Riding profile

NY-1

US House district — NY · Mixed · us ny

The question

NY-1: who wins this toss-up?

Current forecast

Democrat

Toss-up

Probability
99%
Mean margin (pts)
4.8
P(close race)
53%

Projected vote share

Projection by party

  • Democrat 47.8%

    Christopher Gallant

  • Republican 43.0%
  • Other 9.2%

Watch list

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Smallest projected margin. Open one for the numbers.

  1. FL-22Democrat68 %1.1 pt margin
  2. AZ-2Republican57 %1.1 pt margin
  3. OH-10Democrat60 %1.1 pt margin

In context

How this riding stacks up

Democrat Republican Other
HereNY-1 47.8%43.0%9.2%
National averageUnited States 54.3% −6.5 44.9% −1.9 5.1% +4.1

Nationwide averages computed across the 435 riding-level projections (unweighted mean).

Projection track

How the projection has moved

District polls

Polls in this district

1 poll

Pollster Field dates Sample Pop. Topline Source
Public Policy Polling House Majority PAC 10–Dec 11 579 RV
Republican 41 Democrat 38
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District-level polls, topline only. Vote-Scope reports each published poll as the pollster released it; figures are not the Vote-Scope projection.

Editorial read

NY-1, a mixed riding in NY, elected a member with the Republicans in the previous cycle, with a 4-point margin. The Vote-Scope model projects the Democrats ahead at 48% vote share, against 43% for the Republicans, and the race could swing.

Sitting member

NICK, LALOTA

Sits with Republican

Primary race

Primary results

Held Jun 23, 2026 · Official count — not yet certified

Democratic primary

Winner

Christopher J. Gallant 63.0%

12,132 votes

Official source →

Who's running

The candidates

Declared and on-ballot candidates for the upcoming election.

  • Democrat Challenger

    Gallant, Christopher

Previous election · 2024

Won by
Republican
Margin
4.5 pts
Margin shift vs current projection
+0.4 pts
Last model run
Cycle
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