2022 New York's 23rd congressional district special election

For the other congressional special election held concurrently, see 2022 New York's 19th congressional district special election.

For broader coverage of this topic, see New York's 23rd congressional district.

2022 New York's 23rd congressional district special election

←  2020 August 23, 2022 November 2022  →
New York's 23rd congressional district
Turnout	17.43% [1]
Nominee Joe Sempolinski Max Della Pia Party Republican Democratic Alliance Conservative Working Families Popular vote 38,749 34,001 Percentage 53.1% 46.6%
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]

Candidates

Republican Party

Nominee

• Joe Sempolinski, chairman of the Steuben County Republican Committee ^{[3] [4]}

Declined

• George Borrello, state senator from the 57th district ^[3]
• Marc Cenedella, CEO of Ladders, Inc. and former candidate for this seat in the regular election ^{[5] [6]}
• Mike Sigler, Tompkins County legislator ^[7]

Did not run

• Nick Langworthy, Chair of the New York Republican State Committee, former chair of the Erie County Republican Party, and nominee for this seat in the regular election ^[8]
• Carl Paladino, former member of the Buffalo Public Schools Board, millionaire developer, nominee for Governor of New York in 2010, and candidate for this seat in the regular election primary ^[8]

Democratic Party

Nominee

• Max Della Pia, U.S. Air Force veteran, community leader, and Chair of the Tioga County Democratic Committee; also the candidate for this seat in the 2022 general election ^[9]

Others

• Rich Moon, pharmacist, unsuccessfully sought Republican nomination and ran as a write-in candidate ^[10]

Endorsements

Joe Sempolinski (R)

U.S. Representatives

• Tom Reed, U.S. Representative from New York's 23rd congressional district (2010–2022) ^[11]

Organizations

• New York Federation of College Republicans ^[12]

Max Della Pia (D)

State officials

• Tom DiNapoli, 54th New York State Comptroller (2007–present) ^[13]
• Kathy Hochul, 57th governor of New York (2021–present) ^[13]

Organizations

• NYSUT ^[14]
• NYS AFL-CIO ^[15]
• Public Employees Federation
• United Auto Workers ^[16]

Publications

• The Buffalo News ^[17]
• The Post-Journal / The Dunkirk Observer ^{[18] [19]}

General election

Predictions

Source	Ranking	As of
The Cook Political Report [20]	Solid R	August 23, 2022
Inside Elections [21]	Solid R	July 21, 2022
Sabato's Crystal Ball [22]	Safe R	May 11, 2022

Fundraising

Campaign finance reports as of August 3, 2022
Candidate	Amount raised	Amount spent	Cash 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]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Republican	Joe Sempolinski	33,452	45.84%	–5.73
	Conservative	Joe Sempolinski	5,297	7.26%	+2.32
	Total	Joe Sempolinski	38,749	53.10%	–4.60
	Democratic	Max Della Pia	30,238	41.44%	+4.46
	Working Families	Max Della Pia	3,763	5.16%	+1.03
	Total	Max Della Pia	34,001	46.60%	+5.49
	Write-in		218	0.30%	N/A
Total votes			72,968	100.00%
Turnout			73,331	17.43%
Registered electors			420,632
	Republican hold

By county

County Joe Sempolinski Republican Max Della Pia Democratic Write-in Margin Total votes Turnout # % # % # % # % Allegany 3,812 73.32 1,370 26.35 17 0.33 2,442 46.97 5,199 19.80 Cattaraugus 4,813 67.65 2,273 31.95 29 0.41 2,540 35.70 7,115 15.34 Chautauqua 8,039 59.35 5,413 39.96 93 0.69 2,626 19.39 13,545 17.24 Chemung 4,681 58.78 3,267 41.03 15 0.19 1,414 17.76 7,963 15.46 Ontario (part) 2,366 56.93 1,782 42.88 8 0.19 584 14.05 4,156 14.97 Schuyler 1,267 53.35 1,105 46.53 3 0.13 162 6.82 2,375 19.10 Seneca 1,710 56.55 1,311 43.35 3 0.10 399 13.19 3,021 14.74 Steuben 6,726 66.95 3,282 32.67 39 0.39 3,444 34.28 10,047 16.90 Tioga (part) 2,099 51.75 1,954 48.18 3 0.07 145 3.58 4,056 16.42 Tompkins 1,951 14.73 11,287 85.22 7 0.05 -9,336 -70.49 13,245 23.19 Yates 1,285 57.29 957 42.67 1 0.04 328 14.62 2,243 16.28 Totals 38,749 53.10 34,001 46.60 218 0.30 4,748 6.51 72,968 17.43

