Your Vote Counts! A Guide to the 2026 New York Primary
Here’s a quick breakdown of critical races happening across the five boroughs. The post Your Vote Counts! A Guide to the 2026 New York Primary appeared first on New York Amsterdam News.
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The June primary is right around the corner, and it’s time to make sure voters get to the polls for starting this weekend!
In the primary, candidates from each party will be nominated for the general election. In order to vote, you must be registered with a political party, and vote in districts where you live. The winner from the primary election will then run as the party’s nominee for the general election in November.
Early voting begins this Saturday, June 13, 2026. Election Day for the primary is on Tuesday, June 23. Find your early voting and Election Day polling locations, which will likely be two separate places: findmypollsite.vote.nyc/
Here’s a quick breakdown of critical races happening across the five boroughs:
Congress
- NY-13 Congressional District- incumbent U.S. Rep Adriano Espaillat (Democrat) vs. Darializa Avila Chevalier (Democratic Socialist America)
- NY-7 Congressional District- Brooklyn Borough President Antonio Reynoso (D) vs. Assemblymember Claire Valdez (D), City Councilmember Julie Won (D)
State Senate
- Brooklyn District 25- incumbent Senator Jabari Brisport (DSA) vs. Marlon Rice (D)
- Queens District 13- incumbent Senator Jessica Ramos (D) vs. Assemblymember Jessica González-Rojas (D)
State Assembly
- Harlem Assembly District 70- incumbent Assemblymember Jordan Wright (D) vs. Conrad Blackburn (DSA)
- Bedstuy District 56- incumbent Assemblymember Stefani Zinerman (D) vs. Eon Huntley (Working Families Party), Michael Bailey (D)
- East Harlem District 68- incumbent Eddie Gibbs (D) vs. former City Council Deputy Speaker Diana Ayala (D), Tameeka Garcia Taylor (D), District Leader William Smith (D)
- Queens District 32- Latoya LeGrand (D) vs. Nathaniel Hezekiah III (D), Tunisia Morrison (D), and Queen Johnson (D)
- Brooklyn District 59- incumbent Jaime Williams (Conservative Party, D) vs. activist Jibreel Jalloh (WFP)
State Comptroller
- Election is statewide: incumbent Tom DiNapoli (D) vs. Adem Bunkeddeko ( D)
Governor
- The Democratic and Republican primaries have been cancelled. Gov. Kathy Hochul has advanced from the Democratic primary for governor, and Bruce Blakeman has advanced from the Republican primary. The challengers in each party have withdrawn from the election.
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