Fifty-nine candidates are running for New York’s 26 U.S. House districts—the fewest since 2014

This year’s filing deadline for candidates running for Congress in New York was April 4, 2024.

Fifty-nine candidates are running for New York’s 26 U.S. House districts, including 32 Democrats and 27 Republicans. That’s an average of 2.27 candidates per district. There were 4.12 candidates per district in 2022, 4.00 candidates per district in 2020, and 3.15 candidates per district in 2018.

Here are some other highlights from this year’s filings:

• The 59 candidates running in New York this year are the fewest number of candidates since 2014, when 55 candidates ran.

• No districts are open this year, meaning all incumbents are running for re-election. This is the fewest number of open districts in the last 10 years.
• Four candidates—three Democrats and one Republican—are running for the 10th Congressional District, the most candidates running for a district in New York this year.
• Six primaries—five Democratic and one Republican—are contested this year. Between 2014 and 2022, an average of 16.8 primaries were contested each election year.
• Four incumbents—three Democrats and one Republican—are in contested primaries this year. Between 2014 and 2022, an average of 8.00 incumbents ran in contested primaries each election year.
• Candidates filed to run in the Republican and Democratic primaries in all 26 districts, meaning no seats are guaranteed to either party.

New York and two other states—Colorado and Utah—are holding primary elections on June 25.

In New York, the winner of the primary election is the candidate who receives the greatest number of votes, even if they do not win more than 50 percent of the vote.