Sample Ballot - Hardenburgh, LD 22, ED 1&2 (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)
No candidate for supervisor
Hardenburgh, the smallest town in Ulster County with a population of just over 200 residents, doesn't have a candidate on the ballot for supervisor this year. Longtime supervisor Jerry Fairbairn is retiring from the post.
There is, however, a write-in candidate: Paul Ohsberg, a registered Republican who told the Watershed Post that fellow party members approached him after no one stepped forward to run.
As a write-in with no opponent on the ballot, Ohsberg technically only needs one vote to win, as long as no other dark-horse candidate emerges in the next 24 hours.
"I don't know who else would be crazy enought to do it," he said. "I think I should get a couple of votes. I'll cross my fingers."
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
Find your polling place (online tool from Ulster County Board of Elections)
Map of Ulster County's new 2011 legislative districts
Links to candidate websites or Facebook pages do not imply endorsement by the Watershed Post. If you have links to election coverage or online resources that you think should be included in this post, please leave a comment below. For more Watershed Post election coverage, click here.
