Mid-Hudson Valley 2016 Election Results

POUGHKEEPSIE, NY — In the City of Poughkeepsie, with 100 percent of the votes tallied, Proposition No. 1, calling for a revision of the city’s charter, was approved by the voters 3,999 to 2,936, according to unofficial results. The Town of Poughkeepsie and City of Poughkeepsie public library budget proposition was approved by the voters, according to unofficial results.

In the 106th Assembly District, with 100 percent of precincts reporting, incumbent Democrat Didi Barrett defeated challenger Republican Terry Sullivan 27,346 to 22,362. Vote totals are unofficial until certified.

With 320 of 330 districts counted, as of 12:10 a.m. incumbent Terrence Murphy had 73,306 votes, while challenger Alison Boak had 51,755 votes, according to unofficial results from the New York State Board of Elections.

In the 104th Assembly District, with 100 percent of precincts reporting, incumbent Democrat Frank Skartados handily defeated challenger Conservative William C. Banuchi Sr 39,511 to 11,532. Vote totals are unofficial until certified.

In the 103rd Assembly District, with 122 of 126 precincts reporting, incumbent Democrat Kevin A. Cahill defeated challenger Conservative Jack Hayes 39,511 to 11,532. Vote totals are unofficial until certified.

In the 99th Assembly District, with 100 percent of the vote in, incumbent Democrat James G. Skoufis defeated challenger Republican Colin J. Schmitt 27,501 to 24,960. Vote totals are unofficial until certified.

In the 98th Assembly District, with 100 percent of the vote in, incumbent Republican Karl Brabenec defeated Democrat Aron B. Wieder 27,266 to 18,846. Vote totals are unofficial until certified.

In the 46th Senate District, with 320 of 326 precincts reporting, incumbent Republican George Amedore defeated Democrat Sara Niccoli 78,080 to 45,245. Vote totals are unofficial until certified.

In the 42th Senate District, with 100 percent of the votes counted, incumbent John J. Bonacic defeated Democrat Pramilla S. Malick 63,284 to 39,769. Vote totals are unofficial until certified.

In the 39th Senate District, with 100 percent of the votes counted, incumbent William J. Larkin Jr. defeated Democrat Christopher W. Eachus 61,496 to 44,640.

In the 105th Assembly District, according to unofficial results, incumbent Republican Kieran Michael Lalor has been reelected by a comfortable margin over Democrat Joseph Torres. With 100 percent of district reporting, the final total was 33,641 for Lalor and 19,885 for Torres.

Incumbent Poughkeepsie City Councilman Matthew McNamara was elected to represent Ward 8, a seat for which he was appointed earlier in the year after the death of his husband, Tracy Herman. He ran on the Democratic and Working Families lines.

With 261 of 271 districts reporting, Susan Serino leads with 61,414 votes, while Terry Gipson trails in his attempt to take the seat back, receiving 46,795 votes, according to unofficial results from the New York State Board of Elections.

On Tuesday, Nov. 8, registered voters selected candidates for president and vice president, United States senator, state Supreme Court Justices and representatives to U.S. Congress, state Senate and state Assembly. In some communities, voters selected local elected officials and deciding propositions.

Polls have closed in Dutchess, Orange, Putnam, Rockland, Ulster and Westchester counties.

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The key to party affiliation is as follows: D = Democratic, R = Republican, C = Conservative, WF = Working Families, G = Green, IND = Independence, LBT = Libertarian, WEP = Women’s Equality Party and REF = Reform.

What's my district? — State Senate and Assembly districts in the Hudson Valley cover multiple communities, and sometimes more than one county. Plus, a community is often represented by more than one senator or Assembly member.

If you need to figure out which district you live in and who your current Assembly and Senate representatives are, you can plug your address into this helpful online tool CQ put together by the Board of Elections. And if you need to find out where you go to vote, you can input your address online here.

