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New York’s 12th District

U.S. House · NY-12

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 69.6 points.

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

Projected vote share

Projection by party

  • Democrat 81.0%

    Micah C. Lasher

  • Republican 10.9%

    Caroline Shinkle

  • Other 8.1%

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-12 81.0%10.9%8.1%
National averageUnited States 54.9%+26.1 43.9%−33.0 1.2%+6.9

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

Projection track

How the projection has moved

Local profile

Latino citizens aged 18 and over10.9% (± 0.5)

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

Nadler, Jerrold L · Democrat

Primary results

Held June 23, 2026 · Official source

Democratic primary Micah C. Lasher 39.2% 40,106 votes
Republican primary Caroline Shinkle 0.0%

Who's running

The candidates

Candidates for the upcoming election.

  • Democrat Open seat

    Micah C. Lasher

    source
  • Other Open seat

    Negron, Wilneida

    General-election qualification remains to be verified.

  • Other Open seat

    Ortiz, Karen

    General-election qualification remains to be verified.

  • Republican Open seat

    Caroline Shinkle

    source

Previous election (2024)

The Democrats won by 52.7 points.

Our current projection: the Democrats ahead by 69.6 points.

Nearby districts

Party ahead and how sure the projection is.

  • NY-7 Democrat, safe seat
  • NY-13 Democrat, safe seat
  • NY-10 Democrat, safe seat
  • NY-6 Democrat, safe seat
  • NY-9 Democrat, safe seat
  • NY-14 Democrat, safe seat

Watch list

The tightest races

The smallest projected gaps between the top two.

  1. AZ-2Democrat55%5.7-point gap
  2. VA-1Republican55%5.7-point gap
  3. MI-4Republican56%5.8-point gap
Forecast updated