Karen Ortiz
Candidate for New York 12th Congressional District · Independent
On the 2026 ballotCandidate · New York 12th Congressional District · Nov 3 General
Ballot status source: New York State Board of Elections — Certification for the November 3, 2026 General Election, dated 2026-09-02: USH12, Karen Ortiz (Karen Ortiz) · read Sep 24, 2026
The District
What New York 12th Congressional District covers
Covers part of New York County.
Includes New York (part).
393 precincts · District lines: replaces the 1:500,000 cartographic outline, which crossed the East River · Precinct lines: 2020 EDs and 2020 VTDs kept at >=10% (measured edge-slop ceiling)
Results
Certified results for New York 12th Congressional District
Representative in Congress - District 12
New York General Election 11/05/2024 — county board canvasses · Nov 5, 2024| Candidate | Party | Votes | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jerrold L. NadlerDemocratic | Democratic | 260,165 | 80.3% |
| Michael K. ZumbluskasRepublican | Republican | 62,989 | 19.4% |
| Scattered (write-ins) | 866 | 0.3% |
Certified / official county board of elections canvasses, by election district, as published by the New York county boards of elections · New York county boards of elections: certified/official election-district…
Sources (2)
- Certified / official county board of elections canvasses, by election district, as published by the New York county boards of elections
- reconciled to the certified county totals. Results for Allegany County are pending official confirmation
Representative in Congress - District 12
New York General Election 11/08/2022 — county board canvasses · Nov 8, 2022| Candidate | Party | Votes | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jerrold L. NadlerDemocratic | Democratic | 200,890 | 81.6% |
| Michael K. ZumbluskasRepublican | Republican | 44,173 | 17.9% |
| Mikhail ItkisItkis Campaign | Itkis Campaign | 631 | 0.3% |
| Scattered (write-ins) | 411 | 0.2% |
Certified / official county board of elections canvasses · New York county boards of elections: certified/official election-district…
Sources (20)
- Certified / official county board of elections canvasses (Erie County BOE: Official canvass (Erie County Board of Elections canvass book); NYC BOE: Certified (NYC BOE Statement and Return Report for Certification); Onondaga County BOE: Official results (Onondaga County BOE 'Official Results' file); Ontario County BOE (Enhanced Voting): Official results (isOfficialResults=true, as of 2026-04-30T20:55:36.823995Z); Westchester BOE: Official canvass (Westchester County Board of Elections canvass book))
- Putnam County Board of Elections — certified general election results by election district: certified ED results
- Otsego County Board of Elections — 2022 General Election Results by District (official): certified ED results
- Rensselaer County Board of Elections — 2022 General Official Results: certified ED results
- Rockland County Board of Elections — 2022 General Election official results by election district (Historic Election Results): certified ED results ( (Rockland BOE Historic Election Results folder 270714479124 / GE 2022)) · app.box.com
- Columbia County Board of Elections — 2022 General Election certified results by election district (XLS): certified ED results
- Tioga County Board of Elections — 2022 General Election official results by election district: certified ED results
- Broome County Board of Elections — 2022 General Election official results, condensed recanvass report by election district: certified ED results
- Dutchess County Board of Elections — 2022 General Election certified results by election district: certified ED results
- Ulster County Board of Elections — 2022 General Election certified results by election district: certified ED results
- Greene County Board of Elections — 2022 General Election official results per election district: certified ED results
- Chenango County Board of Elections — 2022 General Election official results by election district and counting group
- the Member of Assembly table printed without its office heading is identified as AD 121 by its candidate (Joe Angelino): certified ED results
- Cortland County Board of Elections — 2022 General Election official tabulation by election district: certified ED results
