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This page provides information on the 2026 elections in New York, including theoffices on the ballot covered by Ballotpedia,election dates, andfrequently asked questions.

Election dates

See also:New York election calendar

Statewide election dates in New York are listed below. For more statewide dates, please see thestatewide elections calendar.

Statewide election dates

June 23, 2026: Primary
November 3, 2026: General election

Offices on the ballot

Noteworthy elections

Below is a list of races in this state that received in-depth coverage on Ballotpedia. Click the link below to learn about that race.

• New York's 17th Congressional District election, 2026
• New York's 19th Congressional District election, 2026
• New York's 3rd Congressional District election, 2026
• New York's 4th Congressional District election, 2026

What's on your ballot?

See also:Sample Ballot Lookup

List of candidates

The following table displays a list of candidates in New York. The list does not include presidential candidates, and it may not include all candidates for local offices. Pleaseclick here to learn more about Ballotpedia's coverage scope.

Federal Candidates

candidate	office	party	status
Nicholas J. LaLota Incumbent	U.S. House New York District 1	Republican	Candidacy Declared Primary
Christopher Gallant	U.S. House New York District 1	Democratic	Candidacy Declared Primary
Jonathan Schneider	U.S. House New York District 1	Democratic	Candidacy Declared Primary
Lukas Ventouras	U.S. House New York District 1	Democratic	Candidacy Declared Primary
Jordan Maggio	U.S. House New York District 1	Independent	Candidacy Declared General
Thomas Sorensen	U.S. House New York District 1	Unaffiliated	Candidacy Declared General
Andrew Garbarino Incumbent	U.S. House New York District 2	Republican	Candidacy Declared Primary
Patrick Halpin	U.S. House New York District 2	Democratic	Candidacy Declared Primary
Jess Murphy	U.S. House New York District 2	Democratic	Candidacy Declared Primary
Garrett Petersen	U.S. House New York District 2	Democratic	Candidacy Declared Primary
Tom Suozzi Incumbent	U.S. House New York District 3	Democratic	Candidacy Declared Primary
Gregory Hach	U.S. House New York District 3	Republican	Candidacy Declared Primary
Michael Lavery	U.S. House New York District 3	Republican	Candidacy Declared Primary
Michael LiPetri Jr.	U.S. House New York District 3	Republican	Candidacy Declared Primary
Laura Gillen Incumbent	U.S. House New York District 4	Democratic	Candidacy Declared Primary
Dennis McGrath	U.S. House New York District 4	Republican	Candidacy Declared Primary
Brian Miller	U.S. House New York District 4	Republican	Candidacy Declared Primary
Martin Smithmyer	U.S. House New York District 4	Republican	Candidacy Declared Primary
Marvin Suber Williams	U.S. House New York District 4	Republican	Candidacy Declared Primary
Kiana Bierria-Anderson	U.S. House New York District 4	Democratic	Candidacy Declared Primary
Gian Jones	U.S. House New York District 4	Democratic	Candidacy Declared Primary
Nicholas Sciretta	U.S. House New York District 4	Democratic	Candidacy Declared Primary
Gregory W. Meeks Incumbent	U.S. House New York District 5	Democratic	Candidacy Declared Primary
Frank Lozada	U.S. House New York District 5	Democratic	Candidacy Declared Primary
Salvatore Padellaro	U.S. House New York District 5	Democratic	Candidacy Declared Primary
Grace Meng Incumbent	U.S. House New York District 6	Democratic	Candidacy Declared Primary
Juan Pagan	U.S. House New York District 6	Republican	Candidacy Declared Primary
Charles Park	U.S. House New York District 6	Democratic	Candidacy Declared Primary
Yan Xiong	U.S. House New York District 6	Democratic	Candidacy Declared Primary
Alexander Campagna	U.S. House New York District 7	Democratic	Candidacy Declared Primary
Steven Carbajal	U.S. House New York District 7	Democratic	Candidacy Declared Primary
Evan Hutchison	U.S. House New York District 7	Democratic	Candidacy Declared Primary
Vichal Kumar	U.S. House New York District 7	Democratic	Candidacy Declared Primary
Sydney Martinez	U.S. House New York District 7	Democratic	Candidacy Declared Primary
Dane-Brandon Noble	U.S. House New York District 7	Democratic	Candidacy Declared Primary
Edwin Osorio	U.S. House New York District 7	Democratic	Candidacy Declared Primary
Paperboy Prince	U.S. House New York District 7	Democratic	Candidacy Declared Primary
Antonio Reynoso	U.S. House New York District 7	Democratic	Candidacy Declared Primary
Miles Shore	U.S. House New York District 7	Democratic	Candidacy Declared Primary
Claire Valdez	U.S. House New York District 7	Democratic	Candidacy Declared Primary
Julie Won	U.S. House New York District 7	Democratic	Candidacy Declared Primary
