Micah Lasher (Democrat), Caroline Shinkle (Republican), Wilneida Negron (Independent) and Karen Ortiz (Independent) are on the November 3, 2026 ballot for U.S. House in New York District 12, as recorded September 21, 2026 from the New York State Board of Elections.
The November ballot
Raised so far, filed with the FEC
Certified list: New York State Board of Elections. Not a prediction.
The seat
Jerrold Nadler
Democrat · Holds the seat now
First took office 1992 · Age 79
Not on the November ballot
How to vote in New York
- General electionNovember 3, 2026
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How they won the primary
The primary · 107,890 votes
- Micah Lasher Won: 38.9% 41,940
- Alex Bores: 34.9% 37,637
- Jack Schlossberg: 10.9% 11,719
- Nina Schwalbe: 7.2% 7,819
- George Conway: 6.1% 6,588
3 more candidates in the full results at the source named below.
The total includes 166 write-in or scattered votes not listed by candidate.
Primary results as recorded October 12, 2026, ordered by votes. Source: New York State Board of Elections certified primary results workbook. A primary result is a recorded fact about a past contest, not a prediction of November.
The money on this race
- Raised by candidates
- $20M
- Outside money
- $43M
Outside money, for and against
Independent expenditures; direction is each filer's own declared filing. The other $29M of the race's $43M was spent on candidates not listed here.
Where each candidate's money comes from
Small donors give $200 or less; 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 largest groups spending independently here, ranked; open a row for whose race the money went into.
Independent expenditures reported to the FEC; direction is each group's own declared filing.
Not on the November ballot
21 filed- Jerrold NadlerDemocrat$258K
- Alex BoresDemocrat$4M
- George ConwayDemocrat$7.1M
- Chris DiepDemocrat$90K
- Laura DunnDemocrat$211K
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 Nadler Won: 80.3%
- Michael K. Zumbluskas: 19.4%
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.
Candidates and financing from the FEC, public domain. Candidate totals are each campaign's latest FEC report, ending between June 30, 2026 and July 30, 2026. Outside money is the FEC's processed total of independent expenditures plus the 24- and 48-hour reports filed since each group's latest regular report. It covers this two-year cycle, the same as the candidate totals. Dataset built 2026-10-12. Nothing here is a forecast, a grade, or a ranking of candidates.