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Niagara County, NY

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

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U.S. House, New York District 24
2 candidates
Federal ▾
Claudia Tenney portrait
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Claudia Tenney
REP INCUMBENT
Biography
Tenney practiced law in Clinton, New York, working as a partner at a Utica-area firm before opening her own practice, per the official House biography. She was co-owner and legal counsel of Mid-York Press, a commercial printing and manufacturing firm employing about 70 people, and founded Tenney Media Group, publisher of community newspapers later sold to Gannett in 2004, per the official House biography. She served in the New York State Assembly beginning in 2010 before her election to Congress in 2016, per the official House biography.
Top Priorities
  • Promoting transparency in Congress.
  • Protecting U.S. manufacturing from certain environmental regulations.
  • Reducing federal regulatory requirements, particularly those involving the Environmental Protection Agency.
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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Alissa J. Ellman
DEM
Biography
Ellman also holds the certified Working Families line, per the State Board of Elections results. Ellman is a U.S. Army veteran who served overseas and later worked as a special education teacher and at the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, where her position ended in 2025 amid federal workforce cuts, per her 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. The State Board of Elections marks this district Litigation Pending on its September 4 certification; the field below is as certified.
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 Niagara County

ZIP 14131 sits in Niagara County, per the Census crosswalk. These seats are voted countywide; district seats, city races and school boards need a street address. All Niagara County races (23).

New York Supreme Court Justice, 8th Judicial District
7 candidates
County ▾
CR
Craig R. Bucki
DEM
Biography
Craig R. Bucki is an elected partner at Phillips Lytle LLP, where he has practiced litigation for nearly twenty years across commercial disputes, matrimonial actions, foreclosure cases, personal injury, constitutional law and land use matters, per his campaign site. He holds a J.D. from Columbia University School of Law and a B.A. from Yale University, and is admitted to practice in New York state courts, several federal district courts, the Second Circuit, and the U.S. Supreme Court, per his campaign site.
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Anne E. Joynt
DEM
Biography
Anne E. Joynt is an attorney at Lipsitz, Ponterio & Comerford, where she has practiced for 22 years representing injured workers and families, per the Orleans Hub. A 1998 Medina High School graduate with a law degree from the University at Buffalo, she was rated Well Qualified by the Bar Association of Erie County. No campaign website was found as of September 15, 2026.
Top Priorities
  • Making sure everyone is heard and that every person's experience matters in court, per the campaign site
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Michael L. Amodeo
DEM
Biography
Michael L. Amodeo is principal law clerk to Appellate Division, Fourth Department, Justice Craig Hannah, per the Erie County Democratic Committee. He received cross-party endorsements for the 2026 Supreme Court race and was rated Qualified by the Bar Association of Erie County. No campaign website was found as of September 15, 2026.
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Robert N. Richardson
DEM
Biography
Robert N. Richardson is on the November 3, 2026 ballot for Supreme Court Justice in the 8th Judicial District (Allegany, Cattaraugus, Chautauqua, Erie, Genesee, Niagara, Orleans & Wyoming) on the Democratic, Republican, Conservative lines, per the State Board of Elections' amended certification of September 4, 2026. No campaign website was found as of September 15, 2026.
Full profile
DM
Deanne M. Tripi
REP
Biography
Deanne M. Tripi is a judge of the Erie County Family Court, first elected in 2013 and re-elected in 2023, per her campaign site. She earned her law degree from Pace University's Elisabeth Haub School of Law in 1995 and was admitted to the New York bar in 1996, per her campaign site. Before joining the bench she spent 18 years in private practice, including 11 years as a partner at the firm of Palmer, Murphy and Tripi handling Family Court and Supreme Court civil matters, per her campaign site.
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Jonathan S. Hickey
REP
Biography
Jonathan S. Hickey is a Clarence Town Justice, per the Town of Clarence's official court roster. A 2001 graduate of the University at Buffalo School of Law, he is a founding member of the Buffalo law firm Burden, Gulisano and Hickey, which defends product manufacturers and transportation companies, per a University at Buffalo School of Law alumni profile. He has also served as a confidential law clerk in the 8th Judicial District, per the same alumni profile. No campaign website was found as of September 15, 2026.
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Robert R. Vario
Biography
Robert R. Vario is the lead matrimonial and family law attorney at the Law Office of Ralph C. Lorigo in West Seneca, New York, per the firm's own biography of its attorneys. He has been named to Super Lawyers in family law for 2019 through 2026, per Super Lawyers. No campaign website was found as of September 15, 2026.
Full profile
About this race
Voters choose 4 justices. Supreme Court justices are elected by judicial district; the 8th Judicial District covers Allegany, Cattaraugus, Chautauqua, Erie, Genesee, Niagara, Orleans and Wyoming 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.
Niagara County Treasurer
1 candidate
County ▾
KR
Kyle R Andrews
REP
Biography
Kyle Andrews serves as Niagara County Treasurer, according to the county's official website. No campaign website was found as of September 22, 2026.
Full 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
Kyle R. Andrews (Republican, Conservative) is the only candidate certified for County Treasurer; no Democratic nominee filed, per the Niagara County Board of Elections ballot-order list.
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