Election is on November 3: Where to Vote and What is on the Ballot
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By Staff
Oct. 21, 2026: There is a General Election on Tuesday, November 3, 2026. Polls open 6:00 a.m. – 9:00 p.m.
To find your polling location CLICK HERE and enter your street name and zip code.
Who and What is on the Ballot?
What is on the Ballot?
One issue that Bronxville voters will be asked to vote on is whether to move Bronxville Village Elections from March to November.
Currently, Bronxville Village Elections are held on the third Tuesday of March every year. At that time, Bronxville Village residents vote for their government leaders and officials, including the Mayor, Trustees, and, on alternating years, Village Justices. The terms of the Mayor and Trustees are two years, varying in expiration. The terms of the Village Justices are four years, with varying expiration dates.
Links to Recent Mayor's Column on this Subject
From The Mayor: Vote "No" to Moving Local Elections from March to November
Links to Recent Letters on this Subject
Letter to the Community: Why Village Elections Should Be Moved From March to November
Letter to the Community: Vote No on Moving Local Election From March to November
Letter to the Community In Favor of Moving Village Election from March to November
Letter to the Community: What Does the Data Say About “Nonpartisan”?
Link to a Sample Ballot and Proposition
Sample Ballot and Sample Proposition
Who is Running on November 3rd?
Governor
Kathy Hochel (Democrat and Incumbent) v Bruce Blakeman (Republican)
Kathy Hochel
Kathy Hochel was born and raised in Western New York. She and her husband, Bill Hochul, have two children and two granddaughters.
She began her career in public service on her local Town Board before serving as Erie County Clerk, and then as a member of Congress for New York’s 26th Congressional District. She more recently served in statewide office as Lieutenant Governor and now as the first female Governor of the State of New York.
In her role as Governor, her principal goal has been to make New York more affordable, safer, and fairer for every family. She has also focused on protecting reproductive health care, and strengthening gun safety laws.
You can learn more about Governor Hochul here.
Bruce Blakeman
Bruce Blakeman is a lifelong New Yorker, a father, husband, and public servant. He was born in Valley Stream, New York earned a BA in political science and government from Arizona State University and a JD from the California Western School of Law. In 2001, Blakeman was appointed by New York Governor George Pataki as a commissioner of the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey. He held that position until 2009. He has been serving as Nassau County Executive since 2021.
His focus has been "keeping communities safe, cutting taxes, and putting common sense first. He fought sanctuary policies, rejected mask mandates, stopped boys from playing in girls sports, and made Nassau the safest County in America while hiring hundreds of new police officers."
Attorney General
Letitia James (Democrat and Incumbent) v Saritha K Komatireddy (Republican)
Letitia James
Letitia “Tish” James was born and raised in Brooklyn. She is a graduate of Lehman College and Howard University School of Law.
She is the 67th New York State Attorney General. She was elected in 2018, and is the first woman of color to hold statewide office in New York and the first woman to be elected Attorney General.
Prior to being elected Attorney General, James was the Public Advocate for the City of New York. During her tenure as Public Advocate, she passed more legislation than all previous public advocates combined, including a groundbreaking law that banned questions about salary history from the employment process to address the pervasive gender wage gap.
Prior to serving as Public Advocate, Attorney General James represented the 35th Council District in Brooklyn on the New York City Council for ten years. As a council member, she passed the Safe Housing Act.
Saritha K Komatireddy
Sarita Komatireddy is a graduate of Harvard University and Harvard Law School, where she served on the Harvard Law Review.
She began her legal career as a clerk for then-Judge Brett Kavanaugh on the U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit. She later served as Counsel to the National Commission on the BP Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill. Today, she is a Partner at Holtzman Vogel and teaches at Columbia Law School. She is the mother of four children.
As a federal prosecutor in the Eastern District of New York, she led some of the nation’s most high-profile cases involving international terrorism, cybercrime, narcotics trafficking, money laundering, fraud, and foreign public corruption. Her cases have impacted individuals and communities across New York State, from New York City and Long Island to Buffalo and Rochester. Saritha also served as Chief of Staff of the Drug Enforcement Administration.
Saritha has argued before federal courts, led national security investigations, and advised on matters of foreign affairs, criminal law, and cyber policy. She has been recognized with multiple Attorney General’s Awards and national law enforcement honors for her work protecting American communities and advancing justice.
Congress
George Latimer (Democrat and Incumbent) v John Cinquemani (Republican)
George Latimer
George Latimer is a third-generation Westchester native. He was born in Mount Vernon and graduated from Fordham University and New York University’s Wagner School in 1976. He was elected to Congress, representing New York's 16th Congressional District in 2024, assuming office on January 3, 2025. He is running for re-election.
