New York's 11th congressional district special election, 2015

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New York's 11th congressional district special election, 2015
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New York's 11th congressional district
  Congressman Daniel Donovan.jpg
Nominee Daniel M. Donovan, Jr. Vincent Gentile James Lane
Party Republican Democratic Green
Alliance Conservative / Independence Working Families
Popular vote 23,409 15,808 527
Percentage 58.7% [1][2] 39.4% 1.3%
U.S. Representative before election

Michael Grimm
Republican

 Elected U.S. Representative

Daniel Donovan
Republican

Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. A special election for New York’s 11th congressional district was held on May 5, 2015 to fill the vacancy created by the resignation of Michael Grimm. Grimm, a member of the Republican Party, announced on December 30, 2014, that he would resign from the House effective January 5, 2015, and not take his seat for a third term following his guilty plea for tax evasion. On May 5, 2015 Republican candidate Daniel Donovan, Jr. defeated his Democratic challenger Vincent Gentile in the election and filled the vacant seat.[3]

Background

In April 2014, Grimm was indicted on twenty felony charges, including mail and wire fraud, perjury, obstruction of justice, employing illegal immigrants, and conspiring to defraud the United States after it was found that he under-reported revenues and employee wages relating to a restaurant he owned. He surrendered to the police and was released on $400,000 bail.[4] Vowing his innocence, Grimm continued his campaign for reelection,[5] and defeated Domenic Recchia, the Democratic Party nominee, by 53%, Grimm’s highest margin in his congressional career.[6]

On December 23, 2014, Grimm pleaded guilty to one charge of felony tax evasion. All other charges were dropped as part of the plea bargain.[7][8] Grimm indicated that he would not resign his seat.[9] However, on December 30, Grimm announced that he would resign from Congress on January 5, 2015, rather than be sworn in for his elected term.[10][11] According to the U.S. Constitution (I.2.iv), Governor Andrew Cuomo is legally required to call a special election to fill the seat, which under the terms of the New York Constitution is to be held within 70 to 80 days of his announcement.[12] On February 2, Cuomo, who had given no indication of when he would call the special election for, said that he was "looking at it now" but didn't have a timeframe for setting a date.[13] Staten Island Attorney Ronald Castorina, Jr. filed a lawsuit on behalf of 8 Plaintiffs from Brooklyn and Staten Island, Republicans, Democrats, Independents, and Non-Enrolled parties, to force Cuomo to call a special election[14] and on February 17, Judge Jack B. Weinstein of the United States District Court for the Eastern District of New York ordered Cuomo to either schedule the election or explain why he was delaying, or he would schedule the election himself.[15] Cuomo's office replied that he would "announce the date" for the special election "shortly".[16] On February 20, Cuomo announced that the election would be held on May 5.[17]

Due to the nature of the election, local party leaders in Brooklyn and Staten Island selected their nominees, replacing a primary.[18]

Republican nomination

Candidates

Nominated

Declined

Democratic nomination

Candidates

Nominated

Not nominated

  • Amber Adler, community advocate[26]
  • Lorie Honor, businesswoman[27]
  • Arne Mattsson, nominee for the 13th congressional district in 2002[28]
  • Carlo Scissura, President of the Brooklyn Chamber of Commerce[29]
  • John Sollazzo, Vice Chairman of the Staten Island Democratic Committee[30]

Declined

Major third parties

Besides the Democratic and Republican parties, the Conservative, Green, Independence, Reform, Women's Equality and Working Families parties are qualified New York parties. Under the terms of electoral fusion, a candidate may be nominated by multiple parties.

Conservative

Nominated

Declined

Green

Nominated

  • James Lane, Internet media professional and nominee for New York City Public Advocate in 2013[40] He is a member of the Adoptee Rights, Black Lives Matter and Stop Mass Incarceration movements. His current titles include: Director of Analytics & Implementation, GroupM and Editor-in-Chief, Hot Indie News

Independence

Nominated

Not nominated

Declined

Reform

  • No nominee. Presumptive nominee Dan Donovan refused the line after pressure from the Conservative Party.[43]

Working Families

Nominated

General election

Polling

Finance Reports

Campaign Finance Reports through April 15
Candidate Raised Spent Cash on Hand Debt
Vincent Gentile $195,724 $79,697 $116,026 $0
Daniel M. Donovan Jr. $614,775 $152,533 $461,781 $120,760
James Lane $11,095 $3,567 $7,527 $0
Source: OpenSecrets[45]

References

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  43. ↑ Lovett, Ken (March 9, 2015). Dan Donovan ignores Reform Party at Conservative Party chair's request. New York Daily News. Retrieved March 9, 2015.
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  45. ↑ Open Secrets | Elections | U.S. Senate opensecrets.org

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