Four primary elections for county legislative seats and three city of Kingston alderman contests are on the docket for Ulster County’s Tuesday, June 24 voting. County legislative candidates and voters should remember that seats on the county legislature are for one-year terms only, if the consolidation law passed in New York is affirmed by the State Court of Appeals in September. Legislative seats won in November, 2025 will be up for grabs again in 2026, when such contests will revert to two-year terms.

There are no Republican primaries on June 24. The GOP did nominate the Democratic candidate, Acting County Clerk Taylor Bruck. But Bruck declined the Republican line. As Republicans did not replace Bruck after he declined their ticket, he will get a free ride in the general election in Nov

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