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2026 New York House race, District 4

Laura Gillen (Democrat), Jeanine Driscoll (Republican) and Blay Tarnoff (Libertarian) are on the November 3, 2026 ballot for U.S. House in New York District 4, as recorded September 21, 2026 from the New York State Board of Elections.

The November ballot

Gillen
$5.1M
Driscoll
$265K

Raised so far, filed with the FEC

Also in this race: Blay Tarnoff (Libertarian).

Certified list: New York State Board of Elections. Faces and bars are the campaigns that hold the seat or have $25,000 raised or outside spending on file; being outside that group is a filing fact, not a mark. Not a prediction.

The seat

Laura Gillen

Democrat · Holds the seat now

First took office 2025 · Age 57

Discloses no individual stock trades.

Has not cosponsored a bill that would ban it

From the member's own disclosures and congress.gov. Not cosponsoring is not a vote against a ban.

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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.

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How they won the primary

Republican primary

The primary · 14,394 votes

  • Jeanine Driscoll Won: 90.8% 13,063
  • Marvin Williams: 8.9% 1,278

The total includes 53 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
$5.5M
Outside money
$565K

Outside money, for and against

Supporting Gillen$164K
Opposing Gillen$128K
Supporting Driscoll$123K
Opposing Driscoll$150K

Independent expenditures; direction is each filer's own declared filing. No outside money is on file for or against the other name on this ballot.

Where each candidate's money comes from

6%$326KSmall donors$14K5%
53%$2.7MLarge donors$58K22%
20%$1MPACs$66K25%
<1%$5KParty--
21%$1.1MOther$127K48%

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.

Other includes money transferred in from committees the candidate authorized, such as a joint fundraising committee, which reports its own donors to the FEC: Laura Gillen $1.0M, Jeanine Driscoll $127K.

Who is spending on this race

The largest 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

9 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
773K
Median household income
$141K
Unemployment
5.1%
Living below the poverty line
6.0%
Without health insurance
4.1%

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+2 in 2024

  • Laura Gillen Won: 51.1%
  • Anthony D’esposito: 48.8%

375,518 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. Candidate totals are reported to the FEC through June 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.