Not many surprises in the Conservative Party endorsements for elected offices in Dutchess County government this year. The party is nearly unwavering in its support for Republicans.
The Republicans' four-man slate for county-wide elections in November is the Conservatives' slate. That would be incumbents Bill Steinhaus for executive, Butch Anderson for sheriff, Bill Grady for district attorney and Brad Kendall for clerk.
And in the 25 legislative districts, 20 of the Republican candidates for county Legislature received Conservative endorsements.
The other Conservative endorsements are Jim Doxsey, a Conservative running in District 1 with the backing of county Demcorats; Sue Tooker, the Democratic candidate in District 2, and Dominick Aquafredda, a District 10 candidate who was registered with the Independence Party as of last year.
The Conservatives have yet to endorse anyone in Districts 14 and 15, where the Legislature's Democratic leaders Roger Higgins and Sandy Goldberg were running unopposed at last check.
How important is a Conservative endorsement? That's debatable, but it's fair to say the party's influence is greater than its numbers. In Dutchess County, 3,381 voters were enrolled as Conservatives as of April, when the latest statistics were compiled by the State Elections Board. That translates to about 2 percent of all county voters.
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