Riding profile

NY-21

US House district — NY · Mixed · us ny

The question

NY-21: a safe seat for the Republicans?

Editorial read

NY-21, a mixed riding in NY, elected a member with the Republicans in the previous cycle, with a 21-point margin. The Vote-Scope model projects the Republicans ahead at 52% vote share, against 41% for the Democrats, and the probability of a close race is negligible.

Sitting member

STEFANIK, ELISE M.

Sits with Republican

Primary race

Who leads in the primary

Republican

Robert Smullen 43%

2 candidates polled · Latest poll Apr 16, 2026 · bymclaughlin_&_associates

Who's running

The candidates

Declared and on-ballot candidates for the upcoming election.

  • Republican Incumbent

    Stefanik, Elise M.

  • Democrat Open seat

    Amoriell, Stuart Jameson

  • Democrat Open seat

    Collins, Paula

  • Democrat Open seat

    Gendebien, Blake

  • Democrat Open seat

    Hewitt, Dylan

  • Republican Open seat

    Constantino, Anthony Thomas

  • Republican Open seat

    Smullen, Robert

Current forecast

Republican

Safe

Probability
100%
Mean margin (pts)
11.2
P(close race)
0%

Projected vote share

Projection by party

  • Republican 52.3%
  • Democrat 41.1%
  • Other 6.6%

In context

How this riding stacks up

Republican Democrat Other
HereNY-21 52.3%41.1%6.6%
National averageUnited States 46.6% +5.7 51.9% −10.8 5.4% +1.2

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
Impact Research 26–May 31 500 LV
Republican 45 Democrat 44
link

District-level polls, topline only. Vote-Scope reports each published poll as the pollster released it; figures are not the Vote-Scope projection.

Previous election · US HOUSE_2024

Won by
Republican
Margin
20.6 pts
Margin shift vs current projection
-9.3 pts
Last model run
Cycle
us_house_2026