Mid-Hudson Valley Election Results 2016: the Winners Are Revealed

POUGHKEEPSIE, NY — Here are the final, unofficial totals in the Nov. 8 election.

County presidential totals:

In Dutchess County, the Trump/Pence ticket received the most votes—58,163. The Clinton/Kaine ticket got 56,874. Gary Johnson and William Weld received 2,198 on the Independence line and 1,106 on the Libertarian line, for a total of 3,304. Jill Stein and the Green Party brought up the rear with 1,858 votes, according to unofficial results. There were 1,271 write-in votes.

In Ulster County, Hillary Clinton received 40,010 votes, 51 percent of the vote. Trump garnered 32,962 votes. Jill Stein did well for the Green Party, with 2.5 percent of the total: 1,986 votes. The Libertarian and Independence parties picked up 746 and 1,430 votes.

In Orange County, Trump won 51 percent of the vote, with 72, 129 votes to Clinton’s 63,037. Gary Johnson picked up 3,570 votes on the Libertarian and Independence party lines while Stein received 2,017 for the Green Party. There were 1,129 write-in votes.

In Columbia County, Clinton narrowly defeated Trump, who received 12,750 votes to Clinton’s 13, 123. There were 278 write-ins. Jill Stein received 537 votes. Gary Johnson picked up 839 votes on the Libertarian and Independence party lines.

For United States Senate:

• Chuck Schumer (D) 4,790,526
• Wendy Long (R) 1,865,523
• Alex Merced (L) 43,900
• Robin Laverne Wilson (G) 102,391

For United States Congress:

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.

• Sean Patrick Maloney (D) 149,056
• Phil Oliva (R) 120,967

In District 19 is comprised of Columbia, Delaware, Greene, Otsego, Schoharie, Sullivan and Ulster counties and portions of Broome, Dutchess and Rensselaer counties.

• Zephyr Teachout (D) 126,671
• John Faso (R) 153,317

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) 44,640
• William J. Larkin, Jr. (R-IND-REF-C) 61,496

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.

• Terrence Murphy (R-C-IND-REF) 74,354
• Alison Boak (D-WF) 52,590

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.

• Susan J. Serino (R-C-IND-REF) 68,354
• Terry Gipson (D-G-WF-WEP) 53,920

State Senate District 42 is comprised of Sullivan County and portions of Orange, Ulster County and Delaware counties.

• John Bonacic (R-C-IND-REF) 63,284
• Pramilla Malik (D) 39,769

State Senate District 46 is comprised of Montgomery County, Greene County and portions of Schenectady, Albany and Ulster counties.

• George Amedore (R-C-IND-REF) 78,247
• Sara Niccoli (D-WF-WEP) 45,360

For New York State Assembly:

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) 18,846
• Karl Brabenec (R-Tax Cuts Now) 27,266

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) 24,960
• James G. Skoufis (D-WOR-WEP) 27,501

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.

• Kevin Cahill (D-WF) 39,689
• Jack Hayes (C) 11,601

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.

• Frank Skartados (D-WF-IND) 26,023
• William Banuchi (C-REF) 6,293

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) 19,885
• Kieran Michael Lalor (R-C-IND-REF) 33,641

Assembly District 106 is comprised of portions of Columbia and Dutchess counties.

• Didi Barrett (D-WF-IND) 27,346
• Terry Sullivan (R-C-REF) 22,362

Supreme Court, 9th Judicial District

Three people were unopposed for three seats: Linda Jamieson, (D-R-WF-IND), Janet Malone (D-R-WF-IND), and Thomas E. Walsh II (D-R-WF-IND).

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Poughkeepsie

Matthew McNamara, D-WF, ran 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: Changes to the city charter.

• Yes 3,999
• No 2,936

Poughkeepsie City Proposition No. 2: Public library budget.

• Yes 4,272
• No 2,540

Town of Poughkeepsie Proposition No. 1: Making the town clerk a four-year position.

• Yes 6,281
• No 6,766

Town of Poughkeepsie Proposition No 2: Public library budget.

• Yes 7,567
• No 5,092

Photo credit: Office of Sen. Schumer.