2026 forecast · New York 3rd

Tom Suozzi is very likely to win New York's 3rd District.

Tom Suozzi vs Mike LiPetri. The model has Suozzi ahead by 9.2 points, winning 94 percent of 2,000 simulated elections.

Likely DModel D +9.2Updated October 22, 2026
Tom Suozzi
Democrat
54.6%
159,230 projected votes
Mike LiPetri
Republican
45.4%
132,306 projected votes
94%Suozzi
6%LiPetri
Suozzi very likelyEach square is one simulated election night, Suozzi wins about 94 of 100
RatingLikely D94% chance for Suozzi
Model marginD +9.2No polls in the race
80 percent rangeD +17.0 to D +1.72,000 simulations
Projected votes291,536Suozzi 54.6%

The district map

Every district in the state, shaded by its rating

New York districts

26 districts
Safe DLikely DLean DToss upLean RLikely RSafe R

Vote share

Each candidate's projected share and the range of 80 percent of simulations

Tom SuozziDemocrat · 94% to win
54.6%
Mike LiPetriRepublican · 6% to win
45.4%

Scale runs from 25 to 75 percent. The dot is the forecast, the band is the 80 percent range and the brighter tick marks 50 percent.

Projected district vote

291,536 votes
CandidateVotesShare
Tom Suozzi D159,23054.6%
Mike LiPetri R132,30645.4%
Total291,536100%

Each candidate's expected vote in the On Point simulation, at the forecast's projected turnout.

The trend

Each side's chance of winning over the forecast's recent updates

0%25%50%75%100%94% Suozzi6% LiPetri15 updates agoToday

Polling

Every poll in the average, and how the model reads it

The New York governor polling average
25%30%35%40%45%50%55%60%65%MayJunJulAugSepOct53.2Hochul41.1Blakeman
The line is the On Point average: a robust LOWESS fit through the polls, weighted by recency, sample, voter screen and pollster grade, refit three times so outliers count for lessDot size is each poll's weight todayHover or use the arrow keys to read any day
What moves the average today
Emerson College/PIX11Oct 5 · 900 LV · Gold20%Hochul +12.0
Marist CollegeOct 4 · 1,361 RV · C20%Hochul +11.0
Quinnipiac UniversityOct 19 · 1,167 LV · C19%Hochul +14.0
co/efficient (R)Sep 25 · 1,046 LV · C+12%Hochul +7.0
Quinnipiac UniversitySep 20 · 1,026 LV · C7.7%Hochul +19.0
McLaughlin & Associates (R)Aug 31 · 800 LV · B7.4%Hochul +4.0
Every other poll together: 13%

This is the same On Point polling average as the full average page. The forecast reads the polls through its own Election Day projection, shown as the On Point average in the table below, and blends it with partisan lean and fundamentals.

Polls of the race

Full average
PollsterSampleAgeMargin
On Point averageWeighted averageNo polls

Each margin is the poll as the pollster published it. The forecast counts every poll after its house effect and the undecided split, which is what the trail above shows; hover a margin for the counted value. Lean R and Lean D mark partisan leaning firms.

Model margin
Suozzi +9.2
Chance of winning
Tom Suozzi94%
Mike LiPetri6%
Simulated vote
Tom Suozzi54.6%
Mike LiPetri45.4%
How the model gets there
Partisan leanD +4.0
FundamentalsD +9.0
With pollsD +9.1
Early vote turnoutD +0.1
With early voteD +9.2

New York has no early vote reported yet, so its turnout correction comes from similar states that do and from its primary turnout. Early vote tracker

How we got here

From the state's partisan lean to the forecast, one stage at a time

D +11R +11Partisan leanthe state's baselineD +4.0Fundamentalsapproval, economy, candidatesD +9.0With pollsno pollsD +9.1With early voteturnout so farD +9.2
Methodology
Every county is rebuilt by simulating voters going to the polls, 2,000 times, from On Point Polling survey data, past results, and the polling average. How the model works.