2022 New York's 19th congressional district special election

2022 New York's 19th congressional district special election
New York's 19th congressional district
Turnout	27.16%
	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

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]

Candidates

Democratic Party

Nominee

Pat Ryan, Ulster County executive and candidate for this district in 2018^[6]

Declined

Michelle Hinchey, state senator from the 46th district (endorsed Ryan)^[4]^[7]
Zephyr Teachout, special advisor in the office of the Attorney General of New York, Fordham University law professor; candidate for governor in 2014, nominee for this district in 2016, candidate for attorney general in 2018 and 2022^[3]

Republican Party

Nominee

Marc Molinaro, Dutchess County executive and former state assemblyman; nominee for governor in 2018^[3]

Endorsements

Pat Ryan (D)

U.S. representatives

Sean Patrick Maloney, U.S. representative from New York's 18th congressional district (2013–present)^[6]

Statewide officials

Antonio Delgado, Lieutenant Governor of New York (2022–present) and former U.S. Representative from New York's 19th congressional district (2019–2022)^[6]
Thomas DiNapoli, Comptroller of New York (2007–present)^[8]
Kathy Hochul, Governor of New York (2021–present), former lieutenant governor of New York (2015–2021), and former U.S. Representative from New York's 26th congressional district (2011–2013)^[6]

State legislators

Michelle Hinchey, state senator for the 46th district^[9]^[10]

Mayors

Gary Bassett, mayor of Rhinebeck^[11]
Joe DeStefano, mayor of Middletown^[11]
Torrance Harvey, mayor of Newburgh^[11]
Jeff Kaplan, mayor of Ellenville^[11]
Lee Kyriacou, mayor of Beacon^[11]
Steve Noble, mayor of Kingston^[11]
Tim Rogers, mayor of New Paltz^[11]
Karen Smythe, mayor of Red Hook^[11]

Organizations

VoteVets.org^[12]

Marc Molinaro (R)

U.S. representatives

Elise Stefanik, U.S. representative from New York's 21st congressional district (2015–present)^[13]

Organizations

General election

Predictions

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

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

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

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
County	#	%	#	%	#	%	#	%	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

Dutchess (largest municipality: Poughkeepsie)
Otsego (largest municipality: Oneonta)
Rensselaer (largest municipality: Troy)
Sullivan (largest municipality: Monticello)

Notes

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

Partisan clients

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

References

^ ^a ^b "New York State Unofficial Election Night Results". New York State Board of Elections. August 24, 2022. Retrieved August 24, 2022.
^ 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.
^ ^a ^b ^c "Hochul taps upstate Rep. Antonio Delgado as LG". City & State. May 3, 2022. Retrieved May 3, 2022.
^ ^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.
^ Solender, Andrew (August 23, 2022). "Democrats hold onto key House seat in N.Y. special election". Axios. Retrieved August 24, 2022.
^ ^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.
^ "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".
^ "LABOR CANVASS FOR NY-19 SPECIAL ELECTION: Join Tom DiNapoli to knock doors for Pat Ryan · Mobilize".
^ "Columbia and Greene: Virtual Phonebank for Michelle Hinchey and Pat Ryan! · Mobilize".
^ "Special election for upstate New York House seat offers new test of political energy around abortion | CNN Politics". CNN. August 22, 2022.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h "Mayors Across Hudson Valley Endorse Pat Ryan". hudsonvalleypress.com. June 22, 2022. Retrieved December 5, 2022.
^ "Pat Ryan".
^ "Stefanik makes push for Republican New York House hopefuls".
^ "Small Businesses Endorse Marc Molinaro in NY-19 Special Election". National Federation of Independent Business. July 20, 2022. Retrieved August 10, 2022.
^ "NYFCR Endorsements: 2022". newyorkfcr.org. August 21, 2022. Archived from the original on August 21, 2022.
^ "U.S. Chamber Endorses Marc Molinaro for New York's 19th Congressional District". August 10, 2022.
^ Wasserman, Dave. "Delgado Exit Yet Another Setback for New York Democrats". Retrieved May 6, 2022.
^ Rubashkin, Jacob (July 21, 2022). "New York Special Elections: 19th and 23rd Districts". House Ratings. The Rothenberg Political Report. Retrieved July 21, 2022.
^ Coleman, J. Miles (May 11, 2022). "Notes on the State of Politics: May 11, 2022". Retrieved May 11, 2022.
^ Data for Progress (D)
^ ^a ^b DCCC Targeting and Analytics Department (D)
^ Triton Polling & Research (R)
^ Public Policy Polling (D)
^ Triton Polling & Research (R)
^ "New York District 19 2022 Special Election". OpenSecrets. Archived from the original on August 24, 2022. Retrieved August 24, 2022.
^ "Democrats win Albany-area special House race despite being outspent on airwaves". NBC News. August 24, 2022. Retrieved August 24, 2022.
^ 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.
^ "Red Wave Looks More Like a Ripple". Cook Political Report. August 24, 2022. Retrieved August 24, 2022.
^ "New York 19th Congressional District Special Election Results". The New York Times. August 23, 2022. Retrieved August 23, 2022.

[Key-20] Key:
A – all adults
RV – registered voters
LV – likely voters
V – unclear

[DCCCTAD-23] This poll was conducted in-house by and for the DCCC

[FCUSA-25] This poll was sponsored by Freedom Council USA

[PR-27] This poll was sponsored by Ryan's campaign and analyzed by Global Strategy Group

[NYSBoE-unofficial-1] "New York State Unofficial Election Night Results". New York State Board of Elections. August 24, 2022. Retrieved August 24, 2022.

[dates-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.

[City&State-3] "Hochul taps upstate Rep. Antonio Delgado as LG". City & State. May 3, 2022. Retrieved May 3, 2022.

[NYT-4] 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.

[Ryan-6] "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.

[mayors-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.

[Inside_Elections-18] Rubashkin, Jacob (July 21, 2022). "New York Special Elections: 19th and 23rd Districts". House Ratings. The Rothenberg Political Report. Retrieved July 21, 2022.

[Sabato's_Crystal_Ball-19] Coleman, J. Miles (May 11, 2022). "Notes on the State of Politics: May 11, 2022". Retrieved May 11, 2022.

[21] Data for Progress (D)

[archive.today-22] DCCC Targeting and Analytics Department (D)

[24] Triton Polling & Research (R)

[26] Public Policy Polling (D)

[28] Triton Polling & Research (R)

[29] "New York District 19 2022 Special Election". OpenSecrets. Archived from the original on August 24, 2022. Retrieved August 24, 2022.

[30] "Democrats win Albany-area special House race despite being outspent on airwaves". NBC News. August 24, 2022. Retrieved August 24, 2022.

[31] 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.

[32] "Red Wave Looks More Like a Ripple". Cook Political Report. August 24, 2022. Retrieved August 24, 2022.

[33] "New York 19th Congressional District Special Election Results". The New York Times. August 23, 2022. Retrieved August 23, 2022.

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Candidates

Democratic Party

Nominee

Declined

Republican Party

Nominee

Endorsements

General election

Predictions

Polling

Fundraising

Results

See also

Notes

References