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The 2020 United States House of Representatives elections in New York were held on November 3, 2020, to elect the 27 U.S. representatives from the State of New York, one from each of the state's 27 congressional districts. The elections coincided with the 2020 U.S. presidential election, as well as other elections to the House of Representatives, elections to the United States Senate and various state and local elections. The primary election was held on June 23, 2020.

Results of the 2020 United States House of Representatives elections in New York by district:

The 1st district is based in eastern Long Island, and includes most of central and eastern Suffolk County, including most of Smithtown and all of Brookhaven, Riverhead, Southold, Southampton, East Hampton, and Shelter Island. The incumbent was Republican Lee Zeldin, who was reelected with 51.5% of the vote in 2018.

• Lee Zeldin, incumbent U.S. representative

• Gregory-John Fischer, Libertarian candidate for Suffolk County executive in 2019
• Bridget Fleming, Suffolk County legislator
• Perry Gershon, businessman and nominee for New York's 1st congressional district in 2018
• Nancy Goroff, chair of the Stony Brook University chemistry department

• David Gokhshtein, cryptocurrency entrepreneur

• Kate Browning, former Suffolk County legislator and candidate for New York's 1st congressional district in 2018
• Dave Calone, venture capitalist and candidate for New York's 1st congressional district in 2016
• John Feal, veteran and nonprofit executive
• Jack Harrington, attorney
• Mark Lesko, former Brookhaven town supervisor
• Jack Martilotta, high school football coach
• Jay Schneiderman, Southampton town supervisor
• Errol Toulon, Suffolk County sheriff

The 2nd district is based on the South Shore of Long Island, and includes the southwestern Suffolk County communities of Amityville, Copiague, Lindenhurst, Gilgo, West Babylon, Wyandanch, North Babylon, Babylon, Baywood, Brentwood, Brightwaters, Central Islip, Islip, Great River, Ocean Beach, Oakdale, West Sayville, Bohemia, West Islip and Ronkonkoma, in addition to a sliver of southeastern Nassau County encompassing Levittown, North Wantagh, Seaford, South Farmingdale and Massapequa. The incumbent was Republican Peter T. King, who was reelected with 53.1% of the vote in 2018. On November 11, 2019, King announced he would retire after more than 26 years in Congress.

• Andrew Garbarino, state assemblyman
• Mike LiPetri, state assemblyman

• Trish Bergin, Islip town councilwoman
• Nancy Hemendinger, Suffolk County health official
• Nick LaLota, Suffolk County elections commissioner (running for New York's 8th State Senate district)

• Phil Boyle, state senator
• Tom Cilmi, minority leader of the Suffolk County Legislature
• Michael Fitzpatrick, state assemblyman
• Chuck Fuschillo, former state senator
• James Kennedy, Nassau County legislator
• Peter T. King, incumbent U.S. representative
• Steve Labriola, Oyster Bay town councilman
• Rick Lazio, former U.S. representative for New York's 2nd congressional district (1993–2001), nominee for U.S. Senate in 2000, and candidate for Governor of New York in 2010
• Steve Levy, former Suffolk County executive
• Mary Kate Mullen, Islip town councilwoman
• Kate Murray, Hempstead town clerk
• Joseph Saladino, Oyster Bay town supervisor
• Douglas M. Smith, state assemblyman
• Erin King Sweeney, former Hempstead town councilwoman and daughter of U.S. representative Peter T. King
• Donald Trump Jr., businessman and son of President Donald Trump
• Lara Trump, campaign advisor and daughter-in-law of President Donald Trump

• Jackie Gordon, Babylon town councilwoman and U.S. Army veteran
• Patricia Maher, attorney and nominee for New York's 2nd congressional district in 2014

• Mike Sax, political blogger

• Steve Bellone, Suffolk County executive
• Liuba Grechen Shirley, community organizer and nominee for New York's 2nd congressional district in 2018
• Christine Pellegrino, former state assemblywoman
• Tim Sini, Suffolk County district attorney

• Harry R. Burger, mechanical design engineer

• Daniel Craig Ross, administrative assistant and activist

The 3rd district is based on the North Shore of Long Island, and includes the northwestern Suffolk County and northern Nassau County communities of West Hills, Sands Point, Laurel Hollow, Upper Brookville, Munsey Park, Brookville, Oyster Bay Cove, Old Brookville, Kings Point, Lattingtown, Matinecock, Muttontown, Lloyd Harbor, Syosset, Glen Cove, Roslyn, Manhasset, Huntington, Dix Hills, Plainview, Bethpage, northern Farmingdale, Hicksville, Northport, Commack, Port Washington, and Great Neck. Queens neighborhoods in the district include Little Neck, Whitestone, Glen Oaks, and Floral Park. The incumbent was Democrat Tom Suozzi, who was re-elected with 59.0% of the vote in 2018.

