Gregory W. Meeks

American politician (born 1953)

IncumbentU.S. House — NY-05DemocraticRunning nowVugol ID VM-4FE-J7AC FEC H8NY06048

Running for U.S. House, NY-05, 2026

Link: vugol.me/p/gregory-w-meeks

Roster source: FEC filing (2026-08-26)

Headshot · github.com

Gregory W. Meeks — Portrait — Portrait · meeks.house.gov

Gregory W. Meeks — On the trail — On the trail · meeks.house.gov

Gregory W. Meeks — Illustration · Vugol.me — Illustration · Vugol.me
Illustration by Vugol.me, adapted from Official U.S. Congress portrait · Public domain

Races

2026 · U.S. House, NY-05 · General · Democratic · on the ballot · incumbent
2024 · U.S. House, NY-05 · General · Democratic · result not on file · incumbent · source
2022 · U.S. House, NY-05 · General · Democratic · won · 104,396 votes (75.1%) · incumbent · source
2020 · U.S. House, NY-05 · General · Democratic · won · 229,125 votes (99.3%) · incumbent · source
2018 · U.S. House, NY-05 · General · Democratic · won · 160,500 votes (99.1%) · source

Background

Gregory Weldon Meeks is an American lawyer and politician who has been a U.S. representative from New York since 1998, and since 2013, has represented the state's 5th congressional district.

He is a member of the Democratic Party and chaired the House Committee on Foreign Affairs from 2021 to 2023. He still sits on the committee as ranking member. He is also the chair of the Queens County Democratic Party. He will become the dean of New York’s House delegation upon the retirements of Jerry Nadler and Nydia Velázquez in 2026.

From Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0 · retrieved 2026-09-27 · https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gregory_Meeks

In the news

House Dems plan oversight of Trump administration; impeachment an optionABC News · Sep 26

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Campaign finance

$1,744,888total raised (2026 cycle)

$1,963,090total spent (2026 cycle)

$2,010,350cash on hand (2026 cycle)

As of 2026-06-30 · Source: FEC

Website and social

Campaign site

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Sources

Official portrait — public-domain congressional image set (unitedstates project)
Background — Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0, retrieved 2026-09-27 — https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gregory_Meeks
Official social accounts — congress-legislators dataset (unitedstates project)
Roster — FEC filing — https://www.fec.gov/data/candidate/H8NY06048/
photo_headshot — https://github.com/unitedstates/images
photo_full_body — https://meeks.house.gov
photo_action — https://meeks.house.gov

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