County certifies 2024 election results
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County certifies 2024 election results

The Dutchess County Board of Elections has certified the results of the Nov. 5 election.

The upset that edged out County Comptroller A. Gregg Pulver, a Republican, who was challenged by Democrat Dan Aymar-Blair was certified with Aymar-Blair receiving 50.29% (72,743 votes) to Pulver’s 49.64% (71,812), a difference of 931 votes.

The Comptroller race was conceded by Pulver before the results were certified by the county.

The certified results from the county meant that some race outcomes that were based on early unofficial results before all ballots were counted had changed. Democrats won seats as trustees in the village of Millbrook. Julia Bucklin and Shannon Mawson were certified winners, with 27.60% and 24.86% of the votes.

In a tight race for Stanford town board, Democrat Theodore Secor was certified as the winner with 50.14% (1,062 votes), compared to 49.81% (1,055) for Adrienne Zetterberg, a Republican.

Unofficial results reported earlier in the days after the election didn’t result in a change in the outcome for state Senate, Assembly and other municipal elections when the Board of Elections certified the tallies on Nov. 30.

For President of the United States, Democrats Kamala Harris and Tim Walz led the voting in the county over Republicans Donald Trump and JD Vance by 52.14% to 46.79%, a margin of 8,216 votes out of 153,394 cast.

Amenia and Pine Plains voters cast more votes for the Trump/Vance ticket, while voters in North East/Millerton, Washington/Millbrook and Stanford voted in favor of the Harris/Walz campaign.

Democratic incumbents State Senator Michelle Hinchey and Assemblymember Didi Barrett were certified winners. In North East, Republican Christopher L. Mayville, a current Town Board member, defeated Democrat Rachele Grieco Cole. In Amenia, Nicole Ahearn, a Republican, defeated Charlie Miller, a Democrat challenging her for her seat.

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