Grattan unseats McGivney

Republican challenger for Kinderhook Town Supervisor Pat Grattan, right, is congratulated by incumbent Supervisor Doug McGivney after Grattan beat McGivney in a landslide Tuesday. (Paul Crossman/Hudson-Catskill Newspapers)

By Paul Crossman

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Wednesday, November 4, 2009 6:03 PM EST

Republican candidate Pat Grattan won the race against incumbent Doug McGivney for Kinderhook Town Supervisor on Tuesday by a margin of 1,773 to 1,014.

“I’m grateful for everyone’s support,” Grattan told the Register-Star, “and looking forward to working with people of all parties in the future.”

He also added that although he was surprised to have won the election by such a large margin, he was happy to have the support of the people of the community.

“I’m astonished,” he said, “but grateful.”

Long-time Supervisor Doug McGivney, though unhappy with the results, took the loss well, even driving over to shake hands and congratulate the new supervisor.

“It looks like this is my last hoorah,” McGivney told a crowd of his supporters after the results came in. “I had a good run, and it’s been fun. I really thought we would do better, our team has been fantastic.”

He went on to say that he wishes his competition the best of luck, and plans to do everything he can to help Grattan get started as supervisor, making a point to say that the loss of the election did not diminish his interest in the town.

Republican candidates Patsy Leader and Glenn Smith also won seats on the Town Board with 1,571, and 1,420 votes respectively, against their Democratic opponents Helen Schneider with 1,134 votes and Todd Digrigoli with 1,155 votes.

Republican candidate Lisa Mills also beat opponent Natalie Kolb by a margin of 1,544 votes to 1,143.

John Ruchel Jr. was unchallenged for the position of the town Highway Superintendent.

All election results are unofficial, pending routine recanvassing and the counting of absentee ballots.

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OV Observer wrote on Nov 4, 2009 9:15 AM:

" Congratulations to the Republicans in Kinderhook and Valatie. The voters have chosen single-party rule this time around; it will be interesting to see how the elected Republicans react to having all the power and responsibility in their hands. "

slammer wrote on Nov 5, 2009 12:05 AM:

" Thanks OV Observer , more simply put Joe Rabto. Thanks Joe for all your intervnetion in local Kinderhook politics. The republicans could not have done it without you. You should brag to your bosses. "

jfromkinderhook wrote on Nov 6, 2009 7:24 AM:

" A question for OV: the only difference now is that the party is different, so what's your point? "

OV Observer wrote on Nov 6, 2009 1:49 PM:

" My point, J, is that this election has not only placed both the Village of Valatie and the Town of Kinderhook under the leadership of the same party (and, some might contend, the same persons), but it has also reduced Democratic representation on the Kinderhook Town Board to a single individual and, as this paper has reported, it has further solidified Republican control of the County Board of Supervisors. This is not merely substituting a Democratic Supervisor with a Republican one, it is the perpetuation of de facto single-party rule. At least now the Republicans will have no one to blame but themselves when their vision of a laissez faire, tax-free utopia fails to come to pass. "

stonepound wrote on Nov 6, 2009 4:33 PM:

" I say congratulations mr Grattan!

It was a good race. "

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