Rochester: who represents it, and who is running
U.S. general election (federal, state and county offices) votes on 2026-11-03. It elects governor and Lieutenant Governor (joint ticket); State Comptroller; Attorney General; U.S. Representative NY-25; State Senate SD-55 and SD-56; Assembly AD-136, 137 and 138; Monroe County District Attorney; one Rochester City Court Judge. No U.S. Senate seat is up in New York in 2026, and no Rochester mayor, council or school-board seat is on the 2026 ballot..
Holding office17
the sitting council
On the ballot11
4 sitting members running again
The official candidate list ↗ · What Rochester is like — the /local page
Congressional district (city hall): New York's 25th congressional district (city hall; the whole city is in NY-25) — Joseph D. Morelle (Democratic)
1
Mayor
| Name | Office | Party / slate | Seat | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Malik D. Evans Elected | Mayor | Democratic | Monroe County Board of Elections |
2
Councilmember
| Name | Office | Party / slate | Seat | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bridget Monroe Elected | Councilmember | Democratic | Northwest District | Monroe County Board of Elections |
| Chiara "Kee Kee" Smith Elected | Councilmember | Democratic | At-Large | Monroe County Board of Elections |
| LaShay D. Harris Elected | Councilmember | Democratic | South District | Monroe County Board of Elections |
| Lashunda C. Leslie-Smith Elected | Councilmember | Democratic | At-Large | Monroe County Board of Elections |
| Mary Lupien Elected | Councilmember | Democratic | East District | Monroe County Board of Elections |
| Michael A. Patterson Elected | Councilmember | Democratic | Northeast District | Monroe County Board of Elections |
| Miguel A. Melendez Jr. Elected | Councilmember | Democratic | At-Large | Monroe County Board of Elections |
| Mitch Gruber Elected | Councilmember | Democratic | At-Large | Monroe County Board of Elections |
| Stanley Martin Elected | Councilmember | Democratic | At-Large | Monroe County Board of Elections |
3
Governor
| Name | Office | Party / slate | Seat | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kathy Hochul Elected | Governor → Running | Democratic | Monroe County Board of Elections | |
| Bruce A. Blakeman | Governor Running | Republican | Monroe County Board of Elections |
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Lieutenant Governor
| Name | Office | Party / slate | Seat | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Antonio Delgado Elected | Lieutenant Governor | Democratic | Monroe County Board of Elections | |
| Adrienne E. Adams | Lieutenant Governor Running | Democratic | Monroe County Board of Elections | |
| Todd Hood | Lieutenant Governor Running | Republican | Monroe County Board of Elections |
5
Member of the Assembly — AD-137
| Name | Office | Party / slate | Seat | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Demond L. Meeks Elected | Member of the Assembly → Running | Democratic | New York State Assembly | |
| Dave Ferris | Member of the Assembly Running | Republican | Monroe County Board of Elections | |
| Mercedes Vazquez-Simmons | Member of the Assembly Running | Mercedes Simmons Cares | Monroe County Board of Elections |
6
State Senator — SD-56
| Name | Office | Party / slate | Seat | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jeremy A. Cooney Elected | State Senator → Running | Democratic | Monroe County Board of Elections | |
| Orlando Rivera | State Senator Running | Republican | Monroe County Board of Elections |
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U.S. Senator
| Name | Office | Party / slate | Seat | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Charles E. Schumer Elected | U.S. Senator | Democratic | Monroe County Board of Elections | |
| Kirsten E. Gillibrand Elected | U.S. Senator | Democratic | Monroe County Board of Elections |
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U.S. Representative — NY-25
| Name | Office | Party / slate | Seat | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Joseph D. Morelle Elected | U.S. Representative → Running | Democratic | Office of the Clerk, U.S. House | |
| Virginia E. McIntyre | U.S. Representative Running | Republican | Monroe County Board of Elections |
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Notes on this record
How the lists were read, and what could not be.
- Candidates: Monroe County Board of Elections 'Certification of Candidates for the Tuesday, November 3, 2026 General Election', amended as of 10/6/26 9:22 am, signed by Commissioners Jackie Ortiz and Peter D Elder under Election Law §4-112 (10-page image PDF, linked from monroecounty.gov/elections; read page by page). Party = every ballot line as printed; partyShort = the major-party line. Write-ins excluded; primary losers are not on the list.
- Officeholders: Monroe BOE 'Offices and Office Holders 2026' (dated 3/5/2026) — name, first/last elected, term expiry, ballot lines and enrollment for every federal, state, county and City of Rochester office. Full names are reordered from its 'Last, First' form.
