Your Columbia County ballot

Source: Columbia County Board of Elections, GE26 Candidates (certified candidate list linked from elections.columbiacountyny.com) (accessed Oct 19, 2026). Names are shown as listed by the source. Which district races you see depends on where you live; check yours at New York voter lookup (State Board of Elections).

OfficeCandidates
Town Justice, Town of TaghkanicARTHUR MCGUIRE (D) vs. TYNNA GAYLORD (R)
Town Supervisor, Town of AncramCOLLEEN LUTZ (D) vs. JAMES E MACARTHUR (R)
Town Council, Town of AncramJOE BROWN (D) vs. RICK DUBRAY (R)
Town Council, Town of GermantownSANDRA OSBORNE (D) vs. BRITTANY DUFRESNE (R)
Town Council, Town of GhentPENNY SANCHEZ (D, Ghent Together) vs. MARIE MELTZ (R, Connect Ghent)
Town Supervisor, Town of GreenportJOHN J PORRECA SR (D) vs. CLAYTON CLARK JR (R, C)
Town Supervisor, Town of StuyvesantLEE JAMISON (D, WF) vs. RON KNOTT (R, C)
Town Council, Town of TaghkanicJOHN LEWIS (D) vs. KAREN GAYLORD (R)

Names are printed in capitals as on the county board's list. Town or city funding proposals (annual contributions) are on the ballot in the towns of Ancram, Claverack, Germantown, Greenport, New Lebanon and Stuyvesant and the City of Hudson (see the county's GE26 Proposals list). The State Supreme Court race is from the State Board of Elections certification.

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