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Rivetowns Guide to the 2012 Elections

A listing of local candidates and regional Democratic and Republican challengers.

Where to Vote on Election Day in the Rivertowns

All polling locations in the Rivertowns will be open on Election Day Tuesday, Nov. 6 from 6 a.m. to 9 p.m. Click here for information on polling locations.

Referendum on Irvington Ballot

Irvington voters will consider a referendum on whether village elections should be moved to November from March. Click here for details. 

Dobbs Ferry Village Elections

  • There are three seats on the seven-member Dobbs Ferry Board of Trusttees up for election. Incumbents David Koenigsberg, Bill Flynn and Donna Cassell are running uncontested. 

U.S Senate

  • Incumbent U.S. Senator Kirsten Gillibrand (D) will face off against challenger Wendy Long (R).

U.S. Representive

(District 16)

  • U.S. Rep. Eliot Engel (D) is seeking re-election in Federal Assembly District 16.
  • Joseph McLaughlin (R) and Joseph Diaferia (Green) are challenging Engel.
  • District 16 includes Scarsdale, Eastchester, Rye, Mount Vernon, Pelham and a portion of the Bronx.

(District 17) 

  • Rep. Nita Lowey (D) is seeking re-election in U.S. House of Representatives District 17.
  • Joe Carvin (R) is the Republican candidate facing Lowey and Frank Morganthaler is running on the We the People party line.
  • District 17 includes all of Rockland County and Yorktown, Peekskill, Cortlandt, Mount Kisco, New Castle, Ossining, Mount Pleasant, North Castle, Greenburgh, Harrison, Rye in Westchester County.

New York State Senator

(District 35)

  • Sen. Andrea Stewart-Cousins (D) is seeking re-election in New York State Senate District 35.
  • No Republican challengers have filed.
  • District 35 represents Sleepy Hollow, Tarrytown, Pleasantville, Briarcliff, Dobbs Ferry, Hastings, the Town of Greenburgh and Yonkers.

New York State Assembly

 (District 92)

Rep. Thomas Abinati (D) is seeking re-election in New York State Assembly District 92.

  • No Republican challengers have filed.
  • District 92 represents the Towns of Greenburgh and Mount Pleasant, including the villages of Ardsley, Elmsford, Dobbs Ferry, Hastings, Irvington, Tarrytown, Pleasantville and Sleepy Hollow, as well as parts of the Village of Briarcliff and the City of Yonkers.

Presidential Race

Click for Patch's coverage of the Republican National Convention and Democratic National Convention. Click here for a full list of presidential candidates, including information on third party and independent candidates.

Click here for all of our 2012 election coverage. 

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jobobg2 May 19, 2013 at 11:23 am
I'd like to Thank everyone that came out to support the scholarship fund. We were able to raise overRead More $500. for the day.I also want to thank the students that came out to help. Bob Galinski,club advisor,Hastings schools
Renee Petro May 12, 2013 at 01:46 pm
The letter does not seem to mention if they have personal experience as an educator or as a parentRead More with kids now, kids past years or kids future years in the Irvington School District. Sometimes the perspective is different if you have lived the experience with kids in the Irvington School District. I have three kids -- one graduate last year and is at Cornell University, one is grade nine and one is grade three. All three got great teachers, small class size and extra help or enrichment as needed. I think the arts programs can be expanded -- music, drama, fine arts (both in classes and electives plus stipends to pay teachers for clubs and after school activities). However, this is a school district that values having small class size and keeping strong all the academics core subjects required for graduation and college plus making a priority sports opportunities middle school through high schools at all levels and types of sports. If you are high achiever it works grades k-12; if you are a child with special education needs or learning issues needs or extra help needs it works too. The average student is the one who is often forgotten in Irvington School District since they just do their thing in school, after school activities and move from grade to grade uneventful but nothing that will be memorable at least in my experience.
Teleman April 2, 2013 at 02:35 pm
The problem has always been skyrocketing costs- bamacare does absolutely nothing to address costs.Read More It is a complete scam that will only add to the uninsured because it makes employers accelerate dropping employer sponsored healthcare- dumping even more people into the arms of the government disaster.
Andromachos April 2, 2013 at 10:50 am
When employers are offering less and less health insurance, more people are self insured orRead More uninsured and are restricted to buying policies as individuals. With the cost at over $ 1,500 per month for standard, full coverage for a family of 4, it is no wonder there are so many uninsured or partially insured ( emergency/hospital care only).