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An eye-watering $308 million was pumped into New York State congressional races during the 2026 midterm campaign – including some $64 million spent in the Empire State’s most closely watched battleground.
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million → water → battleground
The fight for the suburban 17th Congressional District in New York’s Hudson Valley brought in $64 million between a heated Democratic Party primary and the general election, including spending by the campaigns and political action committee.
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fight → bring → campaigns
About $22 million of that total was spent during the Democratic primary that saw military veteran and eventual election winner Cait Conley beat out Beth Davidson and Peter Chatzky, according to campaign finance records.
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Conley → spend → records
Outside groups meanwhile pumped $30 million into the swing district, which includes parts of Westchester and Dutchess counties as well as Rockland and Putnam counties, according to filings.
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which → pump → filings
On Tuesday, Conley unseated two-term incumbent Rep. Mike Lawler, who had won reelection in 2024 even as Democratic presidential nominee Kamala Harris carried the 17th.
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Harris → unseat → 17th
The spending tips the race well over the record-breaking $38.4 spent in the 19th Congressional District in 2024, at the time the most expensive general election race on record.
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spending → tip → record
Meanwhile, several high-profile Big Apple primaries this year were so hard fought as to find themselves towards the top of the list, including the Manhattan slugfest replace retiring Rep. Jerry Nadler in his 12th District seat.
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primaries → fight → seat
The Democrats vying in that race and the groups backing them spent $56 million, records showed.
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records → vie → million
The majority of that – $43 million – was spent by super PAC’s like Jobs and Democracy PAC and Think Big.
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majority → spend → Jobs
Those groups were heavily funded by artificial intelligence firms and their leaders, which spent heavily in the June primary as anxiety over the new tech was front-of-mind for Dem voters.
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anxiety → fund → voters
Ultimately, Democrat Micah Lasher won the primary and general election.
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Lasher → win → primary
The race to succeed North Country Rep. Elise Stefanik in the 21st District was the third most expensive overall covering both a bitter primary between eventual winner Anthony Constantino and GOP Assemblyman Robert Smullen.
Constantino carried what turned out to be a nail biter race against Democratic dairy farmer Blake Gendebien, despite Stefanik having carried the district by more than 20 points the last two cycles.
While the Dem-aligned House Majority PAC made a seven-figure ad buy the week before Election Day, Constantino, an Amsterdam-based CEO of a sticker and decal manufacturing business, pumped $17 million of his own fortune into the race.
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Constantino → succeed → race
Democratic socialist superstar Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez did not have a competitive reelection race for her 14th congressional district seat but there was still $26 million pumped into the election, making it the fourth most expensive House race in the Empire State.
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it → have → State
House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries, who like AOC did not have any competitive challenge, spent $19 million, according to filings.
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who → have → filings
Lefty democratic socialist insurgent Darializa Aviles-Chevalier’s primary defeat of Rep. Adriano Espaillat in District 13 became the seventh most expensive race, with some $15.4 million spent, records showed.
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records → become → District
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