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The primary to determine Republican Congressman John Faso’s Democratic challenger in New York’s 19th Congressional District will be held Tuesday, June 26.

In New York State, only enrolled party members may vote in primaries. The deadline to register or change party is Friday, June 1. That’s the date for in-person registration, and the date by which mailed registration must be post-marked. The deadline for mailed registration to be received is Wednesday, June 6.

Voter registration forms can be picked up at your county’s board of elections office, or you can download and print one here.

Polls will be open June 26 from 6 a.m. to 9 p.m. in Dutchess, Orange and Rockland counties, and noon to 9 p.m. in Ulster, Columbia, Delaware, Greene, Otsego, Schoharie, Sullivan, Broome, Montgomery and Rensselaer counties.

John Faso (R-Kinderhook) was elected to his first term after defeating Zephyr Teachout in 2016. He has served in the State Assembly, State Senate and he ran for governor in 2006. Faso isn’t facing a Republican primary this year.

Top row: Brian Flynn, Gareth Rhodes, Pat Ryan, Erin Collier; bottom row: Dave Clegg, Antonio Delgado, Jeff Beals

The candidates

Jeffrey Beals is a Woodstock resident, a member of the town’s Democratic Committee and teacher at Woodstock Day School. Beals is a Harvard graduate who returned to the Hudson Valley after a career with the CIA and the U.S. State Department, where he served as a diplomat in the Mideast.

Erin Collier is a Cooperstown resident and economist who has worked under the United Nations, Obama administration and the United States Agency for International Development, where she worked on food security issues. She graduated magna cum laude from Cornell University with a degree in agricultural economics and took a master’s degree in that field from Michigan State University.

Antonio Delgado is a Schenectady native and current Rhinebeck resident. Delgado is a former Rhodes Scholar, graduate of Harvard Law School and former CEO of a hip-hop entertainment company. He currently works as an attorney for powerhouse law firm Akin, Gump, Strauss, Hauer & Feld.

David Clegg, is a Kingston-based attorney in private practice. Clegg is a graduate of Yale Divinity School and an ordained deacon at Kingston’s St. James United Methodist Church. Clegg serves as chairman of the Ulster County Human Rights Commission.

Brian Flynn, of Hunter in Greene County is an entrepreneur and small businessman. Flynn’s campaign website touts his creation of hundreds of jobs across the region and his efforts to fight terrorism after the death of his brother in the 1988 Lockerbie bombing.

Gareth Rhodes is an Esopus native, former White House intern and press aide to Gov. Andrew Cuomo. Rhodes is taking a leave from Harvard Law School to run for the congressional seat.

Patrick Ryan, is a Kingston native and graduate of the U.S. Military Academy. During his time in the service, Ryan served two tours of duty in Iraq. Ryan left the Army with the rank of captain. He’s a Gardiner resident and formerly lived in Brooklyn, where he worked in data analysis.