Latimer was a marketing executive, serving for more than 20 years at major corporate subsidiaries of Nestle, and ITT.
He served on the Rye City Council and then on the Westchester County Board of Legislators for 13 years. In 2004, he was elected to the State Assembly. He was then elected to the State Senate in November 2012, representing the 37th District comprised of 16 Westchester municipalities.
Latimer took office as Westchester County Executive in January 2018 as the ninth County Executive. He was then re-elected to a second term as County Executive in November 2021.
During his tenure as County Executive, Latimer upheld an impressive record of achievements, including three consecutive County property tax cuts and credit rating stabilization. He is also responsible for bringing several long-standing infrastructure projects to fruition, including the historic Elijah J. Miller House, Sprain Ridge Pool, New Rochelle Family Court and the North and South County Trailways. Latimer broke ground on Memorial Field in Mount Vernon and unveiled the County’s 9/11 First Responders Memorial on the 20th Anniversary of the September 11 attacks, dedicated to the heroes who passed away from 9/11 related illnesses.
Latimer has also worked on key social justice reforms, including the Police Reform and Reimagining Task Force, banning Gay Conversion Therapy, signing the Anti-Wage Theft Law and the Wage History Anti-Discrimination Law among others. He has worked to electrify the County’s Bee-Line Bus Fleet and modernize all County facilities for a green future.
Joe Cinquemani
Joe Cinquemani graduated from Cornell University and Fordham Law School. He has been a resident of New Rochelle and Pelham Bay for the last 30 years, and is the father of triplets.
He has practiced law for the past 32 years with a focus on real estate, business transactions, and succession planning. His business practice is focused on "advising entrepreneurs from start-up to succession planning, harmonizing the many complex and idiosyncratic factors unique to each client. "
"After 32 years I am proud to continue providing good counsel and excellent legal service for my clients. Now I want to do the same representing my friends, neighbors, and fellow citizens in Westchester and the Bronx who believe that we need a change of direction and a better way forward."
If elected, some of his areas of focus will include "reducing taxes, cutting spending, creating high-paying union jobs, taming inflation, and preserving the Great American legacy for the next generation."
State Senator
Shelley Mayer (Democrat and Incumbent) v Thomas Fix (Republican)
Shelley Mayer
Shelley Mayer graduated from UCLA and from the SUNY Buffalo School of Law. She lives in her childhood home in Yonkers with her husband. She have three adult children and five grandchildren.
Mayer was elected to the New York State Senate in 2018 and has been reelected 4 times. Before serving in the State Senate, she served in the State Assembly for six years representing the City of Yonkers.
Her areas of focus in the State Legislature have included children, parents, and schools. Mayer was appointed as the Chair of the Senate Education Committee in 2019 and has served in this role since then. She has also been a leader in the fight to protect reproductive health, including abortion; to protect EMS workers; to reject unconscionable utility rates; and to stand up for our immigrant neighbors. She has fought to expand pre-K outside New York City, strengthen day care and after-school care, been a strong voice for school boards, teachers and parents on education issues, and authored the bill to delink teacher evaluations from standardized test results.
Thomas Fix
Thomas Fix Jr. was born in Bronxville, New York. He graduated from Iona University and was a co-owner of Cornell's True Value Hardware in Eastchester for over 30 years. He is married and has two children. He has served on the Eastchester Traffic & Parking Advisory Committee for many years and also served as a coach of his children's sports teams.
Some of his areas of interest in the community are public safety, energy policies, education, government accountability, zoning, taxes, and support for small businesses.
State Assembly
Amy Paulin (Democrat and Incumbent unopposed)
Assembly Member Paulin was born and raised in Brooklyn, New York. She is a graduate of the State University of New York at Albany, holds a Master’s degree, and has completed doctoral course work in Criminal Justice from SUNY-Albany. For over forty years she and her husband, Ira Schuman, have lived in Scarsdale, where they raised their three children.
Assembly Member Amy Paulin has served the 88th New York State Assembly District (Scarsdale, Edgemont, Eastchester, Bronxville, Tuckahoe, Pelham, Pelham Manor, and parts of New Rochelle and White Plains) since 2001. She chairs the Assembly Committee on Health and serves on the Committees on Rules and Education.
Her legislative agenda includes health care, education, reproductive rights, child welfare, support for families, domestic violence prevention, sex trafficking elimination, government reform, sustainability, animal welfare, and gun control.
She served as the Chair of the Assembly Committee on Energy from 2013-2017 and as the Chair of the Assembly Committee on Corporations, Authorities and Commissions from 2018-2022.
