Melvin Rivera
Candidate for New York 7th Congressional District · Republican
On the 2026 ballotCandidate · New York 7th Congressional District · Nov 3 General
Ballot status source: New York State Board of Elections — Certification for the November 3, 2026 General Election, dated 2026-09-02: USH7, Melvin Rivera (Republican; Conservative) · read Sep 24, 2026
Running for New York 7th Congressional District, Nov 3 General. The race page has 2 other candidates, 3 certified results. See the race
Roles on File
Seats held and sought, elections and committees, newest first.
- RunningNew York 7th Congressional DistrictNov 3, 2026 · On the 2026 ballot
The District
What New York 7th Congressional District covers
Covers parts of Queens County and Kings County.
Includes New York (part).
395 precincts · District lines: replaces the 1:500,000 cartographic outline · Precinct lines: 2020 EDs and 2020 VTDs kept at >=10% (measured edge-slop ceiling)
Key Votes
The record
No congressional voting record
Melvin Rivera has not served in Congress: no entry in the Biographical Directory of the United States Congress (bioguide.congress.gov) under this name for NY, checked 2026-09-24 against the catalog's bioguide linkage. Other public offices, if any, not compiled here.
Sep 24, 2026 · Official · Biographical Directory of the U.S. Congress · source
Newest first. A close vote was decided by 5% of the votes cast or less (or 10 votes or fewer, under a fifth of the votes). Broke with party: voted against most of their party, where the record gives the party split.
Their Money
Campaign finance
- Last Change
- Profile updated · Sep 24
- Raised
- Not on file
- Cash on Hand
- Not on file
- Next Report Due
- Q3 Report · Oct 15
No totals on file from the reports listed below.
Finance Reports
Campaign committee registered; no periodic FEC report on file yet
Checked 2026-09-24: principal campaign committee C00949578 (candidate ID H6NY07271) has no periodic Form 3 report (quarterly or pre-/post-election) covering 2025–26 in the FEC electronic-filing list or the FEC image index, so no receipts, spending or cash on hand have been reported yet. A committee registered after June 30 files its first report with the October Quarterly (due Oct 15, 2026).
Sep 24, 2026 · Official · Federal Election Commission
Money shows as the filings named here report it. Payees are who the campaign paid; individual contributors are not shown.
Reach Them
Websites and accounts
Campaign website and social accounts
Campaign site: https://melvinforcongress.com/
Sep 24, 2026 · Self-published · Candidate's own channels · source
The Paper Trail
Filings, results and exhibits
On the Nov. 3, 2026 general election ballot for U.S. Representative, NY-07 · Republican; Conservative
Named on the New York State Board of Elections certification for the Nov. 3, 2026 General Election (certified Sept. 17, 2026) for Representative in Congress, District 7, on the Republican, Conservative lines. Other candidates in the race: Claire Valdez (Democratic; Working Families); Priscilla Ghaznavi (Our Future).
Sep 17, 2026 · Official · New York State Board of Elections · sourceU.S. Representative · NY-07
Republican · Candidate · On the 2026 ballot
Official
Not on file for Melvin yet: Advertising, In Their Words, In the News. Coverage varies by state and office.
File read Sep 25, 2026. Each item names its source. Record ID p_x0q73h0qq.
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