The incumbent sheriff lost the support of his party. Other nominations included Kevin Cahill and Aidan O’Connor Jr. for the 103rd and 102nd Assembly districts, and Jen Metzger and Patricia Strong for 42nd and 46th State Senate districts.
As he gears up to run for a fourth four-year term Ulster County sheriff, Paul VanBlarcum is facing something new — a challenge from within the Democratic Party.
With seven candidates vying for the Democratic nomination for the 19th Congressional District — and little ideological daylight between them — campaigns are touting their candidate’s electability in the November battle against incumbent Republican John Faso as they head towards a June 26 primary to decide who’ll get the party’s line.
The absentee ballots have been tallied and Schoharie Republican Christopher Tague’s election-day lead has held. He’ll defend his seat again in November.
Congressional candidate Erin Collier will remain on the ballot for the June 26 Democratic congressional primary by just 201 nominating petition signatures, according to the state Board of Elections.
May 1 & 2: Two of the Democratic candidates for the party’s nomination to take on incumbent Republican John Faso for the 19th New York Congressional District’s seat have set upcoming forums in Kingston about healthcare.
The Patrick Ryan congressional campaign has challenged more than 90 percent of the almost 2500 nominating petition signatures submitted by fellow candidate Erin Collier’s congressional campaign to the state board of elections.
Schoharie Republican leader Chris Tague appears to have scored a narrow victory over Greene County Democratic legislator Aidan O’Connor, Jr. in the April 24 special election to choose a successor to former assemblyman Pete Lopez, now an EPA regional administrator. According to the state elections board website, Tague had 8547 votes, or 45.9% to O’Connor’s 8259, or 44.3%, a thin margin of 288 votes. A third candidate Wesley Laraway tallied 1809 votes, or 9.7%. The unofficial results included totals for all 126 election districts.
In a normal year, Republican Chris Tague would be a shoo-in to succeed Pete Lopez in the 102nd Assembly District. But nothing about this year is normal. Democratic voters are more invigorated than they’ve been in generations, a key factor in a April 24 special election that is likely to draw only the most fervent true believers to the polls. And then there’s the independents, who make up fully a quarter of the district’s registered voters. If they’re looking for a Trump surrogate to punish, Tague — a Trump delegate back in 2016 — is conveniently at hand.
Three candidates will be competing to fill the remainder of former assemblyman Pete Lopez’s term at special election on April 24. The seat will be on the ballot for a full two-year term on November 6.