Glenn Noonan Loses District 8 Bid
Incumbent county legislator Glenn Noonan's effort to force his way back onto the Republican line for the Ulster County Legislative Election failed in the September 15 Republican Primary. Noonan, from Gardiner, has represented District 8 since 1994. In June, the Republican Convention voted to drop him from this year's ballot.

Noonan's comment on that maneuver was "the leadership doesn't like the fact that I don't just obey orders."

However, in the primary, Noonan finished well behind the three endorsed GOP candidates in the race for the three Republican slots in the November election.

Kenneth Ronk had 393 votes, John Hayes 392, Catherine Terrizzi had 341, while Noonan trailed with 174.

Mihailescu on GOP Ballot in District 1 Terry Bernardo (Kerhonkson, R-I) was the top vote-getter in the District 1 legislative Republican primary, with 311 votes cast in her favor. Republican challenger Manuela Mihailescu, also vying for a District 1 seat, received 277, while Democratic incumbents (who have been cross-endorsed by the Republican Party) Mary Sheeley, T.J. Briggs, and Joe Stoeckeler received 211, 196, and 146, respectively.

Bernardo also won the primary against Barbara Zaccai for a seat on the NY State Republican Committee, 107th Assembly District, receiving 126 votes to Zaccai's 119.

Don Williams won the Independence primary, acquiring 201 votes to Justice Deborah Schneer's 75.

TOWN RESULTS

GOP Slate for Crawford Justice Chosen
The unofficial results from the primary election on September 15 were Bryan Kulak receiving 188 votes, Jane Harrington 159, and Michael Heckman 141. The top two candidates will be on the fall ballot.

A certain number of absentee ballots have yet to be counted, but it is estimated that there are less than ten of these.

Salamone Loses Three-Way Race In Mamakating
The unofficial count for the GOP primary election that took place on Tuesday night shows incumbent councilman Nicholas Salamone coming in a distant third to GOP-endorsed candidates Regina Saunders and John Moul in the three-way race for two spots on the fall ticket. Salamone, who has served two stints as councilman in Mamakating over the past 20-plus years, received just 183 votes. Former councilwoman Regina Saunders and newcomer John Moul received 275 and 252 votes respectively.

In theory, Salamone could squeak by to make the ballot this fall, as there are currently more than 80 absentee ballots to be counted. A victory would appear highly unlikely, however — Salamone would need to win virtually all the outstanding absentee ballots in order to surpass Moul's 252 votes.

In an interview this past weekend, Salamone said that he was proud of the service he has provided to the town over the years, and that he may be done with politics for the time being.

"I don't know. I'll have to see how I feel," he said when asked about his future plans should he lose this past Tuesday.

Though the results of Tuesday's primary remain unofficial, it appears that the slate for the fall election is now in place. GOP supervisor candidate Harold Baird, who ran uncontested on Tuesday, will face incumbent supervisor Robert Fiore. Saunders and Moul will face Democrats Nathan Berg and Julius Greenberg; and Riley "Buddy" Platt is challenging incumbent highway superintendent Richard Johnson, the latter of whom also ran uncontested on Tuesday.

In the race for town justice, incumbent Marcelle Matthews won both the Democratic and Republican primaries and will be on both ballot lines this fall. Matthews won 250 votes on Tuesday to 135 for Judith Young, the current councilwoman who was seeking the GOP nomination for town justice. Matthews also received enough votes to appear on the Independence and Conservative Party ballot lines in November. Matthews won the Independence vote 28 to 16, and the Conservative vote 42 to 7. Young, however, will be on the ballot this fall on the Working Families line.

The general election will take place on Tuesday, November 3.