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New York's 6th Congressional District election, 2024

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New York's 6th Congressional District
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Democratic primary
Republican primary
General election
Election details
Filing deadline: April 4, 2024
Primary: June 25, 2024
General: November 5, 2024
How to vote
Poll times: 6 a.m. to 9 p.m.
Voting in New York
Race ratings
Cook Political Report: Solid Democratic
DDHQ and The Hill: Safe Democratic
Inside Elections: Solid Democratic
Sabato's Crystal Ball: Safe Democratic
Ballotpedia analysis
U.S. Senate battlegrounds
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Federal and state primary competitiveness
Ballotpedia's Election Analysis Hub, 2024
See also
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All U.S. House districts, including the 6th Congressional District of New York, held elections in 2024. The general election was November 5, 2024. The primary was June 25, 2024. The filing deadline was April 4, 2024.

This race was one of 75 races in 2024 that was a rematch of the 2022 election. In 2024, Democrats won 39 of these matches, while Republicans won 36 of them. Democrats won 38 of those districts in 2022, and Republicans won 37.

The outcome of this race affected the partisan balance of the U.S. House of Representatives in the 119th Congress. All 435 House districts were up for election.

At the time of the election, Republicans held a 220-212 majority with three vacancies.[1] As a result of the election, Republicans retained control of the U.S. House, winning 220 seats to Democrats' 215.[2] To read more about the 2024 U.S. House elections, click here.

In the 2022 election in this district, the Democratic candidate won 63.9%-36.0%. Daily Kos calculated what the results of the 2020 presidential election in this district would have been following redistricting. Joe Biden (D) would have defeated Donald Trump (R) 64.3%-34.9%.[3]

New York conducted redistricting between the 2022 and 2024 elections. As a result, district lines in this state changed. To review how redistricting took place in New York and to see maps of the new districts, click here. For a list of all states that drew new district lines between 2022 and 2024, click here.

For more information about the primaries in this election, click on the links below:

Candidates and election results

General election

General election for U.S. House New York District 6

Incumbent Grace Meng defeated Thomas Zmich and Joseph Chou in the general election for U.S. House New York District 6 on November 5, 2024.

Candidate
%
Votes
Image of Grace Meng
Grace Meng (D)
 
60.5
 
120,205
Image of Thomas Zmich
Thomas Zmich (R / Conservative Party) Candidate Connection
 
37.5
 
74,559
Image of Joseph Chou
Joseph Chou (Truth Party)
 
1.6
 
3,272
 Other/Write-in votes
 
0.3
 
654

Total votes: 198,690
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Democratic primary election

The Democratic primary election was canceled. Incumbent Grace Meng advanced from the Democratic primary for U.S. House New York District 6.

Withdrawn or disqualified candidates

Republican primary election

The Republican primary election was canceled. Thomas Zmich advanced from the Republican primary for U.S. House New York District 6.

Withdrawn or disqualified candidates

Conservative Party primary election

The Conservative Party primary election was canceled. Thomas Zmich advanced from the Conservative Party primary for U.S. House New York District 6.

Candidate profiles

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Party: Republican Party, Conservative Party

Incumbent: No

Political Office: None

Submitted Biography "Husband,Father, Union Member, Veteran"


Key Messages

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national security/crime/drugs/immigration/public safety


education/civic knowledge


foreign policy/economic development/ domestic jobs

This information was current as of the candidate's run for U.S. House New York District 6 in 2024.

Voting information

See also: Voting in New York

Election information in New York: Nov. 5, 2024, election.

What was the voter registration deadline?

  • In-person: Oct. 26, 2024
  • By mail: Received by Oct. 26, 2024
  • Online: Oct. 26, 2024

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

Yes

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

  • In-person: Nov. 4, 2024
  • By mail: Received by Oct. 26, 2024
  • Online: Oct. 26, 2024

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

  • In-person: Nov. 5, 2024
  • By mail: Postmarked by Nov. 5, 2024

Was early voting available to all voters?