- Tompkins County Board of Elections — Elections Database, 2022 General Election official results by election district (source document: November 8, 2022 General Election (document 22; Attorney General document 92)): certified ED results | Note (2026-09-24): Tompkins County, Attorney General (NY-2022-11-08-cboe::Attorney General) — precinct figures Unconfirmed against the official document: the county Elections Database total row for this contest is a partial figure and the cited Statement of Votes Cast (document 92, Attorney General results) is a per-counting-group sheet with no county total
- rows remain loaded as published by the county database
- Madison County Board of Elections — 2022 General Election official detailed results by contest by election district: certified ED results
- Oswego County Board of Elections — 2022 General Election official results by election district (Excel), contests titled and reconciled against the county's official Election Book Grand Total rows: certified ED results
- Orange County Board of Elections — 2022 General Election official detailed results by contest by election district: certified ED results
- Albany County Board of Elections — 2022 General Election official recanvass results by election district: certified ED results (;; Saratoga County BOE: Official district-level results PDF, reconciled to printed ED/town/county totals; Niagara County BOE (ENR, Official Results): Candidate Results by District CSV, reconciled to county Candidate Summary Results PDF; Jefferson County BOE: Official results by ED (county Google spreadsheet), reconciled to County Totals; Chautauqua County BOE: Certification workbook by ED, reconciled to Totals row; St. Lawrence County BOE: Official results by ED (PDF), ED sums equal the Total row and candidate totals equal the Statement of Canvass; Cayuga County BOE: NYS Sovc Report by ED (Official 2022-11-23), named candidates reconciled to the County Board of Canvassers' statement; write-ins omitted; Steuben County BOE: 2022 official results by ED (six contests), row-checked and cross-checked to Nysboe certified county results; Clinton County BOE (ENR, Official Results): Candidate Results by District CSV, reconciled to the county Candidate Summary Results report; Warren County BOE: 2022 District Level Results by ED, reconciled to Recapitulation totals and Nysboe certified county results; Washington County BOE: 2022 General Election Results By District, reconciled to the county General Election Summary; Cattaraugus County BOE: 2022 General Election Recanvass (official, amended) by ED plus four countywide absentee/early units, reconciled to the recanvass Total row and Nysboe certified county figures; Livingston County BOE: 2022 General Election Statement of Canvass by ED, reconciled to the canvass Totals and Nysboe certified county figures; Fulton County BOE: 2022 General Election Results per ED (official), each contest = its printed Total row; Chemung County BOE: 2022 General Election results by ED (Archive item 496), ED sums = Grand Totals; Governor = Nysboe certified; Essex County: Canvass of all the Votes 2022 by ED; Hamilton County BOE: 2022 Results per ED (official scan, read and cross-checked; candidates = Total rows and Nysboe certified; write-ins not loaded); Orleans County BOE: certified 2022 Statement of Canvass (scan), read from images; every row, column and line = printed totals and Nysboe certified) · apps.albanycounty.com
Democratic Primary — Representative in Congress - District 12
NY-2022-08-23-cboe · Aug 23, 2022| Candidate | Party | Votes | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jerrold L. NadlerDemocratic | Democratic | 49,744 | 55.4% |
| Carolyn B. MaloneyDemocratic | Democratic | 21,916 | 24.4% |
| Suraj PatelDemocratic | Democratic | 17,011 | 19.0% |
| Ashmi ShethDemocratic | Democratic | 937 | 1.0% |
| Scattered (write-ins)Democratic | Democratic | 128 | 0.1% |
Certified — NYC Board of Elections Statement and Return Report for Certification · NYC Board of Elections — Statement and Return Report for Certification…
Key Votes
The record
No congressional voting record
Karen Ortiz has not served in Congress: no entry in the Biographical Directory of the United States Congress (bioguide.congress.gov) under this name for NY, checked 2026-09-24 against the catalog's bioguide linkage. Other public offices, if any, not compiled here.
Sep 24, 2026 · Official · Biographical Directory of the U.S. Congress · source
Newest first. A close vote was decided by 5% of the votes cast or less (or 10 votes or fewer, under a fifth of the votes). Broke with party: voted against most of their party, where the record gives the party split.
