New York State Senate District 62

Tue, Nov 3 · Represented by Rob Ortt Republican · Member list as of Oct 28

Thomas E. AridaDemocratic

No published poll names both candidates.Last result · 2024 general: Rob Ortt (R) 99.4

Rob OrttRepublican · Incumbent12 years since first win

Last election: Rob Ortt (Republican) was unopposed, 2024
On the 2026 ballot: 2 candidates

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Donor-based spectrum: LiberalCentristConservativeOrttNo published score for Arida
Races: None listed; Won 6 of 6
Years since first win: Not available; 12

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Candidates on the ballot

Thomas E. AridaDemocratic(Democratic, Working Families)
Rob OrttIncumbentRepublican(Republican, Conservative)

Source: elections.ny.gov, dated Oct 7

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History (12 elections for this seat)

Votes for listed candidates: 98,080
Election day: November 5, 2024
District map: Older district map (2022 to 2024)

New York Senate District 62, 2002 to 2024, 2024, every candidate
Candidate	Party	Votes and share	Share
RepublicanRob OrttWonName as filed: Robert G. Ortt	Republican	97,46099.4%	99.4%
Scattered write-ins	Write-in	6200.6%	0.6%

Votes for listed candidates: 86,516
Election day: November 8, 2022
District map: Older district map (2022)

New York Senate District 62, 2002 to 2024, 2022, every candidate
Candidate	Party	Votes and share	Share
RepublicanRob OrttWon(incumbent)Name as filed: Robert G. Ortt	Republican	85,92399.3%	99.3%
Scattered write-ins	Write-in	5930.7%	0.7%

Votes for listed candidates: 102,685
Election day: November 3, 2020
District map: Older district map (2012 to 2021)

New York Senate District 62, 2002 to 2024, 2020, every candidate
Candidate	Party	Votes and share	Share
RepublicanRob OrttWon(incumbent)Name as filed: Robert G. Ortt	Republican	101,88399.2%	99.2%
Scattered write-ins	Write-in	8020.8%	0.8%

Votes for listed candidates: 79,657
Election day: November 6, 2018
District map: Older district map (2012 to 2021)

New York Senate District 62, 2002 to 2024, 2018, every candidate
Candidate	Party	Votes and share	Share
RepublicanRob OrttWon(incumbent)Name as filed: Robert G. Ortt	Republican	69,11886.8%	86.8%
GreenPeter A. Diachun	Green	10,53913.2%	13.2%

Votes for listed candidates: 89,759
Election day: November 8, 2016
District map: Older district map (2012 to 2021)

New York Senate District 62, 2002 to 2024, 2016, every candidate
Candidate	Party	Votes and share	Share
RepublicanRob OrttWon(incumbent)Name as filed: Robert G. Ortt	Republican	89,39099.6%	99.6%
Scattered write-ins	Write-in	3690.4%	0.4%

Votes for listed candidates: 71,124
Election day: November 4, 2014
District map: Older district map (2012 to 2021)

New York Senate District 62, 2002 to 2024, 2014, every candidate
Candidate	Party	Votes and share	Share
RepublicanRobert G. OrttWon	Republican	47,60666.9%	66.9%
DemocraticJohnny G. Destino	Democratic	21,67830.5%	30.5%
OtherPaul E. Brown	Other	1,8402.6%	2.6%

Votes for listed candidates: 112,994
Election day: November 6, 2012
District map: Older district map (2012 to 2021)

New York Senate District 62, 2002 to 2024, 2012, every candidate
Candidate	Party	Votes and share	Share
RepublicanGeorge D. MaziarzWon(incumbent)	Republican	69,35961.4%	61.4%
DemocraticAmy Hope Witryol	Democratic	42,50837.6%	37.6%
GreenJonathon B. Benedict	Green	1,1271.0%	1.0%

Votes for listed candidates: 87,507
Election day: November 2, 2010
District map: Older district map (2002 to 2011)

