Skoufis Declares Victory In Newly Redrawn SD42

MID-HUDSON VALLEY, NY — State Sen. James Skoufis will be returning to Albany but will be representing a new district.

Skoufis, a Democrat, declared victory early Wednesday morning over Monroe Trustee Dorey Houle, a Republican, to represent the 42nd New York Senate District.

He said on social media that “We knew it was always going to be a battle in a deep-red district that every other Dem struggled in. BUT WE WON thanks to our thousands of bipartisan supporters.”

Skoufis also said it continues to be a privilege serving Orange County in the state Senate.

According to unofficial results on the New York State Board of Elections website, Skoufis received 48,445 votes as compared to Houle’s 47,265, with 100 percent of election districts reporting.

Skoufis, who lives in Cornwall, is currently representing state Senate District 39. He served six years in the state Assembly before being elected to the state Senate in 2018.

Among the issues he focused on for the campaign were advancing the region’s infrastructure, ensuring women are treated equally under the law, the environment and fighting to get the region the state assistance it deserved to recover from the COVID-19 pandemic.

Houle, who lives in Monroe, is a member of the Monroe Town Board. She is also an American Sign Language instructor.

If elected, she said she would have lowered inflation and the cost of living, improved school resources and access to social worker and restored public safety.

The new 42nd New York Senate District is made up of most of Orange County, not including the towns of Newburgh and Montgomery.