Orange County Sheriff
Orange County, New York
My vote power
High
Election date
November 3, 2026 · General election
How do we calculate my vote power?
What goes into the rating: Representation: how much weight one vote carries here compared with a statewide vote — the smaller the district, the more each vote counts. Decisiveness: how likely this race is to be close, based on past results or current analyst ratings, plus the number of candidates.
Representation: High · 67 out of 100
This district is a small slice of its state, so each vote here carries much more weight than a vote in a statewide race. About 406,616 people live here.
Show the representation math
score = 50 + 50 × ln(state population ÷ this district's) ÷ ln(50,000) = 50 + 50 × ln(19,852,366 ÷ 406,616) ÷ ln(50,000) = 67.97, measured against a statewide vote in NY (grades: 66+ high, 55+ above average, 33+ average, otherwise low; a statewide race is the 50 baseline)
Decisiveness: Unknown
No analyst ratings or past results for this contest yet.
High representation → My vote power: High.
Some data is missing, so this rating is based on partial information and capped at "High".
About this office
- Running police patrols and deputies in the county
- Running the county jail
- Carrying out evictions, warrants, and other court orders
Affects: Immigration, Public Safety and Crime Control, Gun Control,
Candidates
Democratic · declared
Bernie Rivers is a candidate for Orange County Sheriff. New York's Department of Environmental Conservation appointed him Director of the Division of Law Enforcement in 2018 after he had served as acting director and in multiple environmental-conservation law-enforcement roles.
Republican · Incumbent · declared
Paul Arteta is the Orange County Sheriff. The county sheriff's office states that he has served Orange County residents since 1992 and was promoted to captain in 2017 after assignments in patrol, investigations, and narcotics enforcement.
Records: Public Safety and Crime Control 1 for
Source: orangecountygov.com