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Woodbury, New York sample ballot 2026

Woodbury voters (Orange County, New York) see Governor, Attorney General, Comptroller plus 2 Orange County races 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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On every Woodbury ballot

SheriffPaul Arteta (R) · Bernie Rivers (D)

Paul Arteta

RepublicanIncumbent

Arteta is the sitting Orange County Sheriff, elected in November 2022 after three decades in the department, per the county government's website. No campaign website was found as of September 23, 2026.

Bernie Rivers

Democratic

Top priorities

From the campaign site

  • Community-first accountability and public-safety technology with transparency
  • Modernization and fiscal responsibility at the Sheriff's Office
About Bernie Rivers

Rivers is a retired director of the NYS DEC Division of Law Enforcement with more than 40 years in law enforcement, per his campaign site.

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New York Supreme Court Justice, 9th Judicial DistrictMaria G. Rosa (D) · George E. Fufidio (D) · Alden H. Wolfe (D) · Richard S. Fava Pastilha (R) · John Ciampoli (R)

Maria G. Rosa

Democratic, Working FamiliesIncumbent

Maria G. Rosa is a sitting Justice of the New York State Supreme Court assigned to Dutchess County, per the Dutchess Supreme and County Court's official roster on the New York Courts website. No campaign website was found as of September 15, 2026.

George E. Fufidio

Democratic, Republican

George E. Fufidio is an elected Westchester County Court judge who also serves as an Acting Justice of the Supreme Court, per the Supreme and County Court of Westchester County's official roster on the New York Courts website. He was elected to the Westchester County Court bench on November 8, 2015 and has served for about ten years, per a Scrutinize.org judicial profile. No campaign website was found as of September 15, 2026.

Alden H. Wolfe

Democratic, Conservative

Alden H. Wolfe is the Majority Leader of the Rockland County Legislature, representing District 6, per the Legislature's official website. He is an attorney in private practice in New City, New York, with a general practice focusing on estate planning, probate and estate administration, elder law, disability and guardianship law, business law and real estate, per the same source. No campaign website was found as of September 15, 2026.

Richard S. Fava Pastilha

Republican, Conservative

Richard S. Fava Pastilha is an attorney who has maintained a legal practice in Westchester County for 30 years, per his campaign site.

John Ciampoli

Republican

John Ciampoli is an attorney, of counsel to the firm Messina Perillo Hill, per a local voter guide's ballot listing. He has previously served as Nassau County Attorney, per a New York Appellate Division decision that lists him in that role. No campaign website was found as of September 15, 2026.

Full candidate profiles, priorities and campaign sites are on the Orange 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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