State Senator - District 23
Ruslan Shamal
Republican nominee, also on the Conservative line, who ran for New York City Council District 49 in 2023 on the Safe Streets SI Party line and lost to Kamillah Hanks.
Fundraising
$17K
raised
Raised $17,492.23 in itemized contributions from 305 contributions for the 2026 election cycle, as reported through July 10, 2026, and reported $413.51 in itemized spending. His committee, Russ for Us, had also received $83,996 in public matching funds by then (public money, not donations) and reported $85,079.16 in spending it listed as qualified campaign expenditures under the public financing program. This dataset does not report cash on hand.
Who funds them
Largest contributors, people and organizations alike
- Michael Connors$900
- George Passariello$500
- Janet Goronshtein$500
- Nikita Zelinskiy$450
- Politika (in-kind contribution)$319.49
- Victor Rakovich$300
- Boris Yezersky$275
- Ramaz Okruashvili$260
Cycle-to-date · NYS Board of Elections — figures change as new reports are filed.
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