Democratic
Tim Kennedy
Incumbent representative for NY-26. Voting record, ideology and biography →
VotePredictor forecast
Tim Kennedy favored
Safe D · predicted margin D+36.4
100%
chance to win
2024 presidential lean
D+20.52026 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
Dennis Hannon
Major-party general-election nominee.
Polls
No district-level 2026 general-election poll is currently in VotePredictor's verified polling feed for NY-26. The forecast above uses fundamentals only.
Other forecasts
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Past results
Every election in New York's 26th 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
Why this U.S. congressman is fighting back on Donald Trump's renaming of Lake Ontario
U.S. President Donald Trump signed an executive order to rename Lake Ontario “Lake America” last week, but not all Americans are happy with the change — including some in the United States House of Representatives. Democratic Rep. Tim Kennedy of New York, al…
CBC News · September 1, 2026
House Democrats Draft Bills to Overturn Trump Lake Order
House Democrats are moving to blunt President Trump's order to rechristen Lake Ontario as "Lake America." New York Rep. Tim Kennedy, who co-chairs the Northern Border Caucus, says he is drafting legislation to counter Thursday's executive order, which directs…
Newser · August 28, 2026
Top FEMA Official Doubles Down on Claim He Teleported to Waffle House
A Trump administration official continues to insist that he once teleported to a Waffle House despite being mocked. As CNN reported in late March, Phillips has spoken on multiple podcasts about his teleportation activities, which include having gone to a chur…
The New Republic · April 1, 2026
Noem confronts Democrats over NYC crime, asylum abuses as members hurl accusations
Rep. Tim Kennedy confronted DHS Secretary Kristi Noem over $134 million in Urban Area Security Initiative funding cuts for New York City during a heated hearing.
Fox News · December 11, 2025
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