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Utica, New York sample ballot 2026

Utica voters (Oneida County, New York) see Governor, Attorney General, Comptroller plus 28 Oneida County races on the November 3, 2026 ballot. Your U.S. House district and any precinct-level races depend on your street address.

On every Utica ballot

ClerkMichael D Brown (D) · Mary Finegan (R)

Michael D Brown Democratic

Michael D Brown is the Democratic Party nominee for Oneida County Clerk in 2026 and also appears on the Working Families Party line, per the county Board of Elections. No campaign website was found as of September 22, 2026.

Mary Finegan Republican

Mary Finegan is the sitting Oneida County Clerk, having served in the position for four years, per the county's official website. As Clerk she has implemented a free Fraud Alert system for property records and accelerated property conveyance notifications from monthly to daily, per the county's official website. No campaign website was found as of September 22, 2026.

SheriffRobert M Maciol (D) · Jared A Pearl (R)

Robert M Maciol Democratic

Robert Maciol has served as Oneida County Sheriff since taking office on January 1, 2011, and is seeking a fifth term in 2026, per the Sheriff's Office. He began his law enforcement career as a patrolman with the New York Mills Police Department, then spent 21 years with the Whitesboro Police Department, and previously served as Mayor of New York Mills from 2000 to 2010, per the Sheriff's Office. No campaign website was found as of September 22, 2026.

Jared A Pearl Republican

Top priorities
  • Supporting deputies and staff through strong leadership and communication
  • Strengthening and modernizing training for evolving public safety needs
  • Promoting officer wellness and resiliency

Per the campaign site.

About Jared A Pearl

He previously served as an Oneida County deputy sheriff and corrections officer and has led the Maynard Volunteer Fire Department in several roles including chief, per his campaign site.

Family Court JudgeStephanie Singe-Cully (R)

Stephanie Singe-Cully Republican

Stephanie Singe-Cully has served as Court Attorney to Hon. Paul M. Deep since 2023, per her campaign site. She spent more than a decade as an Oneida County Assistant District Attorney and served as Bureau Chief of the Oneida County Child Advocacy Center, per her campaign site. She is a graduate of LeMoyne College and Florida Coastal School of Law, per her campaign site.

Surrogate Court JudgeMegan Dorr (R)

Megan Dorr Republican

Megan Dorr is Principal Court Attorney to the Oneida County Surrogate's Court, handling estate, guardianship and probate matters, per her campaign site. She previously spent more than a decade as Principal Attorney with the Mental Hygiene Legal Service, Fourth Department, and worked in civil litigation and trusts and estates law in Utica, per her campaign site.

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New York Supreme Court Justice, 5th Judicial DistrictJoseph Zavaglia (D) · Michael J. Manfredi (R)

Joseph Zavaglia Democratic, Working Families

Joseph Zavaglia is a sitting Onondaga County Family Court Judge, elected in November 2023, per his campaign site. He also serves as Village Justice in East Syracuse and was the first Family Court judge appointed to the county's Youth Part.

Michael J. Manfredi Republican, Conservative

Top priorities
  • Making decisions grounded in law and facts, without bias or political considerations
  • Protecting constitutional principles and ensuring justice is accessible and equal for every citizen

Per the campaign site.

About Michael J. Manfredi

Michael J. Manfredi is Grand Jury Bureau Chief and Felony Trial Bureau Chief at the Onondaga County District Attorney's Office, where he has worked since 2007, per his campaign site. He holds a law degree from the University at Buffalo.

Legislator - District 1Keith H Schiebel (R)

Keith H Schiebel Republican

Keith Schiebel is the sitting Oneida County Legislator for District 1, representing Vernon and parts of Verona, per the county's official roster. He chairs the Economic Development & Tourism committee, per the county's official roster. No campaign website was found as of September 22, 2026.

Legislator - District 2Jacob T Addington (D) · Colin E Idzi (R)

Jacob T Addington Democratic

Jacob Addington is the Democratic Party nominee for Oneida County Legislator, District 2, and also appears on the Working Families Party line, per the county Board of Elections. No campaign website was found as of September 22, 2026.

Colin E Idzi Republican

Colin Idzi is the sitting Oneida County Legislator for District 2, representing Augusta, Marshall, Sangerfield and part of Kirkland, per the county's official roster. He chairs the Public Safety committee, per the county's official roster. No campaign website was found as of September 22, 2026.

Legislator - District 3Norman Leach (R)

Norman Leach Republican

Norman Leach is the sitting Oneida County Legislator for District 3, representing Vienna, part of Rome and part of Verona, per the county's official roster. He chairs the Workers' Compensation committee, per the county's official roster. No campaign website was found as of September 22, 2026.

Legislator - District 4Cynthia L Rogers-Witt (R)

Cynthia L Rogers-Witt Republican

Cynthia Rogers-Witt is the sitting Oneida County Legislator for District 4, representing parts of Rome and Verona, per the county's official roster. She chairs the Health & Human Services committee, per the county's official roster. No campaign website was found as of September 22, 2026.

