Democrats and Republicans on the primary ballots

GREENE COUNTY―New York Primary Day is this Tuesday, June 23 and in Greene County both registered Republicans and Democrats will be heading to the polls to help shape the November ballot.

For Democrats, there are three-way races for both New York State Comptroller and the 102nd Assembly District seat.

Incumbent Comptroller Thomas P. DiNapoli of Long Island, who has held the seat since 2007 and has not faced a primary candidate in his last four elections, is being challenged for the party line by Drew Warshaw and Raj Goyle.

A Manhattan resident, Warshaw is a former chief of staff for The Port Authority of New York and New Jersey and worked as an affordable housing nonprofit executive. Goyle, who also lives in Manhattan, previously served in the Kansas House of Representatives before moving to New York where he co-founded a legal technology firm.

The winner of Tuesday’s primary election will face off in the November election against Republican and Conservative nominee Joseph Hernandez and Working Families pick Sienna Fontaine.

Democrats will also choose among three candidates to carry the party line for the 102nd Assembly District that includes all of Greene and Schoharie counties, along with parts of Albany, Delaware and Otsego counties.

They include Delhi Village Trustee Janet Tweed, Cairo town Democratic Chairwoman Mary Finneran and Catskill Village Trustee Thomas Boomhower.

Tweed has been down this road before, prevailing in a 2024 primary against Finneran, but ultimately falling short in the general election to incumbent Chris Tague (R/C-Schoharie), 46,038 to 26,423.

Tague announced in November that he was leaving the Assembly to run for the State Senate in the 51st District which encompasses Delaware, Otsego, Schoharie, and Sullivan counties.

The primary results will determine whether voters will see two or three candidates on the general election ballot since Finneran has already secured the Working Families line. Republicans and Conservatives have given their nods to Marc Molinaro of Catskill.

Republicans in Greene County will see one race on Tuesday’s ballot. Peter K. Oberacker and Alexander M. Portelli are vying for the GOP nomination in New York’s 19th Congressional District to take on incumbent Democrat Josh Riley of Ithaca.

Oberacker, a state senator in the 51st District, hails from Schenevus in Otsego County and is the founder of a product development firm for industrial food ingredients. He has already secured the Conservative line.

Portelli is a United States Marine Corps veteran and entrepreneur who owns a timber farm in Otsego County.

The 19th Congressional district includes Broome, Chenango, Columbia, Delaware, Greene, Otsego, Sullivan and Tompkins counties, as well as parts of Cortland, Rensselaer and Ulster counties.

Early voting began on June 13 and runs through June 21. On Tuesday, polls will be open from 6 a.m. to 9 p.m.

The New York State Board of Elections is encouraging those voting by mail to do so as soon as possible following recently acknowledged changed to U.S. Postal Service (USPS) postmark procedures.

USPS postmarks reflect the date a piece of mail is processed at a postal facility, not necessarily the day it was deposited into the mail. As a result, mail placed in a mailbox on a particular day may not receive a postmark until a later date. State election officials suggest anyone who mails their ballot should request a manual or hand-stamped postmark at their USPS retail counter.

Ballots mailed to a county board of elections must be postmarked no later than June 23 and received by June 30.