Election 2024: Winner Projected In Hudson Valley's 18th Congressional District

With the votes counted, Democratic incumbent Pat Ryan defeated Republican challenger Alison Esposito in New York's 18th Congressional District, according to the New York State Board of Elections.

Congressman Pat Ryan.
Photo Credit: *Facebook/Pat Ryan*

Kathy Reakes

11/06/2024 10:00 a.m.

The 18th District includes all of Orange County and most of Dutchess and Ulster counties. The district consists of Newburgh, Beacon, Kingston, and Poughkeepsie.

According to the NYS Board of Elections, Ryan beat Esposito 194,237 votes to Esposito's 149,002 votes.

Ryan, 42, of Gardiner, is a fifth-generation Hudson Valley native of Kingston, a Kingston High School alum, and the first US Military Academy at West Point graduate to represent the academy in the US House of Representatives.

According to his congressional biography, he served two combat tours in Iraq as an intelligence officer and earned two Bronze Stars.

Before being elected to Congress, Ryan was the Ulster County Executive.

Esposito, a retired NYPD police officer for over 25 years, was Republican candidate Lee Zeldin’s Lt. Governor choice when he ran against New York Gov. Kathy Hochul.

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