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This Local Race Seen As Most Heated Amid Focus On Presidential Election This Local Race Seen As Most Heated Amid Focus On Presidential Election
This Local Race Seen As Most Heated Amid Focus On Presidential Election While all eyes will be on the 2020 presidential election, a hotly contested local race is expected to come down to the wire in the Hudson Valley. The race between one-term incumbent Democratic Sen. Pete Harckham and former Westchester County Executive Rob Astorino in the 40th Senate District has been a back-and-forth affair, with neither candidate a clear frontrunner. The 40th district includes parts of Westchester, Putnam, and Dutchess counties. Despite having a sizable lead in registered voters in the district, the seat had long been held by Republicans before Harckham’s victory two year…

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by Zak Failla
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Mondaire Jones Holds Big Lead In Race To Take Over Nita Lowey's Congressional Seat Mondaire Jones Holds Big Lead In Race To Take Over Nita Lowey's Congressional Seat
Mondaire Jones Holds Big Lead In Race To Take Over Nita Lowey's Congressional Seat Early voting results are in, and Mondaire Jones has taken a commanding lead to take over longtime Congresswoman Nita Lowey's seat in the 17th District. New York’s 17th District includes most of Westchester, and all of Rockland County. Lowey, who announced last year that she would be stepping down, was elected to Congress in 1989. As of Wednesday, June 24, Jones had picked up 13,625 votes (44 percent), according to the Board of Elections. No other candidate has garnered more than 20 percent of the vote: Adam Schleifer: 6,253 (20 percent); Sen. David Carlucci: 3,958 (13 percent); Evelyn …

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by Zak Failla