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ELECTED OFFICIALS

Village of Rhinebeck

Mayor, James Reardon (R), April 2009 - March 2011
Board Trustee, Howard Traudt (R), April 2009 - March 2011
Board Trustee, Wayne Rifenburgh (R), April 2009 - March 2011
Board Trustee, Terry Gipson (D), April 2010 – March 2012
Board Trustee, Brant Neuneker (D), April 2010 – March 2012
Court Justice, William Sanchez (R), April 2009 - March 2013
Court Justice, John B. Kane (R), appointed yearly
Village Clerk/Treasurer, Gail Haskins, appointed
Deputy Village Clerk, Pat Coon, appointed

Town of Rhinebeck

Supervisor, Tom Traudt (R), 2010-2011
Council Member, Gina Fox (D), 2010-2013
Council Member, Joe Gelb (D), 2010-2013
Council Member, Dan Staley (R), 2008-2011
Council Member, Bruce Washburn (R), 2008-2011
Highway Superintendent, Kathy Kinsella (D), 2010-2011
Court Justice, John B. Kane (R), 2010-2013
Court Justice, William Sanchez (R), 2008-2011
Assessor, Emery Ruger (R), 2008-2011
Assessor, William McGann (R), 2008-2011
Assessor, John O'Brien (R), 2010-2013
Clerk, Barbara Cunningham, appointed
Deputy Town Clerk, Joan L. Winne, appointed

Rhinebeck Central School District, Board of Education
(Includes Town of Rhinebeck and parts of Clinton, Hyde Park, Milan, and Stanford.)

President, Paul Slayton (term ends June 2013)
Vice-President, Deirdre Burns (term ends June 2011)
Trustee, Elissa Cascio (term ends June 2012)
Trustee, Mark Fleischhauer (term ends June 2012)
Trustee, Laurie Rich (term ends June 2013)
Trustee, Dean Vallas (term ends June 2011)
Trustee, Karen Hatter (term ends June 2013)
Clerk of the Board, Meg Todisco, appointed
Superintendent, Joseph Phelan, appointed

Dutchess County

Executive, William R. Steinhaus (R), 2008-2011
District Attorney, William Grady (R), 2008-2011
Clerk, Bradford Kendall (R), 2008-2011
Comptroller, Jim Coughlin (R), 2010-2013
Sheriff, Adrian (Butch) Anderson (R), 2008-2011
Legislator, 11th District, Joel Tyner (D), 2010-2011
County Judge, Peter Forman (R), 2011-2020
County Judge, Stephen Greller (R), 2011-2020
Family Court, Joan Posner (D), 2009-2018
Family Court, Peter M. Forman (R), 2000-2018
Family Court, Valentino Sammarco (R), 2004-2013
Surrogate Court, James D. Pagones (R), 1999-2018

New York State

N.Y. State Governor, Andrew Cuomo (D), 2011-2014
N.Y. State Comptroller, Thomas DiNapoli (D), 2011-2014
N.Y. State Attorney General, Eric Schneiderman (D), 2011-2014
N.Y. State Senator, 41st District, Stephen Saland (R), 2011-2012
N.Y. State Assemblyman, 101st District, Kevin Cahill (D), 2011-2012
N.Y. State Supreme Court Justice, 9th Judicial District, James V. Brands (R), 2003-2016
N.Y. State Supreme Court Justice, 9th Judicial District, Christine A. Sproat (R), 2004-2017
N.Y. State Supreme Court Justice, 9th Judicial District, Charles D. Wood (R), 2010-2023

United States

U.S. President, Barack H. Obama (D), 2009-2012
U.S. Vice-President, Joseph R. Biden (D), 2009-2012
U.S. Senator, Charles Schumer (D), 2011-2016
U.S. Senator, Kirsten Gillibrand (D), 2011-2016
U.S. Representative, 20th Congressional District, Chris Gibson (R), 2011-2012

Rhinebeck Democrats is open to all registered Democratic voters in the town and village of Rhinebeck. Our organization is dedicated to grappling with issues at all levels of government and is committed to electing thoughtful, active Democrats. Our unifying mission is "to develop and promote an effective Democratic agenda designed to solve problems at the local, county, state and national levels." For more information, call Warren Smith at (845) 876-0885.