• Melanie D'Arrigo, activist and healthcare professional
• Tom Suozzi, incumbent U.S. representative
• Michael Weinstock, former prosecutor

• Robert Zimmerman, Democratic National Committee member and communications professional

• George Santos, former call center employee

The 4th district is based central and southern Nassau County, and includes the communities of Baldwin, Bellmore, East Rockaway, East Meadow, the Five Towns, Lynbrook, Floral Park, Franklin Square, Garden City, Hempstead, Long Beach, Malverne, Freeport, Merrick, Mineola, Carle Place, New Hyde Park, Oceanside, Rockville Centre, Roosevelt, Uniondale, Wantagh, West Hempstead, Westbury and parts of Valley Stream. The incumbent was Democrat Kathleen Rice, who was re-elected with 61.3% of the vote in 2018.

• Kathleen Rice, incumbent U.S. representative

• Cindy Grosz, publicist
• Douglas Tuman, attorney

• Joseph R. Naham, chairman of the Nassau County Green Party

The 5th district is based mostly in southeastern Queens, and includes all of the Rockaway Peninsula and the neighborhoods of Broad Channel, Cambria Heights, Hollis, Jamaica, Laurelton, Queens Village, Rosedale, Saint Albans, Springfield Gardens, and South Ozone Park, as well as John F. Kennedy International Airport, as well as parts of Nassau County including Inwood and portions of Valley Stream and Elmont. The incumbent was Democrat Gregory Meeks, who was re-elected unopposed in 2018.

• Shaniyat Chowdhury, U.S. Marine Corps veteran and bartender
• Gregory Meeks, incumbent U.S. representative

• Amit Lal, logistics coordinator

The 6th district encompasses northeastern Queens, taking in the neighborhoods of Elmhurst, Flushing, Forest Hills, Kew Gardens, and Bayside. The incumbent was Democrat Grace Meng, who was re-elected in 2018 with 90.9% of the vote, without major-party opposition.

• Sandra Choi, economic development policy expert
• Mel Gagarin, activist
• Grace Meng, incumbent U.S. representative

• Tom Zmich, U.S. Army veteran

The 7th district takes in the Queens neighborhoods of Maspeth, Ridgewood, and Woodhaven; the Brooklyn neighborhoods of Brooklyn Heights, Boerum Hill, Bushwick, Carroll Gardens, Cobble Hill, Dumbo, East New York, East Williamsburg, Greenpoint, Gowanus, Red Hook, Sunset Park, and Williamsburg; and parts of Manhattan's Lower East Side and East Village. The incumbent was Democrat Nydia Velázquez, who was re-elected with 93.4% of the vote, without major-party opposition.

• Paperboy Love Prince, rapper
• Nydia Velázquez, incumbent U.S. representative

• Brian Kelly

• Avery Pereira

The 8th district is centered around eastern Brooklyn, taking in Downtown Brooklyn, Bed-Stuy, Canarsie, and Coney Island, as well as a small portion of Queens encompassing Howard Beach. The incumbent was Democrat Hakeem Jeffries, who was re-elected with 94.3% of the vote, without major-party opposition.

• Hakeem Jeffries, incumbent U.S. representative

• Garfield Wallace

The 9th district encompasses Central and Southern Brooklyn, and includes the neighborhoods of Brownsville, Crown Heights, East Flatbush, Flatbush, Kensington, Park Slope, Prospect Heights, Midwood, Sheepshead Bay, Marine Park, Gerritsen Beach and Prospect Lefferts Gardens. Prospect Park, Grand Army Plaza and the Grand Army Plaza Greenmarket. The incumbent was Democrat Yvette Clarke, who was re-elected with 89.3% of the vote in 2018.

