2014 United States House of Representatives elections in New York
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The 2014 United States House of Representatives elections in New York were held on Tuesday, November 4, 2014, to elect the 27 U.S. representatives from the state of New York, one from each of the state's 27 congressional districts. The elections coincided with other elections to the United States Senate and House of Representatives and various state and local elections, including the governor, attorney general, and comptroller of New York.
The candidate filing deadline was April 14 and the primary elections were held on June 24.
Elections in New York State |
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Overview[edit]
United States House of Representatives elections in New York, 2014[1] | |||||
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Party | Votes | Percentage | Seats | +/– | |
Democratic | 2,009,444 | 51.07% | 18 | -3 | |
Republican | 1,554,274 | 39.50% | 9 | +3 | |
Conservative | 37,622 | 0.96% | 0 | ||
Green | 34,580 | 0.88% | 0 | ||
Others | 298,785 | 7.59% | 0 | ||
Totals | 3,934,705 | 100.00% | 27 |
By district[edit]
Results of the 2014 United States House of Representatives elections in New York by district:[2]
District | Democratic | Republican | Others | Total | Result | |||
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Votes | % | Votes | % | Votes | % | Votes | ||
District 1 | 78,722 | 45.57% | 94,035 | 54.43% | 0 | 0.00% | 172,757 | Republican gain |
District 2 | 41,814 | 30.02% | 95,177 | 68.34% | 2,281 | 1.64% | 139,272 | Republican hold |
District 3 | 90,032 | 54.80% | 74,269 | 45.20% | 0 | 0.00% | 164,301 | Democratic hold |
District 4 | 89,793 | 52.84% | 80,127 | 47.16% | 0 | 0.00% | 169,920 | Democratic hold |
District 5 | 75,712 | 95.14% | 0 | 0.00% | 3,870 | 4.86% | 79,582 | Democratic hold |
District 6 | 55,368 | 100.00% | 0 | 0.00% | 0 | 0.00% | 55,368 | Democratic hold |
District 7 | 56,593 | 88.84% | 5,713 | 8.97% | 1,398 | 2.19% | 63,704 | Democratic hold |
District 8 | 77,255 | 92.05% | 0 | 0.00% | 6,673 | 7.95% | 83,928 | Democratic hold |
District 9 | 82,659 | 89.47% | 0 | 0.00% | 9,727 | 10.53% | 92,386 | Democratic hold |
District 10 | 89,080 | 87.61% | 0 | 0.00% | 12,596 | 12.39% | 101,676 | Democratic hold |
District 11 | 45,244 | 42.36% | 58,886 | 55.13% | 2,687 | 2.52% | 106,817 | Republican hold |
District 12 | 90,603 | 79.94% | 22,731 | 20.06% | 0 | 0.00% | 113,334 | Democratic hold |
District 13 | 68,396 | 87.46% | 0 | 0.00% | 9,806 | 12.54% | 78,202 | Democratic hold |
District 14 | 50,352 | 88.20% | 0 | 0.00% | 6,735 | 11.80% | 57,087 | Democratic hold |
District 15 | 54,906 | 97.14% | 0 | 0.00% | 1,615 | 2.86% | 56,521 | Democratic hold |
District 16 | 99,658 | 100.00% | 0 | 0.00% | 0 | 0.00% | 99,658 | Democratic hold |
District 17 | 98,150 | 56.43% | 75,781 | 43.57% | 0 | 0.00% | 173,931 | Democratic hold |
District 18 | 88,993 | 49.73% | 85,660 | 47.87% | 4,294 | 2.40% | 178,947 | Democratic hold |
District 19 | 72,470 | 35.51% | 131,594 | 64.49% | 0 | 0.00% | 204,064 | Republican hold |
District 20 | 125,111 | 61.26% | 79,104 | 38.74% | 0 | 0.00% | 204,215 | Democratic hold |
District 21 | 59,063 | 33.84% | 96,226 | 55.14% | 19,238 | 11.02% | 174,527 | Republican gain |
District 22 | 0 | 0.00% | 129,851 | 100.00% | 0 | 0.00% | 129,851 | Republican hold |
District 23 | 70,242 | 38.31% | 113,130 | 61.69% | 0 | 0.00% | 183,372 | Republican hold |
District 24 | 80,304 | 40.40% | 118,474 | 59.60% | 0 | 0.00% | 198,778 | Republican gain |
District 25 | 96,803 | 50.23% | 95,932 | 49.77% | 0 | 0.00% | 192,735 | Democratic hold |
District 26 | 113,210 | 68.15% | 52,909 | 31.85% | 0 | 0.00% | 166,119 | Democratic hold |
District 27 | 58,911 | 28.94% | 144,675 | 71.06% | 0 | 0.00% | 203,586 | Republican hold |
Total | 2,009,444 | 55.13% | 1,554,274 | 42.65% | 80,920 | 2.22% | 3,644,638 |
District 1[edit]
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The 1st district was located in eastern Long Island and includes most of central and eastern Suffolk County. The incumbent Democrat Tim Bishop, who had represented the district since 2003, ran for re-election. He was re-elected with 52% of the vote in 2012, and the district had a PVI of R+2.
