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Buffalo, NY politics & representatives

Buffalo is represented in Congress by Senators Charles E. Schumer and Kirsten E. Gillibrand and Representative Timothy M. Kennedy. Kathy Hochul is governor.

Who represents Buffalo in Washington and in New York, with how to reach each office.

Elections · 2024 general election

How Erie County voted in 2024

Official results for all of Erie County. Buffalo's own results aren't published in a form we can match to the town exactly, so these are the county's.

President 459,962 votes

Kamala D HarrisDemocrat
54.1%
Donald J TrumpRepublican
44.5%
Others
1.4%

New York: Harris 55.9%, Trump 43.3%

U.S. Senate 442,824 votes

Kirsten E GillibrandDemocrat
57.1%
Michael D SapraiconeRepublican
42.4%
Others
0.6%

New York: Gillibrand 58.8%, Sapraicone 40.5%

U.S. House · New York's 26th District 321,304 votes

Timothy M KennedyDemocrat
65.1%
Anthony G MareckiRepublican
34.8%
Others
0.1%

Whole-district result

Source: MIT Election Data + Science Lab, official 2024 precinct returns (statewide totals from its official state files). Percentages are of votes for candidates; blank and spoiled ballots aren't counted.

In Washington

Who represents Buffalo in Congress

U.S. Senate Both senators represent all of New York

Charles E. Schumer
Charles E. SchumerU.S. SenatorDemocrat · Serving since 1999 Official site ↗202-224-6542
Kirsten E. Gillibrand
Kirsten E. GillibrandU.S. SenatorDemocrat · Serving since 2009 Official site ↗202-224-4451

U.S. House · New York's 26th District

Timothy M. Kennedy
Timothy M. KennedyU.S. RepresentativeDemocrat · Serving since 2024 Official site ↗202-225-3306
In New York

Who represents Buffalo in state government

Kathy HochulGovernor of New YorkDemocrat · Serving since 2021 Official site ↗518-474-8390

State Senate · District 63 Covers about 78% of Buffalo

April BaskinState SenatorDemocrat Official site ↗716-826-2683Email

State Senate · District 61 Covers about 22% of Buffalo

Jeremy ZellnerState SenatorDemocrat Official site ↗716-854-8705Email

State Assembly Buffalo is split between 5 districts

Buffalo is split between state legislative districts. Find yours by address ↗

Buffalo's own government: Town Hall →

Sources: congressional and state legislative districts from the U.S. Census Bureau (119th Congress, 2024 state districts); members of Congress from the congress-legislators project (portraits public domain); governors and state legislators from Open States. Districts are matched to Buffalo by land area, so if the town is split, your street decides which one is yours.

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