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New York’s 14th District

U.S. House · NY-14

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 42.6 points.

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

Projected vote share

Projection by party

  • Democrat 64.7%

    Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, incumbent

  • Republican 22.1%

    Diamant Hysenaj

  • Other 13.2%

Thin vertical mark: 2024 result.

Compared with the average

Democrat Republican Other
NY-14 64.7%22.1%13.2%
National averageUnited States 54.5%+10.2 44.2%−22.2 1.2%+12.0

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

Projection track

How the projection has moved

Local profile

Latino citizens aged 18 and over45.6% (± 1.2)

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

Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez · Democrat

Primary results

Held June 23, 2026 · Official source

Democratic primary Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez 87.3% 30,189 votes
Republican primary Diamant Hysenaj 0.0%

Who's running

The candidates

Candidates for the upcoming election.

  • Democrat Incumbent

    Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez

    source
  • Republican Challenger

    Diamant Hysenaj

    source

Previous election (2024)

The Democrats won by 31.4 points.

Our current projection: the Democrats ahead by 42.6 points.

Nearby districts

Party ahead and how sure the projection is.

  • NY-15 Democrat, safe seat
  • NY-13 Democrat, safe seat
  • NY-6 Democrat, safe seat
  • NY-7 Democrat, safe seat
  • NY-12 Democrat, safe seat
  • NY-16 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