2026 New York State Senate election


The 2026 New York State Senate election will be held on November 3, 2026. Primary elections will be held on June 23, 2026. It will be held alongside elections for governor, attorney general, comptroller, United States House of Representatives, and State Assembly.
In the 2024 election, the Democratic Party retained its State Senate majority, but lost its veto-proof majority after it lost one seat in the election for the 17th Senate district.
Candidates must file paperwork between March 30 and April 2, 2026, to run.

Outgoing incumbents

Incumbents who vacated office before end of term

Democrats

  1. 22nd district: Simcha Felder resigned on April 9, 2025 after winning a special election to the New York City Council. Replaced by Democrat Sam Sutton in a [2025 New York Senate |District 22 special election|special election] held May 20, 2025.
  2. 47th district: Brad Hoylman-Sigal resigned on January 1, 2026 following election as borough president of Manhattan.
  3. 61st district: Sean Ryan resigned on January 1, 2026 following election as Mayor of Buffalo.

Incumbents not running for reelection

Republicans

  1. 51st district: Peter Oberacker is running for the U.S. House of Representatives

February 3rd Special elections

Several New York State Senate seats became vacant during the 2024–2026 term due to resignations following election to other offices. Under New York law, these vacancies are filled by special elections, scheduled separately from the regular election cycle. The winners of these special elections will serve the remainder of the unexpired terms and are expected to seek full terms in the 2026 general election.
According to the New York State Board of Elections, special elections for State Senate Districts 47 and 61 will be held on February 3, 2026. Party nominations will be made by county party committees, rather than through primary elections.

[|District 47]

The seat became vacant after Senator Brad Hoylman-Sigal resigned effective December 31, 2025, following his election as Manhattan Borough President.
Erik Bottcher was selected as the Democratic nominee by the district's membership of the Manhattan County party committee, whose special nomination meeting took place on January 11, 2026. The Republican nominee was originally Kevin O'Connell, later replaced by Charlotte Friedman.

[|District 61]

The seat for the 61st district became vacant after Senator Sean Ryan resigned effective January 1, 2026, following his election as Mayor of Buffalo.
Assemblymember Jon Rivera had made his intentions to seek the seat before Ryan's resignation, and formally announced his candidacy on October 9, 2025. Erie County Democratic chair Jeremy Zellner announced his candidacy on January 5, 2026.. Zellner was nominated by the party as their official candidate. The Republicans and Conservatives nominated perennial candidate Dan Gagliardo.

Summary by district

† = incumbent who did not seek re-election
Italics = non-incumbent
Bold = district flipped from one party to the other

Detailed results

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District 1

In 2024, incumbent Republican Senator Anthony Palumbo won re-election to a third term.

Republican primary

Candidates
Filed paperwork

Democratic primary

Candidates
Declared

District 2

In 2024, incumbent Republican Senator Mario Mattera won re-election to a third term.

Republican primary

Candidates
Potential

District 3

In 2024, incumbent Republican Senator Dean Murray won re-election to a second term.

Republican primary

Candidates
Filed paperwork

District 4

In 2024, incumbent Democratic Senator Monica Martinez won re-election to a second term, her third overall.

Democratic primary

Candidates
Potential

Republican primary

Candidates
Filed paperwork
  • Brianne Wakefield, activist

District 5

In 2024, incumbent Republican Senator Steven Rhoads won re-election to a second term.

Republican primary

Candidates
Filed paperwork

District 6

In 2024, Democratic Senator Siela Bynoe won a first term.

Democratic primary

Candidates
Filed paperwork

District 7

In 2024, incumbent Republican Senator Jack Martins won re-election to a second consecutive term, his fifth term overall.

Republican primary

Candidates
Potential

Democratic primary

Candidates
Declared

District 8

In 2024, incumbent Republican Senator Alexis Weik won re-election to a third term.

Republican primary

Candidates
Filed paperwork

District 9

In 2024, incumbent Republican Senator Patricia Canzoneri-Fitzpatrick won re-election to a second term.

Republican primary

Candidates
Filed paperwork

District 10

In 2024, incumbent Democratic Senator James Sanders Jr. won re-election to a seventh term.

Democratic primary

Candidates
Potential

District 11

In 2024, incumbent Democratic Senator Toby Ann Stavisky won re-election to a fourteenth full term.

Democratic primary

Candidates
Declared
  • Adam Azam, community leader
  • Sean Henry Miller, regional director of Young Invincibles
  • Andrew Engel, attorney
  • Toby Ann Stavisky, incumbent Senator

District 12

In 2024, incumbent Democratic Senator Michael Gianaris won re-election to an eighth term.

