New York's 20th congressional district election, 2008



Nominee	Kirsten Gillibrand	Sandy Treadwell
Party	Democratic	Republican
Popular vote	193,651	118,031
Percentage	62%	38%

Representative before election

Kirsten Gillibrand
Democratic

Elected Representative

Kirsten Gillibrand
Democratic

The New York 20th congressional district election for the 111th Congress was held on November 4, 2008. It was incumbent Democrat Kirsten Gillibrand's first run for re-election, and was one of the most expensive House races in the nation, with both campaigns spending a total of more than $9 million.^[1] Gillibrand defeated Republican Congressman John Sweeney in an upset in 2006.

Candidates 1
- Democratic 1.1
- Republican 1.2
General election 2
Results 3
References 4
External links 5

Candidates

Democratic

Representative Gillibrand faced businessmen Morris Guller in the Democratic primary due, it was said, to her support for a supplemental appropriation for the Iraq conflict.^[2] Gilibrand won the primary by a wide margin.

Republican

Those who would have run in the 2008 Republican primary to face Gillibrand had there been one:^[3]

Lt. Colonel Michael Rocque, US Army (retired)
Sandy Treadwell, former New York Republican State Committee chairman
John Wallace, New York State Police (retired)

Treadwell, with the backing of the State Conservative Party and the GOP, filed Requests for Judicial Intervention to disqualify Wallace and Rocque from the primary. He succeeded, and became the sole opponent of Kirsten Gillibrand.

General election

Gillibrand faced Republican Sandy Treadwell, former Secretary of State for New York.^[4] On October 10, 2008, the The Cook Report listed the 20th District as "Likely Democratic". Gillibrand won the November 4, 2008 election with 62% of the vote to Treadwell's 38%.

Results

New York 20th congressional district election, 2008^[5]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Democratic	Kirsten Gillibrand	178,996
	Working Families	Kirsten Gillibrand	14,655
	Total	Kirsten Gillibrand	193,651	62.13
	Republican	Sandy Treadwell	99,930
	Conservative	Sandy Treadwell	10,077
	Independence	Sandy Treadwell	8,024
	Total	Sandy Treadwell	118,031	37.87
Majority			75,620
Turnout			311,682
	Democratic hold		Swing

References

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External links

Race ranking and details from CQ Politics
Campaign contributions from OpenSecrets.org
The Cook Political Report (some content requires subscription)

Categories

United States House of Representatives elections in New York, 2008

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New York's 20th congressional district election, 2008