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U.S. House · New York's 12th Congressional District

Manhattan's West Side, East Side, and Midtown, including the Upper West Side, Upper East Side, and Midtown Manhattan.

General election · Tuesday, November 3, 2026

RESULT · UNOFFICIAL UNTIL CERTIFIED

Micah Lasher, projected winner

CandidateVotesShare
Micah Lasher193,61477.2%
Caroline Shinkle50,21220%
Karen Ortiz3,4291.4%
Wilneida Negron2,8941.2%
Total Write-ins6320.3%

About 86% of the expected vote counted. As of November 9. Winners take office next year. Counts can change until states certify. NBC News ↗

Sources re-checked September 25, 2026 · How we research

  • This is an open seat: incumbent Rep. Jerrold Nadler did not seek re-election in 2026.[1]
  • Micah Lasher won a crowded eight-way Democratic primary on June 23, 2026 with 38.9% of the vote (41,940 votes), defeating Alex Bores (34.9%), Jack Schlossberg (10.9%), Nina Schwalbe (7.2%), George Conway (6.1%), Laura Dunn (1.4%), Patrick Timmins (0.3%), and Christopher Diep (0.2%).[1]
  • Caroline Shinkle advanced unopposed as the Republican and Conservative Party nominee after both primaries were canceled.[1]
  • Robb Huhn and Lucian Wintrich, who had been circulating as independent candidates, are listed by Ballotpedia as withdrawn or disqualified and are not on the November 3 general-election ballot.[1]

On the November 3 ballot · 4 candidates

Issue evidence — side by side

Recorded votes, documented positions and candidates’ own words are shown with sources. “In their own words” quotes a candidate on the topic without inferring a stance. Votes describe specific bills or motions; they do not establish overall support or opposition to a broad issue. A dash means our research has no evidence on that topic, not that the candidate has no position.

Protect legal access to abortion

  • Micah Lasher
    —
  • Caroline Shinkle
    —
  • Wilneida Negron
    —
  • Karen Ortiz
    Supports[7]

    Supports abortion access without restriction as part of a Medicare for All healthcare platform.

Stricter gun laws

  • Micah Lasher
    Supports[1][2]

    Served on the board of national gun-safety group Everytown and, according to his campaign, played a leading role in writing New York's gun-safety laws passed after the Buffalo and Uvalde mass shootings.

  • Caroline Shinkle
    —
  • Wilneida Negron
    —
  • Karen Ortiz
    —

Expand immigration enforcement and deportations

  • Micah Lasher
    Opposes[3]

    Supports abolishing ICE in its current form and backs the Restoring Access to Detainees Act to guarantee due process, access to lawyers, and family contact for detained immigrants.

  • Caroline Shinkle
    —
  • Wilneida Negron
    Opposes[6]

    Platform calls for narrowing ICE enforcement to serious-threat cases and reducing mass detention.

  • Karen Ortiz
    Opposes[7]

    Says ICE has repeatedly violated due-process rights and should be abolished.

Loosen zoning rules to build more housing

  • Micah Lasher
    Supports[3]

    Wants to expand housing tax credits, increase rental assistance funding, and use federal dollars to spur pro-housing state and local policy.

  • Caroline Shinkle
    Supports[8]

    Campaign priorities page calls for streamlining permitting, repurposing unused office space and upzoning near transit corridors to increase housing supply.

  • Wilneida Negron
    In their own words[6]
    “Expand federal support for affordable housing preservation”

    In her Household Security Plan on her campaign site

  • Karen Ortiz
    —

Raise taxes on high earners or corporations

  • Micah Lasher
    Supports[3]

    Wants to repeal the 2017 Trump tax cuts for high earners and says billionaires should pay more.

  • Caroline Shinkle
    —
  • Wilneida Negron
    Supports[6]

    Platform calls for ending carried-interest tax treatment and tightening S-corporation rules.

  • Karen Ortiz
    —

Expand public health coverage

  • Micah Lasher
    Supports[1]

    Campaign platform lists Medicare for All among his priorities, alongside opposition to Republican-led cuts to the Affordable Care Act.

  • Caroline Shinkle
    In their own words[8]
    “Reintroduce competition into the healthcare marketplace and enhance price transparency to ensure the system works for patients and providers, not just the insurance companies”

    On her campaign priorities page

  • Wilneida Negron
    Supports[6]

    Platform calls for building toward universal coverage through a public baseline plan with automatic enrollment.

  • Karen Ortiz
    Supports[7]

    Supports Medicare for All, including coverage for gender-affirming care, abortion, fertility treatment, vaccination, and dental care.

Faster transition away from fossil fuels

  • Micah Lasher
    —
  • Caroline Shinkle
    In their own words[8]
    “Lower the cost of living through increasing energy production and promoting an all-energy-options-on-the-table approach”

    On her campaign priorities page

  • Wilneida Negron
    —
  • Karen Ortiz
    —

Public funding for school choice (vouchers / charters)

  • Micah Lasher
    —
  • Caroline Shinkle
    In their own words[8]
    “Empower parents with school choice and greater curriculum transparency”

    On her campaign priorities page

  • Wilneida Negron
    —
  • Karen Ortiz
    —

Raise the minimum wage

  • Micah Lasher
    Supports[3]

    Wants to raise the federal minimum wage and index it to inflation, following work in the Assembly to index New York's minimum wage.

