New York's 23rd congressional district is located in

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, and covers part of Buffalo's Northtowns, all of the Southtowns, and much of the

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. The district includes the southern part of Keuka Lake and a small portion of the southern end of Seneca Lake, two of the eleven

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Geography and Demographics

The district comprises five entire counties: Chemung County Allegany, Cattaraugus,

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, and Tioga Counties, along with parts of Schuyler, Steuben, Erie and Niagara Counties. The largest cities in the district are Jamestown, and Elmira.

Recent Election History

2018: Democrat Tracy Mitrano challenged Republican incumbent Tom Reed. Reed won reelection with an 8.4% margin, his smallest victory margin since his first election in 2012. 2020: Reed and Mitrano faced off again, with Reed securing a victory with a 16.6% margin. On March 21, 2021, in light of recent sexual harassment allegations, Reed announced that he would not be seeking reelection in

2022 The year began with another wave in the COVID-19 pandemic, with SARS-CoV-2 Omicron variant, Omicron spreading rapidly and becoming the dominant variant of the SARS-CoV-2 virus worldwide. Tracking a decrease in cases and deaths, 2022 saw ...

. Reed resigned on May 10, 2022, leaving the seat vacant. A special election was held on August 23, which was won by Republican Joe Sempolinski, who opted not to run for a full term in the regularly scheduled 2022 election. Republican Nick Langworthy won the seat in the general election.

Recent election results from statewide races

History

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;1969–1971: :Parts of

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, Westchester ;1983–1993: :All of Albany, Schenectady :Parts of Montgomery, Rensselaer ;1993–2003: :All of Chenango, Madison, Oneida, Otsego :Parts of Broome,

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, Herkimer, Montgomery, Schoharie ;2003–2013: :All of Clinton, Franklin,

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, Fulton, Oneida ;2013–2023: :All of Allegany, Cattaraugus,

, Chemung, Schuyler, Seneca, Steuben, Tompkins, Yates :Parts of

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, Tioga

Counties, towns, and municipalities

For the 119th and successive Congresses (based on the districts drawn following the New York Court of Appeals' December 2023 decision in ''Hoffman v New York State Ind. Redistricting. Commn.''), the district contains all or portions of the following counties, towns, and municipalities. Allegany County (39) : All 39 towns and municipalities Cattaraugus County (44) : All 44 towns and municipalities Chautauqua County (42) : All 42 towns and municipalities Chemung County (16) : All 16 towns and municipalities Erie County (33) : Akron, Alden (town), Alden (village),

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, Blasdell,

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, Brant, Clarence, Colden, Collins, Concord, Depew (part; also 26th), East Aurora, Eden, Elma, Evans,

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, Gowanda (shared with Cattaraugus County), Hamburg (town), Hamburg (village),

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, Lancaster (town), Lancaster (village), Marilla, Newstead, North Collins (town), North Collins (village), Orchard Park (town), Orchard Park (village),

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, Springville,

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Niagara County (3) : Lockport (part; also 24th; includes

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and South Lockport), Pendleton, Wheatfield (part; also 26th) Schuyler County (7) : Catharine,

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, Montour, Montour Falls,

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, Orange, Watkins Glen (part; also 24th) Steuben County (37) : Addison (town), Addison (village), Arkport, Bath (town), Bath (village),

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, Cameron, Campbell, Canisteo (town), Canisteo (village), Caton, Corning (city), Corning (town), Erwin, Fremont, Greenwood, Hammondsport, Hartsville, Hornby, Hornell, Hornellsville,

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, Lindley, North Hornell, Painted Post, Rathbone, Riverside,

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, South Corning, Thurston, Troupsburg, Tuscarora, Urbana, Wayne, West Union, Woodhull Tioga County (15) : All 15 towns and municipalities

List of members representing the district

1823–1833: one seat

1833–1843: two seats

From 1833 to 1843, two seats were apportioned, elected on a

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1843–present: one seat

Recent election results

In New York, there are numerous minor parties at various points on the political spectrum. Certain parties often endorse either the Republican or Democratic candidate for every office, hence the state electoral results contain both the party votes and the final candidate votes. Scozzafava dropped out of the race just prior to the election and endorsed Democrat Bill Owens. The results were not certified by the New York State Board of Elections until December 15, 2009.

Notes

References

Sources

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External links

Congressional Biographical Directory of the United States 1774–present
* Election results via Clerk.house.gov: *

via Clerk of the House of Representatives *
1998 House election data
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