Election Results, posted 9:50pm 11/8/11:
In Shandaken, Rob Stanley beats Kathy Nolan for supervisor with 681 votes to 360 votes.
Joyce Grant is Shandaken's new town clerk, with 539 votes, beating incumbent clerk Laurilyn Frasier with 433 votes. Lois Lapinski is a distant third with 78 votes.
Alfie Higley is on the town board, which should make for some interesting town meetings in the near future. Incumbent Vincent Bernstein keeps his seat; new candidate Michael Koegel and former supervisor Peter DiSclafani lost their bids.
Eric Hofmeister keeps his position as Highway Superintendent, beating challenger Keith Johnson 726 to 312.
--Julia Reischel
Sample Ballot - Shandaken, LD 22, ED 1-4 (Ulster County)
Contested races:
State Supreme Court Justice (vote for two): Thomas Breslin (Democratic, Independence), Raymond Elliott (Democratic, Working Families, Independence), Catherine Cholakis (Republican, Conservative, Working Families), Guy Roemer (Republican, Conservative)
District Attorney: Holley Carnright (Republican, Conservative, Independence), Jonathan Sennett (Democratic, Working Families)
Ulster County Legislator, District 22: Jack Jordan (Republican), John Parete (Democratic, Independence)
Supervisor: Kathy Nolan (Democratic, Common Ground), Rob Stanley (Republican, Conservative)
Town clerk: Laurilyn Frasier (Republican), Joyce Grant (Democratic, Conservative, Independence), Lois Lapinski (United Shandaken)
Highway superintendent: Eric Hofmeister (Democratic, Republican), Keith Johnson (Conservative, Advocate)
Town board (vote for two): Vincent Bernstein (Republican, Independence), Peter DiSclafani (Democratic, Common Ground), Alfie Higley Jr. (Republican, Conservative), Michael Koegel (Democratic, Common Ground)
Ballot question:
A "Yes" on Ballot Question 1 votes to raise the town of Shandaken's annual contribution to the Phoenicia Library by $11,000, to a total of $94,000.
Links to election coverage:
Times-Union: Four contest two judicial posts
Times Herald-Record: Key issues in counties, towns figure in Tuesday's voting
Saugerties Times: Sennett takes aim
Daily Freeman: Sparring for DA: Carnright, Sennett differ on public corruption cases (with video of debate)
Times Herald-Record: Ulster DA candidates spar over ways to combat gangs
YNN: Ulster County District Attorney debate (with video)
Daily Freeman: Father of two Ulster County legislators seeks seat of his own
Woodstock Times: Off to the races in Shandaken
Woodstock Times: Shandaken Supervisor Candidates
Daily Freeman: Shandaken leader faces election challenge
Catskill Mountain News: Stanley, Nolan running for Shandaken Super post
Woodstock Times: Rivals square off for Shandaken board
Woodstock Times: Shandaken's other candidates (town clerk and highway superintendent races)
Daily Freeman: Ballot proposal aims to boost Phoenicia Library funding
Watershed Post: Funding the Phoenicia Library: A case for voting "Yes" on Prop 414 (by local columnist Tom Rinaldo)
Watershed Post: Letter from Kathy Nolan
Phoenicia, NY blog: Letter from Michael Koegel
Judge Thomas Breslin's Facebook page
Jon Sennett for DA website, Facebook page
Young Voters for Holley Carnright Facebook page
Michael Koegel's Facebook page
Lois Lapinski's blog, Facebook page
Find your polling place (online tool from Ulster County Board of Elections)
Map of Ulster County's new 2011 legislative districts
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