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New York's 7th District

Claire Valdez (D)vsMelvin Rivera (R)

open seat · Lean: D+25 · Incumbent: Nydia Velázquez (D), not running

99 in 100

Claire Valdez favored>99%

All but certain for Claire Valdez: a 100 percent chance of winning. No public polls yet.

  • Seat:Open seat
  • Lean:D+25
  • Incumbent:Nydia Velázquez (D), not running
  • District:7 of 26 in New York
  • Odds:Valdez >99%
  • Margin:Valdez +53.4, give or take 6.2
  • Polls:none yet, running on the fundamentals
  • Generic ballot:D+8.2
  • T-minus:16 days

▸ Margin // Uncertainty

Valdez +53.4

The model's best guess at the final margin, give or take 6.2 points. Polls have missed by more than that before.

Projected margin
Valdez +53.4
Uncertainty
6.2 points, one standard deviation
Likely range
Valdez +45.5 to Valdez +61.3 (80 percent)
Poll average
No polls
Starting point
Valdez +53.4 before any polls

Margins read Democrat minus Republican: Valdez ahead is positive, Rivera ahead is negative.

▸ Movement // 0 daily snapshots

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▸ Polls // None yet

No public polls here. The number comes from the district lean (D+25, worth 43.5 points to the Democrat), an open seat with no incumbency bonus, and the national environment (generic ballot D+8.2, which the model reads as a 9.9 point Democratic tilt after discounting it). Together they give a projected margin of Valdez +53.4 with an uncertainty of 6.2 points.

▸ Race file // The facts

The seat
Nydia Velázquez (D) is retiring. Open seat.
On the ballot
Claire Valdez (D) vs Melvin Rivera (R)
Last time
2024: Democrat 78.1, Republican 21.9. Velázquez by 56.2.
President
2024, statewide: Trump 43.3, Harris 55.9. Harris by 12.6.
Lean
D+25 by the Cook partisan index

Facts from Ballotpedia and Wikipedia, in our words. The district on Ballotpedia ↗

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