Yes

What were the early voting start and end dates?

Oct. 26, 2024 to Nov. 3, 2024

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

N/A

When were polls open on Election Day?

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


Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection survey responses

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Survey responses from candidates in this race

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Thomas Zmich (Republican, Conservative)

national security/crime/drugs/immigration/public safety

education/civic knowledge

foreign policy/economic development/ domestic jobs
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Thomas Zmich (Republican, Conservative)

defend/respect and represent the people
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Thomas Zmich (Republican, Conservative)

A fair and honest judicial system, upholding Constitutional Rights.
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Thomas Zmich (Republican, Conservative)

It is the most direct federal line/s of communicating to people in districts they represent
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Thomas Zmich (Republican, Conservative)

Not necessarily, but might be some experience in political/ business that is required. Life experience matters.
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Thomas Zmich (Republican, Conservative)

No, should be changed to 3 yrs.
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Thomas Zmich (Republican, Conservative)

My program on Term limits is as follows-

Senate- (3) 6year terms , with majority leader, minority leader (1) EXTRA TERM House - (8) terms -16 yrs, with leaders granted 2 extra terms.

All elected officials- maximum, 25 year limit.
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Thomas Zmich (Republican, Conservative)

The use of line item vetoes, consolidating of debts, cancelling of Pork Barrel programs, investigations of misappropriated funds.
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Thomas Zmich (Republican, Conservative)

Requests of DOJ, investigations and special prosecutors.
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Thomas Zmich (Republican, Conservative)

Veterans

Science Education

Environmental
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Thomas Zmich (Republican, Conservative)

Waste, Fraud, and abuse of Gov't programs need to be streamlined and investigated.


Campaign finance

Name Party Receipts* Disbursements** Cash on hand Date
Grace Meng Democratic Party $2,097,459 $1,836,400 $968,886 As of December 31, 2024
Thomas Zmich Republican Party, Conservative Party $7,251 $7,327 $253 As of December 31, 2024
Joseph Chou Truth Party $92,644 $90,481 $2,163 As of December 31, 2024

Source: Federal Elections Commission, "Campaign finance data," 2024. 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.

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.[4]
  • 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.[5][6][7]

Race ratings: New York's 6th Congressional District election, 2024
Race trackerRace ratings
November 5, 2024October 29, 2024October 22, 2024October 15, 2024
The Cook Political Report with Amy WalterSolid DemocraticSolid DemocraticSolid DemocraticSolid Democratic
Decision Desk HQ and The HillSafe DemocraticSafe DemocraticSafe DemocraticSafe Democratic
Inside Elections with Nathan L. GonzalesSolid DemocraticSolid DemocraticSolid DemocraticSolid Democratic
Larry J. Sabato's Crystal BallSafe DemocraticSafe DemocraticSafe DemocraticSafe 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 2024 election cycle. For additional information on candidate ballot access requirements in New York, click here.

Filing requirements for U.S. House candidates, 2024
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 4/4/2024 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 5/28/2024 Source

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 before and after redistricting ahead of the 2024 election.
  • Competitiveness - Information about the competitiveness of 2024 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 used in the 2022 election next to the map in place for the 2024 election. Click on a map below to enlarge it.

2022

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2024

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See also: Primary election competitiveness in state and federal government, 2024

This section contains data on U.S. House primary election competitiveness in New York.

New York U.S. House competitiveness, 2014-2024
Office Districts/
offices
Seats Open seats Candidates Possible primaries Contested Democratic primaries Contested Republican primaries % of contested primaries Incumbents in contested primaries % of incumbents in contested primaries
2024 26 26 0 59 52 5 1 11.5% 4 15.4%
2022 26 26 7 107 52 16 8 46.2% 13 68.4%
2020 27 27 4 108 54 16 7 42.6% 11 47.8%
2018 27 27 1 85 54 13 1 25.9% 6 23.1%
2016 27 27 4 77 54 10 3 24.1% 5 21.7%
2014 27 27 2 55 54 5 5 18.5% 5 20.0%

Post-filing deadline analysis

The following analysis covers all U.S. House districts up for election in New York in 2024. Information below was calculated on June 16, 2024, and may differ from information shown in the table above due to candidate replacements and withdrawals after that time.

