The official results of the 2024 election have been finalized in Dutchess County as Presidential Inauguration day approaches on Jan. 20.
Dover was the only town to vote for all three Republican candidates at the federal level among the eight towns in Northeast Dutchess County. In Dover 61% of voters favored Donald Trump for President.
In Pine Plains and Stanford 18 or 19 votes decided the presidential winner with 57 votes on the conservative line in Pine Plains putting Trump over the top, and in Stanford the 87 votes on the Working Party line making the difference to Harris.
The total results in our area in the tight Presidential election where neither major party candidate won the majority reflect the close national outcome with Harris with 50.7% of votes. In contrast Harris received 53% in Dutchess County overall and 56% in New York State.
Both incumbents, Kristen Gillibrand for the Senate and Pat Ryan for the House of Representatives, outperformed Harris in every town in their races, including Dover, the only town where both lost. Although Gillibrand won 54% of votes in Northeast Dutchess, this was not as decisive as her 58.9% statewide win. Likewise, Ryan’s result in our towns of 52.6% was also lower than his district wide win of 57.2%.
Meg Sher, executive director of the David M. Hunt Library in Falls Village.L. Tomaino 
