New York 2017 General Election

The Green Papers: New York 2017 General Election

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New York
Elections for Statewide offices and Congress

Senators:	2	(Electoral Classes 1 and 3)
Governor:	1
2010 Census:	19,421,055	(6.27% of 309,785,186)
2012, 2016, 2020 Electoral Votes:	29	(5.39% of 538)
2012-2020 Representatives:	27	(6.21% of 435)
Capital:	Albany

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New York State and Local Government

Nominees for Special Elections are selected by the parties in each affected County. There are no primaries.

9 February 2017: A 5312 was introduced by Assemblymember Michael Cusick. The bill would move the primary for all non-presidential offices to the 4th Tuesday in June.

12 December 2013 / 29 October 2015: U.S. District Court Judge Gary L. Sharpe ruled that the New York 2012-2016 primaries for U.S. House and U.S Senate races will be held on the 4th Tuesday in June. The MOVE act requires 45 days between the Primary and the General Election for overseas ballots to be sent and returned. [Case 1:10-cv-01214-GLS-RFT]



U.S. Senate 6 year term. No Term Limit. 115^th Senate Senate Electoral Classes

Class 1		Democratic	Senator Kirsten Elizabeth Gillibrand • 23 January 2009: Appointed by Governor David Paterson to fill the vacancy caused by the 21 January 2009 resignation of Senator Hillary Rodham Clinton in order to enter upon her duties as U.S. Secretary of State. Sworn 27 January 2009 to serve until a Special Election was held in November 2010 for the remainder of the term ending 3 January 2013. First elected in a special election: 2010; re-elected: 2012 • Seat up for regular election: Tuesday 6 November 2018
	Candidate list (5)

		*Democratic*		*Senator Kirsten Elizabeth Gillibrand* • FEC S0NY00410; 30 Sep 17; Tot $9,783,595; Dsb $3,312,062
		Democratic		Scott Andrew Noren • FEC S0NY00402

		Republican		Patrick John Hahn • FEC S8NY00199
		Republican		Rafael Arden Jones, Sr. • FEC S6NY00409
		Republican		David A. Webber • FEC S8NY00173; 30 Sep 17; Tot $6,850; Dsb $6,074

Class 3		Democratic	Senator Charles E. "Chuck" Schumer • First elected: 1998; re-elected: 2004, 2010, 2016. • Seat up for regular election: Tuesday 8 November 2022

Governor 4 year term, Election Cycle: 2014, 2018. Term Limit: None, All Governors

		Democratic	Governor Andrew M. Cuomo • First elected: 2010; re-elected: 2014 • Chair up for regular election: Tuesday 6 November 2018
	Candidate list (5)

		Democratic		former state Senator Terry Gipson

		Republican		former Erie County Executive Joel Giambra
		Republican		Assemblyman Brian M. Kolb
		Republican		Dutchess County Executive Marcus J. "Marc" Molinaro

		Libertarian		Larry Sharpe

Lieutenant Governor 4 year term, Election Cycle: 2014, 2018. Elected on a ticket with (but may be nominated separately from) the Governor

		Democratic	Lieutenant Governor Kathleen Courtney "Kathy" Hochul • First elected: 2014. Previously served in the U.S. House: 2011-2013 • Seat up for regular election: Tuesday 6 November 2018

115^th U.S. House of Representatives 2-year term. Election Cycle 2018, 2020. No Term Limit. 115^th House
Partisan Composition (primary disposition): 9 Republican (9 Undetermined); 18 Democratic (18 Undetermined)

Incumbent - 115th Congress
CD 1		Republican	Congressman Lee Michael Zeldin • First elected: 2014 • Seat up for regular election: Tuesday 6 November 2018
	Candidate list (8) - 116th Congress

