Who Is Nicholas Langworthy?
- Far right-wing MAGA Republican
- Born February 27, 1981 in Jamestown, New York.
- 1999 graduate of Pine Valley Central School in South Dayton, New York
- 2000, interned with NYS Governor George Pataki’s office; ran congressional campaign for Brett Sommer
- 2003 graduate of Niagara University with a bachelor’s degree in political science
- Started Niagara University’s College Republicans
- Chaired New York College Republicans
- 2008 managed Representative Chris Lee’ campaign and Lee’s district office director – Chris Lee resigned in disgrace over a sex scandal
- Worked as a congressional staffer for former U.S. Representatives Tom Reynolds and Chris Lee
- 2009 founded / president of Liberty Opinion Research
- A public opinion research firm
- Conducts polls for candidates for office, political parties, and advocacy groups
- 2010 elected chair of the Erie County Republican Committee
- Re-elected in 2012, 2014, and 2016
- Member of the Executive Committee of the New York Republican State Committee
- 2016 “early and ardent supporter” of Donald Trump for President
- Appointed to the Trump Transition Executive Committee, which included Eric Trump, Don Trump, Ivanka Trump, Reince Priebus, and convict Stephen K. Bannon
- 2019 with Trump’s endorsement, ousted longtime New York State Republican Party chair Edward F. Cox, the son-in-law of former President Richard Nixon. At 38, Langworthy became the youngest state chair in the party’s history.
- 2020, following a botched Democratic redistricting plan, the NYS GOP made significant gains in the House, including the election of two additional Republicans to the U.S. House of Representatives.
- 2020, as Chair of NYS GOP, plans MAGA takeover of upstate congressional districts – Brandon Williams in NY22, Langworthy, himself, in NY23, and Claudia Tenney in NY24
- 2020, engineers “retirement” of Republican incumbent Chris Jacobs and runs for open congressional seat
- 2020, defeats former boss, Carl Paladino, in Republican primary made possilbe by a large out-of-state PAC donation.
- 2021, becomes election denier
- 2022, elected to the U.S. House of Representatives in New York’s 23rd district
- 2023 steps down as NYS GOP chair, replaced by Edward Cox.
- 2024 endorsed by former president Donald Trump for re-election
- 2024, votes against military aid to Ukraine