Fifty-nine candidates ran for New York’s 26 U.S. House districts, including 32 Democrats and 27 Republicans. That’s an average of 2.27 candidates per district. There were 4.12 candidates per district in 2022, 4.00 candidates per district in 2020, and 3.15 candidates per district in 2018.

The 59 candidates who ran in New York in 2024 was the fewest number of candidates since 2014, when 55 candidates ran.

No districts were open in 2024, meaning all incumbents ran for re-election. This was the fewest number of open districts in the last 10 years.

Four candidates—three Democrats and one Republican—ran for the 10th Congressional District, the most candidates who ran for a district in New York in 2024.

Six primaries—five Democratic and one Republican—were contested in 2024. Between 2014 and 2022, an average of 16.8 primaries were contested each election year.

Four incumbents—three Democrats and one Republican—were in contested primaries in 2024. Between 2014 and 2022, an average of 8.00 incumbents ran in contested primaries each election year.

Candidates filed to run in the Republican and Democratic primaries in all 26 districts, meaning no seats were guaranteed to either party.

Partisan Voter Index

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

Heading into the 2024 elections, based on results from the 2020 and 2016 presidential elections, the Cook Partisan Voter Index for this district was D+14. This meant that in those two presidential elections, this district's results were 14 percentage points more Democratic than the national average. This made New York's 6th the 103rd most Democratic district nationally.[8]

2020 presidential election results

The table below shows what the vote in the 2020 presidential election would have been in this district. The presidential election data was compiled by Daily Kos.

2020 presidential results in New York's 6th based on 2024 district lines
Joe Biden Democratic Party Donald Trump Republican Party
64.3% 34.9%

Inside Elections Baselines

See also: Inside Elections

Inside Elections' Baseline is a figure that analyzes all federal and statewide election results from the district over the past four election cycles. The results are combined in an index estimating the strength of a typical Democratic or Republican candidate in the congressional district.[9] The table below displays the Baseline data for this district.

Inside Elections Baseline for 2024
Democratic Baseline Democratic Party Republican Baseline Republican Party Difference
66.9 31.8 D+35.1

Presidential voting history

See also: Presidential election in New York, 2020

New York presidential election results (1900-2020)

  • 18 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
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
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 May 2024.

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 May 2024.

State executive officials in New York, May 2024
Office Officeholder
Governor Democratic Party Kathy Hochul
Lieutenant Governor Democratic Party Antonio Delgado
Secretary of State Democratic Party Robert Rodriguez
Attorney General Democratic Party Letitia James

State legislature

New York State Senate

Party As of February 2024
     Democratic Party 42
     Republican Party 21
     Other 0
     Vacancies 0
Total 63

New York House of Representatives

Party As of February 2024
     Democratic Party 102
     Republican Party 48
     Independence 0
     Other 0
     Vacancies 0
Total 150

Trifecta control

The table below shows the state's trifecta status from 1992 until the 2024 election.

New York Party Control: 1992-2024
Eight 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
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
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
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

District history

The section below details election results for this office in elections dating back to 2018.

2022

See also: New York's 6th Congressional District election, 2022

General election

General election for U.S. House New York District 6

Incumbent Grace Meng defeated Thomas Zmich in the general election for U.S. House New York District 6 on November 8, 2022.

Candidate
%
Votes
Image of Grace Meng
Grace Meng (D)
 
63.9
 
85,049
Image of Thomas Zmich
Thomas Zmich (R / Conservative Party / Medical Freedom Party) Candidate Connection
 
36.0
 
47,935
 Other/Write-in votes
 
0.1
 
130

Total votes: 133,114
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Democratic primary election

The Democratic primary election was canceled. Incumbent Grace Meng advanced from the Democratic primary for U.S. House New York District 6.