		Democratic		Suffolk County Legislator Kate M. Browning • FEC H8NY01197
		Democratic		Elaine DiMasi • FEC H8NY01189; 30 Sep 17; Tot $54,478; Dsb $2,747
		Democratic		Perry Gershon • FEC H8NY01155; 30 Sep 17; Tot $506,579; Dsb $95,165
		Democratic		Brendon T. Henry • FEC H8NY01171; 30 Sep 17; Tot $10,431; Dsb $0
		Democratic		Viral Patel
		Democratic		David Pechefsky • FEC H8NY01163; 30 Sep 17; Tot $170,813; Dsb $4,140
		Democratic		former Suffolk County Legislator Vivian M. Viloria-Fisher • FEC H2NY01042; 30 Sep 17; Tot $104,375; Dsb $11,294

		*Republican*		*Congressman Lee Michael Zeldin* • FEC H8NY01148; 30 Sep 17; Tot $1,565,247; Dsb $769,294

Incumbent - 115th Congress
CD 2		Republican	Congressman Peter T. "Pete" King • First elected: 1992 • Seat up for regular election: Tuesday 6 November 2018
	Candidate list (2, 1 write-in) - 116th Congress

		Democratic		Liuba Grechen Shirley

		*Republican*		*Congressman Peter T. "Pete" King* • FEC H2NY03089; 30 Sep 17; Tot $294,848; Dsb $259,178

		Not readily classifiable		Mike Sax • FEC H8NY02088

Incumbent - 115th Congress
CD 3		Democratic	Congressman Thomas R. "Tom" Suozzi • First elected: 2016 • Seat up for regular election: Tuesday 6 November 2018
	Candidate list (5) - 116th Congress

		Democratic		Jon Kaiman • FEC H6NY03254; 31 Mar 17; Tot $7,600; Dsb $14,834
		Democratic		Joshua A. "Josh" Sauberman • FEC H8NY03177
		*Democratic*		*Congressman Thomas R. "Tom" Suozzi* • FEC H6NY03247; 30 Sep 17; Tot $1,082,291; Dsb $208,887

		Republican		Dan DeBono • FEC H8NY03151; 30 Sep 17; Tot $76,652; Dsb $12,916

		No Party Affiliation		Constantinos "Costa" Michailidis • FEC H8NY03169; 30 Sep 17; Tot $2,710; Dsb $0

Incumbent - 115th Congress
CD 4		Democratic	Congressman Kathleen M. Rice • First elected: 2014 • Seat up for regular election: Tuesday 6 November 2018
	Candidate list (1) - 116th Congress

		*Democratic*		*Congressman Kathleen M. Rice* • FEC H4NY04075; 30 Sep 17; Tot $533,618; Dsb $353,071

Incumbent - 115th Congress
CD 5		Democratic	Congressman Gregory Weldon Meeks • First elected: 3 February 1998 in Special Election re: resignation of Congressman Floyd Flake, 17 November 1997 • Seat up for regular election: Tuesday 6 November 2018
	Candidate list (1) - 116th Congress

		*Democratic*		*Congressman Gregory Weldon Meeks* • FEC H8NY06048; 30 Sep 17; Tot $309,217; Dsb $359,999

Incumbent - 115th Congress
CD 6		Democratic	Congressman Grace Meng • First elected: 2012 • Seat up for regular election: Tuesday 6 November 2018
	Candidate list (2) - 116th Congress

		*Democratic*		*Congressman Grace Meng* • FEC H2NY06116; 30 Sep 17; Tot $275,319; Dsb $427,007

		Libertarian		Christopher Robbin Fuentes-Padilla • FEC H2NY06165

Incumbent - 115th Congress
CD 7		Democratic	Congressman Nydia Margarita Velázquez • First elected: 1992 • Seat up for regular election: Tuesday 6 November 2018
	Candidate list (1) - 116th Congress

		*Democratic*		*Congressman Nydia Margarita Velázquez* • FEC H2NY00010; 30 Sep 17; Tot $398,252; Dsb $220,688

Incumbent - 115th Congress
CD 8		Democratic	Congressman Hakeem S. Jeffries • First elected: 2012 • Seat up for regular election: Tuesday 6 November 2018
	Candidate list (1) - 116th Congress

