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Elections · U.S. House · New York

New York House race, District 8

Hakeem Jeffries holds this seat and is running to keep it against Lewis Mizrahi.

The November ballot

HakeemJeffriesDemocrat
LewisMizrahiRepublican
Jeffries
$15M
Mizrahi
-

Raised so far, filed with the FEC

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

The seat

Hakeem Jeffries

Democrat · Holds the seat now

18
Trades disclosed
$285K
Estimated volume
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, 2026In 10 weeks

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The money on this race

Raised by candidates
$15M
Outside money
$10

Outside money, for and against

Supporting Jeffries$10
Opposing Jeffries-
Supporting Mizrahi-
Opposing Mizrahi-

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

Where each candidate's money comes from

49%from small donors
Small donors
49%$7.2M
Large donors
24%$3.6M
Bundled
--
PACs
14%$2.1M
Other
13%$2.0M

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

5 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
759K
Median household income
$66K
Unemployment
9.0%
Living below the poverty line
20.8%
Without health insurance
5.4%

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+51 in 2024

  • Hakeem S. JeffriesWon75.1%
  • John J. Delaney24.5%

223,804 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.