• Adem Bunkeddeko, community organizer and candidate for New York's 9th congressional district in 2018
• Yvette Clarke, incumbent U.S. representative
• Chaim Deutsch, New York City councilman
• Lutchi Gayot, business owner and Republican nominee for New York's 9th congressional district in 2018
• Isiah James, U.S. Army veteran and community organizer

• Michael Hiller, plaintiff litigator
• Alex Hubbard, data scientist

• Constantin Jean-Pierre, nonprofit executive

• Joel Anabilah-Azumah, businessman and Reform candidate for New York's 9th congressional district in 2018

The 10th district stretches across the southern part of Morningside Heights, the Upper West Side, the west side of Midtown Manhattan, the west side of Lower Manhattan including Greenwich Village and the Financial District, and parts of southern Brooklyn, including Borough Park. The incumbent was Democrat Jerry Nadler, who was re-elected with 82.1% of the vote in 2018.

• Lindsey Boylan, former Deputy Secretary for Economic Development and Special Advisor to the Governor
• Jonathan Herzog, Harvard Law School student and former staffer for Andrew Yang's presidential campaign
• Jerry Nadler, incumbent U.S. representative

• Darryl Hendricks, personal trainer
• Holly Lynch, former advertising executive
• Robert Wyman, co-founder of a geothermal heating business

• Amanda Frankel

• Cathy Bernstein, financial advisor

• Jeanne Nigro, self-help minister

The 11th district contains the entirety of Staten Island and parts of southern Brooklyn, including the neighborhoods of Bay Ridge, Bath Beach, Dyker Heights, southwestern Gravesend, western Sheepshead Bay, and parts of southern Bensonhurst. The incumbent was Democrat Max Rose, who flipped the district and was elected with 53.0% of the vote in 2018, only the second time the House district flipped blue for the Democratic Party since Republicans won the seat in 1980.

Based on city and state-reported election night results, with all election districts reporting, in 2020 the traditionally conservative 11th district reverted to the Republican Party. While polls had predicted a close race, Conservative/Republican challenger Assemblywoman Nicole Malliotakis defeated Democratic freshman incumbent Rose to win the seat back for the GOP by a 6.4 point margin. Malliotakis earned 53.2 percent of the vote in the district over Rose's 46.8 percent. Malliotakis won her home borough of Staten Island while Rose won the Brooklyn portion of the district. Rose formally conceded the race to Malliotakis on November 12. Final recanvassing and certification of results happened within 25 days of the November 3 general election.

• Max Rose, U.S. representative

• Richard-Olivier Marius, former volunteer for Max Rose

• Joe Caldarera, former special victims prosecutor
• Nicole Malliotakis, state assemblywoman and nominee for mayor of New York City in 2017

• Joey Saladino, YouTube content creator (endorsed Caldarera)

• Joe Borelli, New York City councilman
• Michael Grimm, former U.S. representative

The 12th district includes several neighborhoods in the East Side of Manhattan, the Greenpoint section of Brooklyn, western Queens, including Astoria and Long Island City. The incumbent was Democrat Carolyn Maloney, who was re-elected with 86.4% of the vote in 2018.

• Lauren Ashcraft, JPMorgan Chase project manager, activist, and comedian
• Peter Harrison, housing activist
• Carolyn Maloney, incumbent U.S. representative
• Suraj Patel, professor at New York University, lawyer, and candidate for New York's 12th congressional district in 2018

• Erica Vladimer, attorney and former New York State Senate staffer

• Dawn Smalls, attorney and candidate for New York City Public Advocate in 2019

• Carlos Santiago-Cano, real estate broker

The 13th district encompasses the Upper Manhattan neighborhoods of Harlem, Washington Heights, and Inwood, as well the western Bronx neighborhoods of Kingsbridge and Bedford Park. The incumbent was Democrat Adriano Espaillat, who was re-elected with 94.6% of the vote in 2018.

• Adriano Espaillat, incumbent U.S. representative
• James Felton Keith, entrepreneur
• Ramon Rodriguez, business etiquette executive

• Lovelynn Gwinn, landlord

The 14th district covers the eastern part of the Bronx and part of north-central Queens, including the neighborhoods of College Point, Corona, East Elmhurst, Jackson Heights, and Woodside. The incumbent was Democrat Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, who had been elected with 78.2% of the vote in 2018. Ocasio-Cortez easily won the Democratic primary against former CNBC anchor Michelle Caruso-Cabrera. Her large margin of victory was partly attributed by Fortune's Rey Mashayekhi to her substantial fundraising advantage and focus on digital advertising.

