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New York Senate District 40

New York State Senate · New York

Peter Harckham leads Sergio Esposito by 19.7 points. The race has not been called.

Fusion voting

Peter HarckhamDemocrat · leading · incumbent
59.8%80,381
Sergio EspositoRepublican
40.1%53,872
Write-inOther party
0.0%63
134,316 votes

Source: New York State Board of Elections unofficial resultsUpdated Nov 7, 2026, 12:46 PM ET

Where the race moved

Against the 2024 presidential vote

The seat's recent races

EvenD+6.82022 SenateD+7.22024 SenateD+8.82024 Pres.D+19.72026 Senate

Source: Past results: 99chambers results archive (MEDSL, Klarner, state election offices)

Money in this race

Each line compares the two campaigns on one scale.

Peter HarckhamSergio Esposito
$668.1K
Raised by the campaign
$94K
$375K
Public matching funds
$318.8K
$1.5M
Spent by the campaign
$204.3K
12%
Individual money from small donors (≤$250)
34%
1,306
Contributions
382

Top funders

Largest contributors to each campaign; the color shows which candidate they gave to.

NYSEIA Solar PACTo Harckham's campaign$10K
Friends of Sergio EspositoTo Esposito's campaign$10K
Martin GinsburgTo Harckham's campaign$7.5K
Onward PACTo Harckham's campaign$7.5K
Robert WeisenfeldTo Esposito's campaign$7K
Peekskill Professional Firefighters AssoTo Harckham's campaign$6.5K
Andrew RosenbergTo Harckham's campaign$6K
Mark GiordanoTo Esposito's campaign$5.1K
Plitnick Home Fuel & Service Co.LLCTo Esposito's campaign$1.8K
373 Downing LlcTo Esposito's campaign$1.5K
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Campaign money: New York State Board of Elections, through Oct 19, 2026.

Source: New York State Board of Elections campaign filingsUpdated Oct 19, 2026

Pre-election forecast (final, Nov 3)

Our model's last run before Election Day, Nov 3, 2026. It no longer updates.

Peter Harckham
99%
Sergio Esposito
1%
Projected margin
D+17.4
How the forecast works →

The candidates