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VARGAS, RUBEN D

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FEC candidate id
H6NY15118
Internal id
479a0f0b-6878-4874-9628-b860041ff007
Status
challenger

Who this candidate represents

Who lives here β€” American Community Survey 5-year estimates (2024), NY-13. Source.

CategoryMetricValue
PeoplePopulation778,141
PeopleMedian age38
IncomeMedian household income$53,573
IncomePer-capita income$37,970
IncomeIn poverty26.1%
IncomeUnemployed11.9%
IncomeGini inequality index0.564
RaceWhite alone19.4%
RaceBlack alone26.6%
RaceAsian alone5.4%
RaceHispanic or Latino51.3%
RaceTwo or more races17.1%
OriginForeign-born35.1%
LanguageSpeaks English only at home45.0%
LanguageSpeaks Spanish at home43.3%
EducationHigh school or higher58.2%
EducationBachelor's or higher35.9%
EducationAdvanced degree15.9%
HouseholdFamily households52.0%
HouseholdAvg household size2.40
HouseholdNever married (15+)52.5%
HousingMedian home value$660,600
HousingMedian gross rent$1,527
HousingSingle-family detached1.2%
HousingBuilt before 19407.8%
HousingOvercrowded (>1 per room)9.3%
HousingVacant units8.1%
ServiceVeterans (18+)1.6%
HealthWith a disability16.0%
ConnectivityHouseholds with broadband88.7%
ConnectivityHouseholds with no internet8.4%
CommuteDrove alone9.3%
CommutePublic transit56.9%
CommuteWorked from home17.0%

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Election prediction

Cycle 2026 Β· model baseline-v1 Β· base rate 15.1%

P(win) = 25.1%

FeatureΞ” P(win)
Base rate (historical)15.1%
R (major party)+10.0%

Baseline model (incumbency Γ— party Γ— office). Calibration: backtest Brier score is the reference, see npm run db:ingest -- --source=predict-backtest-election. Future model versions must beat baseline Brier on the same held-out cohort or they don't ship.

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