Don Gilman Wins by Six Thousand in 26th District Primary
Assemblyman Benjamin A. Gilman led Yale Rapkin in the GOP primary for the 26th Congressional District, amassing broad wins in Orange and Ulster Counties and a strong margin in Middletown. Rapkin drew support in Rockland and backed by Conservative parties there. Gilman campaigned on his six-year state legislative record, while Rapkin attacked inaction in Albany and opposed busing, disarmament, Stewart Airport expansion, and Vietnam policy.
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Goshen
26Th
Benjamin A. Gilman
Middletown
R-95
Yale Rapkin
Gilman
Rapkin
Rockland County
Orangeburg
Orange County
Orange
Ulster County
Republican Committee
Republican
Ulster
Rockland
Neuhaus Ingrassia Race Tightens in 98th District
A neck and neck GOP contest for the 98th Assembly District pits Louis Ingrassia and George Neuhaus. Sullivan County turnout favors Neuhaus with 2,897 to 350 as 48 of 52 districts report. Unreported Middletown districts could swing the result. an apparent irregularity in Thompson will be challenged. Both favor more local control and cautious state funding for education.
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Algreen
Washington Heights
Town of Wallkill
Louis Ingrassia
Town of Bethel
George Neuhaus
Sullivan County
Neuhaus
Ingrassia
Orange County
Middletown
Greenville
Minisink
Thompson
Circleville
Joseph G. Owen
Doulin trails in GOP delegate race as returns roll in
With returns from Middletown and Ulster County not tallied, Orange County COP Chair Doulin trails Mauriello and Frieda for two GOP convention delegates. Mauriello leads with 9,702 votes, Frieda has 406, Doulin 9,363, in a race seen as a test of Doulin’s cross party endorsements ban and county chair seating at the national convention.
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Goshen
Middletown
Ulster County
Andrew M. Mauriello
Carmine Frieda
Orange County
William J. Doulin
Doulin
Mauriello
Frieda
Newburgh
Richard E. Schermerhorn
Rockland County
Anthony M. Barone
Jerome S. Cohen
Angelo J. Ingrassia
Cohen
Schermerhorn
Albany
Barone
Confusion at Middletown voting booth over ballot names
Voters at the Middletown Central Fire Station voiced confusion over party ballot names and crossing party lines. Poll workers noted unclear diagrams, with some voters attempting to vote for candidates in the other party and getting stuck. One voter brought a newspaper clipping to decipher the machine.
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Middletown
Lorraine Bailey
Middletown Central Fire Station
Day
Francis Highby
McGovern
Gilman
Rapkin ovals in GOP bid despite loss in New York primary
Rapkin failed to win the GOP congressional nomination after strong campaigning in Orange and Ulster counties. He remains in the race on the Conservative line, backed by Rockland Orange and Ulster GOPs, amid pre primary scrutiny over a State Investigation appearance.
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Don
Rankin
William E. Vines
Clarkstown
Vines
Dow
Congress
Manny Fuchs
GOP
State Commission of Investigation
Town of
Ramapo
Stewart Airport
Monroe
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