And The Winners Are…...

I know it is a week later and most of you have probably already heard, but for those of you who are out of town, the winners of the town elections are as follows:

Supervisor - Robert A. Stanley
Town Clerk - Joyce A. Grant
Supervisor of Highways - Eric Hofmeister
Town Board - Gael Alba and Peter DiSclafani
Town Assessor - Dave Channon and Fionna Tanzillo

Caucus Results

Sorry folks, I am late in posting the various caucus results for the upcoming Shandaken elections. Here they are in the order that the caucuses were held:

Republican Party:

Town Supervisor: Rob Stanley (R)
Town Board (2 seats): Vincent Bernstein (C)
Al Higley Jr. (D)
Highway Superintendent: Eric Hofmeister (R)
Town Assessor: Heidi Clark (R)
Carol Seitz (D)

Democratic Party:

Town Supervisor: Kathy Nolan (D)
Town Board (2 seats): Peter DiSclafani (D)
Michael Koegel (D)
Highway Superintendent: Eric Hofmeister (R)
Town Assessor (2 seats): Heidi Clark (R)
Carol Seitz (D)

Conservative Party:

Town Supervisor: Rob Stanley (R)
Town Board (2 seats): Vincent Bernstein (C)
Alfred Higley Jr. (D)
Highway Superintendent: Keith Johnson (R)
Town Assessor (2 seats): Heidi Clark (R)
Carol Seitz (D)

Please be sure to vote for the candidate of your choice in the November elections. I know that with national politics being so frustrating it is hard to stay involved. But we must all continue to make our voices heard!!!

Unofficial Election Results

These are the unofficial election results posted by the Ulster County Board of Elections. I do not think this count includes absentee ballots. I have put a asterisk next to the name of the unofficial winner of each race and their party affiliation in parenthesis.

Here are the results so far:

Town Supervisor
* Robert Stanley (R) - 588
Peter DiSclafani (D) - 519

Town Board
* Jack Jordan (R) - 509
* Doris Bartlett (D) - 503
Patricia Ellison (R) - 389
Barbara Redfield (D) - 384
Randy Ostrander (C) - 300

Highway Superintendent
* Eric Hofmeister (D) - 676
Keith Johnson (R) - 451

Town Justice
* Tom Crucet (R) - 673
* Mike Miranda (D) - 572
Charles Frasier (R) - 442
Amy Brown - (D) 408

Town Assessor - 4 year term
* Peter DiModica (D) - 545
John Horn - (R) 407

Town Assessor - 2 year (unexpired) term
* Carol Seitz - (D) 521
Joanne Kalb - (R) 397

Here is a link to the Elections page for Shandaken:
Ulster County Board of Elections

Local Election Results

So by now you have all heard that Barak Obama will be our next president but I thought you might like to know the outcome of the local races too. Here are the unofficial results.

US House 22nd District - Maurice Hinchey (D)
County Executive - Mike Hein (D)
County Comptroller - Too close to call
State Senate 42nd District - John Bonacic (R)
State Assembly 101st District - Kevin Cahill (D)
Town of Shandaken - Councilwoman - Doris Bartlett (D)

Budget and School Board Election Results

Here are the results of yesterday's vote. This information was taken from the Kingston Freeman.

ONTEORA
Budget: Approved, 2,468-1,164
Vehicles proposition: Approved, 2,063-1,529
Capital reserve proposition: Approved, 2,062-1,457
Child safety zone proposition: Approved, 2,642-964
Winning candidates: Legnini (3 yrs.), Flayhan (3 yrs.), McGillicuddy (3 yrs.), Osmond (1 yr.)

Congratulations to all the winners!

Official Election Results

The election results are finally official.

Peter DiSclafani(D)- Supervisor
Tim Malloy(D)- Town Board
Vincent Bernstein (R)- Town Board
Laurilyn Frasier(R)- Town Clerk
Heidi Clark(D,R) and Rose Rotella(D,C) - Town Assesor
Eric Hofmeister(D) - Highway Supervisor

The town voted NO to the proposition to change the assesor position to one single appointed position rather than two elected positions.

Here is the link to the ulster county board of elections although right now they still have the unofficial results. It is still a good link to have.

http://www.co.ulster.ny.us/election2007/

Congratulations to all the winners!

I found great information on voter registration and absentee ballots on the Vote Smart website located at:

http://www.vote-smart.org/voter_registration_resources.php