U.S. House · Updated Oct 9
New York's 7th District
Claire Valdez win chance
>99%
Typical margin: Valdez by 26
Democrat
Who's running
The numbers behind it
Campaign money
Nydia M. Velazquez
Raised $180K · $81K cash on hand · through Jun 30, 2026 · FEC filing ↗
Claire Valdez
Raised $1.7M · $207K cash on hand · through Jun 30, 2026 · FEC filing ↗
Melvin Rivera
Raised $0 · $0 cash on hand · FEC filing ↗
Our model reads the two war chests as about even.
Other filers in this race raised $1.0M in total.
Candidates' own committees only, from fec.gov. Third-quarter reports are due Oct 15.
How the numbers moved
- Sep 23Cook Political Report: Solid DCook Political Report
- Jun 30Claire Valdez had raised $1.7MFEC filing
- Jun 30Nydia M. Velazquez had raised $180KFEC filing
How we got this number
We blend the polling average (when there is one) with the race's fundamentals: past results, incumbency, the national mood and the money. Then we play the election out 40,000 times, with polling misses that move every race together, and count how often each side wins.
90% of the model's 40,000 simulated elections land between D+14.0 and D+38.4.
No public polls yet, so this forecast rests on the fundamentals alone, with a wider range.
Our method ›