NEW YORK — Nick Langworthy, chairman of the New York GOP, earned a narrow victory in the Republican primary for the state’s 23rd Congressional District on Tuesday, topping Carl Paladino, whose incendiary rhetoric brought attention to the race south of Buffalo.
Langworthy beat Paladino by about 4 percentage points, according to incomplete Board of Elections results. The Associated Press declared Langworthy the winner in the red-leaning district at 12:34 a.m. Eastern time on Wednesday.
Paladino, a 76-year-old former GOP nominee for governor, drew headlines during the race when audio surfaced showing him saying in 2021 that Adolf Hitler is “the kind of leader we need today.” He apologized for the remark.