Their Money
Campaign finance
- Last Change
- Profile updated · Sep 24
- Raised
- $46,268cycle to date through Jun 30
- Cash on Hand
- $23,469cycle to date through Jun 30
- Spent
- $22,799cycle to date through Jun 30
- Debts Owed
- $25,362cycle to date through Jun 30
- Next Report Due
- Q3 Report · Oct 15
View on FEC.govFEC, cycle to date through Jun 30, 2026
Top Payees
Who the campaign paid most, as its filing reports it.
- V26 Capital$900.00
- Vistaprint$870.53
- Radix Printing & Publishing$396.30
- Fedex$289.64
- Squarespace Inc$248.40
Campaign finance — Karen Ortiz For Congress: July Quarterly 2026, through Jun 30, 2026
Jun 30, 2026 · Official · Federal Election CommissionFinance Reports
Personal financial disclosure — no report found in the House Clerk's public index
A search of the U.S. House Clerk's public financial-disclosure index files for 2024, 2025 and 2026 (checked Sep 25, 2026) found no financial disclosure report filed by Karen Ortiz. The index shows an extension request filed Jan 5, 2026 (filing 30025613), not a report. This notes only what the public index shows as of that date; reports filed recently or on an approved extension may not yet appear.
Sep 25, 2026 · Official · U.S. House Clerk — Financial Disclosure Reports index · sourceCampaign finance — Karen Ortiz For Congress: July Quarterly 2026, through Jun 30, 2026
Raised $46,267.96 this election cycle (as reported) · spent $22,799.44 · cash on hand $23,468.52 · debts owed by the committee $25,361.68 — through Jun 30, 2026. Where the money came from (cycle to date, as reported): Individuals $20,906.28 (45%); Candidate loans $25,361.68 (55%). Where it went (itemized operating expenditures this cycle, FEC-processed through Sep 20, 2026): digital $11,620.69; staff, contractors and reimbursements $3,790.00; other $1,839.56; compliance and treasurer $900.00; field and canvassing $602.52.
Jun 30, 2026 · Official · Federal Election Commission
Money shows as the filings named here report it. Payees are who the campaign paid; individual contributors are not shown.
Reach Them
Websites and accounts
Campaign website and social accounts
Campaign site: https://ko4congress.com/; instagram: https://www.instagram.com/Ko4congress/
Sep 24, 2026 · Self-published · Candidate's own channels · source
Polls
Public polls
Emerson College Polling for PIX11 / The Hill / Nexstar MediaDemocratic primary · U.S. House
Micah Lasher 22% · Alexander Bores 20% · Jack Schlossberg 11% · George Conway 10% · Other/Combined 5% · Undecided 32%
May 16, 2026 to May 17, 2026 · 425 LV · ±4.8 pts · MMS text-to-web/email · Emerson College Polling
Released public polls of this race, as each pollster reported them. A poll is a snapshot, not a forecast.
The 2026 Field
Who else is running for New York 12th Congressional District
- Micah Charles LasherDemocrat · On the 2026 ballot
- Wilneida NegronIndependent · On the 2026 ballot
- Caroline ShinkleRepublican · On the 2026 ballot
The Paper Trail
Filings, results and exhibits
U.S. Representative · NY-12
Independent · Candidate · On the 2026 ballot
Sep 19, 2026 · OSINTOn the Nov. 3, 2026 general election ballot for U.S. Representative, NY-12 — Karen Ortiz
Named on the New York State Board of Elections certification for the Nov. 3, 2026 General Election (certified Sept. 17, 2026) for Representative in Congress, District 12, on the an independent line (line name not machine-readable in the certification) line. Other candidates in the race: Caroline Shinkle (Republican; Conservative); Micah C. Lasher (Democratic); Wilneida Negron (For All of Us).
Sep 17, 2026 · Official · New York State Board of Elections · source
Not on file for Karen yet: Advertising, In Their Words, In the News. Coverage varies by state and office.
File read Sep 25, 2026. Each item names its source. Record ID p_xxp1ed422.
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