Republican primary election

The Republican primary election was canceled. Thomas Zmich advanced from the Republican primary for U.S. House New York District 6.

Withdrawn or disqualified candidates

Conservative Party primary election

The Conservative Party primary election was canceled. Thomas Zmich advanced from the Conservative Party primary for U.S. House New York District 6.

Libertarian primary election

Withdrawn or disqualified candidates

2020

See also: New York's 6th Congressional District election, 2020

General election

General election for U.S. House New York District 6

Incumbent Grace Meng defeated Thomas Zmich in the general election for U.S. House New York District 6 on November 3, 2020.

Candidate
%
Votes
Image of Grace Meng
Grace Meng (D / Working Families Party)
 
67.9
 
158,862
Image of Thomas Zmich
Thomas Zmich (R / L / Conservative Party / Save Our City Party)
 
32.0
 
74,829
 Other/Write-in votes
 
0.1
 
223

Total votes: 233,914
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Democratic primary election

Democratic primary for U.S. House New York District 6

Incumbent Grace Meng defeated Melquiades Gagarin and Sandra Choi in the Democratic primary for U.S. House New York District 6 on June 23, 2020.

Candidate
%
Votes
Image of Grace Meng
Grace Meng
 
65.3
 
30,759
Image of Melquiades Gagarin
Melquiades Gagarin Candidate Connection
 
20.0
 
9,447
Sandra Choi
 
14.3
 
6,757
 Other/Write-in votes
 
0.4
 
170

Total votes: 47,133
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Withdrawn or disqualified candidates

Republican primary election

The Republican primary election was canceled. Thomas Zmich advanced from the Republican primary for U.S. House New York District 6.

Conservative Party primary election

The Conservative Party primary election was canceled. Thomas Zmich advanced from the Conservative Party primary for U.S. House New York District 6.

Libertarian primary election

The Libertarian primary election was canceled. Thomas Zmich advanced from the Libertarian primary for U.S. House New York District 6.

Working Families Party primary election

The Working Families Party primary election was canceled. Incumbent Grace Meng advanced from the Working Families Party primary for U.S. House New York District 6.

2018

See also: New York's 6th Congressional District election, 2018

General election

General election for U.S. House New York District 6

Incumbent Grace Meng defeated Tom Hillgardner in the general election for U.S. House New York District 6 on November 6, 2018.

Candidate
%
Votes
Image of Grace Meng
Grace Meng (D)
 
90.9
 
111,646
Tom Hillgardner (G) Candidate Connection
 
9.1
 
11,209

Total votes: 122,855
(100.00% precincts reporting)
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Democratic primary election

Democratic primary for U.S. House New York District 6

Incumbent Grace Meng advanced from the Democratic primary for U.S. House New York District 6 on June 26, 2018.

Candidate
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Grace Meng

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Green primary election

Green primary for U.S. House New York District 6

Tom Hillgardner advanced from the Green primary for U.S. House New York District 6 on June 26, 2018.


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Footnotes

  1. A majority in the U.S. House when there are no vacancies is 218 seats.
  2. These figures include the seat of Rep. Matt Gaetz (R-Fla.), who resigned on Nov. 13, 2024, after winning re-election.
  3. Daily Kos, "Daily Kos Elections' 2020 presidential results by congressional district, for new and old districts," accessed September 15, 2022
  4. Inside Elections also uses Tilt ratings to indicate an even smaller advantage and greater competitiveness.
  5. Amee LaTour, "Email correspondence with Nathan Gonzalez," April 19, 2018
  6. Amee LaTour, "Email correspondence with Kyle Kondik," April 19, 2018
  7. Amee LaTour, "Email correspondence with Charlie Cook," April 22, 2018
  8. Cook Political Report, "The 2022 Cook Partisan Voting Index (Cook PVI℠)," accessed January 10, 2024
  9. Inside Elections, "Methodology: Inside Elections’ Baseline by Congressional District," December 8, 2023


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