Democratic primary[edit]
Candidates[edit]
Nominee[edit]
- Tim Bishop, incumbent U.S. Representative
Bishop also received the Independence and Working Families nominations.[3]
Republican primary[edit]
County Republican committees designated State Senator Lee Zeldin, who was the nominee for the seat in 2008, as their nominee. On June 24, 2014, Zeldin defeated former prosecutor George Demos, who had challenged him in a primary.[4][5]
Candidates[edit]
Nominee[edit]
- Lee Zeldin, state senator and nominee for this seat in 2008[6]
Eliminated in primary[edit]
- George Demos, former Securities and Exchange Commission prosecutor and candidate for this seat in 2010[7]
Endorsements[edit]
- U.S. Senators
- John McCain, U.S. Senator from Arizona and Republican presidential nominee in 2008[10]
- Rick Santorum, U.S. Senator from Pennsylvania and Republican presidential candidate in 2012[11]
- Organizations
Results[edit]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Republican | Lee Zeldin | 10,283 | 61.3 | |
Republican | George Demos | 6,482 | 38.7 | |
Total votes | 16,765 | 100.0 |
Zeldin also received the Conservative nomination.
General election[edit]
Campaign[edit]
In September 2013, the Office of Congressional Ethics recommended further review of an August 2012 incident in which Bishop was accused of soliciting a campaign contribution from hedge fund magnate Eric Semler in exchange for acting in an official capacity to obtain a fireworks permit for Semler's son's bar mitzvah on Long Island.[14][15] Bishop denied the allegations as "outrageous, unfounded attacks on my character and my family".[16] After the incident was picked up by the media, Semler called the allegations a "nonstory".
