2024 New York's 26th congressional district special election

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2024 New York's 26th congressional district special election
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New York's 26th congressional district
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Nominee Tim Kennedy Gary Dickson
Party Democratic Republican
Alliance Working Families Conservative
Popular vote48,05021,982
Percentage68.5%31.3%
U.S. Representative before election

Brian Higgins
Democratic

Elected U.S. Representative

Tim Kennedy
Democratic

The 2024 New York's 26th congressional district special election was held on April 30, 2024, to fill the vacant seat in New York's 26th congressional district. [1] The seat became vacant after Democratic incumbent Brian Higgins resigned on February 2, 2024, to become president of Shea's Performing Arts Center. [2] [3] The early voting period ran from April 20 to April 28, 2024. [4]

Contents

The Associated Press declared Tim Kennedy the winner within an hour of the polls closing. [5] He will serve in the United States House of Representatives for the remainder of the 118th United States Congress.

Nominees

New York does not use primary elections when filling vacancies. Instead, party officials in the affected counties are responsible for choosing nominees.

Democratic Party

The Erie County Democratic Committee chose their nominee on February 21, 2024. [6]

Candidates

Nominated
Lost nomination
Declined

Republican Party

The Erie County Republican Committee chose their nominee on February 21, 2024. [10]

Candidates

Nominated

Independents

Withdrawn

General election

Endorsements

Debate

2024 New York's 26th congressional district special election debates
No.DateHostModeratorsLinks Democratic Republican
 P Participant   A Absent   N Non-invitee   I Invitee W  Withdrawn
Tim Kennedy Gary Dickson
1 [31] April 24, 2024 WIVB-TV Marlee Tuskes
Dave Greber		 YouTube PP

Results

2024 New York's 26th congressional district special election [32]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Democratic Tim Kennedy42,99562.89%+5.04
Working Families Tim Kennedy3,5325.17%−0.92
Total Tim Kennedy 46,527 68.06% +4.12
Republican Gary Dickson16,64124.34%−4.41
Conservative Gary Dickson5,0447.38%+0.13
TotalGary Dickson21,68531.72%−4.28
Write-in 1490.22%+0.16
Total votes68,361 100.0%
Democratic hold
By county
County Tim Kennedy
Democratic 		Gary Dickson
Republican 		Write-inMarginTotal votes
#%#%#%#%
Erie 41,20671.1916,53028.561460.2524,67642.6357,882
Niagara 6,84455.605,45244.29130.111,39211.3112,309
Total48,05068.4621,98231.321590.2326,06837.1470,191

See also

Notes

  1. 1 2 3 In New York, the position of town supervisor is equivalent to mayor.
  2. ↑ McMurray is a Democrat, but tried to qualify for the ballot as an independent. [11]

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  2. ↑ "Congressman Brian Higgins Announces Plans to Leave Congress". higgins.house.gov. Buffalo, New York. November 12, 2023. Retrieved November 23, 2023.
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  5. ↑ Joly, Aidan (April 30, 2024). "AP: Tim Kennedy declared winner in NY-26 special election". WIVB-TV . Retrieved April 30, 2024.
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  10. 1 2 Specht, Charlie (February 21, 2024). "West Seneca Supervisor Gary Dickson gets GOP nod to face Kennedy for Congress". Buffalo News . Retrieved February 21, 2024.
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  15. 1 2 Specht, Charlie (March 10, 2024). "Views on Gaza differ among candidates in 26th Congressional race" . The Buffalo News. Archived from the original on March 10, 2024. Kennedy also snagged an endorsement from the influential American Israel Public Affairs Committee
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