New York's 1st Congressional District election, 2026 (June 23 Democratic primary)

From Ballotpedia
Jump to: navigation, search
Ballotpedia Election Coverage Badge-smaller use.png
U.S. House • Governor • Lt. Gov • Attorney General • State executive offices • State Senate • State Assembly • Special state legislative • School boards • Municipal • How to run for office
Flag of New York.png


← 2024
New York's 1st Congressional District
Ballotpedia Election Coverage Badge.png
Democratic primary
Republican primary
General election
Election details
Filing deadline: April 6, 2026
Primary: June 23, 2026
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: Solid Republican
DDHQ and The Hill: Pending
Inside Elections: Solid Republican
Sabato's Crystal Ball: Likely Republican
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 1st Congressional District
1st • 2nd • 3rd • 4th • 5th • 6th • 7th • 8th • 9th • 10th • 11th • 12th • 13th • 14th • 15th • 16th • 17th • 18th • 19th • 20th • 21st • 22nd • 23rd • 24th • 25th • 26th
New York elections, 2026
U.S. Congress elections, 2026
U.S. Senate elections, 2026
U.S. House elections, 2026

A Democratic Party primary takes place on June 23, 2026, in New York's 1st Congressional District to determine which Democratic candidate will run in the district's general election on November 3, 2026.

Candidate filing deadline Primary election General election
April 6, 2026
June 23, 2026
November 3, 2026



A primary election is an election in which registered voters select a candidate that they believe should be a political party's candidate for elected office to run in the general election. They are also used to choose convention delegates and party leaders. Primaries are state-level and local-level elections that take place prior to a general election. New York utilizes a closed primary process, in which the selection of a party's candidates in an election is limited to registered party members.[1][2]

For information about which offices are nominated via primary election, see this article.

This page focuses on New York's 1st Congressional District Democratic primary. For more in-depth information on the district's Republican primary and the general election, see the following pages:

Candidates and election results

Note: The following list includes official candidates only. Ballotpedia defines official candidates as people who:

  • Register with a federal or state campaign finance agency before the candidate filing deadline
  • Appear on candidate lists released by government election agencies

Democratic primary

Democratic primary for U.S. House New York District 1

Christopher Gallant (D), Jonathan Jacobs (D), Luca Nascimbene (D), Jonathan Schneider (D), and Lukas Ventouras (D) are running in the Democratic primary for U.S. House New York District 1 on June 23, 2026.

Candidate
Image of Christopher Gallant
Christopher Gallant  Candidate Connection
Image of Jonathan Jacobs
Jonathan Jacobs  Candidate Connection
Silhouette Placeholder Image.png
Submit photo
Luca Nascimbene
Silhouette Placeholder Image.png
Submit photo
Jonathan Schneider
Image of Lukas Ventouras
Lukas Ventouras  Candidate Connection

There are no incumbents in this race.

Candidate Connection = candidate completed the Ballotpedia Candidate Connection survey.
If you are a candidate and would like to tell readers and voters more about why they should vote for you, complete the Ballotpedia Candidate Connection Survey.

Do you want a spreadsheet of this type of data? Contact our sales team.

Candidate profiles

This section includes candidate profiles that may be created in one of two ways: either the candidate completed Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection survey, or Ballotpedia staff may compile a profile based on campaign websites, advertisements, and public statements after identifying the candidate as noteworthy. For more on how we select candidates to include, click here.

Christopher Gallant

Image of Christopher Gallant

WebsiteFacebookXYouTube

Party: Democratic Party

Incumbent: No

Submitted Biography:  "I’m Chris Gallant, an Army National Guard Black Hawk pilot, Volunteer Firefighter, former air traffic controller and local union president. I am a lifelong public servant running for Congress to represent New York’s First District. I’ve spent nearly two decades serving our country and community, from flying missions overseas to fighting fires at home on Long Island and volunteering my time in the National Park Service when I was younger and currently Jr Vice Commander at my local VFW. I’ve seen firsthand how politics has lost its discipline and focus, and I’m running to change that. I believe in service before self, practical problem-solving, and putting people over politics. My mission is simple: make Long Island more affordable, improve medical accessibility and affordability particularly for seniors and veterans, strengthen our infrastructure, and restore accountability in Washington."

Key Messages

To read this candidate's full survey responses, click here.

Tackle affordability, from housing to groceries to energy, so Long Island families can build stable, secure lives without being priced out of the communities they love.

Protect Medicare, Social Security, and veterans’ benefits because no one who worked or served their whole life should have to fight for what they earned.

Our democracy and freedoms are under threat from political extremes. I’ll fight to protect voting rights, reproductive freedom, and the rule of law while restoring civility and bipartisanship in Congress. My focus is results, not partisanship, because government should work for people, not the loudest voices in politics. I will restore trust and faith in government.

Jonathan Jacobs

Image of Jonathan Jacobs

Website

Party: Democratic Party

Incumbent: No

Submitted Biography:  "I was born and raised on Long Island and am a graduate of West Hempstead High School, I later attended Yale for my undergraduate and MD degrees. The AIDS epidemic started during my training at New York Hospital. To address the physical, emotional and social needs of patients with this new and deadly illness, I founded what became a model program to provide integrated multidisciplinary care for people with HIV, addressing medical needs alongside the challenges of stigma, mental health, substance use, and food insecurity. I am currently Professor Emeritus of Medicine at Weill Cornell and continue to advocate for affordable, accessible, and effective health care for all. I was motivated to run for Congress when the " One Big Beautiful Bill" funded tax breaks for the wealthy by making unprecedented cuts to safety net programs that provided health care, nutrition and other essential services. It also eliminated subsidies that has led to unaffordable insurance premium increases for tens of thousands of our friends, families, and neighbors here on Long Island."

