Politics & Government
Election 2023: Mt Vernon Mayor Shawyn Patterson-Howard Earns 2nd Term
The hard-fought and sometimes bitter campaigning is over, the voters have made their choices and ballots have been tallied.

MOUNT VERNON, NY — The polls have closed and the time for campaigning is done. Here are the latest unofficial results of Election Day 2023, according to the Westchester County Board of Elections.
Here is what voters in Mount Vernon decided:
Local Races
Mount Vernon City Court Judge
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- Tamika A. Coverdale (D) * winner/unopposed
Mount Vernon Mayor
- Shawyn Patterson-Howard (D, WF) * winner /unopposed
Mount Vernon Councilmember (Vote for two)
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- Derrick Thompson (D, WF) * winner
- Jaevon Boxhill (D, WF) winner
Legend: *=incumbent; D=Democrat; R=Republican; C=Conservative; WF=Working Families; CS=Common SenseVote for one unless otherwise indicated.
State-wide proposals (vote yes or no)
- Removal of small city school districts from special constitutional debt limitation YES
- Extending sewage project debt exclusion from debt limit YES
District-wide
Supreme Court Justice 9th Judicial District (vote for four)
- Francesa Connolly*, D, C, winner
- Charley Wood*, D, C, winner
- Rolf Thorsen, D, C, winner
- Larry Schwartz, D, C, winner
- John Sarcone III, R
- Karen Ostberg, R
- Susan Sullivan-Bisceglia, R
- John Ciampoli, R
County Court Judge
- Ann Bianchi, D, WF, winner
- Stephen Dewey, R
District 13 Westchester County Legislator
- Tyrae Woodson-Samuels (D) * winner/unopposed
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