Legislator - District 5Michael B Waterman (R)

Michael B Waterman Republican

Michael Waterman is the sitting Oneida County Legislator for District 5, representing Annsville, Camden, Florence and part of Lee, per the county's official roster. He chairs the Public Works committee, per the county's official roster. No campaign website was found as of September 22, 2026.

Legislator - District 6Steven R Boucher (R)

Steven R Boucher Republican

Steven Boucher is the sitting Oneida County Legislator for District 6, representing Ava, Boonville, Forestport, Remsen and Steuben, per the county's official roster. He chairs the Government Operations committee, per the county's official roster. No campaign website was found as of September 22, 2026.

Legislator - District 7Stewart Rood (R)

Stewart Rood Republican

Stewart Rood is the sitting Oneida County Legislator for District 7, representing parts of Lee and Rome, per the county's official roster. No campaign website was found as of September 22, 2026.

Legislator - District 8Victoria Celia (R)

Victoria Celia Republican

Victoria Celia is the sitting Oneida County Legislator for District 8, representing Marcy and parts of Utica and Whitestown, per the county's official roster. No campaign website was found as of September 22, 2026.

Legislator - District 9David A Buck (R)

David A Buck Republican

David Buck is the sitting Oneida County Legislator for District 9, representing Deerfield, Trenton and part of Floyd, per the county's official roster. No campaign website was found as of September 22, 2026.

Legislator - District 10George Joseph (R)

George Joseph Republican

George Joseph is the sitting Oneida County Legislator for District 10, representing Westmoreland and parts of Kirkland and New Hartford, per the county's official roster. He serves as Majority Leader of the Board of Legislators, per the county's official roster. No campaign website was found as of September 22, 2026.

Legislator - District 11Robert A Koenig (R)

Robert A Koenig Republican

Robert Koenig is the sitting Oneida County Legislator for District 11, representing Whitesboro, per the county's official roster. He chairs the Ways & Means committee, per the county's official roster. No campaign website was found as of September 22, 2026.

Legislator - District 12Thomas N Theall (D) · Kenneth White (R)

Thomas N Theall Democratic

Thomas Theall is the Democratic Party nominee for Oneida County Legislator, District 12, and also appears on the Working Families Party line, per the county Board of Elections. No campaign website was found as of September 22, 2026.

Kenneth White Republican

Kenneth White is the sitting Oneida County Legislator for District 12, representing part of Rome, per the county's official roster. No campaign website was found as of September 22, 2026.

Legislator - District 13Christopher Newton (R)

Christopher Newton Republican

Christopher Newton is the sitting Oneida County Legislator for District 13, representing parts of New Hartford, Whitestown and Utica, per the county's official roster. No campaign website was found as of September 22, 2026.

Legislator - District 14D Chad Davis (D)

D Chad Davis Democratic

Chad Davis is the sitting Oneida County Legislator for District 14, representing parts of Kirkland, New Hartford and Utica, per the county's official roster. No campaign website was found as of September 22, 2026.

Legislator - District 15Maria McNiel (D) · Louis Faga (R)

Maria McNiel Democratic

Maria McNiel is the sitting Oneida County Legislator for District 15, representing parts of New Hartford and Utica, per the county's official roster. No campaign website was found as of September 22, 2026.

Louis Faga Republican

Louis Faga is the Republican Party nominee for Oneida County Legislator, District 15, and also appears on the Conservative Party line, per the county Board of Elections. No campaign website was found as of September 22, 2026.

Legislator - District 16Mary Austin Pratt (R)

Mary Austin Pratt Republican

Mary Austin Pratt is the sitting Oneida County Legislator for District 16, representing Bridgewater, Paris and part of New Hartford, per the county's official roster. She serves as Chairperson of the Board of Legislators, per the county's official roster. No campaign website was found as of September 22, 2026.

Legislator - District 17Stephen DiMaggio (R)

Stephen DiMaggio Republican

Stephen DiMaggio is the sitting Oneida County Legislator for District 17, representing parts of Rome, Lee and Floyd, per the county's official roster. He chairs the Airport committee, per the county's official roster. No campaign website was found as of September 22, 2026.

Legislator - District 18Joseph M Furgol (D) · John N Mirante (R)

Joseph M Furgol Democratic

Joseph Furgol is the sitting Oneida County Legislator for District 18, representing parts of Utica, per the county's official roster. No campaign website was found as of September 22, 2026.

John N Mirante Republican

John Mirante is the Republican Party nominee for Oneida County Legislator, District 18, and also appears on the Conservative Party line, per the county Board of Elections. No campaign website was found as of September 22, 2026.

Legislator - District 19Timothy J Julian (D) · James A Zecca (Conservative)

Timothy J Julian Democratic

Timothy Julian is the sitting Oneida County Legislator for District 19, representing parts of Utica, per the county's official roster. He serves as Minority Leader of the Board of Legislators, per the county's official roster. No campaign website was found as of September 22, 2026.