Key Messages

To read this candidate's full survey responses, click here.

Whether you have private or public insurance (Medicare and Medicaid) government cuts to healthcare drive up costs for everyone. When people without insurance seek care, those costs are eventually passed on to all of us through higher premiums and other charges. We all need health care, but insurance is increasingly out of reach and too many people avoid doctors' visits or prescription refills because of the prices. Limiting primary care for all also leads to longer waits in the emergency room and more people with untreated mental health disorders. Our healthcare system is the most expensive in the world but far from the best. I have the expertise to help change that.

The cost of living on Long Island is too high. In addition to healthcare, the high cost of housing, groceries, education, and utilities make life more difficult and our aspiration of achieving the American Dream less likely. Many feel increasingly pessimistic about their family's future. For too many it is becoming more difficult to maintain the status quo much less feel secure about the future. Government policies such as tariffs directly contribute to our struggle to pay bills.

This administration has imposed tariffs, denied due process to immigrants and citizens alike, pursued policies that make it possible that terrible diseases like polio will reemerge in our country, decreased access to student loans, capriciously defunded cancer trials and other scientific studies, made changes that will poison the environment and increase climate related natural disasters -- and this Congress has let them do it. Congress has surrendered its powers and oversight functions. We must restore the constitutional role of Congress as a coequal branch of government.

Lukas Ventouras

Image of Lukas Ventouras

WebsiteFacebookX

Party: Democratic Party

Incumbent: No

Submitted Biography:  "I am a First Generation American of Greek ancestry, I am a law student, and I am passionate about fighting for Long Islanders!"

Key Messages

To read this candidate's full survey responses, click here.

Fighting corruption in our institutions, getting money out of politics. Ban congressional stock trading.

Protecting Seniors, fighting to protect Medicare and Social Security, fight against the raising of the retirement age, and fighting to ensure that our seniors are safe, healthy, fed, and medically protected.

Put families first. Fight to lower the cost of child rearing items, fight to implement a child tax credit and paid family leave, and fight to lower the cost of college.

Voting information

See also: Voting in New York

Election information in New York: June 23, 2026, election.

What is the voter registration deadline?

  • In-person: June 13, 2026
  • By mail: Received by June 13, 2026
  • Online: June 13, 2026

Is absentee/mail-in voting available to all voters?

N/A

What is the absentee/mail-in ballot request deadline?

  • In-person: June 22, 2026
  • By mail: Received by June 13, 2026
  • Online: June 13, 2026

What is the absentee/mail-in ballot return deadline?

  • In-person: June 23, 2026
  • By mail: Postmarked by June 23, 2026

Is early voting available to all voters?

Yes

What are the early voting start and end dates?

June 13, 2026 to June 21, 2026

Are all voters required to present ID at the polls? If so, is a photo or non-photo ID required?

N/A

When are polls open on Election Day?

6:00 a.m. - 9:00 p.m. (ET)

Campaign finance

Name Party Receipts* Disbursements** Cash on hand Date
Christopher Gallant Democratic Party $306,336 $258,552 $47,784 As of December 31, 2025
Jonathan Jacobs Democratic Party $0 $0 $0 Data not available***
Luca Nascimbene Democratic Party $0 $0 $0 Data not available***
Jonathan Schneider Democratic Party $0 $0 $0 Data not available***
Lukas Ventouras Democratic Party $27,306 $20,057 $23,798 As of December 31, 2025

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.

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.

2025_01_03_ny_congressional_district_01.jpg
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 R+4. This meant that in those two presidential elections, this district's results were 4 percentage points more Republican than the national average. This made New York's 1st the 196th most Republican district nationally.[3]

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 1st Congressional District
Kamala Harris Democratic PartyDonald Trump Republican Party
44.0%54.0%

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
OfficeOfficeholder
GovernorDemocratic Party Kathy Hochul
Lieutenant GovernorDemocratic Party Antonio Delgado
Secretary of StateDemocratic Party Walter Mosley
Attorney GeneralDemocratic Party Letitia James

State legislature

New York State Senate

Party As of February 2026
     Democratic Party 41
     Republican Party 22
     Other 0
     Vacancies 0
Total 63

New York House of Representatives

Party As of February 2026
     Democratic Party 103
     Republican Party 47
     Other 0
     Vacancies 0
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

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 4/6/2026 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 5/26/2026 Source

See also

External links

Footnotes

  1. ↑ The New York State Senate, "N.Y. Election Law § 17–102," accessed December 12, 2025
  2. ↑ The New York State Senate, "N.Y. Election Law § 5–304," accessed December 12, 2025
  3. ↑ Cook Political Report, "2025 Cook PVI℠: District Map and List (119th Congress)," accessed July 1, 2025


New York's current delegation to the United States Congress
Senators
Kirsten Gillibrand (D)
Chuck Schumer (D)
Representatives
District 1
District 2
District 3
District 4
District 5
District 6
District 7
District 8
District 9
District 10
District 11
District 12
District 13
District 14
District 15
District 16
District 17
District 18
Pat Ryan (D)
District 19
District 20
District 21
District 22
District 23
District 24
District 25
District 26
Democratic Party (21)
Republican Party (7)


Retrieved from "https://ballotpedia.org/wiki/index.php?title=New_York%27s_1st_Congressional_District_election,_2026_(June_23_Democratic_primary)&oldid=11027295"