Monroe County Sample Ballot & Voter Guide 2026

Michael Mills is a small business owner who has spent nearly 30 years working on water quality, climate change and healthcare access policy, per his campaign site. He served as Executive Director of the Geneva BID and the Ontario County Chamber of Commerce, and as an elected member of the Canandaigua City Council, per his campaign site. He is running for New York State Senate District 54.

Pamela A. Helming is the Republican candidate for New York Senate District 54 on the November 3, 2026 ballot, per the State Board of Elections' certified general-election ballot. Pamela A. Helming is a sitting member for the district, per the State Senate's member directory. Helming is the incumbent state senator for District 54. Her legislative work has focused on public safety and child protection, including the PROTECT Act and legislation requiring disclosure when juvenile offenders are released from state facilities, per her official Senate page. She also supports veterans recognition programs and rural suicide prevention initiatives.

Samra G. Brouk is the Democratic candidate for New York Senate District 55 on the November 3, 2026 ballot, per the State Board of Elections' certified general-election ballot. Samra G. Brouk is a sitting member for the district, per the State Senate's member directory. Brouk is the incumbent state senator for District 55. Her legislative priorities center on foster youth support, mental health services for young people, and human services funding, per her official Senate page. She has a background with the Peace Corps and in environmental protection and education equity, per her campaign site. No campaign website was found as of September 9, 2026; the State Board of Elections' certification is the only verifiable source for Samra G. Brouk.

Chris Brown is the Republican candidate for New York Senate District 55 on the November 3, 2026 ballot, per the State Board of Elections' certified general-election ballot. Brown works as a software engineer project leader at L3Harris Technologies, previously held a Department of Defense position, and serves on the Webster Conservation Board, per his campaign site.

Robert G. Ortt is the Republican candidate for New York Senate District 62 on the November 3, 2026 ballot, per the State Board of Elections' certified general-election ballot. Robert G. Ortt is a sitting member for the district, per the State Senate's member directory. Ortt is the incumbent state senator for District 62 and serves as Senate Minority Leader, per his official Senate page. His legislative priorities include environmental conservation, hunting rights, and veterans' affairs.

Carl Fitzsimmons is the Democratic candidate for New York Assembly District 130 on the November 3, 2026 ballot, per the State Board of Elections' certified general-election ballot. Fitzsimmons owns Seamless Communications Group, a telecommunications business he founded in 2005 that serves businesses, public agencies and federal courts, per his campaign site. He is a Wayne County native and Panama-era Army veteran who previously worked as an electronics technician at Eastman Kodak, per the same source.

George Dobbins is the Republican candidate for New York Assembly District 130 on the November 3, 2026 ballot, per the State Board of Elections' certified general-election ballot. Dobbins is an attorney specializing in commercial real estate and business law, and his family has owned and operated Dobbins Drugs, Inc. in Lyons since 1942, per his campaign site. He earned his law degree at Georgetown University Law Center and previously managed Brian Manktelow's 2016 state Senate campaign, per the same source.

Joseph Lamanna is the Common Sense candidate for New York Assembly District 130 on the November 3, 2026 ballot, per the State Board of Elections' certified general-election ballot. Lamanna is a retired engineer and former union president who worked to protect nearly 3,000 jobs and worker benefits, per his campaign site. He serves on the Williamson planning board, zoning board and assessment review board and previously ran for Williamson town supervisor, per the Finger Lakes Times.

Gladys Flores is the Democratic candidate for New York Assembly District 133 on the November 3, 2026 ballot, per the State Board of Elections' certified general-election ballot. Flores Garcia is a commercial insurance professional who previously practiced criminal, civil, family and immigration law in Puerto Rico, per her campaign site. She relocated to Rochester in December 2017 after Hurricane Maria and worked as a bilingual customer service representative and rideshare driver before entering the insurance field, per the same source.

