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Allegany, New York sample ballot 2026

Allegany voters (Cattaraugus County, New York) see Governor, Attorney General, Comptroller plus 1 Cattaraugus County race on the November 3, 2026 ballot. Your U.S. House district and any precinct-level races depend on your street address.

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New York Supreme Court Justice, 8th Judicial DistrictCraig R. Bucki (D) · Anne E. Joynt (D) · Michael L. Amodeo (D) · Robert N. Richardson (D) · Deanne M. Tripi (R) · Jonathan S. Hickey (R) · Robert R. Vario (Conservative)

Craig R. Bucki

Democratic, Working Families

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.

Anne E. Joynt

Democratic, Working Families

Top priorities

From the campaign site

  • Making sure everyone is heard and that every person's experience matters in court
About Anne E. Joynt

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. No campaign website was found as of September 15, 2026.

Michael L. Amodeo

Democratic, Republican, Working Families

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. No campaign website was found as of September 15, 2026.

Robert N. Richardson

Democratic, Republican, Conservative

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.

Deanne M. Tripi

Republican, Conservative

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.

Jonathan S. Hickey

Republican, Conservative

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.

Robert R. Vario

Conservative

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

Statewide races

GovernorKathy Hochul (D) · Bruce Blakeman (R)
Kathy Hochul

Kathy Hochul

DemocratIncumbent

Top priorities

From other published sources

  • Making life more affordable
  • Public safety
  • Expanding opportunity for New Yorkers
About 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

Bruce Blakeman

Republican

Top priorities

From the campaign site

  • 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

Letitia James

DemocratIncumbent

Top priorities

From the campaign site

  • Consumer protection
  • Tenant and worker protections
  • Government and corporate accountability
About 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

Saritha Komatireddy

Republican

Top priorities

From the campaign site

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

Thomas P. DiNapoli

DemocratIncumbent

Top priorities

From the campaign site

  • Moving the pension fund's investments to net zero emissions by 2040
  • Exposing corruption, fraud and theft of taxpayer dollars
  • Tougher penalties for officials who abuse the public trust and public funds
About Thomas P. DiNapoli

DiNapoli has served as New York State Comptroller since February 2007, per the campaign site. Per the campaign site, he holds a BA in history from Hofstra University and a master's degree from The New School, worked as a manager in the private sector, and served as president of the board of Big Brothers/Big Sisters of Nassau County.

Joseph Hernandez

Republican

Top priorities

From other published sources

  • 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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