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New York’s 25th District

U.S. House · NY-25

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 27.8 points.

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

Projected vote share

Projection by party

  • Democrat 60.1%

    Joseph D. Morelle, incumbent

  • Republican 32.4%

    Virginia McIntyre

  • Other 7.5%

Thin vertical mark: 2024 result.

What Orbit says

Orbit, our experimental model, picks the same favourite as our main forecast: the Democrat, with a 98% chance (> 99% according to Harfang des neiges).

ModelFavouriteChance
Harfang des neigesDemocrat> 99%
OrbitDemocrat98%
50/50 blendDemocrat99%

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-25 60.1%32.4%7.5%
National averageUnited States 54.9%+5.2 43.9%−11.5 1.2%+6.3

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

Projection track

How the projection has moved

Local profile

Latino citizens aged 18 and over8.0% (± 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

Joseph D. Morelle · Democrat

Primary results

Held June 23, 2026 · Official source

Democratic primary Joseph D. Morelle 63.6% 24,085 votes
Republican primary Virginia McIntyre 0.0%

Who's running

The candidates

Candidates for the upcoming election.

  • Democrat Incumbent

    Joseph D. Morelle

    source
  • Republican Challenger

    Virginia McIntyre

    source

Previous election (2024)

The Democrats won by 15.6 points.

Our current projection: the Democrats ahead by 27.8 points.

Nearby districts

Party ahead and how sure the projection is.

  • NY-24 Republican, competitive
  • NY-26 Democrat, safe seat
  • NY-23 Republican, safe seat
  • NY-22 Democrat, safe seat
  • NY-19 Democrat, safe seat
  • NY-21 Republican, toss-up

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