Jablonski tapped for
county executive
POUGHKEEPSIE – The Dutchess County Democratic Committee has endorsed its slate of county candidates for the November elections.
Diana Jablonski, a former county comptroller, will top the ticket running for county executive.
The committee also endorsed Poughkeepsie City Judge Katherine Moloney for county court judge and former Assistant Attorney General Lisa Ghartey for family court judge.
Mary Williams was also tapped as the Democrats’ choice to run for Dutchess County clerk.
Jablonski said if elected, she would focus on job creation, creating “true partnerships” between county and municipal governments, and a fiscal policy “not dependent on budgetary gimmicks.”
Moloney has served nine years on the bench and has served as assistant corporation counsel as well as a public defender.
Ghartey served as assistant attorney general for 12 years and was appointed assistant commissioner for Child Welfare and Community Services in the New York State Office of Children and Family Services, where she still works.
Williams was a software engineer and programmer at IBM for nearly 30 years, ending as a senior manager. “The clerk’s office must be more productive and should be an example to other counties in how to increase efficiency,” he said. “I believe I have the technical skills to get the job done.
County Chairwoman Elisa Sumner said the party has “the most qualified candidates, and a diversity which represents this county.”
