Riding profile

NY-26

US House district — NY · Mixed · us ny

The question

NY-26: a safe seat for the Democrats?

Current forecast

Democrat

Safe

Probability
100%
Mean margin (pts)
39.7
P(close race)
0%

Projected vote share

Projection by party

  • Democrat 62.5%
  • Republican 22.8%
  • Other 14.6%

Watch list

The tightest races

Smallest projected margin. Open one for the numbers.

  1. FL-22Democrat68 %1.1 pt margin
  2. AZ-2Republican57 %1.1 pt margin
  3. OH-10Democrat60 %1.1 pt margin

In context

How this riding stacks up

Democrat Republican Other
HereNY-26 62.5%22.8%14.6%
National averageUnited States 54.3% +8.2 44.9% −22.1 5.1% +9.5

Nationwide averages computed across the 435 riding-level projections (unweighted mean).

Projection track

How the projection has moved

Editorial read

NY-26, a mixed riding in NY, elected a member with the Democrats in the previous cycle, with a 28-point margin. The Vote-Scope model projects the Democrats ahead at 63% vote share, against 23% for the Republicans, and the probability of a close race is negligible.

Sitting member

KENNEDY, TIMOTHY

Sits with Democrat

Who's running

The candidates

Declared and on-ballot candidates for the upcoming election.

  • Democrat Incumbent

    Kennedy, Timothy

Previous election · 2024

Won by
Democrat
Margin
27.9 pts
Margin shift vs current projection
+11.8 pts

Around the region

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Last model run
Cycle
us_house_2026