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NY-06 2026 Democratic Primary: Grace Meng vs. Chuck Park Results and Candidate Comparison

Grace Meng won the Democratic primary in NY-06 against Chuck Park. This rundown keeps the pre-primary comparison as background on the candidates and issues.

The comparison below is retained as post-primary reference material: it summarizes the candidates, positions, endorsements, and issues voters were weighing before the race was decided.

Primary Result

What happened in the June 23 primary?

Grace Meng won the Democratic primary in NY-06 against Chuck Park. This rundown keeps the pre-primary comparison as background on the candidates and issues.

Overview

What is the background?

The June 23, 2026, Democratic primary in New York's 6th Congressional District featured seven-term incumbent Rep. Grace Meng and progressive challenger Chuck Park 17.

When was the NY-06 Democratic primary?

What is the background?

Tuesday, June 23, 2026 1.

What neighborhoods make up NY-06?

What is the background?

NY-06 is located entirely within Queens. It includes Bayside, East Elmhurst, Elmhurst, Flushing, Forest Hills, Fresh Meadows, Glendale, Jackson Heights, Kew Gardens, Maspeth, Middle Village, Woodside, and Rego Park 27.

Who is on the Democratic primary ballot?

What is the background?

Incumbent Rep. Grace Meng and Chuck Park 13.

Is this Meng's first serious primary challenge?

What is the background?

This is the first significant primary challenge Meng has faced. She ran unopposed in 2014, 2016, 2018, 2022, and 2024, and won a 2020 primary with 65.5% 7.

Who is the incumbent in NY-06?

What is the background?

Grace Meng has represented NY-06 since January 2013 78.

What did Meng do before Congress?

What is the background?

Meng served in the New York State Assembly representing the 22nd district from 2009 to 2012 and worked as a public-interest lawyer before elected office 79.

What committees and caucuses does Meng chair or sit on?

What is the background?

Meng serves on the House Appropriations Committee as Ranking Member of the Subcommittee on Commerce, Justice, Science, and Related Agencies. She is Chair of the Congressional Asian Pacific American Caucus (CAPAC) and co-chair of the House Bipartisan Task Force for Combating Antisemitism 1011.

Who is Chuck Park?

What is the background?

Chuck Park is a Queens native who grew up in Woodside, the son of Korean immigrant parents who sold clothing on Canal Street in Manhattan. He is a former U.S. Foreign Service officer who served during the Obama and first Trump administrations. He is 40 to 41 years old in 2026 (sources differ) 3615.

When and why did Park leave the State Department?

What is the background?

Park joined the Foreign Service in 2010 under President Obama and served diplomatic tours in Mexico (Ciudad Juárez), Portugal, and Canada. He resigned in August 2019 with a Washington Post op-ed criticizing the first Trump administration's immigration policy and the aftermath of the El Paso mass shooting, where Park's son had been born 1516.

What other roles has Park held?

What is the background?

Park has worked at the New York City Economic Development Corporation and served as chief of staff to NYC Councilmember Shekar Krishnan 23.

Where does each candidate live?

What is the background?

Both candidates live in Queens within the district 37.

Has Meng taken oversight actions against the Trump administration?

What is the background?

In July 2025, Meng introduced a resolution to require ICE agents and officers to display badge numbers. In January 2026, she co-sponsored a resolution to impeach Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem 7.

How is Park framing his opposition to Trump?

What is the background?

Park has positioned his campaign around protecting immigrant communities from federal enforcement actions and has criticized what he calls the entrenched Democratic establishment's response to the second Trump administration 36.

Did either candidate join the boycott of Trump's first inauguration?

What is the background?

Meng boycotted the January 2017 inauguration 7. Park was a State Department employee at the time 36.

How did Meng vote on the 2024 Israel security supplemental?

What is the background?

Meng voted yes on the Israel Security Supplemental Appropriations Act in February 2024 and reiterated her support in a public statement, while noting the bill was incomplete because it omitted Ukraine aid and humanitarian aid for Palestinians 12.

How did Meng vote on the ICC sanctions bill?

What is the background?

Meng was among 45 Democrats who voted yes on the Illegitimate Court Counteraction Act in January 2025 13.

Has Meng received AIPAC support?

What is the background?

Meng has accepted campaign contributions from AIPAC, which, according to her Wikipedia entry, was the top contributor to her 2024 reelection campaign 7.

What is Meng's stated position on Gaza?

What is the background?

In January 2024, Meng said she supported humanitarian pauses and increased humanitarian aid in Gaza, and co-signed a letter urging Secretary of State Blinken to call on Hamas to surrender rather than call for a ceasefire. In July 2025, she said it was important to recognize that Israel had facilitated the entry of more than 1.8 million tons of aid into Gaza while Hamas continued to hold hostages 7.

What is Park's position on Israel and Gaza?

What is the background?

Park has aligned with the progressive lane on the issue, opposing additional U.S. military aid to Israel under current conditions and joining other progressive challengers in criticizing AIPAC's role in Democratic primaries 36.

Does Park accept PAC money?

What is the background?

No. Park has pledged not to accept donations from political action committees 6.

What is the centerpiece of Park's campaign?

What is the background?

Park has made protecting immigrant families the central plank of his campaign, citing his experience as the son of immigrants and his work on local immigrant-services issues 23.

What immigration legislation has Meng introduced?

What is the background?

Meng introduced the Safe Check-Ins for Immigrants Act (H.R. 8381) and the Language Access for All Act of 2026 (H.R. 7223) 8.

What is Meng's position on ICE?

What is the background?

Meng has called for ICE agents to display badge numbers during enforcement actions and has signed onto resolutions and letters criticizing Trump-era enforcement practices 78.

What is Park's affordability platform?

What is the background?

Park has centered his campaign on affordability for Queens working families, immigrant households, and renters 36.

What appropriations work has Meng done on local priorities?

What is the background?

As New York's senior member on the House Appropriations Committee, Meng has directed federal appropriations toward Queens infrastructure, public health, and small-business priorities, and has championed federal funding for menstrual products in schools, shelters, and federal buildings 811.

What did Meng do on anti-Asian hate?

What is the background?

Meng was the lead sponsor of the COVID-19 Hate Crimes Act, which became law in May 2021 711.

Does Park support a Green New Deal?

What is the background?

Park has been endorsed by Sunrise NYC and supports a Green New Deal framework 4.

What is Meng's climate record?

What is the background?

Meng has voted in line with Democratic leadership on major climate legislation and has secured federal appropriations for environmental and infrastructure priorities in Queens 8.

Did the Working Families Party endorse in the race?

What is the background?

No. The New York Working Families Party's state officers voted in March 2026 not to endorse Park, after the WFP's New York City Regional Advisory Council and the Queens WFP chapter had both recommended endorsing him. Meng did not apply for the WFP endorsement, so the party will not formally participate in the race 5.

Who has endorsed Meng?

What is the background?

Meng has been endorsed by House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries, retiring Rep. Nydia Velázquez, State Sen. John Liu, NYC Councilmember Shekar Krishnan (Park's former boss), and a coalition of local Queens officials 114.