New York Senate District 62, 2002 to 2024, 2010, every candidate
Candidate	Party	Votes and share	Share
RepublicanGeorge D. MaziarzWon(incumbent)	Republican	59,09767.5%	67.5%
DemocraticAmy Hope Witryol	Democratic	28,38632.4%	32.4%
Scattered write-ins	Write-in	240.0%	0.0%

Votes for listed candidates: 115,492
Election day: November 4, 2008
District map: Older district map (2002 to 2011)

New York Senate District 62, 2002 to 2024, 2008, every candidate
Candidate	Party	Votes and share	Share
RepublicanGeorge D. MaziarzWon(incumbent)	Republican	78,79868.2%	68.2%
DemocraticBrian D. Grear	Democratic	36,69431.8%	31.8%

Votes for listed candidates: 83,309
Election day: November 7, 2006
District map: Older district map (2002 to 2011)

New York Senate District 62, 2002 to 2024, 2006, every candidate
Candidate	Party	Votes and share	Share
RepublicanGeorge D. MaziarzWon(incumbent)	Republican	58,51070.2%	70.2%
DemocraticChristopher M. Srock	Democratic	24,79929.8%	29.8%

Votes for listed candidates: 115,059
Election day: November 2, 2004
District map: Older district map (2002 to 2011)

New York Senate District 62, 2002 to 2024, 2004, every candidate
Candidate	Party	Votes and share	Share
RepublicanGeorge D. MaziarzWon(incumbent)	Republican	81,44870.8%	70.8%
DemocraticMatthew J. Bova	Democratic	33,61129.2%	29.2%

New York Senate District 62, 2002 to 2024, 2002, every candidate
Candidate	Party	Votes and share	Share
RepublicanGeorge D. MaziarzWon(incumbent)	Republican	65,679100.0%	100.0%

2024: MEDSL 2024 official precinct returns (individual_states zips), retrieved Oct 28, 2026. Compiled by MIT Election Data and Science Lab (MEDSL) from official returns; not an official source
2002 to 2022: State Legislative Election Returns, 1967-2022 (Carl Klarner, Harvard Dataverse), retrieved Oct 28, 2026. Compiled by Carl Klarner (Harvard Dataverse) from official returns; not an official source

Last contest in this district on file: 2024.

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Sources: Census TIGERweb Legislative MapServer (120th CDs layer 0, 119th CDs layer 4, 2026 SLD upper layer 1 and lower layer 2) (US Census Bureau, public domain), retrieved Oct 28, 2026; Open Civic Data division identifiers (census_autogenerated us_sldl/us_sldu and openstates state files); also (sld-recent.json): Open Civic Data division identifiers (country-us) (CC0 (repository); also (sld-recent.json): CC0 1.0), retrieved Oct 28, 2026; Open States people (current) CSVs (CC0-1.0 (Open States people data)), retrieved Oct 28, 2026, compiled by Open States volunteers and staff (rosters from state legislature sites) from official returns, not an official source; MEDSL 2024 official precinct returns (individual_states zips) (Not stated in the GitHub repository (an earlier label said "MIT (repo)", which the repository does not support). MEDSL's Harvard Dataverse records are CC0 1.0, but these GitHub files were not checksum-matched to the Dataverse files, so CC0 is not claimed for them.), retrieved Oct 28, 2026, compiled by MIT Election Data and Science Lab (MEDSL) from official returns, not an official source; State Legislative Election Returns, 1967-2022 (Carl Klarner, Harvard Dataverse) (CC0 1.0), retrieved Oct 28, 2026, compiled by Carl Klarner (Harvard Dataverse) from official returns, not an official source.

District id: ocd-division/country:us/state:ny/sldu:62

DataState data (JSON)Sources: State Legislative Election Returns, 1967-2022 (Carl Klarner, Harvard Dataverse), DIME (ODC-BY), MEDSL 2024 official precinct returnsData as of Oct 28, 2026