Max Della Pia
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Max Della Pia (Democratic Party) ran for election to the U.S. House to represent New York's 23rd Congressional District. He lost in the general election on November 8, 2022.
Della Pia (Democratic Party, Working Families Party) also ran in a special election to the U.S. House to represent New York's 23rd Congressional District. He lost in the special general election on August 23, 2022.
Elections
2022
Special election
See also: New York's 23rd Congressional District special election, 2022
General election
Special general election for U.S. House New York District 23
Joe Sempolinski defeated Max Della Pia in the special general election for U.S. House New York District 23 on August 23, 2022.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ |  | Joe Sempolinski (R / Conservative Party) | 52.6 | 39,129 |
 | Max Della Pia (D / Working Families Party) | 47.1 | 35,078 | |
| Other/Write-in votes | 0.3 | 221 | ||
| Total votes: 74,428 | |||
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Regular election
See also: New York's 23rd Congressional District election, 2022
General election
General election for U.S. House New York District 23
Nick Langworthy defeated Max Della Pia in the general election for U.S. House New York District 23 on November 8, 2022.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ |  | Nick Langworthy (R / Conservative Party) | 64.9 | 192,694 |
| Max Della Pia (D) | 35.1 | 104,114 | |
| Other/Write-in votes | 0.1 | 233 | ||
| Total votes: 297,041 | |||
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Democratic primary election
The Democratic primary election was canceled. Max Della Pia advanced from the Democratic primary for U.S. House New York District 23.
Republican primary election
Republican primary for U.S. House New York District 23
Nick Langworthy defeated Carl Paladino in the Republican primary for U.S. House New York District 23 on August 23, 2022.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | Nick Langworthy | 51.3 | 24,450 |
 | Carl Paladino | 47.5 | 22,603 | |
| Other/Write-in votes | 1.2 | 570 | ||
| Total votes: 47,623 | |||
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Withdrawn or disqualified candidates
- George Burns (R)
- Joe Sempolinski (R)
- Christopher Jacobs (R)
- Mike Sigler (R)
- Hugh Bahar (R)
- Raymond Juliano (R)
- Richard Moon (R)
Conservative Party primary election
The Conservative Party primary election was canceled. Nick Langworthy advanced from the Conservative Party primary for U.S. House New York District 23.
Withdrawn or disqualified candidates
- Christopher Jacobs (Conservative Party)
2018
General election
General election for U.S. House New York District 23
Incumbent Tom Reed defeated Tracy Mitrano in the general election for U.S. House New York District 23 on November 6, 2018.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ |  | Tom Reed (R) | 54.2 | 130,323 |
 | Tracy Mitrano (D) | 45.8 | 109,932 | |
| Total votes: 240,255 (100.00% precincts reporting) | |||
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Withdrawn or disqualified candidates
- James Clasby (Independent)
- John Hertzler (Independent)
Democratic primary election
Democratic primary for U.S. House New York District 23
Tracy Mitrano defeated Max Della Pia, Linda Andrei, Ian Golden, and Eddie Sundquist in the Democratic primary for U.S. House New York District 23 on June 26, 2018.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | Tracy Mitrano | 32.9 | 7,724 |
| Max Della Pia | 31.9 | 7,494 | |
 | Linda Andrei | 15.3 | 3,603 | |
 | Ian Golden | 13.4 | 3,142 | |
 | Eddie Sundquist | 6.5 | 1,538 | |
| Total votes: 23,501 | |||
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Withdrawn or disqualified candidates
- Rick Gallant (D)
- Charles Whalen (D)
Republican primary election
Republican primary for U.S. House New York District 23
Incumbent Tom Reed advanced from the Republican primary for U.S. House New York District 23 on June 26, 2018.
Candidate | ||
| ✔ | | Tom Reed |
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Campaign themes
2022
Special election
Ballotpedia survey responses
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Regular election
Ballotpedia survey responses
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Campaign website
Della Pia's campaign website stated the following:
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ABORTION When a government forces women to give birth against their will, we all become a lot less free. What right will they attack next? Radical Pro-Forced Birth politicians make us all a little less free. The wealthy will always have options regardless of the law of the land. If legal options are eliminated, only dangerous, life-threatening options will be left to the poor. Americans pride themselves on freedom. People have a Constitutional right to control their reproductive lives. Abortions should remain safe and legal. Twenty-five percent of American women have exercised that right to an abortion. The decision to have an abortion should be the decision of the person having the abortion.
Our school children should not have to travel to a Walmart parking lot to get access to Wi-Fi to do their homework. Broadband should be readily available to everyone across rural America. Like the telephone that came before it, the internet has become part of the necessary infrastructure we need to support not only our children’s educations and our small businesses, but also our family farms, our national competitiveness, and our ability to work remotely.
Fortunately, choosing between a clean environment and arresting climate change is not an “either/or” question. It can also be answered “both/and.” Even if you don’t believe in climate change, it’s easy to believe in preserving our forests, lakes, and our air for our health and that of our kids and grandkids. Our friends and those of us who hunt and fish also realize we have to get this right. As a country it took us about 40 years to put into place clean water and clean air protections that worked. By calling protections “needless restrictions to business,” we began to reverse that progress almost overnight. We can and must do better because our Finger Lakes and Great Lakes are the envy of the world and some of our country’s most precious resources. Here, in upstate NY, green energy will be a job creator. Shame on politicians who choose big-oil money in their campaign coffers over jobs for the people of our district!