Among her most important legislative accomplishments include writing and sponsoring the bill that eliminated the statute of limitations for rape, sponsoring the landmark Trafficking Victims Protection and Justice Act, which dramatically toughened penalties for traffickers and buyers while providing support to the victims of human trafficking to help rebuild their lives, and authoring the Birth Control Access Act, which greatly expanded access to birth control for New Yorkers by allowing pharmacists to both prescribe and dispense hormonal contraception.
Prior to her election to the Assembly, Paulin served in a number of capacities, including Executive Director, My Sisters’ Place; Member, Scarsdale Village Board of Trustees; Founder and Chairwoman, Westchester Women’s Agenda; President, Westchester League of Women Voters; Vice President, NY State League of Women Voters; Citizen Member, County Board of Legislators’ Special Committee on Families; and Member, Board of Directors of WCLA – Choice Matters.
Assembly Member Paulin was inducted into the Westchester Women’s Hall of Fame by the Women’s Research and Education Fund, and has been recognized for her work by numerous organizations.
County Legislator
James Nolan (Republican and Incumbent) v Kisha Skipper (Democrat)
James Nolan (Republican) is the incumbent County Legislator for District 15 (which encompasses parts of Bronxville).
Westchester County Legislator James Nolan is running for reelection. Nolan is a lifelong Yonkers resident, where he lives with his wife and children. He graduated from Saunders Trade & Technical High School and Western Oklahoma State College with an Associate Degree in Criminal Justice. He is a longtime Teamster Union Member and is the Founder of the Michael Nolan Foundation, which was created in memory of his brother to provide scholarships and support the community. He's been involved in community service work through food drives, youth initiatives and neighborhood improvement projects."
Kisha Skipper (Democrat)
Kisha D. Skipper has been a Westchester County resident of more than twenty years. She is the mother of two sons, Kyle, who currently serves in the United States Marine Corps, and Kory, a young activist committed to community advocacy.
Kisha is a graduate of West Virginia State University, where she earned dual degrees. She has 25 years of professional experience in the finance industry, with a career that includes work in collateralized debt obligations and global research procurement for major organizations such as Deutsche Bank, Citigroup, IBM, and Turner Logistics, a subsidiary of Turner Construction.
She served as an aide to the Yonkers City Council and also worked as an election technician with the Westchester County Board of Elections. She was an active labor leader with CSEA Local 860 Unit 9200 and also served as a delegate to the Political Action Committee of the Westchester–Putnam Central Labor Body.
She is involved with numerous organizations. She most recently served as President of the NAACP–Yonkers Branch and President of the PTSA at Yonkers Montessori Academy. She has also served as President of the Westchester Black Women’s Political Caucus–Yonkers Chapter, Sergeant-at-Arms of the countywide organization, executive board member of the Black Democrats of Westchester and the Aquehung Democratic Women’s Club, and President of the Board of Directors of the YWCA of Yonkers.
She is running for the Westchester County Board of Legislators because she believes leadership must be grounded in service, compassion, and results.
Eastchester Town Supervisor
Anthony Colavita, Republican and Incumbent v Cat Sayles (Democrat)
Anthony S. Colavita
Incumbent Eastchester Supervisor Anthony S. Colavita (Republican) is running for reelection as Eastchester Town Supervisor.
Anthony Colavita graduated from Iona Prep, Colgate University, and Pace University School of Law. He practices law in Eastchester.
Colavita has been involved in Eastchester government for many years. He is the longtime Supervisor of the town of Eastchester, having served in that role since 2004. Prior to that, he served as Eastchester Town Board Councilman from 1998 to 2003.
Colavita serves on the Board of Directors of Comstock Funds, Inc. and on several local committees. Over the years has served on many local boards, including the Community Fund, the Eastchester Library Board, and the Rotary Club of Eastchester. He was the recipient of the "Man of the Year Award" for the Eastchester Youth Soccer Association in 2015 and for the Eastchester Lions Club in 2011.
Cat Sayles
Cat Sayles is an Eastchester mom, community leader, and operations expert. She lives in Eastchester with her husband and their young daughter. She values hard work, integrity, and service to others.
Cat serves as Chief Operating Officer at Sustainable Westchester, partnering with municipalities across the county to lower energy costs, expand pathways to good careers, and strengthen community resilience. She founded the Southern Westchester chapter of Mothers Out Front to make sure moms and caregivers have a strong voice in building a better future for the next generation. She also serves on Congressman George Latimer's Energy and Environment Task Force, volunteers with the Tuckahoe Environmental Sustainability Committee, and is a district leader for the Eastchester Democratic Party.
Some areas of focus for Sayles include affordability, modernization of parks and resources, community engagement, making streets more friendly, and doing more to combat flooding.
