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Jefferson County, New York

2026 election results. Bruce Blakeman (R) got 66% of the vote for governor in Jefferson County. The margin is 9.0 points more Republican than the 2024 presidential vote here. Jefferson County is split between 2 U.S. House districts.

2026 results in Jefferson County

Governor

Bruce Blakeman
66.3%20,129
Kathy Hochul
33.7%10,240
97% counted

Statewide: Kathy Hochul wins. Called.

U.S. House: New York 21st District

Anthony Constantino
54.8%2,338
Blake Gendebien
45.2%1,927
97% counted

Only part of Jefferson County is in this district; these are that part's votes. Whole district: not called; Anthony Constantino leads.

U.S. House: New York 24th District

Claudia Tenney
62.5%16,172
Alissa Ellman
37.5%9,721
97% counted

Only part of Jefferson County is in this district; these are that part's votes. Whole district: Claudia Tenney wins. Called.

The leader in Jefferson 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 6, 8:19 AM.

Compared with 2024

RaceMargin2024 presidentShift
NY GovernorR +32.6R +23.6R +9.0
NY-21 part of the countyR +9.6R +28.9D +19.3
NY-24 part of the countyR +24.9R +22.7R +2.2

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 Jefferson County has voted for president

YearDemocratShareRepublicanShareMarginVotes
2024Kamala Harris38.1%Donald Trump61.7%R +23.642,792
2020Joe Biden39.5%Donald Trump58.4%R +19.043,847
2016Hillary Clinton36.1%Donald Trump56.9%R +20.838,236
2012Barack Obama45.5%Mitt Romney46.0%R +0.635,708
2008Barack Obama46.8%John McCain52.0%R +5.338,847
2004John Kerry42.1%George W. Bush52.2%R +10.138,800
2000Al Gore46.1%George W. Bush50.0%R +3.836,418

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 +19.8.

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.