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New York's 19th Congressional District election, 2026

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2024
New York's 19th Congressional District
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General election
Election details
Filing deadline: Pending
Primary: Pending
General: November 3, 2026
How to vote
Poll times:

6 a.m. to 9 p.m. (general elections); primary times vary by county
Voting in New York

Race ratings
Cook Political Report: Lean Democratic
DDHQ and The Hill: Pending
Inside Elections: Lean Democratic
Sabato's Crystal Ball: Lean Democratic
Ballotpedia analysis
U.S. Senate battlegrounds
U.S. House battlegrounds
Federal and state primary competitiveness
Ballotpedia's Election Analysis Hub, 2026
See also
New York's 19th Congressional District
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All U.S. House districts, including the 19th Congressional District of New York, are holding elections in 2026. The general election is November 3, 2026. To learn more about other elections on the ballot, click here.

Candidates and election results

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General election

The general election will occur on November 3, 2026.

General election for U.S. House New York District 19

Incumbent Josh Riley, Peter Oberacker, and Alexander Portelli are running in the general election for U.S. House New York District 19 on November 3, 2026.


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Candidate profiles

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Party: Republican Party

Incumbent: No

Political Office: None

Submitted Biography "I am running because I believe that to restore prosperity for americans, we must abolish the federal income tax for all American people and businesses who make less than $1 million annually. I want to end all foreign aid, close over 95% of overseas military bases, address a national energy affordability crisis by kicking National Grid out of New York and launching a modernization of our power supply through nuclear power plants and hydropower dams, raise tariffs to even higher levels to protect and rebuild American industry and use tariff revenue to repeal payroll tax, and end the Federal Reserve and return our currency to the gold standard to make our currency an appreciating asset again."


Key Messages

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End Foreign Aid


Repeal the Income Tax


Kick out National Grid and address the energy affordability emergency

Voting information

See also: Voting in New York

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Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection survey responses

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Survey responses from candidates in this race

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End Foreign Aid

Repeal the Income Tax

Kick out National Grid and address the energy affordability emergency
repealing the income tax and halting all foreign spending and foreign nation building.
Elon Musk for attempting to tackle the debt and the special interests that enrich themselves on government spending. Ron Paul for speaking the truth during his time in Office. The founding fathers for setting the guide we must follow to prosper.
not to use their position for graft or personal enrichment. Utilizing their time in office to help rebuild prosperity for the average working class American
a country on an upward trajectory again.
14 years old, working as a busboy at an italian restaurant
The Power Broker: Robert Moses and the fall of New York
growing poorer as our world rival, China, overtakes us as the world's leading manufacturing nation, leading exporter of finished goods, and possibly surpassing us militarily.
People have no money. They can't afford high energy costs, high food costs, high insurance, and high property taxes. The elected leaders of both parties are doing nothing to address this
To improve the lives of the American people and lower the national debt
Dropping out of school at 14 and still making it in life.


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Campaign finance

Name Party Receipts* Disbursements** Cash on hand Date
Josh Riley Democratic Party $2,313,559 $591,868 $1,790,010 As of September 30, 2025
Peter Oberacker Republican Party $0 $0 $0 Data not available***
Alexander Portelli Republican Party $0 $0 $0 Data not available***

Source: Federal Elections Commission, "Campaign finance data," 2026. This product uses the openFEC API but is not endorsed or certified by the Federal Election Commission (FEC).

* According to the FEC, "Receipts are anything of value (money, goods, services or property) received by a political committee."
** According to the FEC, a disbursement "is a purchase, payment, distribution, loan, advance, deposit or gift of money or anything of value to influence a federal election," plus other kinds of payments not made to influence a federal election.
*** Candidate either did not report any receipts or disbursements to the FEC, or Ballotpedia did not find an FEC candidate ID.

