Eleven of the 23 seats in the Ulster County Legislature are not being contested in this year’s November 4 general election. That leaves only twelve contests, and if truth be told many of these are not expected to be closely competed for.

There’s not much candidate competition at the top of the ballot in Ulster County this year, either. Of four offices above the level of the county legislature, only one is being contested in the November 4 general election.

The eleven very likely shoo-ins for the county legislature, nine are Democrats and only two, Jason Kovacs (Ulster) and GOP minority leader Kevin Roberts (Shawangunk) are Republicans. Democrats include three Kingstonians — majority leader Abe Uchitelle, Greg McCullough and chair Peter Criswell – plus newcomer Bill Murray and unopposed i

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