GHENT–Early returns show Democrats ahead or tied in several races around Columbia County as well as in the region where all or parts of the county are in larger districts.
All the ballot propositions on town ballots passed and Kinderhook voters upped funding for the Kinderhook Memorial and Valatie libraries and Stuyvesant voters raised their contribution to the Kinderhook Library. Also, Germantown voters approved the Town Board’s plan to abolish the town police force.
In the only contested countywide this year, Democrat Bernadette Powis appears to have won her race against county Coroner Carmen Martino by a vote of 12,883 to 11,584.
Democrat Antonio Delgado, with 54.5% of the vote was leading Representative John Faso, a Republican with 70% of election districts in the county reporting. The Times Union website reports that Mr. Delgado leads throughout the district by a similar margin, with many votes still to be counted.
Assemblymember Didi Barrett, a Democrat, is ahead of her opponent in the 106th Assembly District, Republican William Truitt.
Republican Assemblyman Chris Tague is leading his Democratic challenger Aiden O’Connor Jr. in the 102nd District.
The race between Republican Assemblyman Jake Ashby and Democrat Tistrya Houghtling shows Ms. Houghtling ahead in the county with all districts reporting but narrowly trailing Assemblyman Ashby district-wide.
The county numbers will be posted as all districts report.
THESE ARE THE UNOFFICIAL RESULTS from the Columbia County Board of Elections only for Columbia County. Races for statewide and district-wide office the tally for the whole state or district. The county vote totals do not include absentee or military ballots.
Governor
Andrew M. Cuomo 11,109
Marc Molinaro 13,339
Howie Hawkins 573
Stephanie A. Miner 258
Larry Sharpe 320
Comptroller
Thomas P. DiNapoli 15,231
Jonathan Trichter 9,460
Mark Dunlea 307
Cruger E. Gallaudet 141
Attorney General
Letitia A. James 12,870
Keith Wofford 11,074
Michael Sussman 374
Nancy B. Sliwa 140
Christopher B. Garvey 201
Supreme Court Justice, District 3 (vote for 2)
Margaret T. Walsh 14,709
Peter A. Lynch 12,586
William E. McCarthy 11,953
US Senator
Kirsten E. Gillibrand 15,174
Chele Chiavacci Farley 10,270
Representative in Congress
Antonio Delgado 13,897
John J. Faso 11268
Steven Greenfield 376
Diane Neal 267
State Senator 43rd District
Aaron W. Gladd 12,587
Daphne V. Jordan 12,320
Member of the Assembly 102nd District
Aidan S. O’Connor Jr. 775
Christopher Tague 1,026
Member of the Assembly 106th District
Didi Barrett 7,957
William G. Truitt 6,298
Member of the Assembly 107th District
Tistrya G. Houghtling 5,369
Jacob C. Ashby 3,959
County Clerk
* Holly C. Tanner 16,792
County Coroner
* Michael R. Blasl 15,195
County Coroner
Bernadette Powis 12,883
Carmen R. Martino 11,584
Ancram Town Justice
Catherine Redlich 282
Richard Novik 332
Claverack Town Justice
Michael H. Brandon 1,502
Germantown Town Tax Collector
Kerrie M. Abela 556
Hudson City Judge
John Connor Jr. 1,775
Stockport Town Justice
Sally Eckhoff 352
Malcolm G. Smalley 577
Taghkanic Town Justice
Robert Prochera 255
Ballot Proposals:
- Town of Germantown
Shall the Town of Germantown Local Law No. 2 of 2018 abolishing the Town of Germantown Police Department be approved?
Yes 490
No 372
- Town of Kinderhook, Proposition 1:
Shall the Town of Kinderhook increase its annual contribution for the operating budget of the Valatie Free Library by nine thousand one hundred fifty dollars ($9,150) to the sum of eighty thousand dollars ($80,000)?
Yes 2,383
No 1,312
- Town of Kinderhook, Proposition 2:
Shall the Town of Kinderhook increase its annual contribution for the operating budget of the Kinderhook Memorial Library by forty-nine thousand dollars ($49,000) to the sum of two hundred forty-six thousand sixty-nine dollars ($246,069)?
Yes 1,881
No 1,771
- Town of Stuyvesant:
Shall the annual contribution of the Town of Stuyvesant for the operating budget of the Kinderhook Memorial Library be increased by six thousand nine hundred twenty-one dollars ($6,921) to the sum of thirty four thousand seven hundred sixty-one dollars ($34,761)?
*Yes 492
No 325