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11754

Who is on the ballot in 11754?

Suffolk County, NY

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Fields below reflect the November 3, 2026 general election ballot as races are certified.

9 races on your November 3 ballot. Jump to:
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U.S. House, New York District 1
2 candidates
Federal ▾
Nicholas J. LaLota portrait
NJ
Nicholas J. LaLota
REP INCUMBENT
Biography
LaLota is a Navy veteran running for U.S. House in New York, per the campaign site. The campaign site describes a service above self approach focused on serving Long Island families, per the campaign site.
Top Priorities
  • National Security at Home and Abroad
  • A More Affordable, Prosperous Way of Life
  • Fighting for Long Island
Per the campaign site.
Key voting record
Voted yes on the One Big Beautiful Bill Act, the 2025 tax-and-spending package, which passed the House 218-214 in July 2025. Supported
Voted yes on the Laken Riley Act, expanding federal detention of certain immigrants charged with theft or violent crimes, which passed the House 263-156 in January 2025. Supported
Voted yes on the National Defense Authorization Act for fiscal 2026, which passed the House 231-196 in September 2025. Supported
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CJ
Christopher J. Gallant
DEM
Biography
Gallant is a military pilot, union leader and volunteer firefighter who has deployed to Kuwait as an Army National Guard Black Hawk pilot and works as an FAA air traffic controller, per his campaign site.
Top Priorities
  • Affordability, including housing, energy and everyday costs for Long Island families
  • Protecting Medicare and Medicaid while expanding access and lowering costs for seniors
  • Infrastructure and coastal resilience investment for shoreline communities
Per the campaign site.
Campaign siteFull profile
About this race
New York fields are from the State Board of Elections' amended certification for the November 3, 2026 general election (dated September 4, 2026); one person can hold several ballot lines under fusion voting, and additional certified lines are noted in bios. Suffolk County certifies its lines September 10; this field is from the county board's candidate records.
Governor
2 candidates
Statewide ▾
Kathy Hochul portrait
KH
Kathy Hochul
DEM INCUMBENT
Biography
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.
Top Priorities
  • Making life more affordable
  • Public safety
  • Expanding opportunity for New Yorkers
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Bruce Blakeman
REP
Biography
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.
Top Priorities
  • Lower taxes and the cost of living
  • Public safety and support for law enforcement
  • Accountability in Albany
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Attorney General
2 candidates
Statewide ▾
Letitia James portrait
LJ
Letitia James
DEM INCUMBENT
Biography
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.
Top Priorities
  • Consumer protection
  • Tenant and worker protections
  • Government and corporate accountability
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Saritha Komatireddy portrait
SK
Saritha Komatireddy
REP
Biography
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.
Top Priorities
  • Prosecuting crime
  • Addressing homelessness and street-level mental illness humanely
  • Eliminating corruption and fraud
Per the campaign site.
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Comptroller
2 candidates
Statewide ▾
TP
Thomas P. DiNapoli
DEM INCUMBENT
Biography
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.
Top Priorities
  • Strong pension-fund stewardship
  • Fiscal oversight of state and local government
  • Accountability audits
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Joseph Hernandez
REP
Biography
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.
Top Priorities
  • Pension performance
  • Fiscal discipline
  • Audit government waste
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Countywide races in Suffolk County

ZIP 11754 sits in Suffolk County, per the Census crosswalk. These seats are voted countywide; district seats, city races and school boards need a street address. All Suffolk County races (22).

New York Supreme Court Justice, 10th Judicial District
14 candidates
County ▾
RA
Richard Ambro
DEM INCUMBENT
Biography
Richard Ambro is a sitting Justice of the Supreme Court in Suffolk County and Supervising Judge of the County Court and Supreme Court, per the Suffolk County Court's official roster on the New York Courts website. He is the only Suffolk County Democratic nominee for this seat also cross-endorsed by Suffolk Republicans this year, per Newsday. No campaign website was found as of September 15, 2026.
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Leonard D. Steinman
DEM INCUMBENT
Biography
Leonard D. Steinman is a sitting Justice of the Supreme Court in Nassau County, per the Nassau Supreme Court's official roster on the New York Courts website. He presides as Presiding Justice of the Child Victims Act Part for the 9th and 10th Judicial Districts, per the New York Courts website. No campaign website was found as of September 15, 2026.
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Mary E. Porter
DEM
Biography
Mary E. Porter is a sitting Family Court Judge in Suffolk County, per the New York State Unified Court System's 2025 Annual Report. She was elected to the Suffolk County Family Court bench in 2021, per Suffolk County's official general election candidate list. No campaign website was found as of September 15, 2026.
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Joy M. Watson
DEM
Biography
Joy M. Watson is a Nassau County Court Judge who also serves as an Acting Supreme Court Justice, per the Nassau County Court's official roster on the New York Courts website. She previously worked in the Nassau County District Attorney's office, per a local newspaper archive. No campaign website was found as of September 15, 2026.
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Stephen L. Ukeiley
DEM
Biography
Stephen L. Ukeiley is a Suffolk County District Court Judge and Acting County Court Judge, and serves as Coordinating Judge of the Outlying District Courts, per the Suffolk District Civil Court's official roster on the New York Courts website. He is an adjunct professor of law at Touro Law Center and has authored a regular law column in The Suffolk Lawyer, per Touro Law Center's website. No campaign website was found as of September 15, 2026.
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Eric Sachs
DEM
Biography
Eric Sachs is a Suffolk County District Court Judge and Acting County Court Judge who has served since January 2021 as Presiding Judge of the Suffolk County DWI Treatment Court, per his campaign site. He earned his Juris Doctor from Brooklyn Law School in 1985 and began his career as an Assistant District Attorney in Bronx County from 1985 through 1989, per the same source.
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William D. Wexler
DEM
Biography
William D. Wexler is an attorney based in North Babylon, New York, per Suffolk County Supreme Court case filings. He has served as Ocean Beach Village Justice for approximately 27 years, having begun his public service as an assistant district attorney, per the Fire Island News. No campaign website was found as of September 15, 2026.
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JK
John Kelly
DEM
Biography
John Kelly, of Deer Park, has served as a Family Court Judge and an acting Supreme Court Judge in Suffolk County, per the Suffolk County Legislature, which honored him as its 2024 Irish American of Distinction. No campaign website was found as of September 15, 2026.
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Kelly A. Reape
REP
Biography
Kelly A. Reape is an attorney of counsel to the Farmingdale, New York firm Guercio and Guercio, which represents school districts, per Newsday and court records. She was named a Suffolk Republican and Conservative nominee for this seat in August 2026, per Newsday. No campaign website was found as of September 15, 2026.
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Karen M. Wilutis
REP
Biography
Karen M. Wilutis is a Suffolk County Court Judge who also serves as an Acting Supreme Court Justice, per the Suffolk County Court's official roster on the New York Courts website. As an Acting Supreme Court Justice she presides over Suffolk County's Felony Sex Offense Court, per Newsday. No campaign website was found as of September 15, 2026.
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John Iliou
REP
Biography
John Iliou is a Suffolk County Court Judge who also serves as an Acting Supreme Court Justice and Presiding Justice of the Integrated Domestic Violence Part, per the New York Courts website. No campaign website was found as of September 15, 2026.
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JA
James A. McDonaugh
REP
Biography
James A. McDonaugh is a Suffolk District Criminal Term judge, per the New York Courts website. He was named a Suffolk Republican and Conservative nominee for this seat in August 2026, per Newsday. No campaign website was found as of September 15, 2026.
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MK
Mary Kate Mullen
REP
Biography
Mary Kate Mullen is a Suffolk District Court Judge and Acting County Court Judge who presides in Domestic Violence Part 3, per the New York Courts website. She previously served as an Islip Town councilwoman, per Newsday. No campaign website was found as of September 15, 2026.
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AR
Anthony R. Portesy
Biography
Anthony R. Portesy withdrew as the Democratic candidate for Suffolk County Clerk to accept the Conservative Party's nomination for this seat, per Newsday. He holds a position with Suffolk County's Off-Track Betting Corporation, per the same source. No campaign website was found as of September 15, 2026.
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About this race
Voters choose 8 justices. Supreme Court justices are elected by judicial district; the 10th Judicial District covers Nassau and Suffolk counties, so this race is on every ballot there. Names and party lines follow the State Board of Elections certification for the November 3, 2026 ballot; a name listed on more than one party line is one candidate.
Suffolk County Clerk
1 candidate
County ▾
VA
Vincent A. Puleo
REP
Biography
Vincent A. Puleo is the sitting Suffolk County Clerk, elected after 16 years in the Smithtown Town Clerk's Office, per Dan's Papers. He spent 26 years in the private sector in the bar, restaurant and insurance business before entering government, per Dan's Papers. As Clerk he oversees deeds, mortgages and notary services for the county and supervises a staff of about 110 people, per Dan's Papers. He is unopposed for reelection, per the Suffolk County Board of Elections ballot booklet. No campaign website was found as of September 25, 2026.
