Paul David Tonko

American politician (born 1949)

IncumbentU.S. House — NY-20DemocraticRunning nowVugol ID VM-W66-Y7QB FEC H8NY21203

Running for U.S. House, NY-20, 2026

Link: vugol.me/p/paul-david-tonko

Roster source: FEC filing (2026-08-26)

Headshot · tonko.house.gov

Paul David Tonko — Portrait — Portrait · tonko.house.gov

Paul David Tonko — On the trail — On the trail · tonko.house.gov

Paul David Tonko — Illustration · Vugol.me — Illustration · Vugol.me
Illustration by Vugol.me, adapted from Official U.S. Congress portrait · Public domain

Races

2026 · U.S. House, NY-20 · General · Democratic · on the ballot · incumbent
2024 · U.S. House, NY-20 · General · Democratic · result not on file · incumbent · source
2022 · U.S. House, NY-20 · General · Democratic · won · 160,420 votes (55.0%) · incumbent · source
2020 · U.S. House, NY-20 · General · Democratic · won · 219,705 votes (61.1%) · incumbent · source
2018 · U.S. House, NY-20 · General · Democratic · won · 176,811 votes (66.5%) · incumbent · source

Background

Paul David Tonko is an American politician serving as the U.S. representative for New York's 20th congressional district since 2013. He represented the 21st congressional district from 2009 to 2013.

A member of the Democratic Party, Tonko has been called a staunch progressive. After the 2020 redistricting cycle and effective for the 118th Congress, the 20th district will include all of Albany, Saratoga, and Schenectady Counties as well as part of Rensselaer County.

From Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0 · retrieved 2026-09-19 · https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paul_Tonko

Campaign finance

$957,587total raised (2026 cycle)

$1,152,761total spent (2026 cycle)

$404,327cash on hand (2026 cycle)

As of 2026-06-30 · Source: FEC

Website and social

Official websitevia Wikidata

Campaign contact: info@paultonko.com · source

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Sources

Official portrait — public-domain congressional image set (unitedstates project)
Background — Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0, retrieved 2026-09-19 — https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paul_Tonko
Website and social links — Wikidata (CC0) — https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1373548
Official social accounts — congress-legislators dataset (unitedstates project)
Roster — FEC filing — https://www.fec.gov/data/candidate/H8NY21203/
photo_headshot — https://tonko.house.gov/biography
photo_full_body — http://tonko.house.gov
photo_action — http://tonko.house.gov

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