- City-hall seats: NY-25 Joseph D. Morelle (D/W, sitting) v Virginia E. McIntyre (R/C). SD-56 Jeremy A. Cooney (D/W, sitting) v Orlando Rivera (R/C). AD-137 Demond L. Meeks (D/W, sitting) v Dave Ferris (R/C) v Mercedes Vazquez-Simmons ('Mercedes Simmons Cares' line). Governor: Hochul/Adams (D/W) v Blakeman/Hood (R/C/Vote Affordable). Comptroller (DiNapoli D/W v Hernandez R/C) and Attorney General (James D/W v Komatireddy R/C) are on the ballot but are not recorded as people.
- Other districts covering the city (Census geocoder, 23 sample points inside the city limits on a 0.02° grid — a sample, not a boundary overlay; TIGERweb rejected the request): SD-55 (Samra G. Brouk D/W, sitting, v Chris Brown R/C) and SD-56; AD-136 (Sarah H. Clark D/W, sitting, v Clianda Florence R/C), AD-137 and AD-138 (Harry B. Bronson D/W, sitting, v Tracy DiFlorio R). Only the city-hall districts are recorded as people, per the brief.
- Municipal: Mayor and the nine Councilmembers (five At-Large, four district: East, Northeast, Northwest, South) from the Monroe BOE Offices and Office Holders list. Rochester elects no separate city comptroller. Mayor and At-Large seats were last elected November 2025 (terms to 2029); district seats and Commissioners of Schools November 2023 (terms to 2027). Next municipal election: November 2027 (four district Councilmembers). Council leadership (President/Vice President) could not be confirmed because the city site is blocked.
- Also on the city's 2026 ballot but not recorded as people: Rochester City Court Judge — Maija C. Dixon (Democratic, sole candidate; the sitting judge whose term expires 2026); Monroe County District Attorney — Brian Green (Democratic, sole candidate; listed on the Office Holders list as appointed, term expiring 2026).
- BLOCKED / not used: www.cityofrochester.gov answers a Cloudflare managed challenge (HTTP 403) even to robots.txt; www.nysenate.gov returns Cloudflare 403 to robots.txt; tigerweb.geo.census.gov answered "Request Rejected". elections.ny.gov was not tried (Cloudflare challenge recorded earlier). None retried with another User-Agent or tool. So no city photos, emails or council-page statements, and no State Senate photo.
- The Monroe BOE certification prints every candidate's home street address; none were copied. standsFor is set only for Demond L. Meeks, quoted from his official Assembly biography; no official list carries candidate statements. No Ballotpedia, Wikipedia or news used.
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Sources
Prepared 2026-10-22. Nomination papers are never opened: they carry home addresses. After voting day a candidate list becomes a result; these rows are reconciled, not deleted.
- Monroe County Board of Elections — Offices and Office Holders 2026 (dated 3/5/2026) — City of Rochester offices (www.cityofrochester.gov is behind a Cloudflare challenge) 10
- Monroe County Board of Elections — Certification of Candidates for the November 3, 2026 General Election (amended as of 10/6/26 9:22 am; certified under Election Law §4-112) 7
- Monroe County Board of Elections — Offices and Office Holders 2026 (dated 3/5/2026) ('Delgado, Antonio', last elected 2022 on D-W, enrolled dem) 1
- Monroe County Board of Elections — Offices and Office Holders 2026 (dated 3/5/2026) ('Schumer, Charles E.', last elected 2022, term expires 2028, enrolled dem); term dates from the @unitedstates congress-legislators file (CC0) 1
- Monroe County Board of Elections — Offices and Office Holders 2026 (dated 3/5/2026) ('Gillibrand, Kirsten E.', last elected 2024, term expires 2030, enrolled dem); term dates from the @unitedstates congress-legislators file (CC0) 1
- New York State Assembly — Member page, 'Demond Meeks - Assembly District 137'; party and full name from the Monroe BOE Offices and Office Holders 2026 ('Meeks, Demond L.', D-W, enrolled dem) 1
- Monroe County Board of Elections — Offices and Office Holders 2026 (dated 3/5/2026) — State Senator, 56th District ('Cooney, Jeremy A.', first elected 2020, last elected 2024, D-W, enrolled dem) — nysenate.gov is behind a Cloudflare challenge 1
- Office of the Clerk, U.S. House — Member Data XML (publish-date October 1, 2026; bioguide M001206) 1
- Monroe County Board of Elections — Offices and Office Holders 2026 (dated 3/5/2026) ('Hochul, Kathy C.', last elected 2022, term expires 2026) 1