It’s time to expunge the criminal records (for marijuana) of those who were caught up in marijuana enforcement and return those folks to their families and their communities. Personally, I don't care for marijuana, but I do care about the disproportionate number of Americans in the BIPOC community who have lost their freedom, their futures, and are sitting in jail with felony convictions for doing the very thing white people are doing right now: making millions of dollars selling marijuana and/or consuming it.
According to the American College of Physicians: “The United States does not have a centralized government body that negotiates drug prices or determines which drugs government programs will cover. The U.S. regulatory environment enables pharmaceutical companies to raise prices by any amount without justification. Although some new drugs offer therapeutic innovation and improvement, price increases for established brand-name drugs contribute substantially to growing prescription drug spending.” That needs to change or we will continue to overpay for medications, across the board.
End discrimination in public policy: Pass the Equality Act already! Legalize marriage for disabled people: Disabled folks can't get married without losing their disability benefits; that’s unfair. Decriminalizing Poverty: Someone who is not a dangerous criminal / flight risk should not have to sit in jail to await trial. This creates a situation where that person is very likely to lose their livelihood, not as a direct result of their actions, but as a result of being unable to pay bail. We must create policy that condemns actions, not income. Those who are financially secure will have options, while those living paycheck-to-paycheck will remain in a cycle of poverty. Housing: No one deserves to be homeless. Even for those who are working two and three jobs to make ends meet, sometimes all it takes is an untreated illness or blown transmission that costs too much to repair, and that can mean losing one’s income. Without income, food, medicines, rent/mortgage payments can overwhelm a struggling family and they could find themselves homeless quickly and without fault. There needs to be a viable safety net, not a handout, but rather a hand up through a rough spot. Reproductive rights: People have a Constitutional right to control their reproductive lives. Abortions should remain safe and legal. Twenty-five percent of American women have exercised that right to an abortion. The decision to have an abortion should be the decision of the person having the abortion. The wealthy will always have options regardless of the law of the land. If legal options are eliminated, only dangerous, life-threatening options will be left to the poor. Americans pride themselves on freedom. When a government forces women to give birth against their will, we all become a lot less free. What right will they attack next?
We need to improve access to healthcare especially in rural areas. Rural hospitals are closing at an alarming rate and doctors are gravitating to urban areas. Incentives are required to reverse this trend. People should not live in constant fear of losing everything to hospital bills or becoming a second class citizen if they become disabled. Lack of preventive care and failure to provide treatment of conditions like hyper-tension and diabetes results in unnecessary expensive emergency room visits. I share the following conclusion of the American College of Physicians (ACP): “The United States is the only wealthy industrialized country without universal health coverage. It spends more on health care than its peers, and spending is growing at an unsustainable rate, care is unaffordable for many Americans (including insured persons), and health outcomes lag behind those of countries with universal coverage.” Like the ACP, I believe “achieving universal coverage and access is an ethical obligation.” As a country the United States government needs, “a system where everyone will have coverage for and access to the care they need, at a cost they and the country can afford.” We must either strengthen the Affordable Care Act and protect coverage for pre-existing conditions, or as the various issues are worked out, migrate to a single-payer system.
The impact of inflation is felt worldwide. Here at home, the Democratic party has been working hard to alleviate the financial strain for families, entirely without support from Republicans. The American Rescue Plan Act included assistance for education, child care, nutrition, and energy expenses, but no Republican voted in favor. The Child Care for Working Families Act, as well as the Universal School Meals Program Act was introduced by House Democrats without any Republican co-sponsors. The Consumer Price Gouging Prevention Act to limit prices at the pump passed without a single Republican vote in favor. All of these bills help offset the effect of inflation, but Republicans don't seem interested in helping families as much as they are in using the issue to blast Democrats before the midterms. When I’m in Washington, I will produce more than hot air.
As a veteran I believe in the value of the 2nd amendment. However, with gun rights should come great responsibility and common-sense gun policy: Background checks should be quick, mandatory, electronic, well-funded, widely available, and searchable across the state lines. Folks need to train to safely handle firearms. Firearms should be properly and safely stored; should an individual cause harm to another person (a child for example), that failure should come with consequences equal to the harm caused. I value lives over lobbyists. I served in the military, I hunt and I’m an expert marksman. Of course I don’t want to take away people’s guns. But you can’t look into the eyes of the parents who are in agony over losing their child to gun violence and believe what we’re doing in this country is working. We need safe, effective gun laws, laws that support hunting culture and keep our children safe.[1] |
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| —Max Della Pia's campaign website (2022)[2] | ||
See also
2022 Elections
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Footnotes
- ↑ Note: This text is quoted verbatim from the original source. Any inconsistencies are attributable to the original source.
- ↑ Max Della Pia for Congress, “Issues,” accessed September 30, 2022
