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Allegany County, NY

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U.S. House, New York District 23
2 candidates
Federal ▾
Nicholas A. Langworthy portrait
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Nicholas A. Langworthy
REP INCUMBENT
Biography
Langworthy is a native of South Dayton, New York and a graduate of Niagara University, per the campaign site. The campaign site says Langworthy has served as Erie County Republican Chairman and New York State Republican Party Chairman and previously worked in congressional district offices, per the campaign site.
Top Priorities
From the campaign site
  • Prioritizing constituent service, casework, and securing resources for his district
  • Ensuring his constituents and rural communities have a voice in major legislation
  • Upholding airline safety measures as Chairman of the Aviation Safety Caucus
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
Campaign siteFull profile
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Aaron Gies
DEM
Biography
Gies also holds the certified Working Families line, per the State Board of Elections results, and is a theology and Franciscan studies faculty member at St. Bonaventure University and grew up in a working family with a father who ran a small contracting business, per his campaign site.
Top Priorities
From the campaign site
  • Protecting access to Medicare, Medicaid and rural health care
  • Housing affordability across Western New York and the Southern Tier
  • Strengthening public schools while easing the property-tax burden on families
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
From the campaign site
  • 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
From the campaign site
  • 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
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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
From the campaign site
  • Consumer protection
  • Tenant and worker protections
  • Government and corporate accountability
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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
From the campaign site
  • Prosecuting crime
  • Addressing homelessness and street-level mental illness humanely
  • Eliminating corruption and fraud
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Comptroller
2 candidates
Statewide ▾
Thomas P. DiNapoli portrait
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Thomas P. DiNapoli
DEM INCUMBENT
Biography
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.
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
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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
From the campaign site
  • Pension performance
  • Fiscal discipline
  • Audit government waste
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Countywide races in Allegany County

ZIP 14721 sits in Allegany County, per the Census crosswalk. These seats are voted countywide; district seats, city races and school boards need a street address. All Allegany County races (4).

New York Supreme Court Justice, 8th Judicial District
7 candidates
County ▾
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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. No campaign website was found as of September 15, 2026.
Top Priorities
From the campaign site
  • Making sure everyone is heard and that every person's experience matters in court
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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. 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
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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.
New York Assembly District 148
1 candidate
County ▾
Joseph Sempolinski portrait
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Joseph Sempolinski
REP INCUMBENT
Biography
Joe Sempolinski is the sitting Assembly member for the 148th District, elected in 2024, a former U.S. House district director for Congressman Tom Reed and Assembly chief of staff who holds degrees from Georgetown and Yale, per the Assembly's member page. No campaign website was found as of September 29, 2026.
Top Priorities
From other published sources
  • Constitutional conservatism and Second Amendment rights, per New York Assembly member page
  • Economic development and job creation, particularly in agriculture, per New York Assembly member page
  • Reducing government spending and unfunded mandates, per New York Assembly member page
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
Joseph Sempolinski (Republican; also on the Conservative line) is on the November 3 ballot for New York Assembly District 148; Joseph Sempolinski is the sitting member, per the Assembly's member directory. Party nominees were chosen at the June 23 primary or by party designation; independent bodies qualified by petition. The field is the State Board of Elections' amended certification for the general election (September 4, 2026); under fusion voting one person may appear on several ballot lines. This seat is elected by district; only the district covering your address appears on your ballot. Every address in Allegany County is in this district, per the certified district list.

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