Poughkeepsie: who represents it, and who is running
U.S. general election (federal, state and county offices) votes on 2026-11-03. It elects governor and Lieutenant Governor (joint ticket); State Comptroller; Attorney General; U.S. Representative NY-18 (Pat Ryan D/WFP v Jackie Mary Auringer R/C); State Senate SD-39 (candidates not read from an official list); Assembly AD-104 (Jonathan G. Jacobson D/WFP, unopposed); Dutchess County offices not read. No U.S. Senate seat is up in New York in 2026. Whether any City of Poughkeepsie office is on the 2026 ballot could not be read (Dutchess BOE blocked)..
Holding office17
the sitting council
On the ballot7
3 sitting members running again
The official candidate list ↗ · What Poughkeepsie is like — the /local page
Congressional district (city hall): New York's 18th congressional district (city hall; every sampled point in the city) — Patrick Ryan (Democratic)
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Mayor
| Name | Office | Party / slate | Seat | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Yvonne Flowers ✉️ Elected | Mayor | Independent | City of Poughkeepsie |
2
Councilmember
| Name | Office | Party / slate | Seat | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Christopher Grant ✉️ Elected | Councilmember | Independent | 6th Ward | City of Poughkeepsie |
| Da'Ron Wilson ✉️ Elected | Councilmember | Independent | At Large | City of Poughkeepsie |
| Daniel Atonna ✉️ Elected | Councilmember | Independent | 8th Ward | City of Poughkeepsie |
| Ernest Henry ✉️ Elected | Councilmember | Independent | 1st Ward | City of Poughkeepsie |
| Evan Menist ✉️ Elected | Councilmember | Independent | 2nd Ward | City of Poughkeepsie |
| Nathan Shook ✉️ Elected | Councilmember | Independent | 4th Ward | City of Poughkeepsie |
| Nedra Patterson Thompson ✉️ Elected | Councilmember | Independent | 7th Ward | City of Poughkeepsie |
| Ondie James ✉️ Elected | Councilmember | Independent | 5th Ward | City of Poughkeepsie |
| Terriciena Brown ✉️ Elected | Councilmember | Independent | 3rd Ward | City of Poughkeepsie |
3
Governor
| Name | Office | Party / slate | Seat | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kathy C. Hochul Elected | Governor → Running | Democratic | Onondaga County Board of Elections | |
| Bruce A. Blakeman | Governor Running | Republican | Ulster County Board of Elections |
4
Lieutenant Governor
| Name | Office | Party / slate | Seat | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Antonio Delgado Elected | Lieutenant Governor | Democratic | Onondaga County Board of Elections | |
| Adrienne E. Adams | Lieutenant Governor Running | Democratic | Ulster County Board of Elections | |
| Todd Hood | Lieutenant Governor Running | Republican | Ulster County Board of Elections |
5
Member of Assembly — AD-104
| Name | Office | Party / slate | Seat | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jonathan G. Jacobson Elected acclaimed | Member of Assembly → Running | Democratic | New York State Assembly |
6
State Senator — SD-39
| Name | Office | Party / slate | Seat | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rob Rolison Elected | State Senator | Republican | New York State Senate |
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U.S. Senator
| Name | Office | Party / slate | Seat | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Charles E. Schumer Elected | U.S. Senator | Democratic | Onondaga County Board of Elections | |
| Kirsten E. Gillibrand Elected | U.S. Senator | Democratic | Onondaga County Board of Elections |
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U.S. Representative — NY-18
| Name | Office | Party / slate | Seat | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Patrick Ryan Elected | U.S. Representative → Running | Democratic | Office of the Clerk, U.S. House | |
| Jackie Mary Auringer | U.S. Representative Running | Republican | Ulster County Board of Elections |
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Notes on this record
How the lists were read, and what could not be.
- BLOCKED: elections.dutchessny.gov (Dutchess County Board of Elections, the election authority for Poughkeepsie) answers robots.txt itself with HTTP 403, so its 2026 candidate notice and certification were NOT read. Also refused: elections.ny.gov (NYS Board of Elections — robots.txt 403), orangecountyny.gov (Orange County, robots.txt 403; orangecountygov.com redirects there) and putnamcountyny.gov (robots.txt 403). Nothing retried with another tool, UA or mirror.
- Candidates used: the Ulster County Board of Elections' signed certification 'Ulster County General Election Ballot Contests, 2026' (scanned PDF, 2026-09-10, linked from its Sample Ballots page; robots allows all). It covers the statewide tickets, NY-18 and AD-104 — both districts cross into Ulster, so the same certified candidates appear on Poughkeepsie's ballot. SD-39 is not in Ulster, so its contest is not on that list. Party lines as printed ('Democrat', 'Working Families Party', 'Republican', 'Conservative', 'Vote Affordable'); partyShort = major line. Comptroller (DiNapoli D/WFP v Joseph Hernandez R/C) and Attorney General (Letitia A. James D/WFP v Saritha Komatireddy R/C) are on the ballot but not recorded as people.
- SD-39 — NOT RECORDED as candidates (no official list reachable): search snippets (City & State NY, 2026-09; WAMC 2026-06-24) say Senator Rob Rolison (R, sitting) faces Dutchess County Legislator Lisa Kaul (D) in November; verify on the Dutchess BOE certified list before adding.
- Officeholders: NY-18 from the House Clerk Member Data XML (Oct 1, 2026); SD-39 Rolison from nysenate.gov; AD-104 Jacobson from nyassembly.gov (robots names only GPTBot); U.S. Senators, Governor and Lt. Governor from the Onondaga BOE 2026 Elected Official List (a county list, but these are statewide officers; residential addresses on it never copied).
- Municipal: Mayor Yvonne Flowers from the City's Mayor page (www.cityofpoughkeepsie.gov/242/Mayor); nine Common Council members (one At Large + eight wards) from the City's 'Common Council Members' page, with each member's official @cityofpoughkeepsie.gov email and photo link. The page prints a phone for each member — NOT copied. Party is not printed on either page, so party/partyShort are null; the council chair is not labelled on the page (Shook is 'Vice-Chair', Patterson Thompson 'Majority Leader'). robots.txt for www.cityofpoughkeepsie.gov has a ClaudeBot group that disallows only admin/search/calendar/CivicAlerts/RSS paths; none of those were opened. (cityofpoughkeepsie.com has a certificate for another host; its http:// form redirects to the .gov site, which was used.)
- Next municipal election: not read from an official page (Dutchess BOE blocked). Search snippets say Yvonne Flowers was elected mayor in November 2023 (WAMC 2023-11-07), which on a four-year term would put the next mayoral election in November 2027 — inferred only. standsFor null for everyone. Ballotpedia and Wikipedia not used as sources.
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Sources
Prepared 2026-11-01. Nomination papers are never opened: they carry home addresses. After voting day a candidate list becomes a result; these rows are reconciled, not deleted.
- City of Poughkeepsie — Common Council Members 9
- Onondaga County Board of Elections — Onondaga County Elected Official List (PDF created 2026-04-03) — statewide officers only (Dutchess BOE blocked) 4
- Ulster County Board of Elections — 'Ulster County General Election Ballot Contests, 2026', signed certification for the November 3, 2026 General Election (scanned PDF created 2026-09-10; read as page images) 4
- New York State Senate — Senator Rob Rolison member page ('( R ) 39th Senate District') 1
- City of Poughkeepsie — Mayor 1
- New York State Assembly — Member Directory, Assemblymember Jonathan G. Jacobson, Assembly District 104 1
- Office of the Clerk, U.S. House — Member Data XML (publish-date October 1, 2026; bioguide R000579) 1