Incumbent
Sam Sutton
New York State Senator, District 22, since May 2025; won the May 20, 2025 special election with 67.0% of the vote over Nachman Carl Caller
Focus: Education
New York State AFL-CIO
General Election
ELECTION WAS NOV 3
NY Senate · Senate District 22
A rematch of the 2025 special election in southern Brooklyn
Sam Sutton won the seat in a May 2025 special election after Simcha Felder left for the City Council, beating Nachman Carl Caller 67.0% to 31.9%. Caller narrowly won the June 2026 Republican primary; the district is 49.7% Democratic and 21.1% Republican by registration, and over 70% of its voters backed Donald Trump in 2020.
Candidates
Nachman Carl Caller
Founded the law firm N.C. Caller, P.C. in 1986
Housing — Pledges to push rezoning that would allow new housing development and to cut regulations that hold back housing growth. His campaign says he helped develop thousands of Boro Park housing units as a real estate investor and attorney, sought tax breaks in City Hall and Albany for landlords and developers building rentals, and wrote a 16-page housing plan.
Conservative Party of New York State
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Issues
Housing costs, tenants and new construction
New York already has a good cause eviction law, and the Legislature votes on changes to it and on the rights of co-op owners and renters; the choice is how much state policy should focus on tenant protections and keeping units affordable versus loosening rules so more housing gets built.
Pledges to push rezoning that would allow new housing development and to cut regulations that hold back housing growth. His campaign says he helped develop thousands of Boro Park housing units as a real estate investor and attorney, sought tax breaks in City Hall and Albany for landlords and developers building rentals, and wrote a 16-page housing plan.
Nachman Carl Caller for NYS Senate (campaign website)School funding and nonpublic schools
The Legislature sets state school funding, including whether the state helps pay nonpublic schools' costs, and how far state rules reach nonpublic schools such as yeshivas.
Pledges to advocate for the independence of yeshivas and to defend parents' right to decide how their children are educated.
Nachman Carl Caller for NYS Senate (campaign website)The money
Cycle-to-date · NYS Board of Elections — figures change as new reports are filed.
Sutton$410K
Caller$66K
Researched & verified Sep 30, 2026. Compiled from verified public sources; claims that failed verification are excluded.
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