  • Caroline Shinkle
    —
  • Wilneida Negron
    —
  • Karen Ortiz
    —

Continue U.S. military aid to Israel

  • Micah Lasher
    —
  • Caroline Shinkle
    —
  • Wilneida Negron
    —
  • Karen Ortiz
    Opposes[7]

    Supports an arms embargo on Israel and an end to U.S. funding, saying American tax dollars should not fund the conflict in Gaza.

Broad tariffs on imported goods

  • Micah Lasher
    Opposes[1][3]

    Opposes the Trump administration's broad tariffs, saying they raise costs for consumers and businesses, and wrote a state Tariff Transparency Act as an Assembly member to disclose tariffs' effect on automobile prices.

  • Caroline Shinkle
    —
  • Wilneida Negron
    Opposes[6]

    Platform's foreign policy plan says tariffs should target specific violations rather than broadly.

  • Karen Ortiz
    —

Universal, publicly funded child care

  • Micah Lasher
    —
  • Caroline Shinkle
    —
  • Wilneida Negron
    In their own words[6]
    “Establish a Family Care Credit that offsets the cost of licensed child care or in-home elder care for working families”

    In her Household Security Plan on her campaign site

  • Karen Ortiz
    —

Require Congress to approve U.S. military action abroad

  • Micah Lasher
    —
  • Caroline Shinkle
    —
  • Wilneida Negron
    Supports[6]

    Platform says military force should require Congressional authorization.

  • Karen Ortiz
    —

Research notes & limits

Karen Ortiz has no independent biographical information available beyond her campaign platform (no Ballotpedia biography, LinkedIn, or news profile found); her entry reflects only her stated positions. Robb Huhn and Lucian Wintrich, who appear in the pre-primary candidate snapshot, are listed by Ballotpedia as withdrawn/disqualified from the general-election ballot and are not included. Caroline Shinkle: campaign priorities page re-read; added school choice, energy and health care statements. Her page does not state positions on abortion, guns, immigration enforcement or taxes on high earners. Wilneida Negron: re-read the full campaign site plans; replaced two earlier housing and child-care 'positions' (which did not take a side on the guide's statements) with statements, and added tax, health coverage, tariffs, war powers and immigration-enforcement positions with verbatim quotes. The site does not address abortion, guns, rent regulation or the minimum wage as a specific figure. Biographical detail for Wilneida Negrón and Karen Ortiz comes largely from their own campaign materials and Ballotpedia Candidate Connection profiles; no independent news profiles were found, and employers and dates for Negrón's career are not specified in those materials.

Sources · 26

Researched 2026-09-25. Green citations are official government records.

  1. 1.New York's 12th Congressional District election, 2026 · Ballotpedia · 2026-09-25 Reference
  2. 2.Micah C. Lasher — Biography · New York State Assembly Official record
  3. 3.Platform & Policies · Lasher for Congress campaign Candidate's own words
  4. 4.New York's 12th Congressional District election, 2026 — Candidate Connection survey (Caroline Shinkle) · Ballotpedia Candidate Connection survey Candidate's own words
  5. 5.Caroline Shinkle for Congress · Shinkle for Congress campaign Candidate's own words
  6. 6.Dr. Wilneida Negrón for Congress NY-12 · Negrón for Congress campaign Candidate's own words
  7. 7.Karen Ortiz for Congress · Ortiz for Congress campaign Candidate's own words
  8. 8.Priorities · Caroline Shinkle for Congress campaign website Candidate's own words
  9. 9.New York's 12th Congressional District election, 2026 · Ballotpedia · 2026-09-25 Reference
  10. 10.Micah C. Lasher — Biography · New York State Assembly Official record
  11. 11.Micah Lasher · Wikipedia · 2026-10-21 Reference
  12. 12.New York's 12th Congressional District U.S. House election results 2026 · NBC News News report
  13. 13.Caroline Shinkle for Congress · Shinkle for Congress campaign Candidate's own words
  14. 14.Meet Caroline Shinkle · Caroline for Congress · 2026-10-21 Candidate's own words
  15. 15.Caroline Shinkle · Ballotpedia · 2026-10-21 Reference
  16. 16.Shinkle cites commitment to Israel, biz background in NY-12 election bid · The Jewish Link News report
  17. 17.Meet Caroline Shinkle, a Republican candidate running to represent the UWS in Congress · West Side Rag · 2026-03-19 News report
  18. 18.U.S. House · New York's 12th Congressional District results 2026 · NBC News News report
  19. 19.Dr. Wilneida Negrón for Congress NY-12 · Negrón for Congress campaign Candidate's own words
  20. 20.Wilneida Negron · Ballotpedia · 2026-09-25 Reference
  21. 21.About Wilneida · Wilneida Negrón for Congress · 2026-10-21 Candidate's own words
  22. 22.U.S. House · New York's 12th Congressional District results 2026 · NBC News News report
  23. 23.Karen Ortiz for Congress · Ortiz for Congress campaign Candidate's own words
  24. 24.Karen Ortiz · Ballotpedia · 2026-10-21 Reference
  25. 25.Meet Karen Ortiz, an independent candidate running to represent the UWS in Congress · West Side Rag · 2026-03-12 News report
  26. 26.U.S. House · New York's 12th Congressional District results 2026 · NBC News News report