2025 New York's 21st congressional district special election

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2025 New York's 21st congressional district special election
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Party Republican Democratic
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U.S. Representative before election

Elise Stefanik
Republican

Elected U.S. Representative

Election not held

The 2025 New York's 21st congressional district special election was an expected special election to choose a new member of the U.S. House of Representatives. The seat was expected to become vacant as Republican incumbent Elise Stefanik was chosen by president Donald Trump to be his nominee for U.S. ambassador to the United Nations. [1] Her nomination was withdrawn by President Trump on March 27, 2025, due to concerns over the slim Republican Party majority in the House of Representatives. [2]

Contents

Background

County party officials were to select their respective nominees in lieu of a primary. [3]

Republican nomination

Candidates

Declared

Filed paperwork

  • Otto Dean Miller [11]

Publicly expressed interest

Potential

Declined

Endorsements

Liz Joy
Political parties
Dan Stec
Political parties
Chris Tague
Political parties

Democratic nomination

Candidates

Nominee

  • Blake Gendebien, dairy farmer [20]

Not selected

Declined

Third-party candidates

Candidates

Publicly expressed interest

  • Anthony Constantino, printing company CEO (currently running as a Republican) [25]

Write-in candidates

Declared

Notes

  1. ↑ Mayor

References

  1. ↑ Haake, Garrett; Shabad, Rebecca (November 11, 2024). "Trump chooses Rep. Elise Stefanik to serve as U.S. ambassador to the United Nations". NBC News . Retrieved November 13, 2024.
  2. ↑ Zanona, Melanie; Wong, Scott (March 27, 2025). "Trump pulls Rep. Elise Stefanik's nomination to be U.N. ambassador". NBC News . Retrieved March 27, 2025.
  3. ↑ "NY-21 political parties plan nomination process". Adirondack Daily Enterprise . Retrieved December 11, 2024.
  4. ↑ Green, Matthew (November 20, 2024). "Sticker Mule CEO announces intent to run for Congress". WRGB . Retrieved November 22, 2024.
  5. ↑ Lawson, Jimmy (January 10, 2025). "St. Lawrence County chair vying for 21st Congressional seat; touts experience as legislator". North Country Now .
  6. ↑ "Sen. Dan Stec attends Trump's inauguration, says he's certain nation is about to enter 'new Golden Age'". North Country Now . January 20, 2025. Retrieved February 7, 2025.
  7. 1 2 3 4 Hodgman, Lucy; Lyons, Brendan (January 15, 2025). "Tague emerges as top GOP pick to succeed Stefanik in special election". Times Union . Retrieved January 21, 2025.
  8. ↑ Gault, Alex (January 24, 2025). "Joe Pinion says he's still in running for NY-21, claims to be frontrunner for Republican nomination". Watertown Daily Times. Retrieved January 27, 2025– via Yahoo News.
  9. ↑ Nezaj, Benny (December 26, 2024). "State Sen. Dan Stec announces bid for New York's 21st Congressional District". WPTZ . Retrieved December 26, 2024.
  10. ↑ Nir, David; Singer, Jeff (December 20, 2024). "Morning Digest: Thank you for everything this year. We'd be grateful for your support". The Downballot. Retrieved December 20, 2024. Putnam Town Supervisor Darrell Wilson said this week that he'd seek the Republican nod for the upcoming special election to succeed Rep. Elise Stefanik
  11. ↑ "FEC Form 2 for Report FEC-1848956". docquery.fec.gov. Retrieved November 16, 2024.
  12. 1 2 3 Hodgman, Lucy (November 13, 2024). "With Stefanik headed to U.N., here's who could take her seat in Congress". Times Union . Retrieved November 14, 2024.
  13. 1 2 McNeill, Tyler (November 12, 2024). "Fulton County Sheriff Richard Giardino not pursuing bid for Congress". The Daily Gazette . Retrieved November 14, 2024.
  14. ↑ Odato, James (January 14, 2025). "Assemblyman Chris Tague emerges as leading GOP candidate to replace Elise Stefanik" . Retrieved January 21, 2025.
  15. ↑ Beeferman, Jason (November 11, 2024). "Coincidence much? Congestion pricing is alive again". Politico . Retrieved November 11, 2024.
  16. ↑ Solender, Andrew (November 13, 2024). "Ousted Rep. Molinaro eyes bid for neighboring House seat". Axios . Retrieved November 14, 2024.
  17. ↑ Hannigan Gilson, Roger; Lyons, Roger (January 28, 2025). "Marc Molinaro in line to lead Federal Transit Administration". Times Union . Retrieved February 7, 2025.
  18. ↑ "Walczyk won't run for Stefanik's seat". WWNY-TV . January 13, 2025. Retrieved January 15, 2025.
  19. 1 2 3 Hodgman, Lucy (March 24, 2025). "NY Conservative Party backs Stec in NY-21 congressional race". Times Union . Retrieved March 24, 2025.
  20. ↑ "NY-21 Dems select Lisbon's Gendebien as special election candidate". North Country Now . February 4, 2025. Retrieved February 4, 2025.
  21. 1 2 Reisman, Nick (February 4, 2025). "Democrats select dairy farmer to run for Elise Stefanik's House seat". Politico . Retrieved February 6, 2025. Former Biden White House official Dylan Hewitt, businessperson Mary Anito and Paula Collins, who challenged Stefanik for the seat last year, were also considered candidates.
  22. ↑ Cusanelli, Michael (November 26, 2024). "Steve Holden, Anthony Constantino vie for party nominations in NY-21 special election". WPTZ . Retrieved November 27, 2024.
  23. ↑ Nezaj, Benny (January 3, 2025). "Northern New York Assemblyman Billy Jones declines US House bid amid potential open seat in NY-21". WPTZ . Retrieved January 3, 2025.
  24. ↑ Bill Owens Reflects on Special Election and the Incoming Trump Administration's Agenda. WCFE-TV . November 22, 2024. Retrieved March 20, 2025– via YouTube.
  25. ↑ Hodgman, Lucy (March 26, 2025). "Anthony Constantino mulls third-party run for Stefanik seat". Times Union . Retrieved March 27, 2025.
  26. ↑ Knight, Chris (February 19, 2025). "Write-in candidate for U.S. Congress wants to turn northern New York into Canada's 11th province". National Post . Retrieved March 3, 2025.
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