Democratic
Hakeem Jeffries
Incumbent representative for NY-8. Voting record, ideology and biography →
VotePredictor forecast
Hakeem Jeffries favored
Safe D · predicted margin D+58.7
100%
chance to win
2024 presidential lean
D+47.02026 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
Lewis Mizrahi
Major-party general-election nominee.
Polls
No district-level 2026 general-election poll is currently in VotePredictor's verified polling feed for NY-8. The forecast above uses fundamentals only.
Other forecasts
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Candidate news
Transcript: Are Dems Still A “Professional Class” Party?
This is a lightly edited transcript of the May 1 edition of Right Now With Perry Bacon. You can watch the video here or by following this show on YouTube or Substack.Perry Bacon: I’m Perry Bacon, and I’m the host of Right Now on The New Republic. I’m joined b…
The New Republic · Today
Golden provokes fellow House Democrats
Rep. Jared Golden, D-Maine, is once again frustrating his fellow Democrats after endorsing Republican New York Rep. Mike Lawler, a top target of House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries. In response, Jeffries dismissed Lawler as a “partisan hack and Trump sycoph…
Biztoc.com · Today
Trump rages at 'Evil Cause' sweeping America — but GOP senator leading the charge anyway
WASHINGTON — The rare 2026 issue that draws huge support from Republicans and Democrats in Congress is the same one that’s mobilized many Americans: restrictions on giant data centers.The House has overwhelmingly passed legislation forcing state regulators to…
Raw Story · Yesterday
Transcript: The Mistakes That The Democrats Keep Making
This is a lightly edited transcript of the September 17 edition of Right Now With Perry Bacon. You can watch the video here or by following this show on YouTube or Substack.Perry Bacon: Hi, this is Right Now on The New Republic, and I’m the host, Perry Bacon.…
The New Republic · September 18, 2026
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