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Michael Goldfarb

American conservative political writer (born 1980)

U.S. House — NY-09DemocraticRunning nowVugol ID VM-W1R-MBEY FEC H6NY09152

Running for U.S. House, NY-09, 2026

Link: vugol.me/p/michael-goldfarb

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

Races

2026 · U.S. House, NY-09 · General · Democratic · on the ballot

Background

Michael L. Goldfarb is an American conservative political writer. He was contributing editor for The Weekly Standard and was a research associate at the Project for the New American Century.

During the 2008 presidential race he served as John McCain's deputy communications director. He is a founder of the online conservative magazine The Washington Free Beacon. Goldfarb attracted some online attention for two posts ridiculing liberal bloggers as basement-dwelling Dungeons & Dragons players.

From Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0 · retrieved 2026-09-24 · https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michael_Goldfarb_(political_writer)

Campaign finance

$310,868total raised (2026 cycle)

$255,534total spent (2026 cycle)

$55,334cash on hand (2026 cycle)

As of 2026-06-30 · Source: FEC

Sources

Background — Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0, retrieved 2026-09-24 — https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michael_Goldfarb_(political_writer)
Roster — FEC filing — https://www.fec.gov/data/candidate/H6NY09152/

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