• Michelle Caruso-Cabrera, business news reporter
• Badrun Khan, activist
• Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, incumbent U.S. representative
• Sam Sloan, perennial candidate and chess player

• Fernando Cabrera, New York City councillor
• James Dillon, activist
• Jose Velazquez, former ESL student

• Elizabeth Crowley, former New York City councilwoman (running for Queens borough president)
• Joe Crowley, former U.S. representative (NY-14)
• Julia Salazar, state senator
• Jimmy Van Bramer, New York City councilman

• John Cummings, former police officer

• Jineea Butler
• Miguel Hernandez, construction contractor
• Scherie Murray, businesswoman and candidate for New York State Assembly in 2015
• Ruth Papazian, health and medical writer
• Rey Solano
• Antoine Tucker, businessman (on the ballot as a write-in candidate)

The 15th district is located entirely within the Bronx, including the neighborhoods of Hunts Point, Castle Hill, and Tremont. According to the Cook Partisan Voting Index, the 15th district is one of the most Democratic congressional districts in the country, with a PVI of D+39. As a result, victory in the Democratic primary in the district would be tantamount to election. The incumbent Democrat, José E. Serrano, announced on March 25, 2019, that he had been diagnosed with Parkinson's disease and would not be seeking re-election.

• Frangell Basora, former congressional intern
• Michael Blake, state assemblyman and vice chair of the Democratic National Committee
• Rubén Díaz Sr., New York City councilman
• Mark Escoffery-Bey, small business owner
• Samelys López, progressive activist and co-founder of Bronx Progressives
• Melissa Mark-Viverito, former speaker of the New York City Council
• Chivona Newsome, finance specialist, co-founder of Black Lives Matter of Greater NY
• Jonathan Ortiz, New York City financial advisor
• Julio Pabon, marketing executive
• Tomás Ramos, director of the Bronx River Community Center
• Ydanis Rodríguez, New York City councilman
• Marlene Tapper, political consultant
• Ritchie Torres, New York City councilman

• Marlene Cintron, president of the Bronx Overall Economic Development Corporation
• David P. Franks Jr., New York City police Sergeant (write-in)

• Elías Alcántara, former White House senior associate director for intergovernmental affairs
• Marcos Crespo, state assemblyman and chair of the Bronx Democratic County Committee
• Nathalia Fernandez, state assemblywoman
• Vanessa Gibson, New York City councilwoman
• Carl Heastie, speaker of the New York Assembly
• Gustavo Rivera, state senator
• Amanda Septimo, former district director for José E. Serrano (running for state assembly)
• Luis R. Sepúlveda, state senator
• José E. Serrano, incumbent U.S. representative
• José M. Serrano, state senator and son of the incumbent
• Eric Stevenson, former state assemblyman

• Orlando Molina

The 16th district contains the northern parts of the Bronx and the southern half of Westchester County, including the cities of Mount Vernon, Yonkers, and Rye. The incumbent was Democrat Eliot Engel.

• Jamaal Bowman, middle school principal
• Eliot Engel, incumbent U.S. representative
• Christopher Fink, tax attorney
• Sammy Ravelo, U.S. Army veteran and retired NYPD lieutenant

• Kenny Belvin, political scientist (endorsed Ghebreghiorgis)
• Andom Ghebreghiorgis, special education teacher (endorsed Bowman)

The 17th district encompasses the lower Hudson Valley taking in Rockland County as well as northwestern and central Westchester County. The incumbent was Democrat Nita Lowey, who was re-elected with 88.0% of the vote in 2018, without major-party opposition. On October 10, 2019, Lowey announced she was retiring from Congress and would not seek re-election.

• David Buchwald, state assemblyman
• David Carlucci, state senator
• Asha Castleberry-Hernandez, U.S. Army veteran and national security expert
• Evelyn Farkas, former Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense for Russia, Ukraine, and Eurasia
• Allison Fine, former chairwoman of NARAL
• Mondaire Jones, attorney
• Adam Schleifer, former federal prosecutor for Operation Varsity Blues

• Catherine Borgia, Westchester County legislator (endorsed Buchwald)
• Duane Jackson, Buchanan trustee and candidate for New York's 18th congressional district in 2012
• David Katz, debt-recovery attorney (endorsed Jones)
• Catherine Parker, Westchester County legislator (endorsed Jones) (remained on ballot)
• Jo-Anna Rodriguez-Wheeler, small business owner

