DOLLARS PER VOTE · NOV 3, 2026 GENERAL
What did each vote cost?
Contributions plus public matching funds, divided by unofficial votes, for 170 candidates across statewide, Congress, State Legislature and Long Island local races. Results are unofficial; absentee and affidavit ballots are still being counted. No races called.
$144.1Mcontributions + matching funds, 170 candidates
$21.3Mof that in public matching funds (15%), 60 candidates
$3.19 · $3.81median $/vote, Democrats · Republicans
14 of 66races where the bigger fundraiser is trailing
Statewide
Contributions filed in 2026 reports (from mid-July 2025 through Oct 19, 2026) plus public matching funds. Hochul did not take matching funds.
Governor
Kathy C. HochulLeading · 3,481,906 votes · $15.1M contributions · no matching funds
$4.35
Bruce A. BlakemanTrailing · 2,328,031 votes · $11.9M contributions + $3.5M matching
$6.63
Attorney General
Letitia A. JamesLeading · 3,463,959 votes · $6.4M contributions + $3.5M matching
$2.87
SK
Saritha KomatireddyTrailing · 2,282,393 votes · $2.4M contributions + $1.3M matching
$1.61
State Comptroller
Thomas P. DiNapoliLeading · 3,694,544 votes · $2.1M contributions + $3.1M matching
$1.42
JH
Joseph HernandezTrailing · 2,018,046 votes · $252K contributions + $686K matching
$0.46
Highest dollars per vote, Democrats and Republicans
Median by level: statewide $2.24 · Congress $19.45 · State Legislature $5.51 · local $1.07
Alexandria Ocasio-CortezNY-14 Congress · leading
$349.09
Thomas R. SuozziNY-3 Congress · leading
$52.29
Laura A. GillenNY-4 Congress · leading
$42.05
Andrew R. GarbarinoNY-2 Congress · leading
$32.04
Charlene JacksonAssembly District 18 · trailing
$31.40
Nicholas J. LalotaNY-1 Congress · leading
$27.85
Kim KeisermanAssembly District 16 · leading
$27.11
Patrick MartinezAssembly District 30 · leading
$25.80
David OrkinAssembly District 38 · leading
$23.76
Grace MengNY-6 Congress · leading
$23.73
Every candidate
Tap a column to sort. $/vote = (contributions + matching funds) ÷ unofficial votes on all lines. Spent/vote = reported campaign spending ÷ the same votes; blank where spending isn't in our data.
| Candidate | $/vote | Spent/vote | Votes | Contrib. | Matching | Total |
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How to read this
- Dollars per vote measures money raised against votes received. It does not show what was spent, and it leaves out outside spending by independent groups.
- Congressional fundraising is national, so House races sit far above state races. Ocasio-Cortez raised $37.4M for 107,129 votes, the highest ratio here.
- Candidates on a single minor line (for example Paul Nichols, The Answer line, AD-32) can show very high ratios because they got public matching funds but few general-election votes.
- Uncontested candidates are tagged; their vote totals are not comparable to contested races.
What is not here yet
- Brooklyn, Manhattan, Staten Island, the Bronx and Westchester: we don't hold current-cycle finance for their legislative or local candidates yet, so they're left out rather than estimated.
- Spending is total reported spending through the same reports: NYS BOE expenditures (Schedules F and T) and FEC operating expenditures (excluding refunds and transfers). It can include money raised before this cycle, which is why some candidates spent more than they raised. Spending is blank for Martin Oliner, James W Mack, David W. Wright because it isn't in our data.
- Transfers in from party or other committees are not counted as contributions (Hochul reported $16.5M and Blakeman $7.0M in transfers). Loans are excluded.
- Federal totals are FEC contributions plus joint-fundraising transfers through Oct 14, 2026. State totals run through the 11-Day Pre-General report (Oct 19, 2026), so late contributions are not included.
- Nassau and Suffolk local results are countywide unofficial totals from each county Board of Elections.
