GOSHEN – Following the surprise announcement that one-term Republican State Senator Michael Martucci would not seek re-election in a race that would have pitted him against popular Democratic Senator James Skoufis, a number of potential GOP candidates have surfaced.
They include two Orange County officials and two municipal officials.
Sources told Mid-Hudson News that the interested parties include Deputy County Emergency Services Commissioner Alan Mack, Deputy Health Commissioner Michael Ventre, Crawford Town Supervisor Charles Carnes, and Bob Courtenay, a Chester town councilman.
Another individual, Monroe Town Councilwoman Dorey Houle, is weighing her options, sources said. And Assemblyman Karl Brabenec, who was offered the GOP spot on the ballot, chose to seek re-election for his current seat.
Orange County Republican Chairwoman Courtney Canfield Green did not respond to a request for comment on Thursday.
