Governor and lieutenant governor A law passed in May 2025 ended separate primaries for the nominee for lieutenant governor, requiring gubernatorial candidates to choose one as part of a ticket.
Comptroller State Senate All 63 seats of the
New York State Senate are up for election.
Democrats have retained a majority control of the Senate since 2018.
State Assembly All 150 seats of the
New York State Assembly are up for election. Democrats have retained a majority control of the assembly since 1975.
Special elections New York City In New York City, assemblymembers
Harvey Epstein and
Zohran Mamdani, as well as state senator
Brad Hoylman-Sigal, resigned to take various offices. The elections to replace all three took place on February 3rd, 2026. With Bottcher winning the special election, a further one for his 3rd city council district will take place. This will be non-partisan, involve
ranked-choice voting, and the winner will only serve until the end of the year. This will be followed by a primary and a general on the dates allotted for normal elections to fill out the final three years of the term.
Rest of the state Sean Ryan resigned his seat in the state senate on December 31, 2025, to take office as
mayor of Buffalo. Governor Hochul announced the date of the special election for February 3rd, along with three other legislative seats. ==Municipal elections==