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Nov 3, 2026

What this office does: The county legislature is the county's lawmaking body; it adopts the county budget and local laws.

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Kate Leon

Democratic, Working Families

The gist

  • Pledges to focus on good jobs and the housing crisis.
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  1. Pledges to focus on good jobs and the housing crisis.

    Kate Leon for Ulster County Legislature, District 3

    Campaign website · Kate Leon for Ulster County Legislature · kateleonforulster.com

    “I'll focus on creating good jobs, addressing the housing crisis”

Jason J. Kovacs

Republican, ConservativeIncumbent

The gist

  • Co-sponsored halting emergency housing placements at a Kingston motel.
  • Opposed expanding the resource recovery agency's borrowing authority.
  • Supported a second construction manager for a county project.
  • Opposes waiving nonprofit contract accountability rules.
  • Supported sending the New Paltz battery facility back to committee.
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  1. Co-sponsored halting emergency housing placements at a Kingston motel.

    Ulster lawmakers pursue bipartisan fixes after families describe unsafe Kingston motel conditions

    News coverage · Hudson Valley One · hudsonvalleyone.com

    “Co-sponsored by legislators Michael Berardi (D) and Jason Kovacs (R), the resolution sought to halt new emergency housing placements at the Kingston Motel”

  2. Opposed expanding the resource recovery agency's borrowing authority.

    Ulster County Legislature approves UCRRA contract, expands bonding authority to $60 million

    News coverage · Mid Hudson News · midhudsonnews.com

    “Approving it would not be modernization. It would be abdication.”

  3. Supported a second construction manager for a county project.

    Ulster legislators vote down financial watchdog for $35 million communications center

    News coverage · Mid Hudson News · midhudsonnews.com

    “I think we as a legislature have an independent obligation to make sure these projects are done correctly”

  4. Opposes waiving nonprofit contract accountability rules.

    Ulster lawmakers weigh delay in enforcing nonprofit contract funding rules

    News coverage · Mid Hudson News · midhudsonnews.com

    “When we passed strong sounding accountability measures only to suspend them or waive them when politically sensitive nonprofits get caught up in the rules”

  5. Supported sending the New Paltz battery facility back to committee.

    Ulster Legislature stalls New Paltz battery facility vote

    News coverage · Mid Hudson News · midhudsonnews.com

    “Referring this back to the Laws and Rules and Ways and Means Committee does not kill the project.”

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