		*Democratic*		*Congressman Hakeem S. Jeffries* • FEC H2NY10092; 30 Sep 17; Tot $514,759; Dsb $362,368

Incumbent - 115th Congress
CD 9		Democratic	Congressman Yvette D. Clarke • First elected: 2006 • Seat up for regular election: Tuesday 6 November 2018
	Candidate list (4) - 116th Congress

		Democratic		Brooklyn Community Board Member Adem Bunkeddeko • FEC H8NY09158
		*Democratic*		*Congressman Yvette D. Clarke* • FEC H4NY11138; 30 Sep 17; Tot $256,573; Dsb $217,619

		Republican		Earl Blum

		Unaffiliated		Joel Anabilah-Azumah • FEC H4NY09090

Incumbent - 115th Congress
CD 10		Democratic	Congressman Jerrold Lewis "Jerry" Nadler • First elected in a special election (re: to fill the vacancy caused by the death of Congressman Theodore S. Weiss): 1992 • Seat up for regular election: Tuesday 6 November 2018
	Candidate list (2) - 116th Congress

		Democratic		Holly Lynch • FEC H8NY10081
		*Democratic*		*Congressman Jerrold Lewis "Jerry" Nadler* • FEC H2NY17071; 30 Sep 17; Tot $455,705; Dsb $489,315

Incumbent - 115th Congress
CD 11		Republican	Congressman Daniel M. "Dan" Donovan, Jr. • First elected in a Special Election: 5 May 2015 (re: resignation of Congressman Michael G. "Mike" Grimm) • Seat up for regular election: Tuesday 6 November 2018
	Candidate list (9) - 116th Congress

		Democratic		Alfred Michael "Mike" Decillis • FEC H8NY11097; 30 Sep 17; Tot $15,943; Dsb $7,175
		Democratic		Michael DeVito, Jr. • FEC H8NY11089; 30 Sep 17; Tot $20,193; Dsb $9,143
		Democratic		Zach Emig • FEC H8NY11071; 30 Sep 17; Tot $35,643; Dsb $24,625
		Democratic		Radhakrishna Mohan • FEC H8NY11139
		Democratic		Max Rose • FEC H8NY11113; 30 Sep 17; Tot $325,380; Dsb $62,614
		Democratic		Paul Sperling • FEC H8NY11121
		Democratic		Omar M. Vaid • FEC H8NY11105; 30 Sep 17; Tot $106,777; Dsb $1,494

		*Republican*		*Congressman Daniel M. "Dan" Donovan, Jr.* • FEC H6NY11174; 30 Sep 17; Tot $492,853; Dsb $235,239
		Republican		former Congressman Michael G. Grimm • First elected 2010; re-elected 2012, 2014. Resigned 5 January 2015, prior to being seated. • FEC H0NY13074; 30 Sep 17; Tot $77; Dsb $25,216

Incumbent - 115th Congress
CD 12		Democratic	Congressman Carolyn Bosher Maloney • First elected: 1992 • Seat up for regular election: Tuesday 6 November 2018
	Candidate list (3) - 116th Congress

		Democratic		Sander Hicks • FEC H8NY12137
		*Democratic*		*Congressman Carolyn Bosher Maloney* • FEC H2NY14037; 30 Sep 17; Tot $741,045; Dsb $544,215
		Democratic		Suraj Patel • FEC H8NY12129

Incumbent - 115th Congress
CD 13		Democratic	Congressman Adriano Espaillat • First elected: 2016 • Seat up for regular election: Tuesday 6 November 2018
	Candidate list (3) - 116th Congress

		*Democratic*		*Congressman Adriano Espaillat* • FEC H2NY13096; 30 Sep 17; Tot $299,349; Dsb $170,596
		Democratic		James Felton Keith
		Democratic		Jefferson Thomas • FEC H8NY13143

Incumbent - 115th Congress
CD 14		Democratic	Congressman Joseph "Joe" Crowley • First elected: 1998 • Seat up for regular election: Tuesday 6 November 2018
	Candidate list (2) - 116th Congress