You can check sample ballots from your county’s board of elections to learn about all the races by clicking on the links below:

• Dutchess County
• Orange County
• Ulster County
• Rockland County
• Putnam County
• Westchester County (this link will let you “build” your ballot once you provide your address)

A list of candidates can also be found on Ballotpedia, which has compiled the candidates running in New York's State Assembly races and in its State Senate races.

Who are the candidates?

For president of the United States:

The candidates for president and vice president are Republicans Donald Trump and Mike Pence, Democrats Hillary Clinton and Tim Kaine, Libertarians Gary Johnson and Bill Weld and Green Party Jill Stein and Ajamu Baraka.

For United States Senate:

New York’s senior Senator Chuck Schumer (D) faces three challengers: Wendy Long (R), Alex Merced (L), and Robin Laverne Wilson (G).

For United States House of Representatives:

District 18 includes all of Orange and Putnam counties; southwestern Dutchess including East Fishkill, Fishkill, Wappinger, Poughkeepsie town and city, and Beacon; and in Westchester, Somers, Pound Ridge, Bedford, North Salem, Lewisboro and part of North Salem. Incumbent Sean Patrick Maloney (D) is seeking a third term. He faces Republican Phil Oliva, a top advisor to Westchester County Executive Rob Astorino who beat out five others for the Republican line, and Independent Scott Smith in the general election.

In District 19, which is comprised of Columbia, Delaware, Greene, Otsego, Schoharie, Sullivan and Ulster counties and portions of Broome, Dutchess and Rensselaer counties, Zephyr Teachout (D) and John Faso (R) are competing to replace Republican Chris Gibson in Congress. Pundits are calling this a "battleground race."

For New York State Senate:

State Senate District 39 includes Blooming Grove, Chester, Cornwall, Crawford, Goshen, Highlands, Marlborough, Monroe, Montgomery, New Windsor, Newburgh, Plattekill, Woodbury in Orange County and Haverstraw and Stony Point in Rockland County. Christopher W. Eachus (D-WF-WEP) is challenging incumbent William J. Larkin, Jr. (R-IND-REF-C)

State Senate District 40 includes parts of Dutchess, Putnam and Westchester counties, including the towns of Beekman, Carmel, Cortlandt, Lewisboro, Mount Kisco, Mount Pleasant, New Castle, North Salem, Patterson, Pawling, Pound Ridge, Somers, Southeast, Yorktown; and the city of Peekskill. First-term incumbent Terrence Murphy (R-C-IND-REF) is seeking re-election. He is challenged by Alison Boak (D-WF). The two have run a contentious campaign.

State Senate District 41 is comprised of Dutchess County, with the exception of the towns of Beekman and Pawling, and the towns of Philipstown, Putnam Valley and Kent in Putnam County. Incumbent Susan J. Serino (R-C-IND-REF) is being challenged by Terry Gipson (D-G-WF-WEP).

State Senate District 42 is comprised of Sullivan County and portions of Orange, Ulster County and Delaware counties. Incumbent John Bonacic (R-C-IND-REF) is being challenged by Pramilla Malik (D).

State Senate District 46 is comprised of Montgomery County, Greene County and portions of Schenectady, Albany and Ulster counties. Incumbent George Amedore (R-C-IND-REF) is being challenged by Sara Niccoli (D-WF-WEP)

For New York State Assembly:

NY Assembly District 98 includes Orange and Rockland counties. In Orange: Towns of Greenville, Minisink, Warwick, Deerpark, including Port Jervis, Monroe and Tuxedo. In Rockland: Northwestern part of the Town of Ramapo. Aron B. Wieder (D-C-G-IND) is challenging Karl Brabenec (R-Tax Cuts Now).

NY Assembly District 99 covers Blooming Grove, Chester, Cornwall, Goshen, Hamptonburgh, Highlands, New Windsor, Wawayanda and Woodbury in Orange County and Stony Point in Rockland.
Colin J. Schmitt (R-C-IND-REF) is challenging incumbent James G. Skoufis (D-WOR-WEP).

NY Assembly District 103 is comprised of portions of Ulster County — excluding the towns of Lloyd and Marlborough — and the town of Red Hook and Rhinebeck in Dutchess County. Incumbent Kevin Cahill (D-WF) is being challenged by Jack Hayes (C).

