New York Republican State Committee

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New York State Republican Committee
Chairperson	Nick Langworthy
Senate Leader	Rob Ortt
Assembly Leader	William Barclay
Founded	1855; 166 years ago (1855)
Headquarters	315 State Street Albany, NY 12210
Youth wing	New York State Young Republicans
Membership (2021)	2,744,859[1]
Ideology	Conservatism
National affiliation	Republican Party
Colors	Red
New York State Assembly	43 / 150
New York State Senate	20 / 63
Statewide Executive Offices	0 / 4
New York City Council	3 / 51
U.S. House of Representatives (New York)	8 / 27
U.S. Senate (New York)	0 / 2
Website
www.nygop.org
Politics of New York Political parties Elections

The New York Republican State Committee, established 1855, is the New York State affiliate of the United States Republican Party (GOP). Its headquarters are in Albany, New York.^[2] The purpose of the committee is to nominate Republican candidates for election to New York and federal political roles.^[3] It also assists its nominees in their election campaigns.

History[]

The New York Republican State Committee was established in 1855, one year after the founding of the "Republican Party" by William H. Seward and Thurlow Weed.^[3] Initially, the committee met every three years to plan the Republican National Convention and it occasionally met during the election campaigning periods. The committee nominees were first politically successful in 1856.^[4] Since 1959, Nelson Rockefeller (1959–73) and George Pataki (1995–2006) have been the only two elected Republican governors of New York.^[5]

Until 1911, the New York Republican State Committee nominated its candidates through a primary or caucus system, which meant the average voter had very little input as to who would be their choice for the state and federal offices. That system was taken out of practice after the passing of the Direct Primary Law in 1911, which allowed for more input from those present at the primary.^[3]

Organization[]

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County committee[]

New York State has 62 counties. Every two years, in each county, Republicans elect a "Republican County Committee". The chair of each county committee is the face of the Republican Party in that county. New York also has 150 Assembly districts. Republicans elect one male and one female leader in each district. The district leaders form part of the executive committee of the respective county committee. The chair and the executive committee seek new party members; control local finances; find candidates to run for public office and choose the nominee (unless both candidates have petitioned enough signatures to trigger a primary).^[3]

State committee[]

The New York State Republican State Committee is composed of one male and one female representative from each Assembly District. Before each statewide election, the committee organises a party convention and chooses candidates for offices of the state. 60% of the committee's vote is needed to win the party's nomination. If no candidate wins 60% of the committee's vote, the candidates with more than 25 percent of the committee's vote compete in a "primary" which is held in the month of September. A candidate with less than 25 percent of the committee's vote may compete in the "primary" if they have a petition of support of greater than 15000 voters.

The State Committee also elects one National Committeewoman and one National Committeeman to represent the state committee to the Republican National Committee in Washington, D.C. The current National Committee members are Jennifer Saul, a Republican fundraiser and former chairwoman of the New York County Republican Committee, and Lawrence Kadish, a real estate developer from downstate New York.

Current elected officials[]

The New York Republican Party holds 20 out of the 63 seats in the New York State Senate and eight of the state's 27 U.S. House seats.

Members of Congress[]

U.S. Senate[]

• None

Both of New York's U.S. Senate seats have been held by Democrats since 1998. Al D'Amato was the last Republican to represent New York in the U.S. Senate. First elected in 1980, D'Amato lost his bid for a fourth term in 1998 to Chuck Schumer who has held the seat since.

U.S. House of Representatives[]

Out of the 27 seats New York is apportioned in the U.S. House of Representatives, eight are held by Republicans:

• NY-01: Lee Zeldin
• NY-02: Andrew Garbarino
• NY-11: Nicole Malliotakis
• NY-21: Elise Stefanik
• NY-22: Claudia Tenney
• NY-23: Tom Reed
• NY-24: John Katko
• NY-27: Chris Jacobs

Statewide offices[]

• None

New York has not elected any GOP candidates to statewide office since 2002, when George Pataki was re-elected as governor. In 2006, Pataki opted not to seek re-election to a fourth term. Former state assemblyman John Faso ran as the Republican nominee in the 2006 election and was subsequently defeated by Democratic challenger Eliot Spitzer.

Notable legislators[]

• Senate Minority Leader: Rob Ortt
• Assembly Minority Leader: William Barclay
• New York City Council Minority Whip: Joseph Borelli

Republican presidents from New York[]

• Chester A. Arthur (1881−1885)
• Theodore Roosevelt (1901−1909)
• Donald Trump (2017−2021)

President Chester A. Arthur (1881−1885)

President Theodore Roosevelt (1901−1909)

President Donald Trump (2017−2021)

List of chairpersons[]

See also[]

• Elections in New York (state)
• New York State Democratic Committee
• Political party strength in New York
• Rockefeller Republican
• The New York Young Republican Club

References[]

External links[]

• New York Republican State Committee
• New York State Senate Republican Campaign Committee
• New York State Young Republicans
• New York State Federation of Republican Women
• New York Young Republican Club