Who Is Running for DA and Sheriff in New York in 2023?
Below are the candidates who filed to run for prosecutor (district attorney) and sheriff by New York State’s filing deadline for candidates to seek in a political party’s nomination The information was obtained from county election offices.
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| DA candidates | |
| Allegany | Ian Jones (R): incumbent |
| Bronx | Darcel Clark (D): incumbent Tess Cohen (D) |
| Broome | Paul Battisti (R, C) Michael Korchak (R): incumbent Matthew Ryan (D, WFP) |
| Chemung | Weeden A. Wetmore (R, C): incumbent |
| Chenango | Michael Ferrarese (R, C): incumbent |
| Columbia | Ryan Carty (R, C) Christopher Liberati-Conant (D) |
| Delaware | Joseph Emerti (R) Shawn Smith (R, C): incumbent |
| Dutchess | Anthony Parisi (D) Matthew Weishaupt (R) |
| Hamilton | Marsha King Purdue (R) Christopher Shambo (R, C): incumbent |
| Jefferson | Kristyna Mills (R, C): incumbent |
| Lewis | Leanne Moser (D, C): incumbent Jeffrey Tomkins (R, C) |
| Monroe | Sandra Doorley (R, C): incumbent |
| Oneida | Todd Carville (R, C) |
| Onondaga | Chuck Keller (D, C) William Fitzpatrick (R): incumbent Christine Varga (C) |
| Oswego | Anthony DiMartino (R, C) |
| Otsego | John Muehl (R, inc.) |
| Putnam | Anthony DiMartino (R, C) |
| Queens | George Grasso (D) Melinda Katz (D): incumbent Devian S. Daniels (D) Michael Masso (R, C) |
| Richmond | Michael McMahon (D): incumbent |
| Rockland | Thomas Walsh II (D): incumbent |
| Seneca | Mark Sinkiewicz (D, WFP, inc.) John Nabinger (R, C) |
| Steuben | Brooks Baker (R): incumbent |
| Sullivan | Thomas Cawley (R) Brian P. Conaty (D, R, C.): incumbent |
| Ulster | Michael J. Kavanagh (R, C) Emmanuel “Manny” Nneji (D, WFP) |
| Sheriff candidates | |
| Albany | Craig Apple (D): incumbent |
| Cortland | Mark E. Helms (R): incumbent |
| Fulton | Richard C. Giardino (R): incumbent |
| Greene | Peter J. Kusminsky (R, C): incumbent |
| Herkimer | Scott F. Scherer (R, C): incumbent |
| Lewis | Michael Carpinelli (R, C): incumbent Nicole Turck (R, C) |
| Orleans | Christopher M. Bourke (R, C): incumbent |
| Rensselaer | Kyle Bourgault (R, C) Brian Owens (D, C) Jason Stocklas (R) |
| Rockland | Louis Falco (D, C): incumbent |
| Seneca | Tim Thompson (R, C) |
| St. Lawrence | Sean O’Brien (R) Rick Engle (R) |
| Tioga | Gary Howard (R.): incumbent |
| Warren | Jim Lafarr (R, C): incumbent |
| Washington | Jeffrey Murphy (R, C): incumbent |
| Yates | Francis Ryan (R) |
Candidates can file to seek different parties’ nomination. D refers to the Democratic Party; R to the Republican Party; WFP to the Working Families Party; and C to the Conservative Party.
Candidates may also file to run for the general election as independents through late May.
Primaries are scheduled for June 27, 2023. The general election will be held on November 7, 2023.
