
New York's 22nd Congressional District is located in the central portion of the state and includes Chenango, Cortland, Madison and Oneida counties and parts of Broome, Herkimer, Tioga and Oswego counties. Republicans defended five districts Hillary Clinton (D) won in 2016. Democrats defended 30 districts Donald Trump (R) won in 2016. At the time of the election, Democrats had a 232 to 198 majority over Republicans. All 435 seats in the House were up for election. House of Representatives in the 117th Congress. The outcome of this race affected partisan control of the U.S. Īs of October 15, 2020, the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee had spent $2.4 million toward the race, and the National Republican Congressional Committee had spent $2.1 million. Trump received 55% of the vote to Hillary Clinton's (D) 39% in the 22nd District. House districts that Donald Trump (R) won in the 2016 presidential election. The 22nd District was one of 31 Democratic-held U.S. Democrat Kim Myers received 41%, and Upstate Jobs candidate Martin Babinec received 12%. Tenney was elected in 2016 with 47% of the vote. Brindisi defeated Tenney in 2018 51% to 49%. To read more about the litigation, click here. Brindisi conceded the election the same day. On February 8, 2021, following Oswego County Supreme Court Justice Scott DelConte's final ruling on the ballot challenges, Tenney was certified as the winner by 109 votes. House due to legal proceedings surrounding the validity of certain absentee and affidavit ballots. Former incumbent Claudia Tenney (R) defeated incumbent Anthony Brindisi (D), Keith Price (L), and James Desira (I, write-in) in the race for New York's 22nd Congressional District on November 3, 2020.įor the first month of the 117th Congress, the race was uncalled and New York's 22nd did not have a voting representative in the U.S.
