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U.S. House, District 9: who gets your vote?

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U.S. representatives work with the Senate on U.S. laws and spending.

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Data last updated: Oct 15, 2026 (federal ballot roster). Verify approaching elections with your state election office.

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YC

Yvette D. Clarke

U.S. House · New York District 9

NationalDemocrat

Candidate
JA

Joel Azumah

Running for U.S. House · New York District 9

NationalRepublican

Yvette D. ClarkeCurrent repJoel AzumahChallenger

Job fit

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Top issues

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How they voted on top issues

Yvette D. Clarke

  • Elections that are easy to vote in and hard to cheat → Making it easier to vote (4 of 4 votes) 1
  • What kids are taught in school → Teachers deciding, with lessons that include everyone (4 of 4 votes) 1
  • Fair trade and prices at the store → Free trade and lower tariffs (3 of 3 votes) 1

Joel Azumah

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Who pays them

Yvette D. Clarke

Where the campaign money came from2

small donorslarge donorscompaniesindustry associationslabor unionsOther kinds of donors
small donors$28Klarge donors$399Kcompanies$262Kindustryassociations$112Klabor unions$100KOther kinds ofdonors$127K$1.0M raised
$27,6712Small individual donors
$399,4152Large individual donors

Joel Azumah

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Checks

Yvette D. Clarke

Checks run: missed votes

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Joel Azumah

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Based on current data. May change in a future update.

Sources

  1. Congress.gov roll-call votes · 2022-11-04 to 2026-11-04 used in: How they voted on top issues
  2. FEC · 2026 cycle used in: Money