Despite the Federal Bureau of Investigation investigating the incident,[17] in September the Justice Department closed its investigation without filing charges.[18]
However, the NRCC and other right wing groups exploited the incident to paint Bishop as a corrupt Washington insider.[19]
Endorsements[edit]
- Labor unions
- AFL-CIO[20]
- International Brotherhood of Boilermakers[21]
- National Association of Letter Carriers[22]
- Organizations
- U.S. Senators
- John McCain, U.S. Senator from Arizona and Republican presidential nominee in 2008
- Rick Santorum, U.S. Senator from Pennsylvania and Republican presidential candidate in 2012
- Organizations
Polling[edit]
Poll source | Date(s) administered | Sample size | Margin of error | Tim Bishop (D) | Lee Zeldin (R) | Undecided |
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Siena College | October 26–29, 2014 | 670 | ± 3.8% | 45% | 50% | 5% |
New York Times/CBS News Battleground Tracker | October 16–23, 2014 | 324 | ± 9.0% | 40% | 45% | 15% |
Public Opinion Strategies | September 23–25, 2014 | 400 | ± 4.9% | 46% | 46% | 8% |
Harper Polling | September 21–22, 2014 | 568 | ± 4.1% | 44% | 44% | 12% |
Siena College | September 7–11, 2014 | 592 | ± 4% | 51% | 41% | 8% |
Predictions[edit]
Source | Ranking | As of |
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The Cook Political Report[31] | Tossup | November 3, 2014 |
Rothenberg[32] | Tossup | October 24, 2014 |
Sabato's Crystal Ball[33] | Lean R (flip) | October 30, 2014 |
RCP | Tossup | November 2, 2014 |
Daily Kos Elections[34] | Tossup | November 4, 2014 |
Results[edit]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Republican | Lee Zeldin | 77,062 | 44.6 | |
Conservative | Lee Zeldin | 16,973 | 9.8 | |
Total | Lee Zeldin | 94,035 | 54.4 | |
Democratic | Tim Bishop | 68,387 | 39.6 | |
Working Families | Tim Bishop | 5,457 | 3.2 | |
Independence | Tim Bishop | 4,878 | 2.8 | |
Total | Tim Bishop (incumbent) | 78,722 | 45.6 | |
Total votes | 172,757 | 100.0 | ||
Republican gain from Democratic |
District 2[edit]
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The 2nd district was based along the South Shore of Long Island and includes southwestern Suffolk County and a small portion of southeastern Nassau County. The incumbent Republican Peter T. King, who had represented the district since 2013 and had previously represented the 3rd district from 1993 to 2013, ran for re-election. He was re-elected with 59% of the vote in 2012. The district had a PVI of R+1.
Republican primary[edit]
Candidates[edit]
Nominee[edit]
- Peter King, incumbent U.S. Representative
King also received the Conservative and Independence Party nominations.[3]
Democratic primary[edit]
Candidates[edit]
Nominee[edit]
- Patricia Maher, civic association president and former health-care executive
Declined[edit]
- Kathleen Rice, Nassau County District Attorney[36]
Green primary[edit]
Candidates[edit]
Nominee[edit]
- William D. Stevenson[3]
General election[edit]
Endorsements[edit]
Polling[edit]
Poll source | Date(s) administered | Sample size | Margin of error | Peter King (R) | Patricia Maher (D) | William Stevenson (G) | Undecided |
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New York Times/CBS News Battleground Tracker | October 16–23, 2014 | 101 | ± 13.0% | 54% | 42% | 1% | 3% |
Results[edit]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Republican | Peter T. King | 76,659 | 55.0 | |
Conservative | Peter T. King | 13,789 | 9.9 | |
Independence | Peter T. King | 4,729 | 3.4 | |
Total | Peter T. King (incumbent) | 95,177 | 68.3 | |
Democratic | Patricia Maher | 41,814 | 30.0 | |
Green | William D. Stevenson | 2,281 | 1.7 | |
Total votes | 139,272 | 100.0 | ||
Republican hold |
District 3[edit]
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The 3rd district included most of the North Shore of Long Island. It extended from northwestern Suffolk County across northern Nassau County and into far northeastern Queens. Incumbent Democrat Steve Israel, who had represented the district since 2013 and previously represented the 2nd district from 2001 to 2013, ran for re-election. He was re-elected with 58% of the vote in 2012. The district had an even PVI.
Like King in the neighboring 2nd district, Israel had consistently performed well despite his district's swing nature.
