Hudson Valley Results On Election Night 2020

This article was updated at 12:10 a.m. Results are from the New York State Board of Elections except where noted.

HUDSON VALLEY, NY — Polls closed at 9 p.m. in Dutchess, Orange, Putnam, Rockland, Ulster and Westchester counties, and election workers began counting votes cast since Oct. 24, when early voting began for the first time in New York for a presidential race.

Registered voters in the Hudson Valley have been voting for weeks for president and vice president, United States senator, state Supreme Court Justices and representatives to U.S. Congress, state Senate, state Assembly, and state judges.

"I have been so encouraged by the turn-out," New York's Senate Majority Leader, Andrea Stewart-Cousins told Patch. Stewart-Cousins was unopposed in her re-election bid in District 35 covering Yonkers, Hastings, Dobbs, Irvington, Hartsdale, Scarsdale and part of New Rochelle.

It's not just the top of the ballot that's been contentious. In the Hudson Valley, there were hard-fought races and multiple candidates in all four congressional districts. Some of the state assembly and senate seats were hotly contested.

For example, despite trailing at midnight in the 38th New York State Senate District, Democratic candidate Elijah Reichlin-Melnick said that he expects to win the race once all the absentee votes are counted. With nearly all Election Day and early votes counted, Reichlin-Melnick trailed Republican Bill Weber by 3,300 votes. However, there are nearly 40,000 outstanding absentee ballots, with Democratic ballots outnumbering Republican ballots by more than 3-to-1, he said in a news release.

Did you experience problems at the polls in the Hudson Valley? Long lines? Trouble finding your polling place? Whatever it is, we want to know, so tell us in the comments.

The key to party affiliation is: D = Democratic, R = Republican, C = Conservative, WF = Working Families, G = Green, IND = Independence, I = Independent, LBT = Libertarian, WEP = Women's Equality Party, SAM = Serve America Movement and REF = Reform.

* denotes an incumbent.

Results will be posted as they come in.

Congressional races

District 16

With 213 of 732 districts reporting:

• Jamaal Bowman (D, WF) — 71 percent
• Patrick McManus (C) — 13 percent

District 17

With 260 out of 631 districts reporting:

• Mondaire Jones (D, WF) — 49 percent
• Maureen McArdle Schulman (R) — 38 percent
• Yehudis Gottesfeld (C) — 3 percent
• Michael Parietti (SAM) —>1 percent
• Joshua Eisen (I) — 2 percent

District 18

With 478 of 618 districts reporting:

• Sean Maloney* (D, WF, IND) — 48 percent
• Chele Farley (R, C) — 46 percent
• Scott Smith (L, SAM) — >1 percent

District 19

With 619 of 619 districts reporting:

• Antonio Delgado * (D, WF, SAM) — 48 percent
• Kyle Van De Water (R) — 45 percent
• Steven Greenfield (G) — >1 percent
• Victoria Alexander (L) — 1 percent

All 63 seats in the New York State Senate were up for election in 2020. Here are the contested senate districts:

District 34

With 256 of 274 districts reporting:

• Alessandra Biaggi* (D, WF) - 68 percent
• James Gisondi (R) - 25 percent
• Antonio Vitiello (C) - 4 percent

District 36

With 196 of 262 districts reporting:

• Jamaal Bailey* (D) - 87 percent
• Robert Diamond (C) - 4 percent

District 37

With 28 districts reporting:

• Shelley Mayer* (D, WF, SAM) - 42 percent
• Liviu Saimovici (R, C) - 58 percent

District 38

With 235 of 265 districts reporting:

• Elijah Reichlin-Melnick (D) - 44 percent
• William Weber, Jr. (R, SAM) - 47 percent

District 39

With 127 out of 249 districts reporting:

• James Skoufis* (D, WF, SAM) — 50 percent
• Steve Brescia (R, C) — 46 percent

District 40 SEE: Astorino v Harckham In The 40th NY Senate District

With 68 0f 277 districts reporting:

• Peter Harckham* (D, WF, IND) - 46 percent
• Rob Astorino (R, C) - 51 percent

District 41

With 234 out of 238 districts reporting:

• Susan Serino* (R, C, IND) — 57 percent
• Karen Smythe (D, WF, SAM) — 40 percent

District 42

With 230 of 263 districts reporting:

• Jen Metzger* (D, WF, SAM) — 44 percent
• Mike Martucci (R, C, IND) — 52 percent

All 150 seats in the New York State Assembly were up for election in 2020. Here are the contested state assembly districts:

AD 93

With 96 out of 116 districts reporting, per Westchester County Board of Elections:

• Chris Burdick (D, WF, IND) - 47 percent
• John Nuculovic (R, C) - 53 percent

AD 94

With 63 of 124 districts reporting:

• Stephanie Keegan (D) - 37 percent
• Kevin Byrne* (R, C, SAM, IND) - 57 percent

AD 95

With 23 of 112 districts reporting:

• Sandra Galef* (D) - 57 percent
• Lawrence Chiulli (R, C) - 36 percent

AD 97

With 112 of 112 districts reporting:

• Ellen Jaffee* (D) - 39 percent
• Michael Lawler (R, C, IND, SAM) - 55 percent

AD 99

With 64 of 125 districts reporting:

• Colin Schmitt* (R, L, C, IND, SAM) - 54 percent
• Sarita Bhandarkar (D, WF) - 40 percent

AD 101

With 86 out of 117 districts reporting:

• Brian Miller* (R, C, IND) — 62 percent
• Chad McEvoy (D, WF) — 30 percent
• Barbara Kidney (G) — 2 percent

AD 102

With 104 of 126 districts reporting:

• Christopher Tague* (R, C, IND) — 63 percent
• Mary Kraat (D) — 33 percent

AD 103

With 126 out of 126 districts reporting:

• Kevin Cahill* (D, WF, IND) — 64 percent
• Rex Bridges (R, C) — 33 percent

AD 104

With 80 out of 90 districts reporting:

• Jonathan Jacobson* (D, WF) — 55 percent
• Andrew Gauzza (R, C) —37 percent

AD 105

With 98 out of 100 districts reporting:

• Kieran Michael Lalor* (R, C, IND) — 60 percent
• Laurette Giardino (D, WF) —33 percent

AD 106

With 97 out of 97 districts reporting:

• Didi Barrett* (D, WF, IND) — 49 percent
• Dean Michael (R, L, C) — 45 percent

Putnam County Legislature, District 3

With 20 0f 20 legislative districts reporting, per Putnam County Board of Elections:

• Vincent Fiorentino (D) - 39 percent
• Toni Addonizio* (R) - 61 percent

Rockland County Clerk

With 277 of 277 districts reporting, per Rockland County Board of Elections:

Donna Gorman Silberman (D) - 52 percent
Patrick J. Carle (R) - 48 percent

Lewisboro
Town Board

With 6 of 12 districts reporting, per the Westchester BOE:

• Richard Sklarin, Democratic Party — 34 percent
• Andrea Rendo, Republican Party — 66 percent

Town Justice

• John Pappalardo, Democratic Party — 45 percent
• Vincent Aceste, Republican Party — 55 percent

South Nyack

Village Trustee (vote for 2)

With 3 of 3 districts reporting, per Rockland County Board of Election:

• Michael P. Hogan (D) - 38 percent
• Jeffrey A. Hirsch (D) - 37 percent
• Andrew Goodwillie (VPP) - 13 percent
• Alain Leinbach (VPP) - 11 percent

Clarkstown referendum, per Rockland County Board of Elections

• Yes - 59 percent
• No - 40 percent

This post will be continuously updated on election night. Keep checking back for updates.