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New York House race, District 12

Jerrold Nadler holds this seat but is not on the November ballot. Micah Lasher and Caroline Shinkle are competing for it.

The November ballot

Lasher
$3.3M
Shinkle
$155K

Raised so far, filed with the FEC

General-election ballot as recorded August 27, 2026. Not a prediction.

The seat

Jerrold Nadler

Democrat · Holds the seat now

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How to vote in New York

  • General electionNovember 3, 2026In 10 weeks

Register 10 days before the election. Same-day registration is available only during the early-voting period.

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How they won the primary

Democratic primary

The primary · 107,890 votes

  • Micah LasherWon38.9%41,940
  • Alex Bores34.9%37,637
  • Jack Schlossberg10.9%11,719
  • Nina Schwalbe7.2%7,819
  • George Conway6.1%6,588

4 more candidates on the full canvass.

Primary results as recorded August 27, 2026, in the canvass's own published order. Via Wikipedia (CC BY-SA), which cites each state's canvass. A primary result is a filed fact about a past contest, not a prediction of November.

The money on this race

Raised by candidates
$23M
Outside money
$43M

Outside money, for and against

Supporting Lasher$11M
Opposing Lasher$3M
Supporting Shinkle-
Opposing Shinkle-

Independent expenditures; direction is each filer's own declared filing.

Where each candidate's money comes from

3%$90KSmall donors$24K15%
82%$2.7MLarge donors$103K66%
<1%$22KPACs$2K1%
15%$500KSelf-funding$26K17%

Small donors give under $200; PACs are political action committees. Shares of each candidate's own receipts on file with the FEC. Outside money is not part of these figures.

Who is spending on this race

The 7 groups spending independently here, ranked; open a row for whose race the money went into.

1 to 5 of 7 groups

Independent expenditures reported to the FEC; direction is each group's own declared filing.

Not on the November ballot

23 filed

Primary candidates who did not advance, committees still on file, and candidacies that ended. Being here is a filing fact, not a mark against anyone.

The district

Census context
People
720K
Median household income
$148K
Unemployment
5.4%
Living below the poverty line
9.5%
Without health insurance
2.7%

U.S. Census Bureau, ACS 2024 5-year estimates. Context about the district, not a statement about any candidate.

How this seat voted last time

D+61 in 2024

  • Jerrold NadlerWon80.3%
  • Michael K. Zumbluskas19.4%

324,020 votes for candidates. A past result is a filed fact, not a prediction of November.

Certified returns via MIT Election Data and Science Lab, from the House Clerk's election statistics and state canvasses.

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Candidates and financing from the FEC, public domain; money figures carry their own coverage dates. Dataset built 2026-08-27. Nothing here is a forecast, a grade, or a ranking of candidates.