Democratic primary[edit]
Candidates[edit]
Nominee[edit]
- Steve Israel, incumbent U.S. Representative
He also received the Independence and Working Families nominations.[3]
Republican primary[edit]
Candidates[edit]
Nominee[edit]
Eliminated in primary[edit]
- Stephen Labate, U.S. Army reservist, financial planning advisor and nominee for this seat in 2012
Results[edit]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Republican | Grant M. Lally | 3,439 | 50.1 | |
Republican | Stephen A. Labate | 3,428 | 49.9 | |
Total votes | 6,867 | 100.0 |
Lally also received the Conservative nomination.[37]
General election[edit]
Endorsements[edit]
Polling[edit]
Poll source | Date(s) administered | Sample size | Margin of error | Steve Israel (D) | Grant Lally (R) | Undecided |
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New York Times/CBS News Battleground Tracker | October 16–23, 2014 | 108 | ± 13.0% | 54% | 29% | 17% |
Results[edit]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Democratic | Steve Israel | 80,393 | 48.9 | |
Working Families | Steve Israel | 5,191 | 3.2 | |
Independence | Steve Israel | 4,448 | 2.7 | |
Total | Steve Israel (incumbent) | 90,032 | 54.8 | |
Republican | Grant Lally | 63,219 | 38.5 | |
Conservative | Grant Lally | 11,050 | 6.7 | |
Total | Grant Lally | 74,269 | 45.2 | |
Total votes | 164,301 | 100.0 | ||
Democratic hold |
District 4[edit]
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The 4th district was located in central and southern Nassau County. Incumbent Democrat Carolyn McCarthy, who had represented the district since 1997, retired. She was re-elected with 62% of the vote in 2012. The district had a PVI of D+3.
Democratic primary[edit]
On January 8, 2014, McCarthy announced that she would not seek re-election due to complications from lung cancer.[38] She would instead endorse Nassau County DA Kathleen Rice.[39]
Candidates[edit]
Nominee[edit]
- Kathleen Rice, Nassau County District Attorney[40]
Eliminated in primary[edit]
- Kevan Abrahams, Democratic Leader in the Nassau County Legislature[41]
Declined[edit]
- Dave Denenberg, Nassau County Legislator
- Laura Gillen, attorney and nominee for Nassau County clerk in 2013
- Carolyn McCarthy, incumbent U.S. Representative
- Patricia Norris-McDonald, Mayor of Malverne[42]
- Carmen Piñeyro, Freeport trustee
Results[edit]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Democratic | Kathleen M. Rice | 7,770 | 57.3 | |
Democratic | Kevan M. Abrahams | 5,791 | 42.7 | |
Total votes | 13,561 | 100.0 |
Rice also received the Working Families nomination.[3]
Republican primary[edit]
Candidates[edit]
Nominee[edit]
- Bruce Blakeman, former Nassau County Legislative Majority Leader and Presiding Officer, nominee for New York State Comptroller in 1998 and the Tax Revolt Party nominee for the U.S. Senate in 2010[43]
Eliminated in primary[edit]
- Frank Scaturro, attorney, historian and candidate for this seat in 2010 & 2012[41]
Declined[edit]
- Fran Becker, Nassau County Legislator and nominee for this seat in 2010 & 2012[41]
- Kate Murray, Hempstead Town Supervisor[44]
Results[edit]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Republican | Bruce A. Blakeman | 9,083 | 66.0 | |
Republican | Frank J. Scaturro | 4,687 | 34.0 | |
Total votes | 13,770 | 100.0 |
Scaturro, who was the Conservative Party nominee in 2012, received their nomination again, but dropped out of the race. Blakeman ultimately received both the Conservative and Independence Party nominations.
