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Westchester Primaries Include Governor, Senate, Assembly, Village Races

WESTCHESTER COUNTY, N.Y. – Polls are open Tuesday from 6 a.m. to 9 p.m. for the Sept. 9 primary, which includes two town races and several state races with candidates vying to get to the general election Nov. 8.

Gov. Andrew Cuomo (left) will be challenged in the Sept. 9 Primary for the Democratic line in the Nov. 8 general election by Zephyr Teachout.

Gov. Andrew Cuomo (left) will be challenged in the Sept. 9 Primary for the Democratic line in the Nov. 8 general election by Zephyr Teachout.

Former Assemblyman Bob Castelli and sitting Yorktown Councilman Terence Murphy are vying for Sen. Greg Ball’s seat in District 40, which he will vacate at the end of his term.

Former Assemblyman Bob Castelli and sitting Yorktown Councilman Terence Murphy are vying for Sen. Greg Ball’s seat in District 40, which he will vacate at the end of his term.

Village of Ossining Bill Hanauer (left) will be challenged by trustee Victoria Gearity.

Village of Ossining Bill Hanauer (left) will be challenged by trustee Victoria Gearity.

At the top of the ballot will be the New York Governor’s seat, which is being contested on the Democratic line by Zephyr Teachout, as well as Randy Credico. Gov. Andrew Cuomo did not respond to an invitation to debate last Thursday, Sept. 4, leaving the Republican gubernatorial candidate Rob Astorino to debate Teachout one on one.

In the Village of Ossining, Mayor Bill Hanauer faces a challenge by sitting trustee Victoria Gearity. Hanauer is running for his fifth term.

The Village of Mamaroneck has a four-way dance for three trustee spots. All three incumbents are running for re-election, but only two have their party’s endorsement. Leon Potok, Ilissa Miller and Andres Bermudez-Hallstrom all ran together and swept into office in 2012 to take a three-to-two Democratic majority on the board.

Now, Bermudez-Hallstrom is on the outside looking in after the Mamaroneck Democrats endorsed political newcomer David Finch in his place on the ticket.

Back at the state level, former Assemblyman Bob Castelli and sitting Yorktown Councilman Terence Murphy are vying for Sen. Greg Ball’s seat in District 40, which he will vacate at the end of his term.

Other races include:

Lieutenant Governor (Democratic line)

  • Kathy Hochul
  • Timothy Wu

Senatorial District 34 (Democratic line)

  • G Oliver Koppell
  • Jeffrey Klein

Senatorial District 36 (Democratic line)

  • Crystal Collins
  • Ruth H Thompson
  • Opt to ballot

Assembly District 90

  • Shelley Mayer
  • Michael J. Sweeney

CORRECTION: An earlier version of this article stated erroneously that Janis Castaldi is running for Village of Ossining mayor and would face the winner of the Democratic primary Tuesday. Castaldi has dropped out of the race. We regret this error.

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