Critical Congressional District 19 Flips to Dems With Riley Win

HUDSON VALLEY, NY —New York's 19th will be sending a new freshman congressperson to the U.S. House of Representatives.

U.S. House District 19 Josh Riley (D, W) has defeated incumbent Marcus Molinaro (R, C).

Republicans flipped four New York seats in 2022, including two in the Hudson Valley — one that had been vacated by Antonio Delgado when he became Lieutenant Governor, and one upset where Lawler ousted party leader and five-term congressman Sean Patrick Maloney.

The local races were among the most expensive nationally. According to an FEC summary of campaign fundraising, as of Oct. 31, Jones was ranked 20th among all 2,937 candidates for the House, followed by Riley at No. 21, Lawler at No. 34, Ryan at No. 36, Latimer at No. 47, Molinaro at No. 94. Far behind them are Esposito, ranked No. 260, and Flisser, ranked 1,453. The FEC had no contribution filings from Frascone.

The New York State Board of Elections numbers said Monday that a total of 2,985,181 state residents voted early between Oct. 26 and Nov. 3. The state also released new voter enrollment numbers as of Nov. 1 showing that there are 13.6 million total voters in the state — 12.4 million of them active. There are 5.9 million registered active Democrats, 2.8 million registered active Republicans and 3 million nonaffiliated with any party.