Rockland Election 2017: How The County Exec Vote Broke Down

NEW CITY, NY — Incumbent Rockland County Executive Ed Day won re-election, but it wasn't a slam-dunk. Democratic challenger Maureen Porette, a Stony Point lawyer and newcomer to Rockland politics, was leading in the early returns. Day ended up with a 10 point win, according to unofficial results from the Rockland Board of Elections.

And of course absentee ballots have yet to be counted.

Thomas Sullivan, who enraged the leadership of the Conservative Party by challenging their cross-endorsement of Day and winning the Conservative line in the primary, didn't have much of a showing on that line. However, he had trumpeted efforts to register new voters, and by the deadline his campaign said he had signed up at least 1,500 people, most of them as Democrats.

Day far outpaced Porette in most Clarkstown election districts, often by more than 100 votes. However, Porette was strong in several, including Precinct 10 where she picked up 148 and he received 49 votes.

In Haverstraw, Porette ran a closer race in most districts.

In Orangetown, she beat Day in Nyack and Piermont, and had a strong showing in several other districts.

In Ramapo, Porette won in Spring Valley; Day in Suffern. In many of Ramapo's election districts, she outpaced Day with percentage point leads that mirrored his across Clarkstown. In others, her lead was overwhelming. In District 21, for example, she garnered 854 votes. Day received 1. Sullivan received 5. In District 98, she received 931 votes. There were 935 voters in that district yesterday; the other four didn't bother to vote in the county executive race.

However, she didn't take a single election district in her hometown of Stony Point.

Here's the video of Day's victory speech.