Conservative primary[edit]
Results[edit]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Conservative | Bruce A. Blakeman | 664 | 66.6 | |
Conservative | Opportunity To Ballot | 333 | 33.4 | |
Total votes | 997 | 100.0 |
General election[edit]
Endorsements[edit]
- Labor unions
- AFL-CIO[20]
- International Brotherhood of Boilermakers[21]
- National Association of Letter Carriers[22]
- Organizations
- Organizations
- National Republican Congressional Committee "Young Guns" Program[28]
Polling[edit]
Poll source | Date(s) administered | Sample size | Margin of error | Kathleen Rice (D) | Bruce Blakeman (R) | Undecided |
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New York Times/CBS News Battleground Tracker | October 16–23, 2014 | 107 | ± 12.0% | 52% | 36% | 6% |
Siena College[permanent dead link] | October 16–20, 2014 | 628 | ± 3.9% | 52% | 42% | 6% |
Siena College | September 10–15, 2014 | 596 | ± 4.0% | 55% | 37% | 8% |
Predictions[edit]
Source | Ranking | As of |
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The Cook Political Report[31] | Likely D | November 3, 2014 |
Rothenberg[32] | Safe D | October 24, 2014 |
Sabato's Crystal Ball[33] | Safe D | October 30, 2014 |
RCP | Likely D | November 2, 2014 |
Daily Kos Elections[34] | Likely D | November 4, 2014 |
Results[edit]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Democratic | Kathleen Rice | 83,772 | 49.3 | |
Working Families | Kathleen Rice | 6,021 | 3.5 | |
Total | Kathleen Rice | 89,793 | 52.8 | |
Republican | Bruce Blakeman | 67,811 | 39.9 | |
Conservative | Bruce Blakeman | 9,879 | 5.9 | |
Independence | Bruce Blakeman | 2,437 | 1.4 | |
Total | Bruce Blakeman | 80,127 | 47.2 | |
Total votes | 169,920 | 100.0 | ||
Democratic hold |
District 5[edit]
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The 5th district was mostly located within Queens in New York City, but also included a small portion of Nassau County. Incumbent Democrat Gregory Meeks, who had represented the district since 2013 and previously represented the 6th district from 1998 to 2013, ran for re-election. He was re-elected in 2012 with 90% of the vote. The district had a PVI of D+35.
Democratic primary[edit]
Candidates[edit]
Nominee[edit]
- Gregory Meeks, incumbent U.S. Representative
Eliminated in primary[edit]
- Joseph Marthone, small-business owner and candidate for this seat in 2012
Results[edit]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Democratic | Gregory W. Meeks (incumbent) | 8,119 | 80.1 | |
Democratic | Joseph R. Marthone | 2,023 | 19.9 | |
Total votes | 10,142 | 100.0 |
Meeks also received the Working Families Party nomination.[3]
Republican primary[edit]
Candidates[edit]
No Republicans filed.
General election[edit]
Endorsements[edit]
- Labor unions
- Organizations
Results[edit]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Democratic | Gregory Meeks (incumbent) | 75,712 | 95.1 | |
Allen 4 Congress | Allen F. Steinhardt | 3,870 | 4.9 | |
Total votes | 79,582 | 100.0 | ||
Democratic hold |
District 6[edit]
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The 6th district is located entirely within Queens in New York City. Incumbent Democrat Grace Meng, who had represented the district since 2013, ran for re-election. She was elected in 2012, winning the Democratic primary with 53% of the vote and the general election with 68% of the vote. The district had a PVI of D+13.
Democratic primary[edit]
Candidates[edit]
Nominee[edit]
- Grace Meng, incumbent U.S. Representative
Declined[edit]
- John Liu, former New York City Comptroller and candidate for Mayor of New York City in 2013[47] (running for state senate and endorsed Meng)[48]
She also received the Working Families nomination.
General election[edit]
Meng was unopposed for re-election.[3]
Endorsements[edit]
- Labor unions
- AFL-CIO[20]
- International Brotherhood of Boilermakers[21]
- National Association of Letter Carriers[22]
- Organizations
Results[edit]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Democratic | Grace Meng | 49,227 | 88.9 | |
Working Families | Grace Meng | 6,141 | 11.1 | |
Total | Grace Meng (incumbent) | 55,368 | 100.0 | |
Total votes | 55,368 | 100.0 | ||
Democratic hold |
District 7[edit]
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The 7th district is located entirely in New York City and includes parts of Brooklyn, Queens, and Manhattan. Incumbent Democrat Nydia Velázquez, who had represented the district since 2013, and previously represented the 12th district from 1993 to 2013, ran for re-election. She was re-elected in 2012 with 95% of the vote, and the district had a PVI of D+34.
