State Senator Peter Harckham and Assemblywoman Dana Levenberg will be returning to Albany as representatives for the districts including Peekskill. This will be Harckham’s third term and Levenberg’s second.  In other results, the proposition to fund The Field Library passed with 70 percent of the 8,389 people voting approving and Proposition 1 also passed with 56 percent of the vote. 

With about 98 percent of districts reported as of this morning, Harckham received 50 percent of the vote at 84,789 votes, according to the state Board of Elections. Harckham celebrated the win at the Traveler’s Rest in Ossining  and called the race early. “I feel good, we feel good,” Harckham told the Herald late on Election Night. “It was a tough campaign but with the absentee cushion that we have and 2,000 votes, we felt confident in calling the race, and we look forward to getting back to work.”

Harckham ran under the Democratic and Working Families Party while Arena, a junior administrative assistant at the Westchester County Department of Public Works, ran under the Republican/Conservative party. She also ran unsuccessfully against Harckham in 2022.

“I am so grateful to the hundreds of volunteers who gave their all to my campaign over the past six months,” Arena said in a statement to the Herald. “We went to bed on Election Night with a lead, but it appears to have slipped away in the early morning.

Arena congratulated Harckham on his re-election but said she would remain powerfully opposed to his progressive agenda. In the lead up to the election, Arena told the Herald that her vision for the position was a state senator who works for the people and makes things affordable. Some of her top priorities included combating addiction, opposing cashless bail, keeping trans girls out of girls sports, and affordability.

“The issues we ran on were real and pressing,” she stated. “New Yorkers are financially strapped and desperately need relief. Meanwhile, the Sanctuary State crisis is costing those same New Yorkers billions of dollars annually that we need for our own citizens.”

Harckham, a former member of the Westchester County Board of Legislators and present chair of the Senate Committee on Environmental Conservation, first assumed office in the Senate in 2019. Asked how he would recoup from yesterday’s election, he said he would shut his phone off for a couple days, do some reading, and go for some walks with his dogs.

“Then it’s about getting ready for the next session,” he said. “And then we’ve got our legislative retreat coming up, so it’s gonna be a busy two months.”

Assembly District 95 also saw a Democratic win from incumbent Dana Levenberg, according to unofficial election results.

With about 95 percent of districts reported as of this morning, Levenberg received about 60 percent of the vote at 36,695.

“I’m very excited to continue to serve the people that I’ve been honored to serve for the last two years,” Levenberg told the Herald at Travelers Rest. “And hope that I can also further the progress that I’ve begun with my colleagues, like Harckham, like Chris Burdick, working on climate resilience, infrastructure improvements, affordability, housing availability and equity and really just making sure that we can live healthfully here in the Hudson Valley.”

Levenberg ran under the Democratic and Working Families party, while her opponent Michael Capalbo, a finance analyst, ran under the Republican and Conservative party.

In the leadup to the election, Capalbo told the Herald that his vision was to broaden the voice in a Democratic dominated state. Some of his top priorities included prioritizing the needs of citizens over asylum seekers, affordability, public safety, infrastructure, and promoting jobs.

“I would like to thank all those that voted for me, supported me, and worked arduously on my behalf,” Capalbo said in a statement to the Herald. “I truly appreciate your effort. Against long odds, we remained undeterred. I am proud of our campaign. I met many wonderful people along the journey and look forward to continuing our friendship.”

Asked what some of her immediate plans were, Levenberg said today, Wednesday, she is going to a conference in Somos, Puerto Rico, that will examine community needs, as well as continue to work on issues pertaining to affordable housing, sales tax transparency, climate resilience, and access to funding.

“I’m very, very excited,” she said. “I’m grateful to the people for giving me another two years. I can’t wait to get started.”

Incumbent U.S. Rep. Mike Lawler has been reelected to NY-17 a second term, unofficial results show. With about 99 percent of districts reported, Lawler received about 50 percent of the vote at 191,681. Lawler, who earlier this year caught backlash for resurfaced images of wearing black face as part of a Michael Jackson costume in 2006, celebrated his win in Rockland County to Jackson’s “Beat It” playing in the background and kicking in the air.

“What an absolute ass kicking. Folks, tonight Hudson Valley told Mondaire Jones to beat it,” Lawler said. “I can’t thank each and every one of you enough for everything you’ve done to make this happen. Folks, two years ago we made history, we not only defeated the chair of the DCCC for the first time in 42 years, but we ended Nancy Pelosi’s reign as speaker of the house. Tonight we won with historic margins across this district.”

Lawler ran as a Republican and Conservative while Jones ran as a Democrat.

Jones released a statement on social media today wishing Rep. Lawler the very best in his next term. “I knew from the results in 2022 that this race would be an uphill battle, but with American democracy on the line, I had a responsibility to do my part to defend it from MAGA extremism,” he said. “…Unfortunately, the environment hasn’t changed much in New York since 2022, and it is always extremely difficult to unseat an incumbent.”

In the lead up to the general election, Jones told the Herald that voters should pick him as their candidate to elect a Democratic congress and oppose extremism from Republicans. Some of his top priorities included codifying Roe. v. Wade, lowering prescription and drug costs, increasing the minimum wage, passing common sense gun reform laws, and standing behind Israel.

“It was the honor of my life to represent the last version of New York’s 17th Congressional District, the same communities that elevated me from poverty all the way to the House of Representatives,” Jones said. “My commitment to public service, and to pragmatic leadership in these times of extremism and division, is as strong as ever.”

Lawler, a former deputy town supervisor and assemblyman, first assumed office in 2023, after beating incumbent and chairman of the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee Sean Patrick Maloney.

In his campaign, Lawler encouraged constituents vote with his track record of working across the aisle on bipartisan legislation, and had priorities that included affordability, cracking down on crime, immigration reform, opposing a federal abortion ban, and promoting a balanced sensible approach on guns.

Also on the ballot was proposition 1, which New York voters said yes to, according to unofficial results. With about 98 percent of districts reported as of this morning, the statewide ballot proposal received about 56 percent in favor at 4,458,700 votes.

The proposal will update the New York State constitution for the first time since 1938 to include new protected classes including ethnicity, disability, age, national origin, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, pregnancy or pregnancy outcomes and reproductive health care and autonomy.

Democrat Susan Cacace won her bid for Westchester District Attorney against Croton resident John Sarcone III.