Hakeem Jeffries Incumbent	U.S. House New York District 8	Democratic	Candidacy Declared Primary
Vance Bostic	U.S. House New York District 8	Democratic	Candidacy Declared Primary
Yvette D. Clarke Incumbent	U.S. House New York District 9	Democratic	Candidacy Declared Primary
Joel Anabilah-Azumah	U.S. House New York District 9	Republican	Candidacy Declared Primary
Jean Depalis	U.S. House New York District 9	Republican	Candidacy Declared Primary
Joshua Bristol	U.S. House New York District 9	Democratic	Candidacy Declared Primary
Michael Goldfarb	U.S. House New York District 9	Democratic	Candidacy Declared Primary
Joshua Kaitan Lucas	U.S. House New York District 9	Democratic	Candidacy Declared Primary
Daniel Goldman Incumbent	U.S. House New York District 10	Democratic	Candidacy Declared Primary
Nickie Kane	U.S. House New York District 10	Democratic	Candidacy Declared Primary
Brad Lander	U.S. House New York District 10	Democratic	Candidacy Declared Primary
Savail Majid	U.S. House New York District 10	Democratic	Candidacy Declared Primary
Nicole Malliotakis Incumbent	U.S. House New York District 11	Republican	Candidacy Declared Primary
Michael DeCillis	U.S. House New York District 11	Democratic	Candidacy Declared Primary
Troy McGhie	U.S. House New York District 11	Democratic	Candidacy Declared Primary
Umar Usman	U.S. House New York District 11	Democratic	Candidacy Declared Primary
Kaley Aldrich	U.S. House New York District 12	Republican	Candidacy Declared Primary
Amy Jordan	U.S. House New York District 12	Republican	Candidacy Declared Primary
Caroline Shinkle	U.S. House New York District 12	Republican	Candidacy Declared Primary
Gavin Solomon	U.S. House New York District 12	Republican	Candidacy Declared Primary
Lucian Wintrich	U.S. House New York District 12	Republican	Candidacy Declared Primary
Massimiliano Zappone	U.S. House New York District 12	Republican	Candidacy Declared Primary
Micah Bergdale	U.S. House New York District 12	Democratic	Candidacy Declared Primary
Alex Bores	U.S. House New York District 12	Democratic	Candidacy Declared Primary
George Conway	U.S. House New York District 12	Democratic	Candidacy Declared Primary
Christopher Diep	U.S. House New York District 12	Democratic	Candidacy Declared Primary
Laura Dunn	U.S. House New York District 12	Democratic	Candidacy Declared Primary
Liam Elkind	U.S. House New York District 12	Democratic	Candidacy Declared Primary
Jami Floyd	U.S. House New York District 12	Democratic	Candidacy Declared Primary
Cameron Kasky	U.S. House New York District 12	Democratic	Candidacy Declared Primary
Micah Lasher	U.S. House New York District 12	Democratic	Candidacy Declared Primary
Alan Pardee	U.S. House New York District 12	Democratic	Candidacy Declared Primary
Jack Schlossberg	U.S. House New York District 12	Democratic	Candidacy Declared Primary
Nina Schwalbe	U.S. House New York District 12	Democratic	Candidacy Declared Primary
Mathew Shurka	U.S. House New York District 12	Democratic	Candidacy Declared Primary
Patrick Timmins	U.S. House New York District 12	Democratic	Candidacy Declared Primary
Robb Huhn	U.S. House New York District 12	Independent	Candidacy Declared General
Wilneida Negron	U.S. House New York District 12	Independent	Candidacy Declared General
Karen Ortiz	U.S. House New York District 12	Independent	Candidacy Declared General
Adriano Espaillat Incumbent	U.S. House New York District 13	Democratic	Candidacy Declared Primary
Jaliel Amador	U.S. House New York District 13	Democratic	Candidacy Declared Primary
Darializa Avila Chevalier	U.S. House New York District 13	Democratic	Candidacy Declared Primary
Theo Chino-Tavarez	U.S. House New York District 13	Democratic	Candidacy Declared Primary
Michael Hano	U.S. House New York District 13	Democratic	Candidacy Declared Primary
James Felton Keith	U.S. House New York District 13	Democratic	Candidacy Declared Primary
Matt Miller	U.S. House New York District 13	Democratic	Candidacy Declared Primary
Candace Niles	U.S. House New York District 13	Democratic	Candidacy Declared Primary
Megan Rodriguez	U.S. House New York District 13	Democratic	Candidacy Declared Primary
Oscar Romero	U.S. House New York District 13	Democratic	Candidacy Declared Primary
Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez Incumbent	U.S. House New York District 14	Democratic	Candidacy Declared Primary
Aurelio Arcabascio	U.S. House New York District 14	Republican	Candidacy Declared Primary
Tina Forte	U.S. House New York District 14	Republican	Candidacy Declared Primary
Diamant Hysenaj	U.S. House New York District 14	Republican	Candidacy Declared Primary
Ariel Rivera-Diaz	U.S. House New York District 14	Republican	Candidacy Declared Primary
Gonzalo Duran	U.S. House New York District 15	Conservative Party	Candidacy Declared General
