GOTV Intel

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

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Running for New York 12th Congressional District, Nov 3 General. The race page has 3 other candidates, 1 public poll, 5 certified results. See the race

Roles on File

Seats held and sought, elections and committees, newest first.

The District

What New York 12th Congressional District covers

Covers part of New York County.

Includes New York (part).

Map of New York 12th Congressional District with 393 precincts

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)

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.

Campaign finance · Karen Ortiz For Congress: July Quarterly 2026, through Jun 30, 2026

Jun 30, 2026 · Official · Federal Election Commission

Finance 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 · source

  • Campaign 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

The Paper Trail

Filings, results and exhibits

  • U.S. Representative · NY-12

    Independent · Candidate · On the 2026 ballot

    Sep 19, 2026 · OSINT

  • On 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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