Who's running in New York's 14th congressional district
2 candidates are on the ballot. Below is what each one says they stand for, what they have actually done in office or in public life, and the arguments published for and against them — each quoted from a named source rather than summarised by us.
2 candidates · ballot order · Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez currently holds this seat
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What they say they stand for
Their own words. Claims, not verified facts.
Social, racial and economic justice, which her campaign names as its organising purpose.
What they’ve actually done
Documented record from official sources.
U.S. Representative for the 14th District since January 2019.
Was the youngest woman ever elected to Congress when she took office.
Also carries the Working Families Party line on the November ballot.
Advanced from the June 23, 2026 Democratic primary.
Arguments in favor
The unglamorous half of the job gets done: she secured more than $14 million in fiscal 2026 community project funding for 15 projects across the Bronx and Queens — reentry and workforce services, sexual violence intervention, youth violence interruption, literacy programmes, environmental clean-up, a pre-K programme for Corona, street safety work on Astoria Boulevard and Westchester Square, and an expansion of the Plaza Del Sol Health Center.
— Office of Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez; the Bronx figure separately reported by the Bronx Times
She argues her party should spend on winning general elections rather than on policing its own primaries, calling the DCCC's interference "an under-the-radar fight with the establishment".
— Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, reported by Axios
Arguments against
The Democratic Socialists of America condemned her vote against an amendment that would have blocked $500 million for Israel's Iron Dome, and her office was vandalised over it. She answers that she voted against the underlying defence appropriations bill — "saying I voted for this funding is false" — and that the amendment came from Marjorie Taylor Greene: "if you really believe that Marjorie Taylor Greene is an ally to Palestinians... then you can have her."
— Democratic Socialists of America, reported by the Jewish Telegraphic Agency and Fox News
"Vulnerable House Democrats have tied themselves to the most unhinged socialists in their party", and Republicans will "hang that record around their necks like an anvil all the way to Election Day" — the committee's "Project 2026" advertising uses her own words on abolishing ICE and defunding the police against 25 Democrats in other districts.
— Mike Marinella, National Republican Congressional Committee spokesperson
What we couldn’t verify
Her committee assignments were not established from the sources found.
She pledged at a DSA forum in April 2026 not to vote for any military aid to Israel; how that squares with the Iron Dome vote was not established from the sources found.
No criticism of her by name from her general election opponent was found.
Immigration reform tailored to the community's needs.
Economic development through job creation and business growth.
Safe streets and strong neighbourhoods.
A cleaner district, and lower costs for groceries, rent, health care and childcare.
What they’ve actually done
Documented record from official sources.
Entrepreneur; immigrated to the United States at nine years old and has lived in New York for 35 years.
Also carries the Conservative Party line on the November ballot.
Won the June 23, 2026 Republican primary.
Has not held elected office.
Arguments in favor
We found none published about this candidate in the sources reviewed.
Arguments against
We found none published about this candidate in the sources reviewed.
What we couldn’t verify
No published criticism of Hysenaj by name could be found: not from Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez or her campaign, not from the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee, and not from Bronx or Queens news coverage. Because no case against him exists on the record, none is presented for him either, rather than showing his own campaign's case unanswered.
His fundraising and any endorsements were not reported in material available.
This district is heavily Democratic and the general election has drawn little coverage.
Positions and criticism are quoted from the named sources, not our assessments. This is built to help you start getting informed — confirm the official candidate list with your election authority before you vote.
New York held its primary on June 23, 2026. Democratic incumbent Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, who also carries the Working Families line, faces Republican Diamant Hysenaj, who also carries the Conservative Party line, in this Bronx and Queens district. New York allows fusion voting. The 2026 elections use the congressional map enacted on February 28, 2024. Roster from the New York qualifying lists as reported by Politics1 and Wikipedia. Neither candidate is listed with arguments for or against here: Hysenaj criticises the incumbent, but no published criticism of Hysenaj by name could be found, and setting out a case against one candidate and not the other would tilt the page.
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