James A Zecca Conservative

James Zecca is the Republican and Conservative Party nominee for Oneida County Legislator, District 19, per the county Board of Elections. No campaign website was found as of September 22, 2026.

Legislator - District 20Venice A Ervin (D)

Venice A Ervin Democratic

Venice Ervin is the sitting Oneida County Legislator for District 20, representing parts of Utica, per the county's official roster. No campaign website was found as of September 22, 2026.

Legislator - District 21Lori A Washburn (D) · Tony Myers (R)

Lori A Washburn Democratic

Lori A Washburn represents District 21 on the Oneida County Legislature, per the Oneida County Board of Legislators website. No campaign website was found as of September 22, 2026.

Tony Myers Republican

Tony Myers is the Republican candidate for Oneida County Legislator, District 21, per the Oneida County Board of Elections candidate report. No campaign website was found as of September 22, 2026.

Legislator - District 22Kellyann C Mercurio (D)

Kellyann C Mercurio Democratic

Kellyann C Mercurio represents District 22 on the Oneida County Legislature, where the county's website lists her as Kelly Mercurio Bianco. No campaign website was found as of September 22, 2026.

Legislator - District 23Anthony C Leone Jr (D) · Frank A Pelli (R)

Anthony C Leone Jr Democratic

Anthony C Leone Jr represents District 23 on the Oneida County Legislature, per the Oneida County Board of Legislators website. No campaign website was found as of September 22, 2026.

Frank A Pelli Republican

Frank A Pelli is the Republican candidate for Oneida County Legislator, District 23, per the Oneida County Board of Elections candidate report. No campaign website was found as of September 22, 2026.

Full candidate profiles, priorities and campaign sites are on the Oneida County page.

Statewide races

GovernorKathy Hochul (D) · Bruce Blakeman (R)

Kathy Hochul Democrat Incumbent

Top priorities
  • Making life more affordable
  • Public safety
  • Expanding opportunity for New Yorkers
About Kathy Hochul
Kathy Hochul

Hochul is the sitting Governor of New York running for re-election; the campaign site describes her as New York's first mom Governor and notes she previously served as Speaker of the Buffalo Common Council, per the campaign site.

Bruce Blakeman Republican

Top priorities
  • Lower taxes and the cost of living
  • Public safety and support for law enforcement
  • Accountability in Albany
About Bruce Blakeman

Bruce Blakeman is the Republican nominee for New York governor and the Nassau County executive, a post he has held since 2022. He was unopposed in the June 23 Republican primary after Rep. Elise Stefanik ended her bid in December 2025. His campaign emphasizes affordability, public safety, and reversing what he calls one-party control in Albany.

Attorney GeneralLetitia James (D) · Saritha Komatireddy (R)

Letitia James Democrat Incumbent

Top priorities
  • Consumer protection
  • Tenant and worker protections
  • Government and corporate accountability
About Letitia James
Letitia James

Letitia James is New York's incumbent attorney general and the Democratic nominee for a third term. The first Black woman elected statewide in New York, she campaigns on consumer protection, tenant and worker protections, and holding powerful institutions accountable.

Saritha Komatireddy Republican

Top priorities
  • Prosecuting crime
  • Addressing homelessness and street-level mental illness humanely
  • Eliminating corruption and fraud

Per the campaign site.

About Saritha Komatireddy
Saritha Komatireddy

Saritha Komatireddy is the Republican nominee for New York attorney general, a former federal prosecutor in the Eastern District of New York who spent over a decade prosecuting terrorism and organized crime cases. She previously served as Chief of Staff of the Drug Enforcement Administration and is a partner at Holtzman Vogel and a Columbia Law School lecturer, per her campaign site.

ComptrollerThomas P. DiNapoli (D) · Joseph Hernandez (R)

Thomas P. DiNapoli Democrat Incumbent

Top priorities
  • Strong pension-fund stewardship
  • Fiscal oversight of state and local government
  • Accountability audits
About Thomas P. DiNapoli

Thomas P. DiNapoli is New York's incumbent comptroller and the Democratic nominee for another term, serving since 2007 as steward of the state pension fund. He campaigns on pension-fund performance, fiscal oversight, and government accountability audits. No campaign website was found as of September 9, 2026; the State Board of Elections' certification is the only verifiable source for Thomas P. DiNapoli.

Joseph Hernandez Republican

Top priorities
  • Pension performance
  • Fiscal discipline
  • Audit government waste
About Joseph Hernandez

Joseph Hernandez is an entrepreneur, investor and leader in biotechnology, healthcare and advanced technology who came to the United States as a Cuban refugee at age seven, per his campaign site. He earned a Bachelor of Science in Neuroscience, a Master of Science in Molecular Genetics and Microbiology, and an MBA in Finance and Entrepreneurship from the University of Florida, along with a master's degree from Yale University and a master's in Global Healthcare Leadership from the University of Oxford, per the campaign site. He is running for New York State Comptroller, per the campaign site.

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