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2024 New York's 26th congressional district special election

The 2024 New York's 26th congressional district special election was held on April 30, 2024, to fill the vacant seat in New York's 26th congressional district. The seat became vacant after Democratic incumbent Brian Higgins resigned on February 2, 2024, to become president of Shea's Performing Arts Center. The early voting period ran from April 20 to April 28, 2024.

The Associated Press declared Tim Kennedy the winner within an hour of the polls closing. He will serve in the United States House of Representatives for the remainder of the 118th United States Congress.

New York does not use primary elections when filling vacancies. Instead, party officials in the affected counties are responsible for choosing nominees.

The Erie County Democratic Committee chose their nominee on February 21, 2024.

Tim Kennedy, state senator from the 63rd district (2011–present)
Nate McMurray, former town supervisor of Grand Island and nominee for the 27th district in 2018 and 2020 (ran as an independent)
Jeanne Vinal, Erie County legislator (2020–present)
Byron Brown, mayor of Buffalo (2006–present), former chair of the New York Democratic Party (2016–2019), and former state senator from the 60th district (2001–2005)
Mark Poloncarz, Erie County executive (2012–present)

The Erie County Republican Committee chose their nominee on February 21, 2024.

Gary Dickson, town supervisor of West Seneca (2019–present)
Nate McMurray, former town supervisor of Grand Island and nominee for the 27th district in 2018 and 2020

No.	Date	Host	Moderators	Links	Democratic	Republican
April 24, 2024	WIVB-TV	Marlee TuskesDave Greber	YouTube	P	P

Party	Candidate	Votes	%	.mw-parser-output .tooltip-dotted{border-bottom:1px dotted;cursor:help}±%
	Democratic	44,411	62.60%	+4.80
	Working Families	3,639	5.13%	−0.97
	Total	Tim Kennedy	48,050	67.73%	+3.83
	Republican	16,859	23.76%	−4.94
	Conservative	5,123	7.22%	−0.08
	Total	21,982	30.98%	−5.02
	Write-in	159	0.22%	+0.12
70,946	100.0%

2024 United States House of Representatives elections
- 2024 United States House of Representatives elections in New York
List of special elections to the United States House of Representatives
List of United States representatives from New York
118th United States Congress

Official campaign websites

Gary Dickson (R)
Tim Kennedy (D)

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