New York, Onondaga County legislator
* Steve Williams, attorney and candidate in United States House of Representatives elections in New York, 2016#District 24, 2016

Polling

Results

General election

Predictions

Endorsements

Polling

Results

District 25

The 25th district is located entirely within Monroe County, New York, Monroe County, centered on the city of Rochester, New York, Rochester. The seat was vacant due to the March 2018 death of incumbent Democratic representative Louise Slaughter, who represented the district from 2013 to 2018 and previously represented the 28th district from 1993 to 2013 and the 30th district from 1987 to 1993.

Following New York's 29th congressional district elections, 2010, precedent set in 2010, two concurrent elections were held in November 2018. One election was held to fill the seat for the 2018 lame-duck session, and another was held to fill the seat for the 2019–2020 term.

Democratic primary

Candidates

=Nominee

=
* Joseph Morelle, New York State Assembly Majority Leader

=Eliminated in primary

=
* Rachel Barnhart, former television journalist
* Adam McFadden, Rochester, New York, Rochester City Council member
* Robin Wilt, Brighton, Monroe County, New York, Brighton town board member

=Withdrawn

=
* Andrew Gilchrist, teacher

Debate

Results

Republican primary

Candidates

=Nominee

=
*Jim Maxwell, neurosurgeon

General election

Predictions

Debate

Endorsements

Polling

Results

District 26

The 26th district is located in Erie County, New York, Erie and Niagara County, New York, Niagara counties and includes the cities of Buffalo, New York, Buffalo and Niagara Falls, New York, Niagara Falls. The incumbent was Democrat Brian Higgins, who had represented the district since 2013, and previously represented the 27th district from 2005 to 2013. He was re-elected to a seventh term with 75% of the vote in 2016.

Democratic primary

Candidates

=Nominee

=
*Brian Higgins, incumbent U.S. Representative

Republican primary

Candidates

=Nominee

=
*Renee Zeno, businesswoman

General election

Predictions

Endorsements

Results

District 27

The 27th district is located in Western New York and includes all of Orleans County, New York, Orleans, Genesee County, New York, Genesee, Wyoming County, New York, Wyoming and Livingston County, New York, Livingston counties, and parts of Erie County, New York, Erie, Monroe County, New York, Monroe, Niagara County, New York, Niagara and Ontario County, New York, Ontario counties.

Incumbent Republican Chris Collins, who had represented the district since 2013, ran for re-election. He was re-elected to a third term with 67% of the vote in 2016,

Republican primary

Candidates

=Nominee

=
* Chris Collins, incumbent U.S. Representative

=Withdrawn

=
* Larry Piegza, computer technician and entrepreneur; remained in election as nominee of the Reform Party of New York State, Reform Party
* Frank C. Smierciak II, medical payment worker

Democratic primary

New York's 27th district was included on the initial list of Republican-held seats being targeted by the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee in 2018.

Candidates

=Nominee

=
*Nate McMurray, Supervisor of Grand Island, New York, Grand Island

=Withdrawn

=
* Sean Bunny, prosecutor
* Erin Cole, U.S. Army veteran, former senior vice president of Global NY
* Nick Stankevich, businessman

General election

Predictions

Campaign

On August 11, 2018, Collins announced that he would withdraw from his re-election campaign after being arrested for insider trading. Removing himself from the ballot would have required Collins to be nominated as a dummy candidate in another election or to move his legal place of residence out of state (he has additional homes in Florida and the District of Columbia). On September 17, 2018, Collins announced that he had changed course and would campaign for re-election in November after all.

=Potential Republican replacements

=
Following Collins's August 11 announcement that he would withdraw from the race, as many as 20 candidates expressed interest in the Republican nomination. (Collins later changed course and opted to seek re-election.) Among them were the following:

* David Bellavia, Iraq War veteran and radio host
* Lynne Dixon, Erie County legislator
* Patrick M. Gallivan, state senator
* Stephen Hawley, state assemblyman
* Chris Jacobs (politician), Chris Jacobs, state senator and former New York Secretary of State
* Stefan Mychajliw, Erie County Comptroller
* Robert Ortt, state senator
* Carl Paladino, New York gubernatorial election, 2010, 2010 gubernatorial nominee, former member of the Buffalo Public Schools Board of Education and founder of Ellicott Development Co.
* Michael Ranzenhofer, state senator
* Ed Rath, Erie County legislator
* Raymond Walter, Ray Walter, state assemblyman

Polling

With Jacobs

With Mychajliw

With Ortt

With Paladino

Endorsements

Results

Notes

References

External links

Candidates
at Vote Smart
Candidates
at Ballotpedia
Campaign finance
at Federal Election Commission, FEC
Campaign finance
at OpenSecrets

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