		*Democratic*		*Congressman Joseph "Joe" Crowley* • FEC H8NY07046; 30 Sep 17; Tot $1,485,633; Dsb $1,410,228
		Democratic		Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez • FEC H8NY15148; 30 Sep 17; Tot $39,024; Dsb $30,941

Incumbent - 115th Congress
CD 15		Democratic	Congressman José Enrique Serrano • First elected in special election (re: to fill the vacancy caused by the resignation of Congressman Robert Garcia): 1990 • Seat up for regular election: Tuesday 6 November 2018
	Candidate list (1) - 116th Congress

		*Democratic*		*Congressman José Enrique Serrano* • FEC H0NY18065; 30 Sep 17; Tot $83,066; Dsb $61,405

Incumbent - 115th Congress
CD 16		Democratic	Congressman Eliot Lance Engel • First elected: 1988 • Seat up for regular election: Tuesday 6 November 2018
	Candidate list (2) - 116th Congress

		Democratic		Darren Cole • FEC H8NY16088
		*Democratic*		*Congressman Eliot Lance Engel* • FEC H8NY19058; 30 Sep 17; Tot $217,474; Dsb $414,273

Incumbent - 115th Congress
CD 17		Democratic	Congressman Nita M. Lowey • First elected: 1988 • Seat up for regular election: Tuesday 6 November 2018
	Candidate list (1) - 116th Congress

		*Democratic*		*Congressman Nita M. Lowey* • FEC H8NY20056; 30 Sep 17; Tot $787,131; Dsb $320,385

Incumbent - 115th Congress
CD 18		Democratic	Congressman Sean Patrick Maloney • First elected: 2012 • Seat up for regular election: Tuesday 6 November 2018
	Candidate list (3) - 116th Congress

		*Democratic*		*Congressman Sean Patrick Maloney* • FEC H2NY22139; 30 Sep 17; Tot $1,446,171; Dsb $370,524

		Republican		Sakima Brown • FEC H6NY18161; 30 Sep 17; Tot $1,171; Dsb $12,216
		Republican		Jarred Robert Buchanan • FEC H8NY18266

Incumbent - 115th Congress
CD 19		Republican	Congressman John J. Faso • First elected: 2016 • Seat up for regular election: Tuesday 6 November 2018
	Candidate list (7) - 116th Congress

		Democratic		Jeffrey "Jeff" Beals • FEC H8NY19215; 30 Sep 17; Tot $114,758; Dsb $32,390
		Democratic		David J. "Dave" Clegg • FEC H8NY19231; 30 Sep 17; Tot $215,581; Dsb $43,152
		Democratic		Antonio Delgado • FEC H8NY19181; 30 Sep 17; Tot $1,053,989; Dsb $173,368
		Democratic		Brian Flynn • FEC H8NY19173; 30 Sep 17; Tot $1,044,651; Dsb $133,288
		Democratic		Gareth Thomas Rhodes • FEC H8NY19199; 30 Sep 17; Tot $297,147; Dsb $40,701
		Democratic		Patrick "Pat" Ryan • FEC H8NY19223; 30 Sep 17; Tot $589,770; Dsb $68,114

		*Republican*		*Congressman John J. Faso* • FEC H6NY19169; 30 Sep 17; Tot $893,266; Dsb $424,383

Incumbent - 115th Congress
CD 20		Democratic	Congressman Paul David Tonko • First elected: 2008 • Seat up for regular election: Tuesday 6 November 2018
	Candidate list (1) - 116th Congress

		*Democratic*		*Congressman Paul David Tonko* • FEC H8NY21203; 30 Sep 17; Tot $372,569; Dsb $346,614

Incumbent - 115th Congress
CD 21		Republican	Congressman Elise M. Stefanik • First elected: 2014 • Seat up for regular election: Tuesday 6 November 2018
	Candidate list (13) - 116th Congress