General election race ratings

See also: Race rating definitions and methods

Ballotpedia provides race ratings from four outlets: The Cook Political Report, Inside Elections, Sabato's Crystal Ball, and DDHQ/The Hill. Each race rating indicates if one party is perceived to have an advantage in the race and, if so, the degree of advantage:

  • Safe and Solid ratings indicate that one party has a clear edge and the race is not competitive.
  • Likely ratings indicate that one party has a clear edge, but an upset is possible.
  • Lean ratings indicate that one party has a small edge, but the race is competitive.[1]
  • Toss-up ratings indicate that neither party has an advantage.

Race ratings are informed by a number of factors, including polling, candidate quality, and election result history in the race's district or state.[2][3][4]

Race ratings: New York's 19th Congressional District election, 2026
Race trackerRace ratings
12/16/202512/9/202512/2/202511/25/2025
The Cook Political Report with Amy WalterLean DemocraticLean DemocraticLean DemocraticLean Democratic
Decision Desk HQ and The HillPendingPendingPendingPending
Inside Elections with Nathan L. GonzalesLean DemocraticLean DemocraticLean DemocraticLean Democratic
Larry J. Sabato's Crystal BallLean DemocraticLean DemocraticLean DemocraticLean Democratic
Note: Ballotpedia reviews external race ratings every week throughout the election season and posts weekly updates even if the media outlets have not revised their ratings during that week.

Ballot access

The table below details filing requirements for U.S. House candidates in New York in the 2026 election cycle. For additional information on candidate ballot access requirements in New York, click here.

Filing requirements for U.S. House candidates, 2026
State Office Party Signatures required Filing fee Filing deadline Source
New York U.S. House Ballot-qualified party 5% of voters from the candidate's same party or 1,250, whichever is less N/A TBD Source
New York U.S. House Unaffiliated 1% of votes cast for governor in the last election or 3,500, whichever is less N/A TBD Source


District history

The section below details election results for this office in elections dating back to 2020.

General election

General election for U.S. House New York District 19

Josh Riley (D / Working Families Party) defeated incumbent Marcus Molinaro (R / Conservative Party) in the general election for U.S. House New York District 19 on November 5, 2024.

Candidate
%
Votes
Image of Josh Riley
Josh Riley (D / Working Families Party)
 
51.1
 
192,647
Image of Marcus Molinaro
Marcus Molinaro (R / Conservative Party)
 
48.8
 
184,290
  Other/Write-in votes
 
0.1%
 
406

Total votes: 377,343
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Democratic primary

The Democratic primary scheduled for June 25, 2024, was canceled. Josh Riley (D) advanced from the Democratic primary for U.S. House New York District 19 without appearing on the ballot.

Withdrawn or disqualified candidates

Republican primary

The Republican primary scheduled for June 25, 2024, was canceled. Incumbent Marcus Molinaro (R) advanced from the Republican primary for U.S. House New York District 19 without appearing on the ballot.

Conservative Party primary

The Conservative Party primary scheduled for June 25, 2024, was canceled. Incumbent Marcus Molinaro (Conservative Party) advanced from the Conservative Party primary for U.S. House New York District 19 without appearing on the ballot.

Working Families Party primary

The Working Families Party primary scheduled for June 25, 2024, was canceled. Josh Riley (Working Families Party) advanced from the Working Families Party primary for U.S. House New York District 19 without appearing on the ballot.

Regular election

General election

General election for U.S. House New York District 19

Marcus Molinaro (R / Conservative Party) defeated Josh Riley (D / Working Families Party) in the general election for U.S. House New York District 19 on November 8, 2022.

Candidate
%
Votes
Image of Marcus Molinaro
Marcus Molinaro (R / Conservative Party)
 
50.8
 
146,004
Image of Josh Riley
Josh Riley (D / Working Families Party)
 
49.2
 
141,509
  Other/Write-in votes
 
0.0%
 
105

Total votes: 287,618
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Democratic primary

Democratic primary for U.S. House New York District 19

Josh Riley (D) defeated Jamie Cheney (D) in the Democratic primary for U.S. House New York District 19 on August 23, 2022.

