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New York’s 1st District

U.S. House · NY-1

Election day November 3, 2026 · forecast of October 15, 2026

Our forecast gives the Democrats a 55% chance of winning, with an average lead of 5.9 points.

Toss-up. Chance of a final gap under 5 points: 51%.

Projected vote share

Projection by party

  • Democrat 46.1%

    Christopher J. Gallant

  • Republican 45.2%

    Nick LaLota

  • Other 8.8%

Thin vertical mark: 2024 result.

Compared with the average

Democrat Republican Other
NY-1 46.1%45.2%8.8%
National averageUnited States 54.5%−8.4 44.2%+0.9 1.2%+7.5

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

Projection track

How the projection has moved

Polls in this district

1 poll

Each poll as the pollster published it; these are not the Vote-Scope projection. When a pollster tests several ballots (with or without a given candidate), each one is shown as a scenario.

Local profile

Latino citizens aged 18 and over10.4% (± 0.4)

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

Nick, Lalota · Republican

Primary results

Held June 23, 2026 · Official source

Democratic primary Christopher J. Gallant 63.0% 12,132 votes
Republican primary Nick LaLota 0.0%

Who's running

The candidates

Candidates for the upcoming election.

  • Democrat Challenger

    Christopher J. Gallant

    source
  • Republican Open seat

    Nick LaLota

    source

Previous election (2024)

The Republicans won by 4.5 points.

Our current projection: the Democrats ahead by 5.9 points.

Nearby districts

Party ahead and how sure the projection is.

  • NY-2 Republican, toss-up
  • NY-3 Democrat, safe seat
  • NY-4 Democrat, safe seat
  • NY-16 Democrat, safe seat
  • NY-14 Democrat, safe seat
  • NY-17 Democrat, toss-up

Watch list

The tightest races

The smallest projected gaps between the top two.

  1. AZ-2Republican52%5.7-point gap
  2. KY-6Republican53%5.8-point gap
  3. VA-1Republican58%5.8-point gap
Forecast updated