Micah Lasher wins crowded Democratic primary for Manhattan U.S. House seat ^14.4%

Gothamist - By Jon Campbell, Walter Wuthmann - 6/24/2026, 2:15 AM

Framing Effect 25.9% - Post Hoc (False Cause) 19.9% - Fundamental Attribution Error 10.3%

Micah Lasher won the eight-way Democratic primary to represent New York’s 12th Congressional District on Tuesday, outpacing the crowded field in a race that saw the giants of the artificial intelligence industry spend tens of millions of dollars trying to influence the outcome. Lasher’s victory over Assemblymember Alex Bores, Kennedy... more