Plattsburgh, in New York's 21st Congressional District, which the Associated Press called for Republican Anthony Constantino on Nov. 6. Photo: Quintin Soloviev, CC BY 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons.
The Associated Press called New York’s 21st Congressional District for Republican Anthony Constantino on Nov. 6, a Republican hold in the North Country seat being vacated by Rep. Elise Stefanik, Spectrum News reported. Democrat Blake Gendebien conceded Friday afternoon. Constantino had declared victory on election night; the race was not formally called until Friday.
“This isn’t the outcome we worked for, but I’m proud of the campaign we ran and the coalition we built,” Gendebien said in a statement quoted by Spectrum. “There are still votes left to count, but the math is clear, and I respect the choice voters made.” He said the campaign had “moved every county in this district by double digits” compared with two years ago, thanked “the more than 85,000 people who chipped in” and union members, nurses, teachers and farmers who canvassed, and said he hoped Constantino “will put the North Country first in Congress.”
Spectrum did not publish a complete unofficial vote total in that account. The district covers a large swath of upstate and North Country New York and had been held by Stefanik, who is leaving the seat.
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