
NY-01 Democratic nominee?
Primary Election
Party selects its nominee.
Overview
Current roleU.S. House candidate
PartyDemocratic
Political ideologyMainstream Democrat
GenderMale
LocationNew York
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BackgroundU.S. House candidate
EducationDowling College
Notable personal detailsChristopher “Chris” Gallant is a Democratic candidate for the U.S. House in New York’s 1st Congressional District (NY-01). He has served in the New York Army National Guard and has been deployed to Kuwait, and he has worked as an FAA air traffic controller, a union leader, and a volunteer firefighter. He is from Long Island and has described being openly gay in the military since shortly after the end of “Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell.”
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Positions
Economy & Taxes
Supports federal investments to lower costs for families, defends Medicare and Medicaid, and criticizes tax cuts for billionaires while calling for policies that help working families. Positions emphasize targeted government spending and opposition to wealthy tax breaks rather than major tax-cut proposals.
Healthcare
Protects Medicare and Medicaid, supports lowering out-of-pocket healthcare costs, and emphasizes keeping Affordable Care Act (ACA) subsidies that helped reduce premiums. Targets reducing prescription and treatment costs and expanding access through federal policy and protections for existing government programs.
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Abortion & Reproductive Rights
Supports reproductive rights. Advocates for reproductive rights as part of his health care priorities.
Climate & Energy
Campaign materials emphasize coastal resilience and federal investments to strengthen Long Island’s shoreline and lower energy costs, but do not specify targets, regulatory positions, or concrete climate policies. Public-facing statements focus on infrastructure and resilience rather than explicit commitments on emissions reductions, fossil-fuel phase-out, carbon pricing, or major clean-energy legislation.
Polls

Aggregation source: FiftyPlusOne
Endorsements
Endorsers of Chris Gallant for NY-01 Democratic nominee?
Suffolk County Minority Leader Jason Richberg
Public endorsement
Suffolk County Minority Leader Jason Richberg endorsed Chris Gallant for Congress.
Fundraising
Latest report: Cycle 20262026
LatestCycle 2026
Source: FEC
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