Democratic primary[edit]
Candidates[edit]
Nominee[edit]
- Nydia Velázquez, incumbent U.S. Representative
Eliminated in primary[edit]
- Jeff Kurzon, attorney[3][49]
Declined[edit]
- John Liu, former New York City Comptroller and candidate for Mayor of New York City in 2013[47]
Results[edit]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Democratic | Nydia M. Velázquez (incumbent) | 7,627 | 80.9 | |
Democratic | Jeffrey M. Kurzon | 1,796 | 19.1 | |
Total votes | 9,423 | 100.0 |
Velázquez also received the nomination of the Working Families Party.
Republican primary[edit]
Candidates[edit]
Nominee[edit]
- Jose Luis Fernandez[3]
Conservative primary[edit]
Candidates[edit]
Nominee[edit]
- Allan E. Romaguera
General election[edit]
Endorsements[edit]
- Labor unions
- AFL-CIO[20]
- International Brotherhood of Boilermakers[21]
- National Association of Letter Carriers[22]
- Organizations
Results[edit]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Democratic | Nydia Velázquez | 47,142 | 74.0 | |
Working Families | Nydia Velázquez | 9,451 | 14.8 | |
Total | Nydia Velázquez (incumbent) | 56,593 | 88.8 | |
Republican | Jose Luis Fernandez | 5,713 | 9.0 | |
Conservative | Allan E. Romaguera | 1,398 | 2.2 | |
Total votes | 63,704 | 100.0 | ||
Democratic hold |
District 8[edit]
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The 8th district is located entirely in the New York City boroughs of Brooklyn and Queens. Incumbent Democrat Hakeem Jeffries, who had represented the district since 2013, ran for re-election. He was elected in 2012, winning the Democratic primary with 71% of the vote and the general election with 90% of the vote, succeeding retiring Democrat Edolphus Towns. The district had a PVI of D+35.
Democratic primary[edit]
Candidates[edit]
Nominee[edit]
- Hakeem Jeffries, incumbent U.S. Representative
Jeffries also received the Working Families nomination.
Republican primary[edit]
No Republicans filed.
Conservative primary[edit]
Candidates[edit]
Nominee[edit]
- Alan Bellone, businessman, Republican nominee for the State Assembly in 2008 and 2010 and nominee for this seat in 2012[3]
General election[edit]
Endorsements[edit]
Results[edit]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Democratic | Hakeem Jeffries | 70,469 | 84.0 | |
Working Families | Hakeem Jeffries | 6,786 | 8.1 | |
Total | Hakeem Jeffries (incumbent) | 77,255 | 92.1 | |
Conservative | Alan Bellone | 6,673 | 7.9 | |
Total votes | 83,928 | 100.0 | ||
Democratic hold |
District 9[edit]
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The 9th district is located entirely within the New York City borough of Brooklyn. Incumbent Democrat Yvette Clarke, who had represented the district since 2013 and previously represented the 11th district from 2007 to 2013, ran for re-election. She was re-elected in 2012 with 87% of the vote, and the district had a PVI of D+32.
Democratic primary[edit]
Candidates[edit]
Nominee[edit]
- Yvette Clarke, incumbent U.S. Representative
Clarke also received the Working Families nomination.
Republican primary[edit]
No Republicans filed.
Conservative primary[edit]
Candidates[edit]
Nominee[edit]
General election[edit]
Endorsements[edit]
- Labor unions
- AFL-CIO[20]
- International Brotherhood of Boilermakers[21]
- National Association of Letter Carriers[22]
- Organizations
Results[edit]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Democratic | Yvette Clarke | 70,997 | 76.9 | |
Working Families | Yvette Clarke | 11,662 | 12.6 | |
Total | Yvette Clarke (incumbent) | 82,659 | 89.5 | |
Conservative | Daniel J. Cavanagh | 9,727 | 10.5 | |
Total votes | 92,386 | 100.0 | ||
Democratic hold |
District 10[edit]
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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. Incumbent 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, ran for re-election. He was re-elected in 2012 with 90% of the vote, and the district had a PVI of D+23.
Democratic primary[edit]
Candidates[edit]
Nominee[edit]
- Jerrold Nadler, incumbent U.S. Representative
Nadler also received the Working Families nomination.
