2020 New York's 27th congressional district special election

2020 New York's 27th congressional district special election

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New York's 27th congressional district
 
Nominee Chris Jacobs Nate McMurray
Party Republican Democratic
Alliance Independence Working Families
Popular vote 81,085 72,998
Percentage 51.8% 46.6%

County results
Jacobs:      50–60%      60–70%
McMurray:      50–60%

U.S. Representative before election

Chris Collins
Republican

Elected U.S. Representative

Chris Jacobs
Republican

A special election was held to fill the remainder of the term in the United States House of Representatives for New York's 27th congressional district in the 116th United States Congress. Incumbent Republican Representative Chris Collins resigned from the House effective October 1, 2019, following his guilty plea to federal insider trading charges.[1] The election was originally scheduled for April 28, 2020, but was postponed until June 23, 2020, due to the COVID-19 pandemic.[2]

  1. ^ Brown, Stephen Rex (September 30, 2019). "Upstate NY Rep. Chris Collins resigns seat as guilty plea looms in insider trading scam". nydailynews.com. Retrieved September 30, 2019.
  2. ^ Bowman, Bridget (March 28, 2020). "New York delays presidential primary, special election to June". Roll Call. Retrieved March 28, 2020.

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