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Cortland County, New York

2026 election results. Bruce Blakeman (R) got 53% of the vote for governor in Cortland County. The margin is 1.4 points more Democratic than the 2024 presidential vote here. Cortland County is split between 2 U.S. House districts.

2026 results in Cortland County

Governor

Bruce Blakeman
52.5%8,479
Kathy Hochul
47.5%7,662
97% counted

Statewide: Kathy Hochul wins. Called.

U.S. House: New York 19th District

Peter Oberacker
60.7%2,530
Josh Riley
39.3%1,638
97% counted

Only part of Cortland County is in this district; these are that part's votes. Whole district: Josh Riley wins. Called.

U.S. House: New York 22nd District

John Mannion
55.6%6,616
Kailee Buller
44.4%5,281
97% counted

Only part of Cortland County is in this district; these are that part's votes. Whole district: John Mannion wins. Called.

The leader in Cortland County is only who has the most votes counted here. Races are won statewide or district-wide, and only the race pages report calls. Last vote update here Nov 3, 11:47 PM.

Compared with 2024

RaceMargin2024 presidentShift
NY GovernorR +5.1R +6.4D +1.4
NY-19 part of the countyR +21.4R +32.6D +11.2
NY-22 part of the countyD +11.2D +1.9D +9.3

Margins compare the Democrat and the Republican only. The 2024 column is the presidential margin in the same places as each race's votes here. Shift is this year's margin minus it, shown once at least 90% of the expected vote is counted. A dash means there's no 2024 figure for those exact places.

How Cortland County has voted for president

YearDemocratShareRepublicanShareMarginVotes
2020Joe Biden47.8%Donald Trump49.8%R +1.921,679
2016Hillary Clinton43.3%Donald Trump48.9%R +5.620,244
2012Barack Obama50.8%Mitt Romney40.0%D +10.719,624
2008Barack Obama54.2%John McCain44.2%D +10.021,900
2004John Kerry45.5%George W. Bush48.7%R +3.222,760
2000Al Gore46.8%George W. Bush47.6%R +0.820,723

Shares are of all presidential votes, and the margin is the Democrat's share minus the Republican's. Since 2000, the presidential margin here has moved R +1.1.

Other counties in New York

New York results

Sources & scope

Votes for 2026 come from the count this site reads, by county. They're unofficial until New York certifies them. Past presidential votes are from MEDSL and VEST, via Polling Forecast. New York's own results, deadlines and offices are on the state page.