• Tom Abinanti, state assemblyman (running for re-election)
• Chelsea Clinton, global health advocate and member of the Clinton family
• Andrew Cuomo, Governor of New York
• Paul Feiner, Greenburgh town supervisor
• George Latimer, Westchester County executive and former state senator (endorsed Buchwald)
• Nita Lowey, incumbent U.S. representative

Incumbent representative Nita Lowey had served as U.S. Representative for the area since 1988, and had not faced a primary challenger or serious Republican opponent in that time. On August 19, 2019, attorney and former Justice Department official Mondaire Jones announced a primary challenge to Lowey, her first since 1988, citing a range of issues on which he felt Lowey was not left-wing enough. On October 10, Lowey announced that she was retiring in a surprise announcement. Following Lowey's retirement, several Democratic candidates announced campaigns for the seat. In the resulting primary, four frontrunners emerged; Jones, Evelyn Farkas, a former Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defence, David Carlucci, a state senator and former member of the Independent Democratic Conference (IDC), and Adam Schleifer, a former federal prosecutor who used his considerable personal wealth to self-finance his campaign.

In the ensuing campaign, Carlucci attacked the other three main candidates, accusing them of being carpetbaggers, while Jones also attacked the other major candidates, accusing them of being more akin to Republicans than Democrats. Carlucci was felt to be a formidable candidate, as he was considered to have a lock on support from voters west of the Hudson River, which bisects the district. However, his past association with the IDC earned him the enmity of both progressive and more moderate Democrats. Six of the eight members of the former IDC had been primaried in 2018, with Carlucci being one of the two survivors. Pro-choice groups devoted money and resources to opposing his bid, as during his period in the state senate he had helped block pro-abortion legislation.

By January 2020, Schleifer was leading the field in fundraising, having raised $1 million largely through self-financing. Schleifer attracted personal criticism for self-financing rather than campaigning through donations, and Farkas also criticised him for refusing to divest from stocks while campaigning. In response, Schleifer called Farkas a "snake", and declared that "all [she] knows is the fog of the beltway". Controversy arose between the two campaigns when Farkas sent a mailer to voters in the district denouncing Schleifer, which featured an image of a man stuffing money into another man's pocket. Schleifer, who is Jewish, accused Farkas of antisemitism in response to the mailer, claiming that it played on negative stereotypes of Jews. Farkas campaign spokesperson Wellesley Daniels rejected the accusations, calling them "disgusting".

Carlucci's campaign began to falter as the primary went on, suffering from poor fundraising and a lack of prominent endorsements, while Jones began to gain traction as endorsements and donations from national progressives boosted his candidacy.

• Yehudis Gottesfeld, chemical engineer
• Maureen McArdle-Schulman, former FDNY firefighter

• Josh Eisen, businessman (ran as an independent)

• Rob Astorino, former Westchester County Executive, 2014 nominee for governor of New York
• Ron Belmont, mayor of Harrison
• Ed Day, Rockland County executive
• Leigh McHugh, Rockland County Legislator

Originally, businessman Josh Eisen was considered the Republican frontrunner, as he had posted relatively strong fundraising numbers. However, his campaign imploded when allegations were revealed that he had threatened former employees, and that while embroiled in a legal dispute he had told his opponents' wife that she would "bathe in the warm semen of Mengele" and had also written sexual polemics about this same opponents' daughter. This revelation caused the local Rockland and Westchester Republican parties to disavow Eisen's campaign, and he withdrew from the race. Eisen's withdrawal paved the way for two other candidates, retired firefighter Maureen McArdle-Schulman and chemical engineer Yehudis Gottesfeld, to compete for the nomination.

The 18th district is located in the mid-Hudson Valley covering all of Orange County and Putnam County, as well as parts of southern Dutchess County and northeastern Westchester County, including the city of Poughkeepsie. The incumbent was Democrat Sean Patrick Maloney, who was re-elected with 55.5% of the vote in 2018.

• Sean Patrick Maloney, incumbent U.S. representative

• Chele Farley, investment banker and nominee for U.S. Senate in 2018

• Scott Smith, former Middletown town councilman and candidate for New York's 18th congressional district in 2014

The 19th district is based in the upper Hudson Valley and Catskills. The incumbent was Democrat Antonio Delgado, who flipped the district and was elected with 51.4% of the vote in 2018.

