Race · Tuesday, November 3, 2026

Governor and Lieutenant Governor

What this job does

The governor runs the state government, proposes the state budget, signs or vetoes bills, and picks many top officials and the judges of the state's highest court. The governor and lieutenant governor are elected together as a team with one vote. A term is four years. source: nysenate.gov

Governor and lieutenant governor run as a team: one vote picks both. Kathy Hochul (Democrat) is governor now. Her current lieutenant governor, Antonio Delgado, is not on the November ballot; Adrienne Adams is Hochul's running mate.

The governor and lieutenant governor run together as one ticket: Kathy C. Hochul and Adrienne E. Adams; Bruce A. Blakeman and Todd Hood.

Kathy C. Hochul Democratic / Working FamiliesGovernor
Bruce A. Blakeman Republican / Conservative / Vote AffordableCounty executive; lawyer

Candidates in the order the New York State Board of Elections lists them . Your ballot may show the candidates in a different order, and the same candidate can appear on more than one party line.