		Democratic		Tanya Boone • FEC H8NY21302
		Democratic		Don Boyajian • FEC H8NY21286; 30 Sep 17; Tot $207,966; Dsb $19,792
		Democratic		Tedra Lynne Cobb • FEC H8NY21245; 30 Sep 17; Tot $128,994; Dsb $17,628
		Democratic		Washington County Supervisor Sara S. Idleman • FEC H8NY21328
		Democratic		Ronald Joseph Kim • FEC H8NY21294
		Democratic		Plattsburgh School Board Member Steve Krieg
		Democratic		Emily Martz • FEC H8NY21260; 30 Sep 17; Tot $52,681; Dsb $19,457
		Democratic		Patrick F. Nelson • FEC H2NY21115; 30 Sep 17; Tot $29,191; Dsb $16,039
		Democratic		Katie Wilson • FEC H8NY21252; 30 Sep 17; Tot $45,207; Dsb $25,269

		Republican		Russell J. "Russ" Finley • FEC H8NY21278
		Republican		Steven C. Schnibbe • FEC H8NY21310
		*Republican*		*Congressman Elise M. Stefanik* • FEC H4NY21079; 30 Sep 17; Tot $855,686; Dsb $375,746

		Libertarian		Christopher "Chris" Schmidt

Incumbent - 115th Congress
CD 22		Republican	Congressman Claudia Tenney • First elected: 2016 • Seat up for regular election: Tuesday 6 November 2018
	Candidate list (2) - 116th Congress

		Democratic		state Assemblyman Anthony Brindisi • FEC H8NY22151; 30 Sep 17; Tot $453,954; Dsb $54,462

		*Republican*		*Congressman Claudia Tenney* • FEC H4NY22051; 30 Sep 17; Tot $875,407; Dsb $435,819

Incumbent - 115th Congress
CD 23		Republican	Congressman Thomas W. "Tom" Reed, II • First elected in a special election [to fill the vacancy caused by the resignation of Congressman Eric J. J. Massa (Democratic)] and General Election: 2 November 2010. • Seat up for regular election: Tuesday 6 November 2018
	Candidate list (11) - 116th Congress

		Democratic		Linda Andrei • FEC H8NY23225
		Democratic		Max Harold Della Pia • FEC H8NY23175; 30 Sep 17; Tot $7,095; Dsb $885
		Democratic		Rick Gallant • FEC H8NY23142; 30 Sep 17; Tot $33,444; Dsb $16,162
		Democratic		Ian Golden • FEC H8NY23167; 30 Sep 17; Tot $39,846; Dsb $15,868
		Democratic		Tracy "SafeGov" Mitrano • FEC H8NY23183
		Democratic		Edward A. "Eddie" Sundquist • FEC H8NY23134; 30 Sep 17; Tot $45,279; Dsb $29,507
		Democratic		Karl Warrington • FEC H8NY23209
		Democratic		Charles Whalen • FEC H8NY23217

		*Republican*		*Congressman Thomas W. "Tom" Reed, II* • FEC H0NY29054; 30 Sep 17; Tot $1,389,057; Dsb $670,935

		Independent		James Brian "Lone Crow" Clasby • FEC H8NY23191
		Independent		Ulysses Town Board Member John G. "J.G." Hertzler • Running as Mark Twain. • FEC H8NY23159

Incumbent - 115th Congress
CD 24		Republican	Congressman John M. Katko • First elected: 2014 • Seat up for regular election: Tuesday 6 November 2018
	Candidate list (5) - 116th Congress

		Democratic		Dana Balter • FEC H8NY24090; 30 Sep 17; Tot $13,876; Dsb $1,711
		Democratic		Scott Comegys
		Democratic		former Syracuse City Auditor Philip Joseph LaTessa • FEC H8NY24074
		Democratic		Anne Messenger • FEC H8NY24082; 30 Sep 17; Tot $57,814; Dsb $22,047

		*Republican*		*Congressman John M. Katko* • FEC H4NY24073; 30 Sep 17; Tot $891,372; Dsb $264,034

Incumbent - 115th Congress
CD 25		Democratic	Congressman Louise McIntosh Slaughter • First elected: 1986 • Seat up for regular election: Tuesday 6 November 2018
	Candidate list (1) - 116th Congress

