Rockland Legislature: Incumbent Trails, Race Too Close To Call

ROCKLAND COUNTY, NY — Results of the county's 13 contested races for the legislature showed voters maintaining a preference for incumbents with one exception. Longtime lawmaker Nancy Low-Hogan trailed challenger John Foley by 66 votes as of 11:38 p.m. on Election Day.

Several candidates were running under the banner of a new party, the Serve America Movement. And the SAM votes may have made the difference in the District 17 race.

With 13 contested races and all 17 seats on the County Legislature on the ballot, the 2019 election decides who gets to draw Rockland's legislative districts.

Running unopposed, two Democrats and two Republicans started the power struggle off evenly.

The 2019 legislature election in Rockland has been widely seen also as a referendum on development pressures, many due to the growing ultra-Orthodox population. SEE: Rockland Leaders Grapple With Development, Anti-Semitism

Results from the Rockland County Board of Elections are unofficial until absentee and affidavits are counted and the election is certified.

County Legislature
District 1

• Douglas Jobson, R, C, WF, I (incumbent) - 2,123
• Mari Morrison Rodriguez, D - 990
• Michael Parietti, SAM - 1,160

District 2

• Michael M. Grant, D (incumbent) - 1,907
• Brett Yagel, R, SAM - 1,373

District 3

• Jay Hood Jr., D, C, WF, I (incumbent) - 1,534

District 4

• Alan Escoffery, SAM - 626
• Itamar Yeger, D, I (incumbent) - 4,087

District 5

• Lon Hofstein, R, C, SAM (incumbent) - 3,101
• Laura Rose, D, WF - 1,660

District 6

• Robert Romanowski, R, SAM - 891
• Alden Wolfe, D, C, WF, I (incumbent) - 3,013

District 7

• Philip Soskin, D, WF, I (incumbent)- 4,741

District 8, with 9 of 12 districts counted:

• Toney Earl Sr., D, C, WF I (incumbent) - 755
• Rudy Laurent, SAM - 273

District 9

• Christopher Carey, R,C, SAM (incumbent) - 3.045
• Sandra Davis, D, WF - 1,427

District 10

• Harriet Cornell, D, WF (incumbent) - 2,933
• Eric Meier, R - 1,149

District 11

• Laurie Santulli, R, WF (incumbent) - 3,174

District 12

• Charles Falciglia, R, C, SAM (incumbent) - 2,370
• David Stein, D - 1,791

District 13 with 9 of 12 voting districts counted:

• Vivian Street, SAM - 700
• Aron Wieder, D, R, C, G, I (incumbent) - 750

District 14

• Agin Antony, R, SAM - 1,063
• Aney Paul, D, C, WF, I (incumbent) - 1,985

District 15

• Julie Goldberg, D, WF - 1,459
• John McGowan, R, C, SAM - 3,978

District 16

• Vincent Tyer, R, C (incumbent) - 3,959

District 17

• James Foley, R, SAM - 2,425
• Nancy Low-Hogan, D, WF (incumbent) - 2,359