Democratic primary

Candidates
Potential

District 13

In 2024, incumbent Democratic Senator Jessica Ramos won re-election to a fourth term.

Democratic primary

Candidates
Declared

District 14

In 2024, incumbent Democratic Senator Leroy Comrie won re-election to a sixth term.

Democratic primary

Candidates
Filed paperwork

District 15

In 2024, incumbent Democratic Senator Joseph Addabbo Jr. won re-election to a ninth term.

Democratic primary

Candidates
Potential

District 16

In 2024, incumbent Democratic Senator John Liu won re-election to a fourth term.

Democratic primary

Candidates
Potential

Republican primary

Candidates
Filed paperwork

District 17

In 2024, Republican Steve Chan defeated incumbent Democratic Senator Iwen Chu.

Democratic primary

Candidates
Filed paperwork

Republican primary

Candidates
Filed paperwork

District 18

In 2024, incumbent Democratic Senator Julia Salazar won re-election to a fourth term.

Democratic primary

Candidates
Filed paperwork

District 19

In 2024, incumbent Democratic Senator Roxanne Persaud won re-election to a fifth full term.

Democratic primary

Candidates
Potential

District 20

In 2024, incumbent Democratic Senator Zellnor Myrie won re-election to a fourth term.

Democratic primary

Candidates
Potential

District 21

In 2024, incumbent Democratic Senator Kevin Parker won re-election to a twelfth term.

Democratic primary

Candidates
Potential

District 22

In 2024, incumbent Democratic Senator Simcha Felder, who caucused with the Republican Party until 2019 won re-election to a seventh term. In 2025, he left the state senate to become the New York City Council Member for the 44th district. On May 20, 2025, Democrat Sam Sutton won the special election to replace Felder.

Democratic primary

Candidates
Filed paperwork

Republican Primary

Candidates
Filed paperwork

District 23

In 2024, incumbent Democratic Senator Jessica Scarcella-Spanton won re-election to a second term.

Democratic primary

Candidates
Filed paperwork

Republican primary

Candidates
Declined

District 24

In 2024, incumbent Republican Senator Andrew Lanza won re-election to a third term.

Republican primary

Candidates
Potential

District 25

In 2024, incumbent Democratic Senator Jabari Brisport won re-election to a third term.

Democratic primary

Candidates
Declared

District 26

In 2024, incumbent Democratic Senator Andrew Gounardes won re-election to a fourth term.

Democratic primary

Candidates
Filed paperwork

District 27

In 2024, incumbent Democratic Senator Brian Kavanagh won re-election to a fourth full term.

Democratic primary

Candidates
Filed paperwork

District 28

In 2024, incumbent Democratic Senator Liz Krueger won re-election to a twelfth full term.

Democratic primary

Candidates
Potential

Republican primary

Candidates
Declared

District 29

In 2024, incumbent Democratic Senator José M. Serrano won re-election to an eleventh term.

Democratic primary

Candidates
Potential

District 30

In 2024, incumbent Democratic Senator Cordell Cleare won re-election to a second full term.

Democratic primary

Candidates
Filed paperwork

District 31

In 2024, incumbent Democratic Senator Robert Jackson won re-election to a fourth term.

Democratic primary

Candidates
Filed paperwork

District 32

In 2024, incumbent Democratic Senator Luis Sepúlveda won re-election to a fourth full term.

Democratic primary

Candidates
Potential

District 33

In 2024, incumbent Democratic Senator Gustavo Rivera won re-election to an eighth term.

Democratic primary

Candidates
Filed paperwork

District 34

In 2024, incumbent Democratic Senator Nathalia Fernandez won re-election to a second term.

Democratic primary

Candidates
Potential

District 35

In 2024, incumbent Democratic Senator Andrea Stewart-Cousins won re-election to a tenth term.

Democratic primary

Candidates
Potential

Republican primary

Candidates
Filed paperwork
  • Khristen Kerr
  • Anthony Merante, former Yonkers city councilman

District 36

In 2024, incumbent Democratic Senator Jamaal Bailey won re-election to a fifth term.

Democratic primary

Candidates
Potential

District 37

In 2024, incumbent Democratic Senator Shelley Mayer won re-election to a fourth full term.

Democratic primary

Candidates
Filed paperwork

District 38

In 2024, incumbent Republican Senator Bill Weber won re-election to a second term.

Republican primary

Candidates
Potential

Democratic primary

Candidates
Declared

District 39

In 2024, incumbent Republican Senator Robert Rolison won re-election to a second term.

Republican primary

Candidates
Filed paperwork

Democratic primary

Candidates
Filed paperwork

District 40

In 2024, incumbent Democratic Senator Peter Harckham won re-election to a fourth term.

