Nick Langworthy, the chairman of the New York State Republican Party, defeated Carl Paladino, a Buffalo-area developer with a history of racist and sexist remarks.
“It is the honor of a lifetime to be selected by my friends and neighbors to speak for them on the floor of the US House of Representatives” Sempolinski stated.
Josh Riley has won the Democratic Primary to run for the new 19th Congressional District seat in November. With 95% of the vote counted, Riley has 63.5% of the vote
Joe Sempolinski won the special election for New York’s 23rd Congressional District, allowing him to finish out the term of Rep. Tom Reed (R-NY) term after the incumbent vacated the seat in May.