In a hotly contended special election to occupy a vacant House seat for the last four months of the current Congressional session, Dutchess County Executive Marc Molinaro defeated Democrat Ulster County Executive Pat Ryan.
Both Molinaro, New York’s Republican 2018 gubernatorial nominee, and Ryan also won Aug. 23 primaries in different congressional districts and will be on November ballots seeking full terms in Congress.
Among losers in the state’s preliminary nominations for November general election berths is Democratic incumbent Rep. Carolyn Maloney (D-N.Y.) who lost to Rep. Jerrold Nadler (D-N.Y.) in a showdown between veteran congressional reps with more than 60 years of combined experience in Washington, D.C….