Democratic candidates Karen Schleimer and Tom Luzio easily won their races Tuesday for a pair of trustees’ seats on the Mount Kisco Village Board against two first-time candidates. Schleimer, who won her seventh term on the board, collected 2,422 votes
Read MoreWestchester County Executive George Latimer was swept into Congress on Election Day with a landslide victory over Republican Dr. Miriam Levitt Flisser. The 70-year-old Democrat received 70% of the votes cast (186,555) to earn the right to represent the 16th Congressional
Read MoreIncumbents in state legislature races throughout Westchester and Putnam counties were on their way to victories Tuesday night, most by sizeable margins. State Sen. Peter Harckham (D-Lewisboro) defeated Republican challenger Gina Arena in the 40th Senate District, mainly on the
Read MoreRepublican Congressman Mike Lawler resoundingly defeated Democratic challenger Mondaire Jones Tuesday night to earn a second term to the House of Representatives’ 17th Congressional District. Lawler declared victory at his headquarters in New City, Rockland County shortly after 11 p.m.,
Read MoreCortlandt Town Justice Maritza Fugaro-Norton will be achieving a major professional goal when she joins Westchester County Family Court in January. Fugaro-Norton, who became the first Hispanic elected official in Cortlandt when she became town justice in 2019, is one
Read MoreKhristen Kerr doesn’t shy away from a challenge. Kerr, the Republican candidate in this year’s 35th state Senate District race, is taking on Senate Majority Leader Andrea Stewart-Cousins (D-Yonkers), likely the second most powerful woman in New York, for the
Read MoreDemocratic Assemblywoman MaryJane Shimsky is seeking re-election for her seat for the first time next week against Alessandro Crocco. While this is Crocco’s first run for elected office in America, it’s not the first time he would be elected to
Read MoreIn 2023, the independent Village Inclusive Party (VIP) ticket led by Mayor Michael Cindrich swept the Mount Kisco elections over the Democrats. This year, the VIP has two more candidates, Braille Diaz and John Mullen, both political newcomers, to take
Read MoreDemocrat Yvette Valdés Smith is seeking to unseat state Sen. Rob Rolison in the 39th Senate District, which includes Putnam Valley, Philipstown and parts of Orange and Dutchess counties. Valdés Smith is a former public-school teacher and a two-term Dutchess County
Read MoreIncumbent Assemblywoman Dana Levenberg is running for a second two-year term in the 95th District, which covers Peekskill, Cortlandt, Ossining, parts of Yorktown, Philipstown and Kent. Her opponent is Michael Capalbo, a Republican from Yorktown and a first-time political candidate.
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