- First-term incumbent Rep.
Max Rose conceded on November 12 to RepublicanNicole Malliotakis inNew York 's 11th Congressional District. - New York's 11th District is home to Staten Island and parts of southern Brooklyn, and has traditionally voted Republican until Rose flipped the district in 2018.
- The district voted for President Donald Trump by about ten percentage points in 2016.
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First-term Democratic Rep. Max Rose conceded to Republican State Representative Nicole Malliotakis in New York's 11th Congressional District on Thursday, November 12.
"As we continue to count every ballot and are on track to dramatically narrow the gap by tens of thousands of votes to a 4-5 percentage point margin, it is now clear that we will fall short of 50.1%. I have called to congratulate Congresswoman-elect Malliotakis on her win and concede the race," Rose said in a Thursday statement.
Rose is the ninth incumbent House Democrat and the eighth in the freshman class elected in 2018 to lose reelection, Decision Desk HQ projects.
The candidates
Rose, the incumbent, is an Army veteran and former US Ranger. He was awarded a Bronze Star and Purple Heart after being wounded in an IED explosion during his tour of Afghanistan. In addition to being a member of Congress, Rose is a company commander in 69th Infantry Battalion of the New York Army National Guard.
Malliotakis has been a member of the New York State Assembly since 2010 where she is currently the only Republican woman and Hispanic Republican to represent the state. She was the 2017 Republican nominee for Mayor of New York City which she lost to incumbent Mayor Bill de Blasio.
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The district
The 11th Congressional District includes all of the borough of Staten Island and parts of the Bay Ridge, Bath Beach, and Gravesend neighborhoods of Brooklyn.
Despite being located in otherwise deep-blue New York City, the 11th District has traditionally voted Republican and has been known for years as a conservative bastion and a counterweight to the rest of the city, thanks to its base of white, blue-collar voters, including a substantial contingent of active and retired New York City police officers and firefighters.
The 11th District voted for President Donald Trump by a margin of nearly ten percentage points in 2016, but Rose flipped the district in 2018, beating the Republican incumbent, Dan Donovan, by a margin of over six percentage points.
The money race
According to the Center for Responsive Politics and Federal Election Commission filings, Rose raised $8.3 million, spent $7.2 million, and has $1.7 million in cash on hand as of October 14. Malliotakis has raised $3 million, spent $2.7 million, and has a little over $316,000 in cash on hand.
What experts say
The race between Rose and Malliotakis was rated as a "toss-up" by Inside Elections and The Cook Political Report and "leans Democratic" by Sabato's Crystal Ball at the University of Virginia Center for Politics,
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