There were few surprises in New York's election results, though Republicans made gains with voters, particularly around New York City. President Biden secured 61% of the vote in the state, while Vice President Harris trailed with approximately 55%.
New York is a key battleground for control of the U.S. House of Representatives. Democrats picked up two seats: NY-19, where Marc Molinaro (R-incumbent) lost to Josh Riley (D), and NY-22, where Brandon Williams (R-incumbent) was defeated by John Mannion (D). The race for NY-04 remains too close to call as of Wednesday, Nov. 6th. Seven other NFIB Fed PAC-endorsed incumbents retained their seats.
The composition of the New York State Senate and Assembly remains unchanged, with incumbents performing well overall. However, Senate Republicans likely ended the Democrats' supermajority by securing 22 seats and flipping NY-17 in New York City. The race between Chris Ryan (D) and Nick Paro (R) in SD-50 is still undecided. Democrats appear to maintain their supermajority in the Assembly by one or two votes, though some races remain unresolved.
NFIB’s PAC committees endorsed a bipartisan group of 65 pro-small business candidates across New York. Of these candidates, fifty-six were elected to serve either in Albany or Washington, D.C., reflecting a nearly 90% success rate for pro-small business legislators.
