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New York’s 24th District

U.S. House · NY-24

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

Our forecast gives the Republicans a 94% chance of winning, with an average lead of 12.0 points.

Safe seat. Chance of a final gap under 5 points: 16%.

Projected vote share

Projection by party

  • Republican 50.7%

    Claudia Tenney, incumbent

  • Democrat 39.0%

    Alissa J. Ellman

  • Other 10.3%

Thin vertical mark: 2024 result.

What Orbit says

Orbit, our experimental model, picks the same favourite as our main forecast: the Republican, with a 81% chance (94% according to Harfang des neiges).

ModelFavouriteChance
Harfang des neigesRepublican94%
OrbitRepublican81%
50/50 blendRepublican88%

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

Republican Democrat Other
NY-24 50.7%39.0%10.3%
National averageUnited States 43.9%+6.8 54.9%−15.9 1.2%+9.1

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

Projection track

How the projection has moved

Local profile

Latino citizens aged 18 and over3.0% (± 0.1)

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

Claudia Tenney · Republican

Primary results

Held June 23, 2026 · Official source

Democratic primary Alissa J. Ellman 61.9% 9,933 votes
Republican primary Claudia Tenney 0.0%

Who's running

The candidates

Candidates for the upcoming election.

  • Republican Incumbent

    Claudia Tenney

    source
  • Democrat Challenger

    Alissa J. Ellman

    source
  • Other Challenger

    Sloan, Todd

    General-election qualification remains to be verified.

Previous election (2024)

The Republicans won by 22.1 points.

Our current projection: the Republicans ahead by 12.0 points.

Nearby districts

Party ahead and how sure the projection is.

  • NY-22 Democrat, safe seat
  • NY-25 Democrat, safe seat
  • NY-21 Republican, toss-up
  • NY-19 Democrat, safe seat
  • NY-26 Democrat, safe seat
  • NY-23 Republican, 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