Republican primary[edit]
No Republicans filed.
Conservative primary[edit]
Candidates[edit]
Nominee[edit]
- Ross Brady, former Republican nominee for the State Assembly, former Conservative nominee for the state senate and the State Supreme Court[3]
General election[edit]
Endorsements[edit]
- Labor unions
- AFL-CIO[20]
- International Brotherhood of Boilermakers[21]
- National Association of Letter Carriers[22]
- Organizations
Results[edit]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Democratic | Jerrold Nadler | 73,945 | 72.7 | |
Working Families | Jerrold Nadler | 15,135 | 14.9 | |
Total | Jerrold Nadler (incumbent) | 89,080 | 87.6 | |
Conservative | Ross Brady | 12,042 | 11.8 | |
Flourish Every Person | Michael J. Dilger | 554 | 0.6 | |
Total votes | 101,676 | 100.0 | ||
Democratic hold |
District 11[edit]
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The 11th district is located entirely in New York City and includes all of Staten Island and parts of southern Brooklyn. Incumbent Republican Michael Grimm, who had represented the district since 2011, ran for re-election. The district had a PVI of R+2.
Republican primary[edit]
On April 25, two weeks after the filing deadline, Grimm was indicted on charges including mail fraud and wire fraud due to a campaign finance investigation from his successful run for the 13th district in 2010.[51] The only way he could have been removed from the ballot was by moving out of the state, running for a judgeship or being convicted before the general election.[52] If Grimm had been removed from the ballot, potential Republican candidates included former U.S. Representative Vito Fossella, State Senator Andrew Lanza, State Assemblywoman Nicole Malliotakis, State Assemblyman Joseph Borelli, former state assemblyman Matthew Mirones, Richmond County District Attorney and nominee for New York Attorney General in 2010 Daniel M. Donovan, Jr., Staten Island Borough President James Oddo, New York City Council Minority Leader Vincent M. Ignizio and New York City Councilman Steven Matteo.
Candidates[edit]
Nominee[edit]
- Michael Grimm, incumbent U.S. Representative
Results[edit]
Grimm, however, remained on the ballot and received the Republican, Conservative and Independence Party nominations.[3]
Democratic primary[edit]
Candidates[edit]
Nominee[edit]
- Domenic Recchia, former member of the New York City Council[53][54]
Disqualified[edit]
- Erick Salgado, pastor of the Church of Iglesia Jovenes Cristianos and candidate for mayor of New York City in 2013[55][3]
Declined[edit]
- Michael Cusick, state assembly member
- Michael McMahon, former U.S. Representative[56]
- Debi Rose, former New York City Council member
- Diane Savino, state senator
- Matthew Titone, state assembly member[57][58]
Results[edit]
Recchia won the Democratic nomination unopposed,[59] after Salgado was removed from the ballot after failing to file enough nominating petition signatures. He also received the Working Families nomination.