		*Democratic*		*Congressman Louise McIntosh Slaughter* • FEC H6NY03031; 30 Sep 17; Tot $366,607; Dsb $149,989

Incumbent - 115th Congress
CD 26		Democratic	Congressman Brian M. Higgins • First elected: 2004 • Seat up for regular election: Tuesday 6 November 2018
	Candidate list (2) - 116th Congress

		*Democratic*		*Congressman Brian M. Higgins* • FEC H4NY27076; 30 Sep 17; Tot $474,013; Dsb $218,982

		Republican		Rosanne DiPizio • FEC H8NY26129

Incumbent - 115th Congress
CD 27		Republican	Congressman Christopher Carl "Chris" Collins • First elected: 2012 • Seat up for regular election: Tuesday 6 November 2018
	Candidate list (5) - 116th Congress

		Democratic		Sean Bunny • FEC H8NY27135
		Democratic		Nicholas Richard "Nick" Stankevich • FEC H8NY27143

		Republican		James Paul "Jim" Banks • FEC H8NY27119
		*Republican*		*Congressman Christopher Carl "Chris" Collins* • FEC H8NY29032; 30 Sep 17; Tot $630,703; Dsb $327,683

		Independent		Lawrence Mark "Larry" Piegza • FEC H8NY27150

Attorney General 4 year term, Election Cycle: 2014, 2018

		Democratic	Attorney General Eric T. Schneiderman • First elected: 2010; re-elected: 2014 • Seat up for regular election: Tuesday 6 November 2018

Comptroller 4 year term, Election Cycle: 2014, 2018

		Democratic	Comptroller Thomas P. "Tom" DiNapoli • Chosen by the State Legislature to succeed Alan Hevesi (who had resigned in December 2006): 7 February 2007. First elected: 2010; re-elected: 2014 • Seat up for regular election: Tuesday 6 November 2018

Political Parties Parties appear in parenthesis and italics when a candidate receives the endorsement of a given Party and/or official sources indicate a candidate's association with a particular Party but only where the Party in question does not appear on the actual ballot as such.

Major Parties Those parties which received electoral votes through winning a plurality of a state's [or the District of Columbia's] popular vote in any presidential election between 1984 and 2016. See Classification of Political parties.
	• Democratic (affiliates): 24 incumbents, 76 candidates
	• Republican: 9 incumbents, 24 candidates
Major Third Parties Any Party, other than a Major Party, receiving a minimum of 15/100ths of 1 percent of the nationwide popular vote in any presidential election between 1984 and 2016. See Classification of Political parties.
	• Libertarian: 3 candidates
Independents
	• Independent: 3 candidates
	• No Party Affiliation: 1 candidate
	• Unaffiliated: 1 candidate
Write-in/Scattered/otherwise not readily classifiable
	• Not readily classifiable: 1 candidate
Candidates running under the banner of more than one party are counted towards each party's total. A candidate who has lost a primary or is apparently no longer a candidate is not counted.

Notes

Candidates for office appear on this page in italics where 'The Green Papers' does not yet have independent confirmation from a legal election authority that the person has been officially certified to appear on the ballot.

Primary dates marked "presumably" and polling times marked "reportedly" are based on unofficial or estimated data (especially as regards local variations from a jurisdictionwide statutory and/or regulatory standard) and are, thereby, subject to change.

"FEC" indicates the Federal Election Commission (FEC) Campaign Finance Summary.

When available, we post each candidate's FEC identification number, the date of their most recently filed Report of Receipts and Disbursements, their "Tot" [Total Receipts (contributions received or what came in: FEC Form 3, Line 16, Column B)] and their "Dsb" [Total Disbursements (expenditures or what was spent: FEC Form 3, Line 23, Column B)]. A link is provided to the Federal Election Commission's Summary Report for those who might wish to explore the details.

If a candidate raises or spends $5,000 or less, he or she is not subject to FEC reporting requirements.