2022 New York's 23rd congressional district special election

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2022 New York's 23rd congressional district special election
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  2020 August 23, 2022 November 2022  

New York's 23rd congressional district
Turnout17.43% [1]
  U.S. Representative Joe Sempolinski, 117th Congress.jpg 3x4.svg
Nominee Joe Sempolinski Max Della Pia
Party Republican Democratic
Alliance Conservative Working Families
Popular vote38,74934,001
Percentage53.1%46.6%

2022 New York's 23rd congressional district special election results map by county.svg
Results by county
Sempolinski:     50–60%     60–70%     70–80%
Della Pia:     80–90%

U.S. Representative before election

Tom Reed
Republican

Elected U.S. Representative

Joe Sempolinski
Republican

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. [2]

Contents

Candidates

Republican Party

Nominee

Declined

Did not run

Democratic Party

Nominee

Others

Endorsements

Joe Sempolinski (R)
U.S. Representatives
Organizations
Max Della Pia (D)

General election

Predictions

SourceRankingAs of
The Cook Political Report [20] Solid RAugust 23, 2022
Inside Elections [21] Solid RJuly 21, 2022
Sabato's Crystal Ball [22] Safe RMay 11, 2022

Fundraising

Campaign finance reports as of August 3, 2022
CandidateAmount raisedAmount spentCash on hand
Max Della Pia (D)$160,139$114,600$47,709
Joe Sempolinski (R)$224,933$89,705$135,228
Source: OpenSecrets [23]

Results

2022 New York's 23rd congressional district special election [1]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Republican Joe Sempolinski33,45245.84%–5.73
Conservative Joe Sempolinski5,2977.26%+2.32
Total Joe Sempolinski 38,749 53.10% –4.60
Democratic Max Della Pia30,23841.44%+4.46
Working Families Max Della Pia3,7635.16%+1.03
TotalMax Della Pia34,00146.60%+5.49
Write-in 2180.30%N/A
Total votes72,968 100.00%
Turnout 73,33117.43%
Registered electors 420,632
Republican hold
By county
County Joe Sempolinski
Republican
Max Della Pia
Democratic
Write-in MarginTotal
votes
Turnout
#%#%#%#%
Allegany 3,81273.321,37026.35170.332,44246.975,19919.80
Cattaraugus 4,81367.652,27331.95290.412,54035.707,11515.34
Chautauqua 8,03959.355,41339.96930.692,62619.3913,54517.24
Chemung 4,68158.783,26741.03150.191,41417.767,96315.46
Ontario (part)2,36656.931,78242.8880.1958414.054,15614.97
Schuyler 1,26753.351,10546.5330.131626.822,37519.10
Seneca 1,71056.551,31143.3530.1039913.193,02114.74
Steuben 6,72666.953,28232.67390.393,44434.2810,04716.90
Tioga (part)2,09951.751,95448.1830.071453.584,05616.42
Tompkins 1,95114.7311,28785.2270.05-9,336-70.4913,24523.19
Yates 1,28557.2995742.6710.0432814.622,24316.28
Totals38,74953.1034,00146.602180.304,7486.5172,96817.43

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