Rivetowns Guide to the 2012 Elections

Where to Vote on Election Day in the Rivertowns

All polling locations in the Rivertowns will be open on Election Day Tuesday, Nov. 6 from 6 a.m. to 9 p.m. Click here for information on polling locations.

Referendum on Irvington Ballot

Irvington voters will consider a referendum on whether village elections should be moved to November from March. Click here for details. 

Dobbs Ferry Village Elections

• There are three seats on the seven-member Dobbs Ferry Board of Trusttees up for election. Incumbents David Koenigsberg, Bill Flynn and Donna Cassell are running uncontested. 

U.S Senate

• Incumbent U.S. Senator Kirsten Gillibrand (D) will face off against challenger Wendy Long (R).

U.S. Representive

(District 16)

• U.S. Rep. Eliot Engel (D) is seeking re-election in Federal Assembly District 16.

• Joseph McLaughlin (R) and Joseph Diaferia (Green) are challenging Engel.

• District 16 includes Scarsdale, Eastchester, Rye, Mount Vernon, Pelham and a portion of the Bronx.

(District 17) 

• Rep. Nita Lowey (D) is seeking re-election in U.S. House of Representatives District 17.

• Joe Carvin (R) is the Republican candidate facing Lowey and Frank Morganthaler is running on the We the People party line.

• District 17 includes all of Rockland County and Yorktown, Peekskill, Cortlandt, Mount Kisco, New Castle, Ossining, Mount Pleasant, North Castle, Greenburgh, Harrison, Rye in Westchester County.

New York State Senator

(District 35)

• Sen. Andrea Stewart-Cousins (D) is seeking re-election in New York State Senate District 35.

• No Republican challengers have filed.

• District 35 represents Sleepy Hollow, Tarrytown, Pleasantville, Briarcliff, Dobbs Ferry, Hastings, the Town of Greenburgh and Yonkers.

New York State Assembly

 (District 92)

Rep. Thomas Abinati (D) is seeking re-election in New York State Assembly District 92.

• No Republican challengers have filed.

• District 92 represents the Towns of Greenburgh and Mount Pleasant, including the villages of Ardsley, Elmsford, Dobbs Ferry, Hastings, Irvington, Tarrytown, Pleasantville and Sleepy Hollow, as well as parts of the Village of Briarcliff and the City of Yonkers.

Presidential Race

Click for Patch's coverage of the Republican National Convention and Democratic National Convention. Click here for a full list of presidential candidates, including information on third party and independent candidates.

Click here for all of our 2012 election coverage. 

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