This year’s filing deadline for candidates running for the U.S. House of Representatives in New York was April 6, 2026.

This year had the third-highest number of candidates who ran for the U.S. House since 2014. Eighty-nine candidates — 59 Democrats and 30 Republicans — are running for New York’s 26 congressional districts. That’s 3.4 candidates per district. There were 2.3 candidates per district in 2024, 4.1 in 2022, four in 2020, 3.1 in 2018, 2.9 in 2016, and two in 2014. New York had 26 congressional districts in the 2026, 2024, and 2022 election cycles. It had 27 congressional districts in all other cycles from 2014 to 2020.

In total, 20 primaries — 16 Democratic and four Republican — are contested this year. In total, there were six contested primaries in 2024, 24 in 2022, 23 in 2020, 14 in 2018, 13 in 2016, and 10 in 2014.

Incumbents — all Democrats — are running in eight of those primaries. There were four incumbents in contested primaries in 2024, 13 in 2022, 11 in 2020, six in 2018, five in 2016, and five in 2014.

Three districts are open this year because their incumbents — Reps. Nydia Velazquez (D-7th), Jerrold Nadler (D-12th), and Elise Stefanik (R-21st) — are retiring from public office. There were no open districts in 2024, seven in 2022, four in 2020, one in 2018, four in 2016, and two in 2014.

The open 12th Congressional District has attracted the most candidates. Nine candidates — eight Democrats and one Republican — are running for the district.

Candidates filed to run in the Republican and Democratic primaries in all 26 districts, meaning no districts are guaranteed to either party.

New York and two other states — Maryland and Utah — are holding U.S. House primaries on June 23, 2026.

In New York, the winner of a primary election is the candidate who receives the greatest number of votes, even if they do not win more than 50% of votes cast.