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Scope and limitations

What this New York guide covers

This guide covers all 3 statewide candidate contests and all 6 unique printed candidates or tickets in New York's amended official 2026 certification. It combines fusion rows, keeps write-ins separate, and distinguishes state reports from the federal scope.

Included

Published now

  • 6 unique printed candidates or tickets in all 3 statewide candidate contests
  • All certified fusion party rows combined under the correct candidate or ticket
  • Zero named statewide write-ins in an official candidate certification, with write-in voting explained separately
  • 3 exact NYSBOE July periodic report summaries and three explicit unavailable-report notes
  • Zero statewide federal finance records because no U.S. Senate contest is certified in New York in 2026
  • Registration, early voting, ballot applications, ballot return, voter identification, polling hours, and Election Day rules
  • Zero nonjudicial statewide ballot questions verified from official certification sources
  • Zero statewide judicial candidate or retention contests, with judicial district races excluded
Not included

Outside this release

  • U.S. House, State Senate, Assembly, Supreme Court judicial district, county, city, school, and other district or local candidate contests
  • Generic write-in opportunities and any write-in person who is not part of an official named certification
  • Judicial contests tied to a judicial district or locality
  • Independent expenditures and outside spending beyond each selected candidate committee
  • Transaction-level contributor and expenditure analysis
  • County and local ballot questions
Known finance limits

3 finance summaries unavailable

  • Bruce A. Blakeman and Todd HoodThe official NYSBOE public reporting system returned Bruce Blakeman, Governor candidate ID 165157, and Blakeman for New York, Governor filer ID 580499. Its disclosure search returned no itemized report summary when checked October 1, 2026. The 32-day pre-general report was due October 2, after the check. No total is inferred.
  • Joseph HernandezThe official NYSBOE public reporting system returned Joseph Hernandez, State Comptroller candidate ID 569718, and HERNANDEZ FOR NEW YORK, State Comptroller filer ID 569719. Its disclosure search returned no itemized report summary when checked October 1, 2026. The 32-day pre-general report was due October 2, after the check. No total is inferred.
  • Letitia A. JamesThe official NYSBOE public reporting system returned Letitia James, Attorney General candidate ID 27937. This guide matched the exact 2026 committee James for NY 2026, Attorney General filer ID 308810, rather than the older James For NY committee. The disclosure search returned no itemized report summary when checked October 1, 2026. The 32-day pre-general report was due October 2, after the check. No total is inferred.
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Not yet published

District contests, local ballot styles, and itemized finance

Congressional, legislative, judicial district, county, municipal, school, special-district, and local expansion, plus transaction-level campaign finance analysis, are not included in this statewide release.

Dataset comparison: New York state cards use exact NYSBOE July periodic fields with a July 11 cutoff. They are not full-cycle federal aggregates. The selected reports can be original or amended, and their precise filing status is shown. The official portal labels its results an unofficial resource. The 32-day pre-general report was due October 2, after the October 1 check. Missing summaries are not converted to zeros.
Version record

New York guide 1.0

PublishedOctober 1, 2026
Contests shown3
Ballot choices6
Ballot measures0

3 statewide candidate contests, 6 unique printed candidates or tickets, zero named statewide write-ins in an official certification, 3 exact NYSBOE reports, three state unavailable-report notes, zero statewide FEC records, voting deadlines, zero statewide ballot questions, zero statewide judicial contests, and primary sources.

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New York guide publication record
VersionPublishedScope
1.0October 1, 20263 statewide candidate contests, 6 unique printed candidates or tickets, zero named statewide write-ins in an official certification, 3 exact NYSBOE reports, three state unavailable-report notes, zero statewide FEC records, voting deadlines, zero statewide ballot questions, zero statewide judicial contests, and primary sources.

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