General election[edit]
Campaign[edit]
Despite running against a recently indicted opponent, Recchia and his campaign made a series of errors, some of which received national attention. He was criticized for being unable to explain his position on trade and labor issues, as well as seemingly not understanding what the Trans-Pacific Partnership was.[60] The following day he stated that he had “great knowledge” of foreign affairs, by citing his experience in running a school exchange program more than a decade earlier and trips he had taken to Italy.[61]
These events prompted Jon Stewart to dedicate a segment of The Daily Show to the 11th district's campaign, entitled “Wait, How the F@#k Does That Happen?”, in which he mocked Recchia for his repeated verbal flubs.[62][63]
In its editorial endorsing Grimm, the New York Daily News described Recchia as "a candidate so dumb, ill-informed, evasive and inarticulate that voting for a thuggish Republican who could wind up in a prison jumpsuit starts to make rational sense".[64]
Endorsements[edit]
- Labor unions
- Organizations
- National Republican Congressional Committee "Patriot" Program[65]
- National Right to Life Committee[30]
- Newspapers
- Labor unions
- Organizations
- Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee "Red to Blue" Program[45]
- Sierra Club[25]
Debates[edit]
- Complete video of debate, October 17, 2014
Polling[edit]
Poll source | Date(s) administered | Sample size | Margin of error | Michael Grimm (R) | Domenic Recchia (D) | Henry Bardel (G) | Undecided |
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Siena College[permanent dead link] | October 26–28, 2014 | 713 | ± 3.7% | 53% | 34% | 5% | 7% |
New York Times/CBS News Battleground Tracker | October 16–23, 2014 | 275 | ± 10.0% | 42% | 39% | 1% | 18% |
GBA Strategies (D-Recchia) | September 2014 | 400 | ± 4.9% | 46% | 46% | — | 8% |
Siena College | September 9–14, 2014 | 585 | ± 4% | 44% | 40% | 4% | 12% |
Poll source | Date(s) administered | Sample size | Margin of error | Michael Grimm (R) | Generic Democrat | Undecided |
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Public Policy Polling | October 3–4, 2013 | 646 | ± ? | 45% | 46% | 9% |
Predictions[edit]
Source | Ranking | As of |
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The Cook Political Report[31] | Lean R | November 3, 2014 |
Rothenberg[32] | Tilt R | October 24, 2014 |
Sabato's Crystal Ball[33] | Lean R | October 30, 2014 |
RCP | Tossup | November 2, 2014 |
Daily Kos Elections[34] | Lean R | November 4, 2014 |
Results[edit]
On election night, Grimm easily won a third term, defeating Recchia by nearly 13%, declaring in his victory speech that "It's not how hard you can hit, it's how hard you can get hit and keep moving forward. That’s how winning is done".[67] Due to his losing to an indicted congressman in a swing district by double figures, The Hill named Recchia as one of their "Top 10 worst candidates of 2014".[68]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Republican | Michael Grimm | 48,291 | 45.2 | |
Conservative | Michael Grimm | 8,251 | 7.7 | |
Independence | Michael Grimm | 2,344 | 2.2 | |
Total | Michael Grimm (incumbent) | 58,886 | 55.1 | |
Democratic | Domenic M. Recchia, Jr. | 41,429 | 38.8 | |
Working Families | Domenic M. Recchia, Jr. | 3,815 | 3.6 | |
Total | Domenic M. Recchia, Jr. | 45,244 | 42.4 | |
Green | Henry J. Bardel | 2,687 | 2.5 | |
Total votes | 106,817 | 100.0 | ||
Republican hold |
Aftermath[edit]
On December 23, Grimm pled guilty to one charge of felony tax evasion. He initially refused to resign, but on December 29 confirmed that he would resign from Congress on January 5.[69] A special election to replace him was held on May 5, 2015.
On July 17, 2015, Grimm was sentenced to eight months in prison.[70][71] He surrendered on September 22, 2015, ultimately serving seven months before being released on May 20, 2016.[72]
District 12[edit]
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The 12th district is located entirely in New York City and includes several neighborhoods in the East Side of Manhattan, Greenpoint and western Queens. Incumbent Democrat Carolyn Maloney, who had represented the district since 2013, and previously represented the 14th district from 1993 to 2013, ran for re-election. She was re-elected in 2012 with 80% of the vote, and the district had a PVI of D+27.
Democratic primary[edit]
Candidates[edit]
Nominee[edit]
- Carolyn Maloney, incumbent U.S. Representative
Maloney also received the Working Families nomination.
Republican primary[edit]
Candidates[edit]
Nominee[edit]
- Nicholas Di Iorio
Di Iorio also received the Conservative and Independence Party nominations.[3]
General election[edit]
Endorsements[edit]
Results[edit]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Democratic | Carolyn Maloney | 78,440 | 69.2 | |
Working Families | Carolyn Maloney | 12,163 | 10.7 | |
Total | Carolyn Maloney (incumbent) | 90,603 | 79.9 | |
Republican | Nicholas S. Di Iorio | 19,564 | 17.3 | |
Conservative | Nicholas S. Di Iorio | 1,841 | 1.6 | |
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