- 40 candidates are left out because we couldn't match a current-cycle filing or the filings we hold show $0:
See the list
- Antonio Vargas-Ayala · State Senate District 3 · 47,982 votes — $0 in current-cycle filings we hold (may have no committee, or file under another name)
- Michael J. Szika · Assembly District 2 · 21,672 votes — no matched current-cycle filing in our data
- Douglas M. Smith · Assembly District 5 · 26,333 votes — $0 in current-cycle filings we hold (may have no committee, or file under another name)
- Dennis J. Barravecchio · Assembly District 6 · 5,901 votes — no matched current-cycle filing in our data
- Christopher J. Walis · Assembly District 9 · 17,756 votes — $0 in current-cycle filings we hold (may have no committee, or file under another name)
- Tiffany L. LeGrow · Assembly District 10 · 19,587 votes — no matched current-cycle filing in our data
- Sunita J. Lofters · Assembly District 17 · 17,484 votes — no matched current-cycle filing in our data
- Lamont E. Johnson · Nassau: County Legislator District 2 · 4,875 votes — $0 in current-cycle filings we hold (may have no committee, or file under another name)
- Mazi Melesa Pilip · Nassau: County Legislator District 10 · 16,508 votes — $0 in current-cycle filings we hold (may have no committee, or file under another name)
- Christine Barlow · Nassau: County Legislator District 19 · 9,427 votes — no matched current-cycle filing in our data
- Shreya Gupta · Nassau: Oyster Bay Town Clerk · 44,306 votes — $0 in current-cycle filings we hold (may have no committee, or file under another name)
- Brianna Baker-Stines · Suffolk: Receiver of Taxes, Town of Smithtown · 19,257 votes — no matched current-cycle filing in our data
- Stephen K Lynch · Suffolk: Superintendent of Highways, Town of East Hampton · 9,664 votes — $0 in current-cycle filings we hold (may have no committee, or file under another name)
- Kenneth L Lewis Jr · Suffolk: Superintendent of Highways, Town of Shelter Island · 1,079 votes — no matched current-cycle filing in our data
- Amber F Brach-Williams · Suffolk: Supervisor, Town of Shelter Island · 1,040 votes — $0 in current-cycle filings we hold (may have no committee, or file under another name)
- Mary-Faith Westervelt · Suffolk: Town Justice, Town of Shelter Island · 1,518 votes — $0 in current-cycle filings we hold (may have no committee, or file under another name)
- Hannah Pell-O'Farrell · Suffolk: Trustee, Town of Southampton · 16,483 votes — $0 in current-cycle filings we hold (may have no committee, or file under another name)
- Matthew L Parsons · Suffolk: Trustee, Town of Southampton · 12,894 votes — $0 in current-cycle filings we hold (may have no committee, or file under another name)
- John B Carson · Suffolk: Trustee, Town of Southampton · 9,740 votes — $0 in current-cycle filings we hold (may have no committee, or file under another name)
- Daniel T Driscoll · Suffolk: County Court Judge · 325,754 votes — no matched current-cycle filing in our data
- Anna Acquafredda · Suffolk: County Court Judge · 320,933 votes — $0 in current-cycle filings we hold (may have no committee, or file under another name)
- Anthony S Senft Jr · Suffolk: County Court Judge · 317,760 votes — $0 in current-cycle filings we hold (may have no committee, or file under another name)
- James G Chalifoux · Suffolk: County Court Judge · 314,513 votes — no matched current-cycle filing in our data
- William F Garbarino · Suffolk: Family Court Judge · 323,581 votes — no matched current-cycle filing in our data
- Frank A Tantone · Suffolk: Family Court Judge · 320,942 votes — $0 in current-cycle filings we hold (may have no committee, or file under another name)
- Evan S Tanenbaum · Suffolk: Family Court Judge · 315,741 votes — $0 in current-cycle filings we hold (may have no committee, or file under another name)
- Matthew G Kiernan · Suffolk: District Court Judge, 3rd District, Town of Huntington · 75,960 votes — no matched current-cycle filing in our data
- Pierce F Cohalan · Suffolk: District Court Judge, 5th District, Town of Islip · 92,083 votes — $0 in current-cycle filings we hold (may have no committee, or file under another name)
- Alonzo G Jacobs · Suffolk: District Court Judge, 5th District, Town of Islip · 90,306 votes — $0 in current-cycle filings we hold (may have no committee, or file under another name)
- Thomas D Luciano · Suffolk: District Court Judge, 5th District, Town of Islip · 60,017 votes — $0 in current-cycle filings we hold (may have no committee, or file under another name)
- Penelope J Blizzard-McGrath · Suffolk: District Court Judge, 6th District, Town of Brookhaven · 104,905 votes — no matched current-cycle filing in our data
- Han-Khon To · State Senate District 12 · 16,165 votes — no matched current-cycle filing in our data
- John Patrick Healy · State Senate District 13 · 9,277 votes — no matched current-cycle filing in our data
- Robert J. Speranza · Assembly District 26 · 13,425 votes — no matched current-cycle filing in our data
- Jonathan Rinaldi · Assembly District 28 · 1,680 votes — $0 in current-cycle filings we hold (may have no committee, or file under another name)
- David J. Kemp · Assembly District 28 · 986 votes — no matched current-cycle filing in our data
- Larinda C. Hooks · Assembly District 35 · 14,637 votes — $0 in current-cycle filings we hold (may have no committee, or file under another name)
- Edward Lee · Assembly District 36 · 5,555 votes — no matched current-cycle filing in our data
- Ruben D. Cruz II · Assembly District 38 · 6,074 votes — $0 in current-cycle filings we hold (may have no committee, or file under another name)
- Ramses S. Frias · Assembly District 39 · 5,227 votes — $0 in current-cycle filings we hold (may have no committee, or file under another name)
Sources: NYS Board of Elections unofficial results (nyenr.elections.ny.gov) and Nassau/Suffolk BOE unofficial results; NYS BOE campaign-finance filings, including public matching funds from the NYS Public Campaign Finance Board; FEC. Results data as of 2026-11-04 02:59 ET. Unofficial; no races called.