SAYS IT’LL LAUNCH A PUBLIC EDUCATION CAMPAIGN AS WE GET CLOSER TO SIGN-UPS. WE ARE JUST ONE WEEK AWAY FROM NEW YORK’S PRIMARY ELECTION… AND WE’RE FOLLOWING SOME CRITICAL RACES IN THE NORTH COUNTRY. NBC 5’s BLAKE MCQUEARY JOINS US FROM THE PLATTSBURGH STUDIO WITH WHAT VOTERS NEED TO KNOW. THAT’S RIGHT…AS EARLY VOTING BEGAN ON SATURDAY… ELECTION OFFICIALS SAY THEY’VE SEEN A SMALL INCREASE IN NUMBERS THAN IN PREVIOUS PRIMARY ELECTIONS The race we’re watching closely is for New York’s 21st Congressional Seat. ON THE REPUBLICAN SIDE…ANTHONY CONSTANTINO AND ROBERT SMULLEN ARE vying FOR THE NOMINATION. DEMOCRATS ARE CHOOSING BETWEEN BLAKE GENDEBIEN AND STUART AMORIELL. THE WINNER OF EACH PRIMARY WILL ADVANCE TO THE NOVEMBER GENERAL ELECTION. Ultimately hoping to represent Northern New York in Washington. Election OFFICIALS SAY SO FAR CLINTON COUNTY HAS AVERAGED ROUGHLY ONE HUNDRED VOTERS PER DAY. EARLY VOTING WILL RUN THROUGH this Sunday JUNE TWENTY FIRST… Ahead of primary day on Tuesday the 23
New York 21st Congressional District Republican Primary Results: See who won
Tuesday, June 23 is primary day in New York. In the North Country, two Republican candidates are vying to receive their party’s nomination to run for Republican Rep. Elise Stefanik’s 21st Congressional seat. Data will be updated as soon as the polls close at 9 p.m. Retired Marine Corps Col. and current New York State Assemblyman Robert Smullen (R-118) is running in the primary against Sticker Mule CEO Anthony Constantino.Both men said they are running on a pro-MAGA platform. While Constantino has been endorsed by President Donald Trump, Smullen is also a MAGA Republican, and was appointed to the President’s Commission on White House Fellows in 2018 by Trump.The winner of the Republican primary will be vying to keep the 21st Congressional District red. If a Democrat were to win the seat, it could flip the district blue for the first time in more than a decade, and could upset the slight Republican majority in the House. See results from the NY-21 Democratic Primary.Back to full coverageLearn more about Constantino and Smullen:
PLATTSBURGH, N.Y. —
Tuesday, June 23 is primary day in New York. In the North Country, two Republican candidates are vying to receive their party’s nomination to run for Republican Rep. Elise Stefanik’s 21st Congressional seat. Data will be updated as soon as the polls close at 9 p.m.
Retired Marine Corps Col. and current New York State Assemblyman Robert Smullen (R-118) is running in the primary against Sticker Mule CEO Anthony Constantino.
Both men said they are running on a pro-MAGA platform. While Constantino has been endorsed by President Donald Trump, Smullen is also a MAGA Republican, and was appointed to the President’s Commission on White House Fellows in 2018 by Trump.
The winner of the Republican primary will be vying to keep the 21st Congressional District red. If a Democrat were to win the seat, it could flip the district blue for the first time in more than a decade, and could upset the slight Republican majority in the House.
See results from the NY-21 Democratic Primary.
Learn more about Constantino and Smullen: