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12449

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Ulster County, NY

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

7 races on your November 3 ballot. Jump to:
Governor1U.S. House1Statewide2Local3
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U.S. House, New York District 18
2 candidates
Federal ▾
Pat Ryan portrait
PR
Pat Ryan
DEM INCUMBENT
Biography
Ryan is a combat veteran, small business founder, and former Ulster County Executive who served in the U.S. Army as an intelligence officer with two deployments to Iraq, per the campaign site. The campaign site says Ryan founded a technology company with more than 150 employees and led Ulster County through the pandemic while expanding affordable housing and mental health services, per the campaign site.
Top Priorities
  • Freedom for All
  • Ensuring Safety for All
  • Clean Air, Soil, and Water for All
Per the campaign site.
Key voting record
Voted no on the One Big Beautiful Bill Act, the 2025 tax-and-spending package, which passed the House 218-214 in July 2025. Opposed
Voted no 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. Opposed
Voted no on the National Defense Authorization Act for fiscal 2026, which passed the House 231-196 in September 2025. Opposed
Campaign siteFull profile
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Jackie Mary Auringer
REP
Biography
Auringer works in her family's construction business as a project manager and managerial accountant, and also works in marketing and branding, per the campaign site. She holds a marketing degree from the Lutgert College of Business and has been involved in voter outreach and grassroots organizing, per the campaign site.
Top Priorities
  • Reducing taxes, energy costs and health care costs for Hudson Valley households and businesses
  • Supporting well-paying jobs, business growth and career-focused education
  • Ethics and transparency in Congress
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.
Governor
2 candidates
Statewide ▾
Kathy Hochul portrait
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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
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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 ▾
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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 Ulster County

ZIP 12449 sits in Ulster County, per the Census crosswalk. These seats are voted countywide; district seats, city races and school boards need a street address. All Ulster County races (31).

New York Supreme Court Justice, 3rd Judicial District
2 candidates
County ▾
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Amy E. Joyce
DEM
Biography
Amy E. Joyce is a New York judge who has presided over Supreme Court matters in Albany County, per a judicial performance profile. No campaign site or additional attributed biographical detail was found as of this research. No campaign website was found as of September 15, 2026.
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Jennifer G. Sober
DEM
Biography
Jennifer G. Sober is a Rensselaer County Court judge, elected in 2017. She previously worked as an assistant district attorney in Albany and Rensselaer counties before entering private criminal defense practice, per a legal-records profile. No campaign website was found as of September 15, 2026.
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About this race
Voters choose 2 justices. Supreme Court justices are elected by judicial district; the 3rd Judicial District covers Albany, Columbia, Greene, Rensselaer, Schoharie, Sullivan and Ulster 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.
Ulster County Sheriff
1 candidate
County ▾
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Juan Figueroa
DEM
Biography
Figueroa is a 40-year Ulster County resident who served 22 years in the Marine Corps as a combat veteran and 25 years as a New York State Trooper before being elected Sheriff in 2018, per his campaign site. Under his tenure the office launched the ORACLE opioid response program in July 2019, per his campaign site.
Top Priorities
  • Treatment-based response to the opioid crisis
  • Building relationships between law enforcement and the community
  • Employee wellness programs for officers
Per the campaign site.
Campaign siteFull profile
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
Juan Figueroa (Democratic, Working Families) is the only candidate certified for Sheriff; no Republican nominee filed, per the Ulster County Board of Elections' certification.
Ulster County Surrogate Court Judge
1 candidate
County ▾
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Judy Nolfo
DEM
Biography
Judy Nolfo currently serves as Principal Court Attorney in Ulster County Surrogate's Court and Acting Supreme Court, per her campaign site. She spent 19 years in private practice at the Nolfo McKenna Law Office, focusing on estates, Surrogate's Court matters and elder law, and is a graduate of Albany Law School.
Campaign siteFull profile
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
Judy Nolfo (Democratic) is the only candidate certified for Surrogate Court Judge; no Republican nominee filed, per the Ulster County Board of Elections' certification.
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