James Leads Komatireddy in New York Attorney General Race
ActiVote’s October 26, 2026 New York Attorney General poll finds that Democrat Letitia James leads Republican Saritha Komatireddy by 13.0%. The poll was in the field between October 12 and October 26 (median field date of October 19). The poll was among 400 likely midterm voters and has an average expected error of 4.9%.
James leads among suburban and urban voters, voters under 65, women, Black and Latino voters, and at every level of income and education. Komatireddy leads among rural voters, voters aged 65 and older, men and White voters. These group figures rest on subsamples for which the expected error is considerably larger than the 4.9% for the poll as a whole.
Both candidates hold their own party: James takes 90% of Democrats and Komatireddy 95% of Republicans. Independents are tied at 50% each, and Democrats make up a much larger share of the likely electorate in this poll than Republicans (49% against 27%).
Political Spectrum
The following graph shows the support for James and Komatireddy among left, moderate left, center, moderate right, and right voters. These groups are defined by splitting the New York electorate in 5 equal sized groups of 20% each.
James holds her side of the spectrum more firmly than Komatireddy holds hers. James takes 97% of the left and 90% of the moderate left, while Komatireddy takes 95% of the right and 74% of the moderate right. On top of that, James wins the center by 62% to 38%.
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 | 400 LV | Unweighted | Weighted | Letitia James | Saritha Komatireddy |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| New York | ±4.9% MoE | 100% | 100% | 56.5% | 43.5% |
| Political Spectrum | Left | 29% | 20% | 97% | 3% |
| Moderate Left | 30% | 20% | 90% | 10% | |
| Center | 18% | 20% | 62% | 38% | |
| Moderate Right | 10% | 20% | 26% | 74% | |
| Right | 12% | 20% | 5% | 95% | |
| Region | rural | 27% | 22% | 43% | 57% |
| suburban | 22% | 21% | 55% | 45% | |
| urban | 51% | 57% | 62% | 38% | |
| Age | 18-29 | 42% | 13% | 59% | 41% |
| 30-49 | 30% | 27% | 63% | 37% | |
| 50-64 | 18% | 23% | 62% | 38% | |
| 65+ | 9% | 36% | 47% | 53% | |
| Gender | F | 43% | 54% | 70% | 30% |
| M | 57% | 46% | 41% | 59% | |
| Party | D | 60% | 49% | 90% | 10% |
| R | 18% | 27% | 5% | 95% | |
| I | 18% | 19% | 50% | 50% | |
| Ethnicity | White | 67% | 69% | 47% | 53% |
| Black | 14% | 12% | 84% | 16% | |
| Latino | 15% | 13% | 73% | 27% | |
| Income | Low | 29% | 20% | 58% | 42% |
| Middle | 33% | 27% | 54% | 46% | |
| High | 38% | 52% | 57% | 43% | |
| Education | HS | 24% | 24% | 56% | 44% |
| College | 66% | 58% | 57% | 43% | |
| Grad | 10% | 18% | 57% | 43% |