The 2022 United States House of Representatives elections in New York were held on November 8, 2022, to elect the 26 U.S. representatives from the State of New York, one from each of the state's 26 congressional districts. The elections coincided with elections for governor, U.S. Senate, attorney general, comptroller, state senate, and assembly, and various other state and local elections.
Following the 2020 Census, New York lost one seat in the U.S. House. Incumbent representatives Lee Zeldin (R), Thomas Suozzi (D), Kathleen Rice (D), John Katko (R), Chris Jacobs (R), and Joe Sempolinski (R) retired. Representatives Carolyn Maloney (D) and Mondaire Jones (D) lost renomination in their primary contests. The primary elections were set to happen on June 28, but due to a court-ordered redraw of the state's Congressional maps, they were held on August 23. Due in part to Kathy Hochul's relatively weak performance in the governor's race and heavy pro-Republican turnout, the Democratic Party lost four seats.
2020-22 Redistricting controversy
Following the 2020 Census, New York lost one Congressional seat and its Independent Redistricting Commission (I.R.C.) attempted to draw a new map. However they could not reach an agreement on the map, and the Democratic-dominated New York State Legislature drew their own new Congressional map. In April of 2022, in the lead-up to the 2022 midterms, the New York State Court of Appeals struck down the map, known infamously as the "Hochulmander" (named after New York State Governor Kathy Hochul) as an unconstitutional partisan gerrymander that failed to follow the proper procedures. The Court then assigned an Independent Special Master to create a fair map. In the 2022 House election in New York, under the new map, the Republican Party flipped 3 seats, bringing the new seat count of 15 for the Democrats and 11 held by Republicans. The Court-drawn map is often credited with helping the Republican Party win back control of the House, due to the narrow margin of the Republican majority.
Overview
Votes by ballot line
In some races, candidates appeared on multiple ballot lines, with Democratic candidates often appearing on the Working Families line and Republican candidates often appearing on the Conservative line. However, they all caucus with either the Democrats or the Republicans.
Votes by district
Candidates on multiple ballot lines are marked as the party they caucus with.
Seat allocation
Votes are marked under party the candidate caucuses with, regardless of ballot line.
District 1
The 1st district is based on the eastern end and North Shore of Long Island, including the Hamptons, the North Fork, Riverhead, Port Jefferson, Smithtown, and Huntington, all in Suffolk County. Due to redistricting, the district lost most of Brookhaven to the 2nd district and picked up Huntington from the 3rd district. The district has a PVI of R+4 but voted for Joe Biden by 0.2 points in 2020. The incumbent is Republican Lee Zeldin, who was reelected with 54.8% of the vote in 2020. He is retiring to run for governor.
Republicans chose their nominee, Nick LaLota, to succeed Zeldin in a three-way primary in late August, the endorsed candidate of their county committee. The primary looked to be a race between him and Anthony Figliola, a former Brookhaven deputy supervisor who argued his independence from the county party leadership made him the better choice, until Michelle Bond, head of the Association for Digital Asset Marketing, a cryptocurrency trade group, filed petitions to run right before the deadline. Ultimately LaLota won the primary with 47 percent of the vote. Bond finished with 28 percent to Figliola's 25 percent.
Republican/Conservative nominee
Nick LaLota, former Suffolk County Board of Elections commissioner and chief of staff to Suffolk County legislator Kevin McCaffrey
Eliminated in primary
Michelle Bond, businesswoman
Anthony Figliola, former deputy supervisor of Brookhaven
Withdrawn / Disqualified
Robert Cornicelli, veteran and supervisor of Department of Public Works inspectors in Oyster Bay (Running in New York's 2nd congressional district) Dean Gandley (endorsed LaLota) Edward Francis Moore Jr., businessman Cait Corrigan Patrick Hahn
Declined
Lee Zeldin, incumbent U.S. Representative (ran for governor)
Endorsements
Debate
Primary results
Democratic/Working Families nominee
Bridget Fleming, member of the Suffolk County Legislature for the 2nd district and candidate for this district in 2020