New York Assembly District 3
New York State Assembly · New York
Joshua Slaughter flipped the seat for Democrats, winning by 2.3 points over Joe DeStefano.
Fusion voting
Source: New York State Board of Elections unofficial resultsUpdated Nov 7, 2026, 12:46 PM ET
Where the race moved
Against the 2024 presidential vote
The seat's recent races
Source: Past results: 99chambers results archive (MEDSL, Klarner, state election offices)
Money in this race
Each line compares the two campaigns on one scale.
Top funders
Largest contributors to each campaign; the color shows which candidate they gave to.
| Plumbers Local Union # 200 PACTo DeStefano's campaign | $3.1K | |
| Nancy GoroffTo Slaughter's campaign | $3K | |
| Metallic Lathers & ReinforcingTo Slaughter's campaign | $3K | |
| 1199 Seiu Nys Political Action FundTo Slaughter's campaign | $3K | |
| Teamsters Local 282To Slaughter's campaign | $3K | |
| New Jersey State LaborersTo Slaughter's campaign | $3K | |
| Suffolk County PBA PACTo DeStefano's campaign | $3K | |
| Gilbert Blaszcyk & Milburn LLPTo DeStefano's campaign | $2.1K | |
| Miller & Caggiano LLPTo DeStefano's campaign | $2K | |
| International Union of Oper EngTo DeStefano's campaign | $2K |
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Campaign money: New York State Board of Elections, through Oct 19, 2026.
Source: New York State Board of Elections campaign filingsUpdated Oct 19, 2026
Pre-election forecast (final, Nov 3)
Our model's last run before Election Day, Nov 3, 2026. It no longer updates.
- Joshua Slaughter
- 16%
- Joe DeStefano
- 84%
- Projected margin
- R+7.1
The candidates
Incumbent assemblymember
Also on the ballot: Write-in (Other party), 0.1%