Candidate
%
Votes
Image of Josh Riley
Josh Riley
 
62.3
 
31,193
Image of Jamie Cheney
Jamie Cheney  Candidate Connection
 
37.2
 
18,625
  Other/Write-in votes
 
0.5%
 
229

Total votes: 50,047
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Withdrawn or disqualified candidates

Republican primary

The Republican primary scheduled for August 23, 2022, was canceled. Marcus Molinaro (R) advanced from the Republican primary for U.S. House New York District 19 without appearing on the ballot.

Withdrawn or disqualified candidates

Conservative Party primary

The Conservative Party primary scheduled for August 23, 2022, was canceled. Marcus Molinaro (Conservative Party) advanced from the Conservative Party primary for U.S. House New York District 19 without appearing on the ballot.

Working Families Party primary

The Working Families Party primary scheduled for August 23, 2022, was canceled. Josh Riley (Working Families Party) advanced from the Working Families Party primary for U.S. House New York District 19 without appearing on the ballot.

Withdrawn or disqualified candidates

Special election

General election

Special general election for U.S. House New York District 19

Pat Ryan (D / Working Families Party) defeated Marcus Molinaro (R / Conservative Party) in the special general election for U.S. House New York District 19 on August 23, 2022.

Candidate
%
Votes
Image of Pat Ryan
Pat Ryan (D / Working Families Party)
 
51.4
 
67,996
Image of Marcus Molinaro
Marcus Molinaro (R / Conservative Party)
 
48.5
 
64,159
  Other/Write-in votes
 
0.1%
 
91

Total votes: 132,246
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General election

General election for U.S. House New York District 19

Incumbent Antonio Delgado (D / Working Families Party / Serve America Movement Party) defeated Kyle Van De Water (R), Victoria Alexander (L), and Steven Greenfield (G) in the general election for U.S. House New York District 19 on November 3, 2020.

Candidate
%
Votes
Image of Antonio Delgado
Antonio Delgado (D / Working Families Party / Serve America Movement Party)
 
54.5
 
192,100
Image of Kyle Van De Water
Kyle Van De Water (R)  Candidate Connection
 
42.9
 
151,475
Image of Victoria Alexander
Victoria Alexander (L)  Candidate Connection
 
1.2
 
4,224
Image of Steven Greenfield
Steven Greenfield (G)
 
0.8
 
2,799
  Other/Write-in votes
 
0.6%
 
2,173

Total votes: 352,771
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Democratic primary

The Democratic primary scheduled for June 23, 2020, was canceled. Incumbent Antonio Delgado (D) advanced from the Democratic primary for U.S. House New York District 19 without appearing on the ballot.

Republican primary

Republican primary for U.S. House New York District 19

Kyle Van De Water (R) defeated Ola Hawatmeh (R) in the Republican primary for U.S. House New York District 19 on June 23, 2020.

Candidate
%
Votes
Image of Kyle Van De Water
Kyle Van De Water  Candidate Connection
 
57.1
 
12,138
Image of Ola Hawatmeh
Ola Hawatmeh  Candidate Connection
 
42.3
 
8,988
  Other/Write-in votes
 
0.6%
 
130

Total votes: 21,256
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Withdrawn or disqualified candidates

Conservative Party primary

The Conservative Party primary scheduled for June 23, 2020, was canceled.

Withdrawn or disqualified candidates

Green Party primary

The Green Party primary scheduled for June 23, 2020, was canceled. Steven Greenfield (G) advanced from the Green Party primary for U.S. House New York District 19 without appearing on the ballot.

Independence Party primary

The Independence Party primary scheduled for June 23, 2020, was canceled.

Withdrawn or disqualified candidates

Libertarian Party primary

The Libertarian Party primary scheduled for June 23, 2020, was canceled. Victoria Alexander (L) advanced from the Libertarian Party primary for U.S. House New York District 19 without appearing on the ballot.

Serve America Movement Party primary

The Serve America Movement Party primary scheduled for June 23, 2020, was canceled. Incumbent Antonio Delgado (Serve America Movement Party) advanced from the Serve America Movement Party primary for U.S. House New York District 19 without appearing on the ballot.