• Antonio Delgado, incumbent U.S. representative

• Ola Hawatmeh, fashion designer and philanthropist
• Kyle Van De Water, former Millbrook village trustee and attorney

• Tony German, former New York National Guard adjutant general
• Mike Roth, activist

• John Faso, former U.S. representative
• Steven McLaughlin, Rensselaer County executive and former state assemblyman
• Marc Molinaro, Dutchess County executive, nominee for Governor of New York in 2018, and former state assemblyman
• Sue Serino, state senator

The 20th district is located in the Capital District and includes all of Albany and Schenectady Counties, and portions of Montgomery, Rensselaer and Saratoga Counties. The incumbent was Democrat Paul Tonko, who was re-elected with 66.5% of the vote in 2018.

• Paul Tonko, incumbent U.S. representative

• Liz Joy, real estate agent and author

The 21st district is based in upstate New York, encompassing the Adirondack Mountains and North Country regions. The incumbent was Republican Elise Stefanik, who was re-elected with 56.1% of the vote in 2018.

• Elise Stefanik, incumbent U.S. representative

• Tedra Cobb, former St. Lawrence County legislator and nominee for New York's 21st congressional district in 2018

• Simon Conroy, Clinton County legislator

The 22nd district is based in central New York and the Mohawk Valley, including the cities of Utica, Rome, Cortland and Binghamton. The incumbent was Democrat Anthony Brindisi, who flipped the district and was elected with 50.9% of the vote in 2018. This was a rematch of the 2018 election where Brindisi unseated Tenney.

The election went into lengthy legal proceedings during the counting of absentee ballots. Several errors by county boards of election were uncovered during the proceedings, affecting thousands of voters. The Oneida County Board of Elections used sticky notes to mark disputed ballots, which fell off and adhered to other ballots: this came to be called "stickygate". More significantly, Oneida County failed to process registrations for 2,400 voters, and incorrectly rejected 700 absentee ballots. Oneida County would later face legal action from the federal Department of Justice over these errors. Other county boards of elections also made errors affecting dozens of ballots.

The seat officially became vacant when Brindisi's term expired on January 3, 2021. On February 5, 2021, Judge Scott DelConte ruled that Tenney had won the election by 109 votes. Brindisi conceded the election on February 8.

• Anthony Brindisi, incumbent U.S. representative

• George Phillips, teacher, former Broome County legislator, and nominee for New York's 22nd congressional district in 2008 and 2010
• Claudia Tenney, former U.S. representative

• Steve Cornwell, Broome County district attorney
• Franklin Sager, teacher

• Richard C. David, mayor of Binghamton

The 23rd district is based in the Southern Tier, adjacent to Lake Erie and the state's border with Pennsylvania, and is home to the cities of Jamestown, Olean, Elmira, and Ithaca. The incumbent was Republican Tom Reed, who was re-elected with 54.2% of the vote in 2018.

• Tom Reed, incumbent U.S. representative

• Casey McDonald, real estate developer and activist

• Tracy Mitrano, cyber security expert and nominee for New York's 23rd congressional district in 2018

• Scott Noren, physician and U.S. Army veteran

• Paolo Cremidis, New York State Young Democrats Rural Caucus Chair

The 24th district is centered around the Syracuse area and contains Cayuga, Onondaga, and Wayne counties, as well as western Oswego County. The incumbent was Republican John Katko, who was re-elected with 52.6% of the vote in 2018.

• John Katko, incumbent U.S. representative

• Dana Balter, nonprofit leader, Syracuse University professor, and nominee for New York's 24th congressional district in 2018
• Francis Conole, former intelligence officer and U.S. Navy veteran

• Roger Misso, U.S. Navy veteran

The 25th district is located entirely within Monroe County, encompassing Rochester and the surrounding suburbs, including Irondequoit and Brighton. The incumbent was Democrat Joseph Morelle, who was elected with 59.0% of the vote in 2018.

• Joseph Morelle, incumbent U.S. representative
• Robin Wilt, Brighton town councilwoman and candidate for New York's 25th congressional district in 2018

• George Mitris, businessman

The 26th district is centered around the city of Buffalo and its inner suburbs, including Cheektowaga, Tonawanda, Amherst, Grand Island, and Niagara Falls. The incumbent was Democrat Brian Higgins, who was re-elected with 73.3% of the vote in 2018.

• Brian Higgins, incumbent U.S. representative

• Ricky Donovan, retired corrections officer