Democratic
Paul Tonko
Incumbent representative for NY-20. Voting record, ideology and biography →
VotePredictor forecast
Paul Tonko favored
Safe D · predicted margin D+25.2
100%
chance to win
2024 presidential lean
D+15.22026 national environment
D+6.3Model uncertainty
±6.9 pointsFundamentals model using district presidential lean, incumbency and the national environment. It is not a poll average.
Republican
Ralph Ambrosio
Major-party general-election nominee.
Polls
No district-level 2026 general-election poll is currently in VotePredictor's verified polling feed for NY-20. The forecast above uses fundamentals only.
Other forecasts
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Past results
Every election in New York's 20th district we hold a result for. District numbers are reused across redistricting, so older rows may cover different ground than the seat does today.
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Candidate news
New York details its $542M broadband plan, including $287M in BEAD awards
New York details its $542M broadband plan, including $287M in BEAD awards New York Governor Kathy Hochul, U.S. Senators Chuck Schumer and Kirsten Gillibrand, and U.S. Representative Paul Tonko announced that the state’s ConnectALL office has begun implementat…
Telecompetitor · April 28, 2026
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The New Republic · March 27, 2026
A List of Every House Democrat Calling on Trump to Recognize Palestine
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The New Republic · September 25, 2025
Trump admin hit with scathing letter from major group over 'wholesale attack'
A report published Monday by the Union of Concerned Scientists details how U.S. President Donald Trump "has led a systemic and coordinated attack on science" during the first six months of his second administration as "part of a larger strategy to strip publi…
Raw Story · July 21, 2025
Candidate field source: 2026 House election roster ↗