Elections · U.S. House, District 7 · New York
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Raised for this seat
$1.7M
Through June 30, 2026
Cash on hand
$207K
Through June 30, 2026
On the November ballot
Valdez faces Melvin Rivera and Priscilla Ghaznavi for this seat on November 3, 2026.
The general-election ballot as recorded September 21, 2026, not a prediction. Certified list: New York State Board of Elections. Minor-party and write-in filers are on the race page.
Where the money comes from
- Small donors
- 36%$620K
- Large donors
- 56%$944K
- PACs
- 3%$45K
- Party
- --
- Self-funding
- --
- Other
- 5%$85K
Separately, $1.2M in independent expenditures was reported supporting this candidate by outside committees. That money is not the candidate's receipts and is not part of the mix above.
Receipts reported through June 30, 2026. Source: FEC.
How to vote in New York
- General electionNovember 3, 2026
Register 10 days before the election. Same-day registration is available only on the first day of early voting, at an early-voting site.
The district they want to represent
- People
- 754K
- Median household income
- $89K
- Unemployment
- 7.4%
- Living below the poverty line
- 18.2%
- Without health insurance
- 7.4%
U.S. Census Bureau, ACS 2024 5-year estimates. Context about the district, not a statement about any candidate.
Against the field for this seat
Each campaign's reported receipts on one shared scale, incumbent first and then by name, never in money order.
- Priscilla Ghaznavi$39K
- Vichal Kumar$191K
- Antonio Reynoso$1.0M
- Melvin Rivera-
- Claire Valdezthis page$1.7M
- Julie Won$989K
Muted rows are campaigns not on the November ballot; their money is still their own filed record. A hollow row is a candidate with no finance report on file yet, not one who raised nothing.
Spending to support them
$1.2M- American Priorities$428K
- New Yorkers for Lower Costs$357K
- Justice Democrats PAC$279K
- Leaders We Deserve$175K
- Christopher Street Project PAC$3.3K
The top 5 committees of the $1.2M filed in this direction.
Spending to oppose them
No committee has filed independent spending in this direction.
How these directions are decided
Independent expenditures reported to the FEC. The supporting or opposing direction is each committee's own declared filing, not an interpretation, and a group spending against a candidate is not necessarily spending for their opponent. Outside money is not the campaign's money and is never added to what they raised.
Record in office
Valdez does not hold a seat in Congress now, so there is no current voting record, cosponsorships or committee service to show here.
That absence is not a position for or against anything.
What the campaign says, on clairevaldezforcongress.comCandidates and financing from the FEC, public domain. Portrait: Official portrait via Open States. Nothing here is a forecast, a grade, or a ranking of candidates.
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