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New York’s 25th District

U.S. House · NY-25

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 27.0 points.

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

Projected vote share

Projection by party

  • Democrat 59.7%

    Joseph D. Morelle, incumbent

  • Republican 32.8%

    Virginia McIntyre

  • Other 7.5%

Thin vertical mark: 2024 result.

Compared with the average

Democrat Republican Other
NY-25 59.7%32.8%7.5%
National averageUnited States 54.5%+5.2 44.2%−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 27.0 points.

Nearby districts

Party ahead and how sure the projection is.

  • NY-24 Republican, safe seat
  • 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-2Republican52%5.7-point gap
  2. KY-6Republican53%5.8-point gap
  3. VA-1Republican58%5.8-point gap
Forecast updated