NY Assembly District 104 is comprised of the towns of Lloyd and Marlborough in Ulster County, the town and city of Newburgh in Orange County and the cities of Poughkeepsie and Beacon in the Dutchess County. Incumbent Frank Skartados (D-WF-IND) is being challenged by William Banuchi (C-REF).

NY Assembly District 105 is comprised of the towns of Washington, LaGrange, Union Vale, Dover, Wappinger, Fishkill, East Fishkill, Beekman and Pawling in Dutchess County. Joseph Torres (D-WF-WEP) is challenging incumbent Kieran Michael Lalor (R-C-IND-REF).

NY Assembly District 106 is comprised of portions of Columbia and Dutchess counties. Incumbent Didi Barrett (D-WF-IND) is being challenged by Terry Sullivan (R-C-REF).

What's on the ballot locally?

Poughkeepsie City Council

Matthew McNamara, D-WF, is running unopposed for election as council member for the City of Poughkeepsie’s 8th Ward. He was appointed to fill the vacancy created by the death of his husband, Tracy Hermann, March 3, 2016.

Poughkeepsie City Proposition No. 1:

“Shall the City of Poughkeepsie Charter be revised to strengthen and require full-time service of the mayor; create a further empowered city council with a leadership position accountable to voters in the entire city; assure continued professional administration for the city; and mandate periodic salary review and regular education and training for city elected officials; as proposed by the City of Poughkeepsie Charter Review Commission to take effect January 1, 2018?”

The complete City of Poughkeepsie charter proposition can be found here.

The charter for the City of Poughkeepsie was last reviewed in 1993. A Charter Commission was created in 2015 to review the document and make recommendations to “increase governmental efficiency, transparency and communication.”

The recommendations are as follows:

• Full-time mayor
• New city administrator position
• Educational requirement for elected officials
• City-wide elected “at large” council member
• Salary review commission
• Common Council oversight of mayor
• Increased mayoral reporting to Common Council
• Residency requirement for department heads and city administrator

Poughkeepsie City Proposition No. 2:

Shall the 2017 Library District budget, as submitted by the Board of Trustees of the Poughkeepsie Public Library District, be approved and shall the Board of Trustees be authorized to expend a sum not to exceed $7,977,786 for Library District operations for the year January 1 - December 31, 2017, which includes $1,406,166 of previously authorized combined debt service for the year of January 1 - December 31, 2017 and, further, shall the Board of Trustees be authorized to instruct the City of Poughkeepsie and the Town of Poughkeepsie to collect taxes on its behalf for the financing of Library District operations and debt service as prescribed in the Library District’s special legislation as amended in 1994, 1997, 2006 and 2016?

Town of Poughkeepsie Proposition No. 1:

Shall the term of office of the Town Clerk of the Town of Poughkeepsie be increased from two years to four year with the term of office commencing on January 1, 2018, as set forth in Local Law No. _ of 2016?

Town of Poughkeepsie Proposition No 2:

Shall the 2017 Library District budget, as submitted by the Board of Trustees of the Poughkeepsie Public Library District, be approved and shall the Board of Trustees be authorized to expend a sum not to exceed $7,977,786 for Library District operations for the year January 1 - December 31, 2017, which includes $1,406,166 of previously authorized combined debt service for the year of January 1 - December 31, 2017 and, further, shall the Board of Trustees be authorized to instruct the City of Poughkeepsie and the Town of Poughkeepsie to collect taxes on its behalf for the financing of Library District operations and debt service as prescribed in the Library District’s special legislation as amended in 1994, 1997, 2006 and 2016?
When voting, you must turn the ballot over to vote on the propositions.

Supreme Court, 9th Judicial District

The election for seats on the Supreme Court, 9th Judicial District is uncontested. Voters are asked to pick three, and three are running:

• Linda Jamieson, D-R-WF-IND
• Janet Malone, D-R-WF-IND
• Thomas E. Walsh II, D-R-WF-IND

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