General election Tuesday, Nov 3, 2026 · Local and district races
Source: Columbia County Board of Elections, GE26 Candidates (certified candidate list linked from elections.columbiacountyny.com) (accessed Oct 19, 2026). Names are shown as listed by the source. Which district races you see depends on where you live; check yours at New York voter lookup (State Board of Elections).
| Office | Candidates |
|---|---|
| Courts & justices of the peace | |
| Town Justice, Town of Taghkanic | ARTHUR MCGUIRE (D) vs. TYNNA GAYLORD (R) |
| City & town offices | |
| Town Supervisor, Town of Ancram | COLLEEN LUTZ (D) vs. JAMES E MACARTHUR (R) |
| Town Council, Town of Ancram | JOE BROWN (D) vs. RICK DUBRAY (R) |
| Town Council, Town of Germantown | SANDRA OSBORNE (D) vs. BRITTANY DUFRESNE (R) |
| Town Council, Town of Ghent | PENNY SANCHEZ (D, Ghent Together) vs. MARIE MELTZ (R, Connect Ghent) |
| Town Supervisor, Town of Greenport | JOHN J PORRECA SR (D) vs. CLAYTON CLARK JR (R, C) |
| Town Supervisor, Town of Stuyvesant | LEE JAMISON (D, WF) vs. RON KNOTT (R, C) |
| Town Council, Town of Taghkanic | JOHN LEWIS (D) vs. KAREN GAYLORD (R) |
Also on every Columbia County ballot: Governor, Comptroller, Attorney General, your U.S. House district, your State Senate and Assembly districts and any statewide proposals.
Names are printed in capitals as on the county board's list. Town or city funding proposals (annual contributions) are on the ballot in the towns of Ancram, Claverack, Germantown, Greenport, New Lebanon and Stuyvesant and the City of Hudson (see the county's GE26 Proposals list). The State Supreme Court race is from the State Board of Elections certification.
Party lines as printed by the county board (D = Democratic, R = Republican, C = Conservative, WF = Working Families; other parties and independent lines are spelled out). New York allows "fusion" voting: a candidate can appear on several party lines, and the votes on every line count together.
Town, city and village races are listed under each municipality; you vote only in the ones where you live, and county legislature and court races by district. Governor, U.S. House, State Senate and Assembly are on the state page. Seats per race ("Vote for N") are as printed by the board; where the board's list does not say, the page shows "see your ballot".
One candidate per seat on the list (write-ins may still be possible).
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