Voters Weigh In For Rockland County Legislature Election

NEW CITY, NY — Registered voters in Rockland County had decisions to make Tuesday at the ballot box.

There were elections for every seat on the Rockland Board of Legislators, but only nine were contested races. Still, there will be turnover, because longtime lawmakers Harriet Cornell, Chris Carey, Laurie Santulli, Michael Grant and Vincent Tyer did not seek re-election.

In recent days, Rockland Republicans attacked Democratic challengers Beth Davidson, Dana Stilly, Jesse Malowitz and David Bruen, showing a photo of them meeting with County Legislators Toney Earl, Aney Paul and Aron Wieder, all Democrats. The GOP Facebook post asked why they would meet with Wieder, who represents part of Ramapo — since, they alleged, he opposes the challengers' positions on issues such as abortion rights and climate change.

GOP lawmaker James Foley, who faced an apparently successful challenge from Stilly, had attacked all Democrats in the Legislature because, he alleged, they "caucus with the corrupt and dishonest Ramapo members."

The full roster of races for the County Legislature (results as of 11:29 p.m.)

District 2

• Paul C. Cleary (Democrat, Conservative): 1,596
• Ronny Diz (Republican): 927

District 5

• Patricia Halo (Democrat): 2,257
• Lon M. Hofstein* (Republican, Conservative): 3,330

District 7

• Philip Soskin* (Democrat, Conservative): 2,137
• Avrohom Yankelewitz (Republican): 530

District 10

• Beth Davidson (Democrat, Working Families): 2,952
• Ray Francis (Republican, Conservative): 2,280

District 11

• David R. Bruen (Democrat, Working Families): 2,537
• Will Kennelly (Republican, Conservative): 3,116

District 12

• Jesse Malowitz (Democrat, Working Families): 1,453
• Ariel Dahan (Republican, Conservative): 1,111
• Charles J. Falciglia* (End Corruption): 1,001

District 15

• Joel Friedman* (Democrat, Conservative): 2,282
• Elye Kramer (Republican, Infrastructure): 479

District 16

• Daniel A. Johnson (Democrat): 1,512
• Thomas F. Diviny (Republican, Conservative): 3,669

District 17

• Dana Stilley (Democrat, Working Families): 2,772
• James J. Foley* (Republican, Conservative): 2,382

These elections were uncontested:

District 1, Douglas J. Jobson (Republican, Conservative) *

District 3, Jay Hood Jr. (Democrat, Conservative) *

District 4, Itamar J. Yeger (Democrat, Conservative) *

District 6, Alden H. Wolfe (Democrat) *

District 8, Toney L. Earl, Sr. (Democrat, Conservative) *

District 9, Raymond W. Sheridan III (Republican, Conservative)

District 13, Aron B. Wieder (Democrat, Conservative) *

District 14, Aney Paul (Democrat, Conservative) *

Editor's Note: Early returns posted in an early version of this article were misleading. Patch regrets the error.