Westchester County Executive George Latimer, a Democrat, easily won reelection to a second term on Tuesday night in a race that never materialize into
much of a contest.
According to county Board of Elections data, Latimer secured 62% of the vote, or 94,833 votes, with 100% of precincts reporting. His Republican challenger, Christine Sculti—a former member of Rob Astorino’s administration, the previous county executive—finished with 38% or 58,069 votes. Latimer first won election to the county’s top elected post in 2017 defeating the incumbent Astorino in a heated and spirited campaign. This time around, Sculti didn’t pose nearly the challenge for the longtime politician and wildly popular Latimer.
For Latimer, a resident of the city of Rye, the win gives him 20 consecutive election victories dating back to his first foray into politics in the ‘80s when he won a seat on the Rye City Council. But his lengthy political career may hit a dead end in the coming years, as the county executive will be term-limited out of office following the conclusion of his second term in 2025.
During his first term, Latimer signed into law a bill enacting two-term limits for county executives. Prior to that law, no county executive had ever won election to a third term. County executives are elected to serve four-year terms and take home an annual salary of approximately $160,000.
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