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Joshua Bristol
Candidate, U.S. House New York District 9
Elections and appointments
Next election
November 3, 2026
Education
High school
Encinal High School
Bachelor's
San José State University, 2011
Personal
Birthplace
New York, NY
Religion
Atheist
Profession
Activist
Contact

Joshua Bristol (Democratic Party) is running for election to the U.S. House to represent New York's 9th Congressional District. He declared candidacy for the general election scheduled on November 3, 2026.[source]

Bristol also ran for election to the U.S. House to represent New York's 10th Congressional District. He will not appear on the ballot for the general election on November 3, 2026.

Bristol completed Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection survey in 2025. Click here to read the survey answers.

Biography

Joshua Bristol was born in New York, New York. Bristol's career experience includes working as an activist and as a retail cashier. He earned a bachelor's degree from San José State University in 2011. Bristol has been affiliated with the Democratic Socialists of America.[1]

Elections

2026

U.S. House New York District 9

See also: New York's 9th Congressional District election, 2026

General election

The primary will occur on June 23, 2026. The general election will occur on November 3, 2026. Additional general election candidates will be added here following the primary.

General election for U.S. House New York District 9

Incumbent Yvette D. Clarke, Joshua Bristol, Michael Goldfarb, and Joel Anabilah-Azumah are running in the general election for U.S. House New York District 9 on November 3, 2026.


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Republican primary election

Republican primary for U.S. House New York District 9

Jean Depalis is running in the Republican primary for U.S. House New York District 9 on June 23, 2026.


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U.S. House New York District 10

See also: New York's 10th Congressional District election, 2026

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General election

The general election will occur on November 3, 2026.

General election for U.S. House New York District 10

Incumbent Daniel Goldman, Nickie Kane, Brad Lander, and Savail Majid are running in the general election for U.S. House New York District 10 on November 3, 2026.


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Campaign themes

2026

U.S. House New York District 9

Ballotpedia survey responses

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U.S. House New York District 10

Ballotpedia survey responses

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Candidate Connection

Joshua Bristol completed Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection survey in 2025. The survey questions appear in bold and are followed by Bristol's responses.

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Affordable healthcare, public education, climate action, workers rights, social justice and equity, and restoring habeus corpus and the rule of law, to name a few.

My greatest passion is taking it to the billionaires for the damage they've done and using that money to secure wins for workers.
I have many role models from MLK and Malcolm X, to FDR with his new deal.
Ability to secure wins for the public against the billionaire and oligarch class.
To always make the best decision for workers even ones outside the US who may be affected. To be able to ask piercing questions of corporate spokesmen and get to the crux of the issue in order to make the best decisions.
I would like to secure major wins for workers that reset the balance of power in our favor for a long time.
I worked at a pizza place as a teen for a few months. Later I worked at a book store.
Being a worker in capitalism with limited worker protections and a few disabilities has been a challenge. I have always sought to lift others up first, even as my personal goals sometimes went unfulfilled.
Two or fewer is just fine considering how much they are paid. The pay should be reduced as well.
We definitely need term limits and perhaps they should be expanded to other offices as well like the Supreme Court.
Rashida Tlaib, Jamaal Bowman. Alexandria Ocasio Cortez perhaps.
It is desirable, but we have already compromised too much. Any future compromises will have to rest upon a resetting of the dem/rep relationship. As of now, bipartisanship is fairly dead.
The responsibility has essentially been lost to the House. I will work to restore and strengthen it.
To break up monopolies, to look into corporate activities that may be suspicious or unlawful. To discover what lawful corporate activities must be made unlawful, and to look into the wealth of billionaires.
It should be studied further. AI development must be guided carefully. Also something must be done about which companies will be continuing this development and how they can be held accountable for it.
I would like to make election day a national holiday. We need to look at rank choice voting and automatic voter registration as well.

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Campaign finance summary


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Joshua Bristol campaign contribution history
YearOfficeStatusContributionsExpenditures
2026* U.S. House New York District 10Withdrew general$0 N/A**
2026* U.S. House New York District 9Candidacy Declared general$0 N/A**
Grand total$0 N/A**
Sources: OpenSecretsFederal Elections Commission ***This product uses the openFEC API but is not endorsed or certified by the Federal Election Commission (FEC).
* Data from this year may not be complete
** Data on expenditures is not available for this election cycle
Note: Totals above reflect only available data.

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Footnotes

  1. Information submitted to Ballotpedia through the Candidate Connection survey on October 13, 2025


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