Michael Blake	U.S. House New York District 15	Democratic	Candidacy Declared Primary
Jon LaTona	U.S. House New York District 15	Democratic	Candidacy Declared Primary
Dalourny Nemorin	U.S. House New York District 15	Democratic	Candidacy Declared Primary
Amanda Septimo	U.S. House New York District 15	Democratic	Candidacy Declared Primary
Jose Vega	U.S. House New York District 15	Democratic, Independent	Candidacy Declared General
Andre Easton	U.S. House New York District 15	Independent	Candidacy Declared General
George Latimer Incumbent	U.S. House New York District 16	Democratic	Candidacy Declared Primary
John Franklin Wilson IV	U.S. House New York District 16	Independent	Candidacy Declared General
Michael Lawler Incumbent	U.S. House New York District 17	Republican	Candidacy Declared Primary
John Cappello	U.S. House New York District 17	Democratic	Candidacy Declared Primary
Peter Chatzky	U.S. House New York District 17	Democratic	Candidacy Declared Primary
Cait Conley	U.S. House New York District 17	Democratic	Candidacy Declared Primary
Beth Davidson	U.S. House New York District 17	Democratic	Candidacy Declared Primary
Effie Phillips-Staley	U.S. House New York District 17	Democratic	Candidacy Declared Primary
Jessica Reinmann	U.S. House New York District 17	Democratic	Candidacy Declared Primary
Mike Sacks	U.S. House New York District 17	Democratic	Candidacy Declared Primary
Pat Ryan Incumbent	U.S. House New York District 18	Democratic	Candidacy Declared Primary
Sharanjit Thind	U.S. House New York District 18	Republican	Candidacy Declared Primary
Josh Riley Incumbent	U.S. House New York District 19	Democratic	Candidacy Declared Primary
Peter Oberacker	U.S. House New York District 19	Republican	Candidacy Declared Primary
Alexander Portelli	U.S. House New York District 19	Republican	Candidacy Declared Primary
Paul Tonko Incumbent	U.S. House New York District 20	Democratic	Candidacy Declared Primary
Allen Caruso	U.S. House New York District 21	Republican	Candidacy Declared Primary
Anthony Constantino	U.S. House New York District 21	Republican	Candidacy Declared Primary
Robert Smullen	U.S. House New York District 21	Republican	Candidacy Declared Primary
Michael Metzgier	U.S. House New York District 21	American Independent Party	Candidacy Declared General
Stuart Amoriell	U.S. House New York District 21	Democratic	Candidacy Declared Primary
Paula Collins	U.S. House New York District 21	Democratic	Candidacy Declared Primary
Blake Gendebien	U.S. House New York District 21	Democratic	Candidacy Declared Primary
Maylon Haller	U.S. House New York District 21	Democratic	Candidacy Declared Primary
Andrew Henson	U.S. House New York District 21	Democratic	Candidacy Declared Primary
Dylan Hewitt	U.S. House New York District 21	Democratic	Candidacy Declared Primary
Christopher Schmidt	U.S. House New York District 21	Independent	Candidacy Declared General
John Mannion Incumbent	U.S. House New York District 22	Democratic	Candidacy Declared Primary
David Hollenbeck	U.S. House New York District 22	Republican	Candidacy Declared Primary
John Lemondes Jr.	U.S. House New York District 22	Republican	Candidacy Declared Primary
John Salka	U.S. House New York District 22	Republican	Candidacy Declared Primary
William Staton	U.S. House New York District 22	Independent	Candidacy Declared General
Nick Langworthy Incumbent	U.S. House New York District 23	Republican	Candidacy Declared Primary
Stephen Collins	U.S. House New York District 23	Democratic	Candidacy Declared Primary
Aaron Gies	U.S. House New York District 23	Democratic	Candidacy Declared Primary
Jeff Rayner	U.S. House New York District 23	Democratic	Candidacy Declared Primary
Kevin Stocker	U.S. House New York District 23	Democratic	Candidacy Declared Primary
Claudia Tenney Incumbent	U.S. House New York District 24	Republican	Candidacy Declared Primary
John McDairmant	U.S. House New York District 24	Republican	Candidacy Declared Primary
Alissa Ellman	U.S. House New York District 24	Democratic	Candidacy Declared Primary
Steven Holden	U.S. House New York District 24	Democratic	Candidacy Declared Primary
Diana Kastenbaum	U.S. House New York District 24	Democratic	Candidacy Declared Primary
Ken Estes	U.S. House New York District 24	Independent	Candidacy Declared General
Joseph Morelle Incumbent	U.S. House New York District 25	Democratic	Candidacy Declared Primary
Virginia McIntyre	U.S. House New York District 25	Republican	Candidacy Declared Primary
Cassandra Lin Leach	U.S. House New York District 25	Democratic	Candidacy Declared Primary
Sherita Traywick	U.S. House New York District 25	Democratic	Candidacy Declared Primary
Robin Wilt	U.S. House New York District 25	Democratic	Candidacy Declared Primary
Timothy M. Kennedy Incumbent	U.S. House New York District 26	Democratic	Candidacy Declared Primary

