Scrutinel— 2026 midterms

UpdatedOct 10, 2026, 11:27 AM EDT
To election day24 days
Simulations200,000

New York 6th District

Currently held by a Democrat · incumbent running

Democrat
Grace Meng
99.7%
Republican
Juan Pagan
0.3%
ForecastSafe D
Projected margin
D+27.8
80% range
D+16.3 to D+39.4
Partisan lean
D+12.6
Uncertainty multiplier
1.80×

The 80% range comes from 200,000 simulations in which this race’s error is correlated with every other race through the national, state and demographic layers.

How the estimate is built
Fundamentals >99.9%
Polling average
no polls
Fundamentals
D+28.0
Blended
D+28.0
Similar-race shift
−1.7
Polling

No public polling of this matchup. The forecast rests on fundamentals plus the polling residuals of demographically and politically similar races — which is the normal case: most of the 435 House seats are never polled.

Fundamentals
Partisan lean
D+12.6
Elasticity
1.15
Incumbency
+3.4
Candidate experience
+0.6
Fundraising
+4.1
National environment
D+7.1
Expected margin
D+29.7
How it voted for presidenttwo-party
2024 margin
D+6.5
2020 margin
D+29.6
Shift 2020 → 2024
R+23.1
Votes cast, 2024
209,347

Presidential results reaggregated onto the 2026 district lines. This is where the seat’s partisan lean comes from, and it carries most of the forecast in a race nobody has polled.

Who lives hereCensus ACS
Population
632,721
Median age
49.5
Median household income
$76,800
Bachelor’s degree or higher
37%
White
24%
Black
6%
Hispanic
24%
Asian
47%

Used to find demographically similar districts, so a race with no polling can borrow the polling error of races that look like it.

Campaign fundraisingFEC filings to Invalid Date
CandidatePartyRaisedCash on hand
Grace MengDEM$2.0M$1.0M
Joseph ChouREP$3k$4k

Receipts across the cycle, from FEC bulk filings. The model uses the ratio between the two sides rather than either total, and weights it lightly — money follows a competitive race at least as much as it causes one.

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