# GOP NY AG candidate Saritha Komatireddy loses spirited campaign against controversial Dem Letitia James

- URL: https://talkfuse.com/story/gop-ny-ag-candidate-saritha-komatireddy-loses-spirited-campaign-against-controversial-dem-letitia-james/
- Published: 2026-11-04T03:36:30+00:00
- Updated: 2026-11-06T06:27:20+00:00
- Original publisher: New York Post (publisher lean: Right)
- Original article: https://nypost.com/2026/11/03/us-news/gop-ny-ag-candidate-saritha-komatireddy-loses-against-dem-letitia-james/
- Topics: Elections, Politics, World

## Key points

- Letitia James won a third term as New York attorney general.
- She led Saritha Komatireddy 63% to 37% with 67% counted.
- Democrats also won the state’s other top-ticket races.

## Summary

Letitia James won re-election as New York’s attorney general, defeating Republican challenger Saritha Komatireddy despite a campaign that brought scrutiny to James’s record and office. The result gives James a third term and continues Democrats’ sweep of the state’s top-ticket races.

With 67% of votes counted at 10:35 p.m., James had 63% to Komatireddy’s 37%; a poll the previous month had put Komatireddy within six points. Komatireddy, a former federal prosecutor, criticised James over her prosecution of Donald Trump and the state’s criminal justice policies, while James portrayed her as aligned with Trump. James’s office won a major civil case against Trump in 2024, though an appeal upheld the ruling without its large financial penalty.

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