Pine Plains voters elected Trevor Roush town supervisor Tuesday, and Ancram voters returned Supervisor Colleen Lutz to office, according to unofficial returns from Dutchess and Columbia counties. In contested Town Board races, Joe Brown won a seat in Ancram, and Nathan Lavertue kept his seat in Stanford.
Voters in all three towns with library funding measures on the ballot approved them. Pine Plains will contribute $231,000 a year to the Pine Plains Free Library, Ancram will contribute $48,850 to the Roeliff Jansen Community Library, and Stanford will contribute $207,000 to the Stanford Free Library.
The uncertified results are from the Dutchess County Board of Elections and the Columbia County Board of Elections.
Pine Plains
A year after winning a seat on the Town Board, Roush defeated Walsh, 598 to 465. The county recorded two write-in votes for supervisor.
Ibis Guzman, a Republican who ran unopposed for town justice, received 704 votes. Five votes went to write-ins.
Voters approved the Pine Plains Free Library proposition, 733 to 323, raising the town’s annual contribution to the library’s operating budget to $231,000.
Ancram
Lutz defeated former Supervisor James MacArthur, 461 to 381, with one write-in vote. Lutz, who is unaffiliated with a political party, ran on the Democratic line. MacArthur ran as a Republican.
Brown defeated Republican Rick Dubray, 445 to 390, to fill an unexpired Town Board term. One vote went to a write-in. Catherine Redlich and Suzan Flamm won the two town justice seats. Redlich received 541 votes and Flamm received 502, with two write-ins.
By a vote of 446 to 374, residents approved an $18,873 increase in the town’s annual contribution to the Roeliff Jansen Community Library, bringing it to $48,850.
Gallatin
All three candidates for town office ran unopposed on the Democratic line. Tara Silberberg received 511 votes for supervisor, Lisa DeLeeuw received 549 for town clerk and tax collector, and John “Jack” Gomm received 512 for an unexpired Town Board term.
The county recorded five write-in votes for supervisor and one each for town clerk and Town Board.
Milan
William Jeffway received 817 votes for supervisor, and Thomas Jones received 806 for town justice. Both ran unopposed on the Democratic line. Each race drew two write-in votes.
Stanford
Nathan Lavertue defeated Republican Jack Evans, 855 to 785, to serve the final year of a Town Board term that ends Dec. 31, 2027. There were no write-in votes.
“I’m grateful to the voters of Stanford for trusting me with another year on the Town Board,” Lavertue said. “Congratulations to Julia, Ritamary, and Jim as well. This was a close race, and I take that seriously: I’ll keep working for everyone in town, whether or not they voted for me. My focus stays on road safety, putting our Comprehensive Plan into action, and being connected with our school district.”
The seat opened when Julia Descoteaux became supervisor. On Jan. 8, the board voted unanimously to appoint Lavertue for one year.
Descoteaux received 1,101 votes for supervisor, with nine write-ins. Ritamary Bell received 1,579 votes for town clerk, with six write-ins, and Jim Myers received 1,561 for highway superintendent, with five write-ins. All three ran unopposed.
Voters approved a $6,600 increase in annual funding for the Stanford Free Library, 1,264 to 388. The measure brings the town’s annual contribution to $207,000.
Unofficial results in federal, state, and county races
In the governor’s race, Gov. Kathy Hochul’s ticket led Republican Bruce Blakeman’s 540 to 534 in Pine Plains and 846 to 825 in Stanford. Her widest margin among the five towns was in Milan, where she led 723 to 445.
In the U.S. House races, Pat Ryan led in Pine Plains, Milan, and Stanford in the 18th District. Josh Riley led in Ancram and Gallatin in the 19th District. State Sen. Michelle Hinchey and Assemblymember Didi Barrett each carried all five towns.
The graphics show how each town voted in the races on its ballot. The totals combine each candidate’s ballot lines. The winners of these races are determined across a district, a county, or the state.
