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New York’s 10th District

U.S. House · NY-10

Election day November 3, 2026 · forecast of November 2, 2026

Our forecast gives the Democrats a more than 99% chance of winning, with an average lead of 63.8 points.

Safe seat. Chance of a final gap under 5 points: under 1%.

Projected vote share

Projection by party

  • Democrat 77.0%

    Brad Lander

  • Republican 12.4%

    Jennifer Moore

  • Other 10.6%

Thin vertical mark: 2024 result.

What Orbit says

Orbit, our experimental model, picks the same favourite as our main forecast: the Democrat, with a > 99% chance (> 99% according to Harfang des neiges).

ModelFavouriteChance
Harfang des neigesDemocrat> 99%
OrbitDemocrat> 99%
50/50 blendDemocrat> 99%

Figures as of November 2, 2026. The blend averages the two chances; in replays of the 2018 and 2022 Quebec elections, it beat our main forecast on its own.

Every race according to Orbit

Compared with the average

Democrat Republican Other
NY-10 77.0%12.4%10.6%
National averageUnited States 54.7%+22.3 44.0%−31.6 1.3%+9.3

Simple average of the 435 districts, not weighted by population.

Projection track

How the projection has moved

Local profile

Latino citizens aged 18 and over17.2% (± 0.6)

Share of all citizens aged 18 and over (ACS 2020–2024 estimate). Not a share of registered or actual voters.

Source: U.S. Census Bureau, citizen voting-age population by race and ethnicity, ACS 2020–2024, 119th Congress districts

Current member

Dan Goldman · Democrat

Primary results

Held June 23, 2026 · Official source

Democratic primary Brad Lander 65.9% 55,060 votes
Republican primary Jennifer Moore 0.0%

Who's running

The candidates

Candidates for the upcoming election.

  • Democrat Challenger

    Brad Lander

    source
  • Republican Open seat

    Jennifer Moore

    source

Previous election (2024)

The Democrats won by 60.4 points.

Our current projection: the Democrats ahead by 63.8 points.

Nearby districts

Party ahead and how sure the projection is.

  • NY-9 Democrat, safe seat
  • NY-7 Democrat, safe seat
  • NY-12 Democrat, safe seat
  • NY-8 Democrat, safe seat
  • NY-13 Democrat, safe seat
  • NY-6 Democrat, safe seat

Watch list

The tightest races

The smallest projected gaps between the top two.

  1. AZ-2Democrat54%5.7-point gap
  2. KY-6Republican51%5.8-point gap
  3. VA-1Republican56%5.8-point gap
Forecast updated