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New York House race, District 6

Grace Meng holds this seat and is running to keep it against Joseph Chou.

The November ballot

GraceMengDemocrat
JosephChouRepublican
Meng
$2.0M
Chou
-

Raised so far, filed with the FEC

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

The seat

Grace Meng

Democrat · Holds the seat now

12
Trades disclosed
$96K
Estimated volume
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, 2026In 10 weeks

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How they won the primary

Democratic primary

The primary · 33,392 votes

  • Grace MengWon56.8%18,971
  • Chuck Park42.9%14,335
  • Write-in0.3%86

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
$2.5M
Outside money
$10

Outside money, for and against

Supporting Meng$10
Opposing Meng-
Supporting Chou-
Opposing Chou-

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

Where each candidate's money comes from

1%from small donors
Small donors
1%$22K
Large donors
65%$1.3M
Bundled
--
PACs
28%$575K
Other
6%$115K

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 1 group 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

3 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.

How this seat voted last time

D+23 in 2024

  • Grace MengWon60.5%
  • Thomas J. Zmich37.5%

198,690 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.

The district

Census context
People
733K
Median household income
$80K
Unemployment
6.0%
Living below the poverty line
13.7%
Without health insurance
8.5%

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

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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.