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Why only one name?
Only one name is on the ballot for this office: no other candidate qualified. An unopposed candidate is elected unless a write-in outpolls them where write-ins are allowed, so this line still counts as a vote.
About this race
Incumbent Vincent A. Puleo (Republican, Conservative), seeking a second full term, is unopposed; Democratic nominee Anthony Portesy withdrew from the race in mid-August 2026 after accepting a Conservative Party judgeship nomination, and no replacement Democratic nominee was found on the certified ballot list, per the Suffolk County Board of Elections ballot booklet and Long Island Life & Politics.
Suffolk County Comptroller
2 candidates
County ▾
JE
Jon Estreich
DEM
Biography
Jon Estreich is a Long Island native raising his family in Dix Hills who holds the rank of Major in the U.S. Army Reserve, per the campaign site. He previously served as a Suffolk County prosecutor, counsel to the governor, an attorney at the Department of Homeland Security, and an investigative attorney at the MTA Inspector General's office, per the campaign site.
Top Priorities
  • Audit no-bid and consultant contracts
  • Institute a payroll audit to find no-show jobs
  • Create a real-time online spending dashboard for county contracts
Per the campaign site.
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DL
Dan Losquadro
REP
Biography
Dan Losquadro is the sitting Brookhaven Town Superintendent of Highways, a post he has held since 2013, per the NYS Association of Town Superintendents of Highways. He previously served in the Suffolk County Legislature beginning in 2003, becoming majority leader in 2006, and in the New York State Assembly representing District 1 from 2011 to 2013, per the association. He is the Republican nominee for Suffolk County Comptroller, the seat of term-limited incumbent Comptroller John M. Kennedy Jr., facing Democratic nominee Jon Estreich, per the Suffolk County Board of Elections ballot booklet. No campaign website was found as of September 25, 2026.
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About this race
Democratic nominee Jon Estreich faces Republican nominee Dan Losquadro, the Brookhaven Town Superintendent of Highways, for the seat of term-limited incumbent Comptroller John M. Kennedy Jr. (R), per the Suffolk County Board of Elections ballot booklet and the Messenger Papers. This contest is on the November 3, 2026 ballot.
Suffolk County Court Judge (4 seats)
4 candidates
County ▾
DT
Daniel T. Driscoll
REP
Biography
Daniel T. Driscoll is one of four names cross-endorsed on the Republican and Conservative lines for the four Suffolk County Court Judge seats, per the Suffolk County Board of Elections ballot booklet. A site at driscollforjudge.com belongs to a different Driscoll running for judge in Delaware County, Indiana, not this candidate. No campaign website was found as of September 25, 2026.
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Anthony S. Senft Jr.
REP
Biography
Anthony S. Senft Jr. is a sitting Suffolk County Court judge whose term expires in 2026, first elected to the bench in 2016 and previously a Suffolk County District Court judge from 2015 to 2017, per court records citing nycourts.gov. He has also served as an acting justice on the Suffolk County Supreme Court since 2022, per the same records. He earned a bachelor's degree from Hofstra University in 1990 and a law degree from Hofstra's Maurice A. Deane School of Law in 1993, and was a commissioned officer in the Army's Military Intelligence Corps, per the same records. No campaign website was found as of September 25, 2026.
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Anna Acquafredda
REP
Biography
Anna Acquafredda is one of four names cross-endorsed on the Republican and Conservative lines for the four Suffolk County Court Judge seats, per the Suffolk County Board of Elections ballot booklet. No campaign website was found as of September 25, 2026.
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James G. Chalifoux
REP
Biography
James G. Chalifoux is one of four names cross-endorsed on the Republican and Conservative lines for the four Suffolk County Court Judge seats, per the Suffolk County Board of Elections ballot booklet. No campaign website was found as of September 25, 2026.
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About this race
Four seats; Daniel T. Driscoll, Anthony S. Senft Jr. (a sitting County Court judge whose term expires in 2026), Anna Acquafredda and James G. Chalifoux appear as a single slate of four names for four seats on the Suffolk County ballot booklet, cross-endorsed on more than one party line, indicating an uncontested negotiated slate; the exact party-by-party breakdown could not be cleanly resolved from the ballot's column layout in this pass. This contest is on the November 3, 2026 ballot.
Suffolk Family Court Judge (3 seats)
3 candidates
County ▾
FA
Frank A. Tantone
REP
Biography
Frank A. Tantone is a sitting Suffolk County Family Court judge, first elected to the bench in 2016, per court records citing nycourts.gov. Before becoming a judge he was a partner at Tantone & Gulotta in Ronkonkoma beginning in 2000 and served as prosecuting attorney for the Village of Islandia from 2010 to 2016, per the same records. He earned a bachelor's degree from Hofstra University in 1982 and a law degree from Notre Dame Law School in 1985, per the same records. No campaign website was found as of September 25, 2026.
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William F. Garbarino
REP
Biography
William F. Garbarino is one of three names cross-endorsed on the Republican and Conservative lines for the three Suffolk Family Court Judge seats, per the Suffolk County Board of Elections ballot booklet. No campaign website was found as of September 25, 2026.
Full profile
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Evan S. Tanenbaum
REP
Biography
Evan S. Tanenbaum is one of three names cross-endorsed on the Republican and Conservative lines for the three Suffolk Family Court Judge seats, per the Suffolk County Board of Elections ballot booklet. No campaign website was found as of September 25, 2026.
Full profile
About this race
Three seats; Frank A. Tantone (a sitting Family Court judge), William F. Garbarino and Evan S. Tanenbaum appear as a single slate of three names for three seats on the Suffolk County ballot booklet, cross-endorsed on more than one party line, indicating an uncontested negotiated slate; the exact party-by-party breakdown could not be cleanly resolved from the ballot's column layout in this pass. This contest is on the November 3, 2026 ballot.
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