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New York’s 6th District

U.S. House · NY-6

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

Our forecast gives the Democrats a more than 99% chance of winning, with an average lead of 35.1 points.

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

Projected vote share

Projection by party

  • Democrat 63.8%

    Grace Meng, incumbent

  • Republican 28.6%

    Joseph Chou

  • Other 7.6%

Thin vertical mark: 2024 result.

Compared with the average

Democrat Republican Other
NY-6 63.8%28.6%7.6%
National averageUnited States 54.5%+9.2 44.2%−15.6 1.2%+6.4

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

Projection track

How the projection has moved

Local profile

Latino citizens aged 18 and over21.4% (± 0.8)

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

Grace Meng · Democrat

Primary results

Held June 23, 2026 · Official source

Democratic primary Grace Meng 57.0% 18,134 votes

Who's running

The candidates

Candidates for the upcoming election.

  • Democrat Incumbent

    Grace Meng

    source
  • Republican Challenger

    Joseph Chou

    source

Previous election (2024)

The Democrats won by 23.9 points.

Our current projection: the Democrats ahead by 35.1 points.

Nearby districts

Party ahead and how sure the projection is.

  • NY-7 Democrat, safe seat
  • NY-14 Democrat, safe seat
  • NY-12 Democrat, safe seat
  • NY-13 Democrat, safe seat
  • NY-15 Democrat, safe seat
  • NY-5 Democrat, safe seat

Watch list

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The smallest projected gaps between the top two.

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