Andrea K. Bailey is the Republican candidate for New York Assembly District 133 on the November 3, 2026 ballot, per the State Board of Elections' certified general-election ballot. Andrea K. Bailey is a sitting member for the district, per the Assembly's member directory. Bailey worked eight years in the Livingston County Clerk's Office and spent more than 20 years in the private sector in operations and human resources, per the Assembly's member page. She previously served on the Geneseo Town Board and is a lifelong Livingston County resident who lives in Geneseo with her husband and three children, per the same source. No campaign website was found as of September 9, 2026; the State Board of Elections' certification is the only verifiable source for Andrea K. Bailey.

Kurt Vanwuyckhuyse is the Democratic candidate for New York Assembly District 134 on the November 3, 2026 ballot, per the State Board of Elections' certified general-election ballot. VanWuyckhuyse is general manager of Chip's Auto, his family's business, and has been a Greece renter since 2007, per his campaign site. He grew up in Hamlin and attended Hilton schools before settling in the district, per the same source.

Josh Jensen is the sitting New York State Assemblymember for District 134, representing Greece, Ogden, Parma, Hilton and Spencerport, per his campaign site. He previously served on the Greece Town Board and worked in communications for a nursing home and a public relations agency, per his campaign site.

Jen Lunsford is the sitting New York State Assemblymember for District 135, representing Penfield, East Rochester, Perinton, Pittsford and Mendon, and an attorney, per her campaign site. She was first elected in 2020, per her campaign site.

Sarah H. Clark is the Democratic candidate for New York Assembly District 136 on the November 3, 2026 ballot, per the State Board of Elections' certified general-election ballot. Sarah H. Clark is a sitting member for the district, per the Assembly's member directory. Clark represents the 136th Assembly District in Rochester, per the Assembly's member page. She lists affordable quality health care, strengthening education, quality jobs with a livable wage, and protecting the environment among her legislative priorities, per the same source. No campaign website was found as of September 9, 2026; the State Board of Elections' certification is the only verifiable source for Sarah H. Clark.

Demond L. Meeks is the Democratic candidate for New York Assembly District 137 on the November 3, 2026 ballot, per the State Board of Elections' certified general-election ballot. Demond L. Meeks is a sitting member for the district, per the Assembly's member directory. Meeks previously worked as an administrative organizer with 1199SEIU, representing health care employees in contract negotiations, per the Assembly's member page. He holds an associate degree from Monroe Community College and a bachelor's degree from SUNY Brockport, was born and raised in Rochester, and is serving his third full term in the Assembly, per the same source. No campaign website was found as of September 9, 2026; the State Board of Elections' certification is the only verifiable source for Demond L. Meeks.

Mercedes Vazquez-Simmons is the Mercedes Simmons Cares candidate for New York Assembly District 137 on the November 3, 2026 ballot, per the State Board of Elections' certified general-election ballot. Vazquez Simmons is vice president of the Monroe County Legislature and has represented the Legislature's District 22 in Rochester since 2021, per her campaign site.

Harry B. Bronson is the Democratic candidate for New York Assembly District 138 on the November 3, 2026 ballot, per the State Board of Elections' certified general-election ballot. Harry B. Bronson is a sitting member for the district, per the Assembly's member directory. Bronson has represented the 138th Assembly District, covering Rochester's South Wedge and North Winton neighborhoods plus Henrietta, Chili and Riga, since 2010, per the Assembly's member page. He chairs the Assembly Labor Committee and also serves on the Education, Ways and Means and Rules committees, per the same source. No campaign website was found as of September 9, 2026; the State Board of Elections' certification is the only verifiable source for Harry B. Bronson.

Tracy Diflorio is the Republican candidate for New York Assembly District 138 on the November 3, 2026 ballot, per the State Board of Elections' certified general-election ballot. No campaign website was found as of September 9, 2026; the State Board of Elections' certification is the only verifiable source for Tracy Diflorio.

Steve Hawley is the sitting Assembly member for the 139th District, first elected in a 2006 special election, a Batavia native who was the owner of Hawley Farms and of an insurance agency and now serves as Assembly Deputy Minority Leader, per the Assembly's member page. He earned a bachelor's degree at the University of Toledo and served in the Army Reserve and Ohio Army National Guard, per the same page. No campaign website was found as of September 29, 2026.