Ulster County is a county in the U.S. state of New York. It is situated along the Hudson River. As of the 2020 census,the population was 181,851. The county seat is Kingston. The county is named after the Irish province of Ulster.
The Conservative Party of New York State is an American political party founded in 1962 following conservative dissatisfaction with the Republican Party in New York. Running on the Conservative Party line,James L. Buckley won election to the U.S. Senate in 1970 and served for one term. Since 2010,the party has held "Row C" on New York ballots—the third-place ballot position,directly below the Democratic and Republican parties—because it received the third-highest number of votes of any political party in the 2010,2014 and 2018 New York gubernatorial elections. The party is known for its strategy of attempting to influence the Republican Party in a more conservative direction.
The New York State Senate is the upper house of the New York State Legislature,while the New York State Assembly is its lower house. Established in 1777 by the Constitution of New York,its members are elected to two-year terms with no term limits. There are 63 seats in the Senate. The Democratic Party has held control of the New York State Senate since 2019. The Senate Majority Leader is Andrea Stewart-Cousins.
Patrick R. Manning is a former New York State Assemblyman who served in the Assembly from 1994 to 2006.
New York's 18th congressional district is a congressional district for the United States House of Representatives that contains the northern suburbs and exurbs of New York City. It is currently represented by Democrat Pat Ryan.
New York's 41st State Senate district is one of 63 districts in the New York State Senate. It has been represented by Democrat Michelle Hinchey since 2023,following her defeat of incumbent Republican Sue Serino.
Joel M. Miller is a retired American politician from the state of New York. He represented District 102 in the New York State Assembly,which comprised Hyde Park,Fishkill,the town of Poughkeepsie,Clinton,Wappinger and La Grange within Dutchess County,New York. He is a Republican.
Marcus J. Molinaro is an American politician serving as the U.S. representative for New York's 19th congressional district since 2023. A member of the Republican Party,Molinaro was a member of the Dutchess County Legislature and the New York State Assembly before being elected county executive of Dutchess County,New York in 2011. He was reelected county executive in 2015 and 2019. Molinaro is also a former mayor of Tivoli;when he became mayor at age 19,he was the youngest mayor in the United States.
Stephen M. Saland is an American attorney and politician. He was a Republican member of the New York State Senate,representing the 41st District from 1990 to 2012. Prior to his Senate tenure,Saland served in the New York State Assembly. Saland is notable as one of four Republican Members of the New York State Senate that voted in favor of the Marriage Equality Act in 2011. Following his vote for same-sex marriage,Saland lost his 2012 re-election bid to Democrat Terry Gipson. Since 2016,Saland has served on the board of the state Thruway Authority.
David S. Carlucci is an American politician in Rockland County,New York. A member of the Democratic Party,he was the state senator for the 38th district,which includes most of Rockland County and parts of Westchester County until December 2020. Carlucci was one of the youngest senators elected to the New York State Senate in 2010 at just 29 years old.[3] Carlucci served as the chair of the Committee on Mental Health and Developmental Disabilities.
The 2012 New York state elections took place on November 6,2012. These elections included the 2012 presidential election,an election to one U.S. Senate seat,and elections to all 27 New York congressional seats,all 63 seats in the New York State Senate,and all 150 seats in the New York State Assembly.
Terry W. Gipson is an American politician who was elected as a Democratic member of the New York Senate in November 2012,and served from January 1,2013 through December 31,2014,in the 200th State Legislature. He represented the state's 41st district,which covers most of Dutchess County and Putnam County. He launched a campaign for Governor of New York in 2017 to challenge incumbent Democrat Andrew Cuomo;Gipson withdrew from the race in 2018.
James Coughlan is a Republican politician and the former comptroller of Dutchess County,New York. After defeating incumbent Diane Jablonski,Coughlan took office on January 1,2010 as the chief accounting and auditing officer of Dutchess County. He has described himself as "very conservative," and sent a controversial tweet in 2014 that was accused of being racist.
The 2018 New York State Senate elections were held on November 6,2018,to elect representatives from all 63 State Senate districts in the U.S. state of New York. Primary elections were held on September 13,2018.
Peter Harckham is an American businessman and politician from the State of New York. A Democrat,Harckham represents Senate District 40 in the New York State Senate. He was first elected in 2018,defeating incumbent Terrence Murphy. The 40th district includes parts of Dutchess,Putnam and Westchester counties in the Hudson Valley.
Jennifer "Jen" Metzger is an American politician serving as the County Executive of Ulster County,New York since 2023. She is a member of the Democratic Party. She previously represented the 42nd district in the New York State Senate from 2019 to 2020,and served on the Rosendale town council from 2013 to 2018.
New York's 40th State Senate district is one of 63 districts in the New York State Senate. It has been represented by Democrat Peter Harckham since 2019,following his defeat of incumbent Republican Terrence Murphy.
The 2020 New York State Senate elections were held on November 3,2020,to elect representatives from all 63 State Senate districts across the U.S. state of New York. Primary elections were held on June 23,2020.
Michelle Hinchey is an American politician serving as a member of the New York State Senate for the 41st district. Elected in November 2020,she assumed office on January 1,2021.
The 2022 New York's 19th congressional district special election was a special election held on August 23,2022. The seat became vacant after incumbent Democratic representative Antonio Delgado resigned on May 25,2022,to become lieutenant governor of New York. Democratic nominee Pat Ryan won a slight victory over Republican nominee Marc Molinaro in what was seen as an upset due to Molinaro's lead in polls and fundraising in the weeks leading to the election.