Working Families Party primary

The Working Families Party primary scheduled for June 23, 2020, was canceled. Incumbent Antonio Delgado (Working Families Party) advanced from the Working Families Party primary for U.S. House New York District 19 without appearing on the ballot.

District analysis

Click the tabs below to view information about voter composition, past elections, and demographics in both the district and the state.

  • District map - A map of the district in place for the election.
  • Competitiveness - Information about the competitiveness of 2026 U.S. House elections in the state.
  • Presidential elections - Information about presidential elections in the district and the state.
  • State party control - The partisan makeup of the state's congressional delegation and state government.


Below is the district map in place for this election. Click the map below to enlarge it.

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See also: Primary election competitiveness in state and federal government, 2026
Information about competitiveness will be added here as it becomes available.

Partisan Voter Index

See also: The Cook Political Report's Partisan Voter Index

Heading into the 2026 elections, based on results from the 2024 and 2020 presidential elections, the Cook Partisan Voter Index for this district is D+1. This meant that in those two presidential elections, this district's results were 1 percentage points more Democratic than the national average. This made New York's 19th the 203rd most Democratic district nationally.[5]

2020 presidential election results

The table below shows what the vote in the 2024 presidential election was in this district. The presidential election data was compiled by The Downballot.

2024 presidential results in New York's 19th Congressional District
Kamala Harris Democratic Party Donald Trump Republican Party
50.0% 49.0%

Presidential voting history

See also: Presidential election in New York, 2024

New York presidential election results (1900-2024)

  • 19 Democratic wins
  • 13 Republican wins
Year 1900 1904 1908 1912 1916 1920 1924 1928 1932 1936 1940 1944 1948 1952 1956 1960 1964 1968 1972 1976 1980 1984 1988 1992 1996 2000 2004 2008 2012 2016 2020 2024
Winning Party R R R D R R R R D D D D R R R D D D R D R R D D D D D D D D D D
See also: Party control of New York state government

Congressional delegation

The table below displays the partisan composition of New York's congressional delegation as of October 2025.

Congressional Partisan Breakdown from New York
Party U.S. Senate U.S. House Total
Democratic 2 19 21
Republican 0 7 7
Independent 0 0 0
Vacancies 0 0 0
Total 2 26 28

State executive

The table below displays the officeholders in New York's top four state executive offices as of October 2025.

State executive officials in New York, October 2025
Office Officeholder
Governor Democratic Party Kathy Hochul
Lieutenant Governor Democratic Party Antonio Delgado
Secretary of State Democratic Party Walter Mosley
Attorney General Democratic Party Letitia James

State legislature

New York State Senate

Party As of October 2025
     Democratic Party 41
     Republican Party 22
     Other 0
     Vacancies 0
Total 63

New York House of Representatives

Party As of October 2025
     Democratic Party 102
     Republican Party 47
     Other 0
     Vacancies 1
Total 150

Trifecta control

New York Party Control: 1992-2025
Nine years of Democratic trifectas  •  No Republican trifectas
Scroll left and right on the table below to view more years.

Year 92 93 94 95 96 97 98 99 00 01 02 03 04 05 06 07 08 09 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25
Governor D D D R R R R R R R R R R R R D D D D D D D D D D D D D D D D D D D
Senate R R R R R R R R R R R R R R R R R D D R R R R R R R R D D D D D D D
Assembly D D D D D D D D D D D D D D D D D D D D D D D D D D D D D D D D D D

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Footnotes

  1. Inside Elections also uses Tilt ratings to indicate an even smaller advantage and greater competitiveness.
  2. Amee LaTour, "Email correspondence with Nathan Gonzalez," April 19, 2018
  3. Amee LaTour, "Email correspondence with Kyle Kondik," April 19, 2018
  4. Amee LaTour, "Email correspondence with Charlie Cook," April 22, 2018
  5. Cook Political Report, "2025 Cook PVI℠: District Map and List (119th Congress)," accessed July 1, 2025


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