Incumbent
James Sanders Jr.
Chair of the New York State Senate Committee on Banks
Focus: Banking & credit
New York Working Families Party
General Election
ELECTION WAS NOV 3
NY Senate · Senate District 10
Uncontested
James Sanders Jr. is the only candidate on the ballot for this seat. You can also write in a candidate whose name isn't printed on the ballot.
A senator since 2013 is the only candidate on the ballot
James Sanders Jr., a Democrat, has held the seat since 2013 and was re-elected in 2024 with 71.0% of the vote. The 2026 Democratic and Working Families Party primaries were canceled, and he is the only candidate on the general-election ballot, on both lines.
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Issues
Banking, credit and minority-owned businesses
Laws signed in late 2025 bar using consumer credit history in hiring, employment and licensing decisions and require food stores and retailers to accept cash, and a 2024 law raised state agencies' discretionary buying threshold for minority-, women- and service-disabled-veteran-owned businesses; the Legislature decides how far rules on credit, payments and state purchasing should go.
In coverage
Sponsored laws barring the use of consumer credit history in hiring, employment and licensing decisions and requiring food stores and retailers to accept cash, and a 2024 law raising state agencies' discretionary buying threshold to $750,000 for certain goods and services from minority-, women- and service-disabled-veteran-owned businesses.
NY Senate — S3072 (2025) bill pageHousing, rents and homeowners
State law sets landlords' and lenders' obligations to tenants and homeowners, including a law signed in October 2025 on landlords' use of algorithmic pricing to set residential rents; in question is how far the state should regulate rent-setting, foreclosure and the taxes on housing.
In coverage
Voted for the 2025 law on landlords' use of algorithmic pricing to set residential rents and sponsors a 2025 bill on reducing taxes under shelter rent that is in the Senate Housing Committee; his Senate biography says he sponsored the 2022 Foreclosure Abuse Prevention Act.
NY Senate — S7882 (2025) bill pageCivil rights and racial equity
State law created a Community Commission on Reparations Remedies in December 2023, and since February 2026 requires discriminatory restrictive covenants to be modified before real property is sold; the Legislature and governor decide what further remedies for discrimination, if any, the state adopts.
In coverage
Sponsored the 2026 law requiring restrictive covenants that discriminate against a protected class, in violation of state or federal law, to be modified before real property is sold, and co-sponsored the 2023 law creating the New York State Community Commission on Reparations Remedies.
NY Senate — S8760 (2025) bill pageThe money
Cycle-to-date · NYS Board of Elections — figures change as new reports are filed.
Sanders$99K
Researched & verified Oct 1, 2026. Compiled from verified public sources; claims that failed verification are excluded.
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