Democratic primary

Candidates
Declared

Republican primary

Candidates
Filed paperwork

District 41

In 2024, incumbent Democratic Senator Michelle Hinchey won re-election to a third term.

Democratic primary

Candidates
Filed paperwork

Republican primary

Candidates
Filed paperwork

District 42

In 2024, incumbent Democratic Senator James Skoufis won re-election to a fourth term.

Democratic primary

Candidates
Filed paperwork

District 43

In 2024, incumbent Republican Senator Jake Ashby won re-election to a second term.

Democratic primary

Candidates
Declared
  • Devin Lander, New York State historian
  • Alvin Gamble, energy consultant and candidate for this district in 2024

Republican primary

Candidates
Filed paperwork

District 44

In 2024, incumbent Republican Senator Jim Tedisco won re-election to a fifth term.

Republican primary

Candidates
Potential

Democratic primary

Candidates
Filed paperwork

District 45

In 2024, incumbent Republican Senator Dan Stec won re-election to a third term.

Republican primary

Candidates
Filed paperwork

Democratic primary

Candidates
Filed paperwork

District 46

In 2024, incumbent Democratic Senator Patricia Fahy won election.

Democratic primary

Candidates
Filed paperwork

District 47

In 2024, incumbent Democratic Senator Brad Hoylman-Sigal won re-election to a seventh term. In November 2025, he was elected Manhattan Boro President.

February 3rd Special election

The ballot was to be finalized by January 12, with early voting beginning on January 24th.

Regular election

The winner of the Special election is expected to run for a full term in their party's June primary. Should there be no opposition by the end of petitioning in March, the primary will be cancelled and the sole candidate be deemed nominated.

District 48

In 2024, incumbent Democratic Senator Rachel May won re-election to a fourth term.

Democratic primary

Candidates
Potential

Republican primary

Candidates
Declared
  • Richard McCarron

District 49

In 2024, incumbent Republican Senator Mark Walczyk won re-election to a second term.

Republican primary

Candidates
Potential

District 50

In 2024, Democratic Senator Chris Ryan won the election.

Democratic Primary

Candidates
Potential

Republican primary

Candidates
Declared

District 51

In 2024, incumbent Republican Senator Peter Oberacker won re-election to a third term.

Republican primary

Candidates
Declared

Democratic primary

Candidates
Declared

District 52

In 2024, incumbent Democratic Senator Lea Webb won re-election to a second term.

Democratic primary

Candidates
Potential

District 53

In 2024, incumbent Republican Senator Joseph Griffo won re-election to a tenth term.

Republican primary

Candidates
Potential

Democratic primary

Candidates
Declared
  • Mandi Drake

District 54

In 2024, incumbent Republican Senator Pamela Helming won re-election to a tenth term.

Democratic primary

Candidates
Declared

Republican primary

Candidates
Filed paperwork

District 55

In 2024, incumbent Democrat Senator Samra Brouk won re-election to a third term.

Democratic primary

Candidates
Filed paperwork

District 56

In 2024, incumbent Democrat Senator Jeremy Cooney won re-election to a third term.

Democratic primary

Candidates
Filed paperwork

District 57

In 2024, incumbent Republican Senator George Borrello won re-election to a third full term.

Republican primary

Candidates
Potential

District 58

In 2024, incumbent Republican Senator Tom O'Mara won re-election to an eighth term.

Republican primary

Candidates
Filed paperwork

District 59

In 2024, incumbent Democrat Senator Kristen Gonzalez won re-election to a second term.

Democratic primary

Candidates
Filed paperwork

District 60

In 2024, incumbent Republican Senator Patrick Gallivan won re-election to an eighth term.

Republican primary

Candidates
Potential

District 61

In 2024, incumbent Democratic Senator Sean Ryan won re-election to a third term. In the 2025 Buffalo mayoral election, Ryan was elected Mayor of Buffalo in November 2025, leaving a vacancy effective January 1, 2026.

Special February 3rd eleciton

Democratic Nominee
The Erie County committee must appoint a nominee by January 12th, and the following have declared their intention to seek it.
  • Jeremy Zellner, Chairman of the Erie County Democratic Committee

Republican/Conservative nominees

  • Dan Gagliardo, a perennial local candidate.

Regular election

The winner of the special election is expected to have no opposition in the June primary. Should no one else gather enough petitions, the primary will be cancelled.

District 62

In 2024, incumbent Republican Senator Rob Ortt won re-election to a sixth term.

Republican primary

Candidates
Potential

District 63

In 2024, Democratic Senator April Baskin won the election.

Democratic primary

Candidates
Filed paperwork