Saritha Komatireddy
About
Saritha Komatireddy is the Republican candidate for New York attorney general in 2026. She spent more than a decade as an assistant U.S. attorney in the Eastern District of New York, served as chief of staff of the Drug Enforcement Administration, and is a partner at Holtzman Vogel and a lecturer at Columbia Law School.
Republican candidate for New York attorney general in 2026
Assistant U.S. Attorney, Eastern District of New York
Chief of Staff, Drug Enforcement Administration
Counsel, National Commission on the BP Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill and Offshore Drilling
Law clerk to then-Judge Brett M. Kavanaugh, U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit
Partner, Holtzman Vogel
Lecturer in Law, Columbia Law School
Harvard College and Harvard Law School graduate
Where they stand
Public safety and criminal enforcement
Says New York should respond to repeat offenders and people she describes as drug-addicted or mentally ill through enforcement of existing laws, residential treatment, and involuntary commitment.
Consumer and taxpayer protection
Promises to deploy 20 additional criminal prosecutors to the Medicaid Fraud Control Unit, reinvigorate civil enforcement through the False Claims Act and restore the attorney general’s pursuit of fraudulent claims owed to New York taxpayers.
Hate-crime enforcement
On August 17, 2026, promised to declare a state of emergency over antisemitism, staff the attorney general’s Hate Crimes Unit, and said she would seek to have the Attorney General's office take over prosecutions from district attorneys she says fail to protect communities.
Support
Donald Trump
“It is my Great Honor to endorse America First Patriot, Saritha Komatireddy”
— Donald J. Trump, President of the United States
George Pataki
“I am proud to endorse Saritha Komatireddy”
— George Pataki, former Governor of New York
Mike Lawler
“New York deserves an Attorney General who enforces the law”
— Mike Lawler, U.S. Representative for New York’s 17th District
New York Republican State Committee
The statewide Republican committee unanimously endorsed Komatireddy at its convention in Garden City.
Dennis C. Vacco
“support her nomination to be our Party’s candidate for Attorney General”
— Dennis C. Vacco, former New York Attorney General
Events & record
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