See also

• 2022 United States House of Representatives elections
• 2022 United States elections
• 117th United States Congress
• List of special elections to the United States House of Representatives

References

1. "New York State Unofficial Election Night Results". New York State Board of Elections . August 24, 2022. Retrieved August 24, 2022.
2. Zremski, Jerry; McCarthy, Robert (May 10, 2022). "Tom Reed to resign from Congress". The Buffalo News . Retrieved May 10, 2022.
3. Zremski, Jerry (May 10, 2022). "Rep. Tom Reed's resignation opens Southern Tier political free-for-all". Buffalo News.
4. "NY CD-23 SPECIAL. Both parties picked their nominees for the 8/23 special: Steuben Co GOP Chair Joe Sempolinski (R) and atty/ret USAF officer Max Della Pia (D). Sempolinski will not run in the regular election for the redrawn new district. Della Pia is the Dem nom in the regular".
5. McCarthy, Robert J. (May 27, 2022). "Cenedella promises serious primary challenge to Jacobs for Congress". The Buffalo News . Archived from the original on May 29, 2022. Retrieved June 9, 2022.
6. "Breaking: Marc @Cenedella withdraws from the race in #NY23. Here's his statement".
7. "NY CD-23. Tompkins Co Legislator Mike Sigler (R) jumped into this race right after US Rep Chris Jacobs (R) announced his retirement, but exited less than a day later, after meeting with NYGOP Chair Nick Langworthy ... increasing the rumors that Langworthy is preparing to jump in".
8. Zremski, Jerry (June 3, 2022). "Rep. Chris Jacobs withdraws from re-election bid amid gun control outcry". The Buffalo News . Retrieved June 3, 2022.
9. Bunay, Angela (May 22, 2022). "Max Della Pia Earns Democratic Nomination for Special Election in N.Y.-23 as Redistricting Shakes Up N.Y. Congressional Races". Cornell Sun. Retrieved May 23, 2022.
10. "Early Voting Hits Midway Point". www.erienewsnow.com. Retrieved August 18, 2022.
11. "Rep. Tom Reed endorses Joe Sempolinski for Congress". mytwintiers. January 6, 2022.
12. "NYFCR Endorsements: 2022". newyorkfcr.org. Archived from the original on August 21, 2022.
13. "Della Pia Endorsed By Gov Hochul And Comptroller Dinapoli". January 6, 2022.
14. "NYSUT issues round of endorsements in state and federal races". August 10, 2022.
15. "New York State AFL-CIO 2022 Endorsements".
16. "Della Pia endorsed for Congress by UAW". July 15, 2022.
17. "The Editorial Board: Della Pia in the 23rd District's Special Election". August 20, 2022.
18. "In Special Election, Consider Candidate Closest To The Center". August 17, 2022.
19. "ENDORSEMENT: Giving the nod to middle ground". August 17, 2022.
20. Wasserman, Dave. "I've seen enough: Joe Sempolinski (R) defeats Max Della Pia (D) in the #NY23 special election. @CookPolitical rated this seat Solid R, so no surprise here, but final margin worth watching" . Retrieved August 26, 2022.
21. Rubashkin, Jacob (July 21, 2022). "New York Special Elections: 19th and 23rd Districts". House Ratings. The Rothenberg Political Report. Retrieved July 21, 2022.
22. Coleman, J. Miles (May 11, 2022). "Notes on the State of Politics: May 11, 2022" . Retrieved May 11, 2022.
23. "New York District 23 2022 Special Election". OpenSecrets . Archived from the original on August 24, 2022. Retrieved August 24, 2022.