State Candidates

candidate	office	party	status
Kathy Hochul Incumbent	Governor of New York	Democratic	Candidacy Declared Primary
Bruce Blakeman	Governor of New York	Republican	Candidacy Declared Primary
Jean Anglade	Governor of New York	Democratic	Candidacy Declared Primary
Farzeen Bham	New York State Senate District 1	Democratic	Candidacy Declared Primary
Josh Taveras	New York State Senate District 8	Democratic	Candidacy Declared Primary
No candidates available for this race	New York State Senate District 28
Lisa Kaul	New York State Senate District 39	Democratic	Candidacy Declared Primary
Jacob Ashby Incumbent	New York State Senate District 43	Republican	Candidacy Declared Primary
Devin Lander	New York State Senate District 43	Democratic	Candidacy Declared Primary
Patrick Nelson	New York State Senate District 44	Democratic	Candidacy Declared Primary
Melissa Seale	New York State Senate District 45	Democratic	Candidacy Declared Primary
Erik Bottcher	New York State Senate District 47 (Special election)	Democratic, Working Families Party	Won General
Charlotte Friedman	New York State Senate District 47 (Special election)	Republican	Lost General
Rich McCarron	New York State Senate District 48	Republican	Candidacy Declared Primary
Christopher Ryan Incumbent	New York State Senate District 50	Democratic	Candidacy Declared Primary
James Corl	New York State Senate District 50	Republican	Candidacy Declared Primary
Christopher Tague	New York State Senate District 51	Republican	Candidacy Declared Primary
Pamela Helming Incumbent	New York State Senate District 54	Republican	Candidacy Declared Primary
Jeremy Zellner	New York State Senate District 61 (Special election)	Democratic	Won General
Dan Gagliardo	New York State Senate District 61 (Special election)	Republican, Conservative Party	Lost General
Jeremy Zellner Incumbent	New York State Senate District 61	Democratic	Candidacy Declared Primary
Dan Gagliardo	New York State Senate District 61	Republican	Candidacy Declared Primary
Jonathan Rivera	New York State Senate District 61	Democratic	Candidacy Declared Primary
Diana Moreno	New York State Assembly District 36 (Special election)	Democratic, Working Families Party	Won General
Mary Jobaida	New York State Assembly District 36 (Special election)	People First Party	Lost General
Rana Abdelhamid	New York State Assembly District 36 (Special election)	Queens For All	Lost General
Zahava Durchin	New York State Assembly District 41	Democratic	Candidacy Declared Primary
Keith Powers	New York State Assembly District 74 (Special election)	Democratic	Won General
Joseph Foley	New York State Assembly District 74 (Special election)	Republican, Conservative Party	Lost General
Jake Kuhl	New York State Assembly District 82	Democratic	Candidacy Declared Primary
No candidates available for this race	New York State Assembly District 117
John Lipe	New York State Assembly District 119	Democratic	Candidacy Declared Primary
Nicholas Libous	New York State Assembly District 123	Democratic	Candidacy Declared Primary
Dave Knapp	New York State Assembly District 126	Republican	Candidacy Declared Primary
Nate McMurray	New York State Assembly District 145	Democratic	Candidacy Declared Primary
Adam Bojak	New York State Assembly District 149	Democratic	Candidacy Declared Primary

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