Democrats secured decisive wins across the Catskills on Tuesday, according to unofficial results from the Ulster and Greene County Boards of Elections. In Shandaken, Democrat Barbara Mansfield unseated incumbent Supervisor Peter DiSclafani, who ran on the Working Families Party line, while incumbents including Saugerties Supervisor Fred M. Costello Jr. and Olive Supervisor Jim Sofranko, both Democrats, retained their seats. In Saugerties, incumbent Town Board member Zach Horton lost his bid for re-election as Democrats Bill Barr and Stephanie Bassler captured both council seats, defeating Republican challengers Horton and Mike Sasso. In Hurley, Democrats Debbie Dougherty and Griff Liewa won Town Board seats over incumbent Tim Kelly, who ran on the Keep Hurley Hurley line, while Supervisor Michael Boms and Highway Superintendent Michael Shultis were both re-elected. Voters in Shandaken and Olive also approved measures to substantially increase taxpayer funding for their town libraries, ensuring continued support for public programs and community resources. Winners are listed below in bold.

Town of Saugerties

• Townwide Supervisor (Vote for one) 
  • (Democratic, Working Families): Fred M. Costello Jr – Winner
  • (Republican, Conservative): Gaetana Ciarlante

Watch The Overlook’s interview with Supervisor Costello and Candidate Ciarlante.

• Townwide Clerk (Vote for one)
  • (Republican, Conservative): Lisa A. Stanley – Winner
• Townwide Receiver of Taxes (Vote for one)
  • (Republican, Conservative): Diane E. Friedmann – Winner
• Townwide Superintendent of Highways (Vote for one)
  • (Republican, Conservative): Raymond C. Mayone – Winner
• Townwide Councilperson (Vote for two)
  • (Democratic): Bill Barr – Winner
  • (Democratic): Stephanie Bassler – Winner
  • (Republican, Conservative): Zachery C. Horton
  • (Republican, Conservative): Michael A. Sasso III

Read The Overlook’s Q&As with the candidates for Saugerties Town Board.

Town of Shandaken

• Townwide Supervisor (Vote for one) 
  • (Democratic): Barbara Mansfield – Winner
  • (Working Families): Peter DiSclafani

Read The Overlook’s interview with Barbara Mansfield and Peter DiSclafani.

• Townwide Town Assessor (Vote for one) 
  • (Democratic): Grace Grant – Winner
• Townwide Councilperson (Vote for two) 
  • (Democratic): Elizabeth Kneissl – Winner
  • (Democratic): Robert Drake – Winner
• Townwide Justice (Vote for one) 
  •  (Democratic): Izaak Schwaiger – Winner
• Town of Shandaken Proposition
  • The referendum to increase taxpayer funding for the town’s two libraries—raising the Morton Memorial Library’s annual contribution from $60,225 to $79,975 and the Phoenicia Library’s from $199,750 to $234,500, a combined increase of $54,500—passed on Tuesday.

Read our story on the proposition.

Town of Olive

• Townwide Supervisor (Vote for one) 
  • (Democratic): Jim Sofranko – Winner
  • (Republican, Conservative): Bob Fehring

Read our interview with Jim Sofranko.

• Townwide Clerk/Tax Collector (Vote for one)
  • (Democratic): Kimberly Daley – Winner
  • (Republican, Conservative): Dawn Giuditta
• Townwide Superintendent of Highways (Vote for one)
  • (Democratic, Republican, Conservative): Brian Burns – Winner
• Townwide Councilperson (Vote for two) 
  • (Democratic): Edwin Maldonado – Winner
  • (Democratic): Sarah Hemingway-Lynch – Winner
  • (Republican, Conservative): Ellen C. Gallivan

Read our Q&A with Maldonado and Hemingway-Lynch.

• Townwide Justice (Vote for one) 
  • (Democratic): Timothy Cox – Winner
• Proposition
  • The referendum to expand the taxpayer contribution to the library’s budget from the $193,142 to $289,642, a jump of $96,500, passed on Tuesday.

Town of Hurley

• Townwide Supervisor (Vote for one)
  •  (Democratic, Keep Hurley): Michael Boms – Winner
• Townwide Clerk/Tax Collector (Vote for one) 
  • (Democratic): Lynne Bailey – Winner
  • (Keep Hurley): Diana Cline
• Townwide Superintendent of Highways (Vote for one)
  • (Democratic, Keep Hurley): Michael C. Shultis – Winner
• Townwide Councilperson (Vote for two)
  • (Democratic): Debbie Dougherty – Winner
  • (Democratic): Griff Liewa – Winner
  • (Keep Hurley): Tim Kelly

Read our Q&A with the Town Board candidates.

• Townwide Justice (Vote for one)
  • (Democratic): Tracy Kellogg – Winner
• Proposition
  • The referendum to increase the term of the Town Highway Superintendent from two years to four beginning on January 1, 2026, was rejected on Tuesday.

Town of Woodstock

All races in the Town of Woodstock were uncontested

• Townwide Supervisor (Vote for one)
  • (Democratic): Anula Courtis – Winner
• Townwide Councilperson (Vote for two)
  • (Democratic): Laurie Osmond – Winner
  • (Democratic): Lily Korolkoff – Winner
• Townwide Justice (Vote for one)
  • (Democratic): Richard J. Husted – Winner

Town of Hunter

All races in the Town of Hunter were uncontested

• Townwide Supervisor (Vote for one)
  • (Democratic, Republican, Conservative): Sean S. Mahoney – Winner
• Townwide Councilperson (Vote for two)
  • (Democratic, Republican, Conservative): Dolph J. Semenza – Winner
  • (Democratic, Republican): Ernest C. Reale – Winner
• Townwide Superintendent of Highways (Vote for one)
  • (Democratic, Republican): Robert J. Blain Jr – Winner
• Townwide Justice (Vote for one)
  • (Democratic): Kimberly A. Prince Walsh – Winner

Ulster County 

• Ulster County Clerk (Vote for one)
  • (Democratic): Taylor John Bruck – Winner
• Ulster County Comptroller (Vote for one)
  • (Democratic, Working Families): March Gallagher – Winner
• Ulster County Legislature – District 2 (Vote for one)
  • (Democratic): Ann Peters – Winner
  • (Republican, Conservative): Ronald Polacco
• Ulster County Legislature – District 22 (Vote for one)
  • (Democratic): Kathy Nolan – Winner
  • (Republican, Conservative): Peter J. Friedel
• State Supreme Court Justice – 3rd Judicial District (Vote for one)
  • (Democratic, Working Families): William T. Little Jr – Winner
  • (Republican, Conservative): Dana Lynn Salazar
• Ulster County Family Court Judge (Vote for one)
  • (Democratic, Working Families): Lara Olivieri – Winner
• Ulster County Legislature – District 23 (Vote for one)
  • (Democratic, Working Families): Jeffery Collins – Winner

All results are preliminary and will be certified by the respective Boards of Elections. This article was updated on Nov. 6.