Which 2024-elected New York representatives flipped seats from the opposing party?
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Executive summary
Democrats flipped at least three New York U.S. House seats in the 2024 cycle — including a special-election pickup by Tom Suozzi in February and two November flips that raised Democrats’ delegation share to 19 seats (from 15 in 2022), according to Associated Press and Reuters reporting and compilation pages [1] [2] [3]. Reporting names additional individual November winners who unseated Republican incumbents: John Mannion defeated Brandon Williams in NY-22 and Laura Gillen defeated Anthony D’Esposito in NY-4; Tom Suozzi won the earlier special in NY-3 [4] [1] [2].
1. What the raw results show: a small Democratic rebound in New York
The available sources say Democrats reclaimed ground in New York in 2024: they won a special election in February (Tom Suozzi in the 3rd district) and flipped multiple November seats, with state-level tallies describing “Democrats flipped three seats held by Republicans, and a total of four from the previous election” when counting the special [3] [2] [1]. AP reported that Laura Gillen’s victory over Rep. Anthony D’Esposito was “flipping a third House seat in New York for Democrats,” and compilation pages show the statewide delegation moving toward 19 Democrats and seven Republicans after those results [1] [3].
2. Who the individual flip winners were, per reporting
Several sources identify named winners: Tom Suozzi won the special election to replace expelled Rep. George Santos in New York’s 3rd district (Feb. 2024) [2]. In November, local and state outlets reported John Mannion defeated incumbent Brandon Williams in the 22nd district, and Laura Gillen defeated Rep. Anthony D’Esposito in the 4th district [4] [1] [5]. City & State and other coverage list these as part of the Democratic pick-ups that narrowed Republican gains from 2022 [5] [3].
3. How many seats flipped and how sources count them
Different summaries emphasize slightly different counts depending on whether they include the February special: Wikipedia’s New York House election page states “Democrats flipped three seats held by Republicans, and a total of four from the previous election (one of which they flipped in a special election earlier in 2024)” [3]. AP framed Gillen’s win as “flipping a third House seat in New York for Democrats,” which aligns with counting Suozzi’s February special as one of the four gains [1]. Reuters’ special-election piece documents Suozzi’s win as an explicit flip earlier in the year [2].
4. Geographic and political context: Upstate and Long Island mattered
Local coverage notes two of the November flips were in Upstate New York and one on Long Island, and that these were closely targeted districts Democrats saw as reclaimable after the GOP’s 2022 gains [6] [7] [1]. City & State framed several of the contested seats as swing districts — NY-3, NY-4, NY-19/22 and others — where redistricting and close prior margins made turnover plausible [7] [5].
5. Alternative readings and limitations in the coverage
Sources agree Democrats made gains but differ in phrasing and exact counting; results pages emphasize the special election as part of the 2024 flips while some pieces focus on the November night alone [3] [1]. Not found in current reporting: a fully consistent, single canonical list in one source that enumerates every flipped New York seat and ties each explicitly to district numbers in one place. Readers should note that some outlet tallies are snapshots taken at different times (post-special vs. post-November) and that AP had not called all races immediately in some local stories [6] [1].
6. Why these flips matter: narrow margins and national implications
The reporting frames New York as central to House control math in 2024: Democrats’ gains in the state partially reversed the GOP’s 2022 suburban advances and narrowed the Republican majority nationally; local outlets and AP emphasize that these pickups were strategically significant to both parties [1] [5]. Reuters’ coverage of the Suozzi special explicitly ties that win to narrowing the GOP’s razor-thin majority earlier in the year [2].
7. Bottom line for the original question
Based on the provided reporting, Democrats flipped at least these New York U.S. House seats in 2024: Tom Suozzi’s special-election win in NY-3 (Feb. 2024), John Mannion’s defeat of incumbent Brandon Williams in NY-22 (Nov. 2024), and Laura Gillen’s defeat of incumbent Anthony D’Esposito in NY-4 (Nov. 2024); multiple sources characterize the total Democratic flips in New York in 2024 as three in November and four overall when including the special election [2] [4] [1] [3].