[3] After a series of incidents including a scandal involving nursing home deaths in the COVID-19 pandemic and multiple accusations of sexual harassment, Cuomo resigned in August 2021.

[6] Hochul and former Congressman Antonio Delgado each won contested three-way primaries to receive the Democratic nomination for governor.

[7] Congressman Lee Zeldin was the Republican nominee after defeating three high-profile primary challengers.

Letitia James, the former New York City Public Advocate, was first elected to be attorney general in 2018.

[12] James originally challenged Hochul and ran for governor, but later opted to run for re-election instead.

[13] Michael Henry, an attorney from Queens, unanimously won the Republican nomination in a surprise.

[15] Paul Rodríguez, who previously ran in the 2021 New York City Comptroller election, was the Republican nominee.

Rodríguez is a financial advisor and nonprofit developer with a Puerto Rican background.

[17] Republican challenger Joe Pinion, a former TV host, is the first black individual to receive a major party's senate nomination in New York history.