Camille Linson (D) defeated Faye Thorpe (R) for Philipstown Town Justice by a margin of 55 percent to 45 percent, according to unofficial results posted Nov. 8 by the Putnam County Board of Elections. Linson received 2,678 votes and Thorpe 2,155.

Town of Philipstown: reported: 22 of 22 100.00%
Ballots: 5,168
Camille S. Linson (DEM, TUN) 2,678 55.36%
DEM 2,569 53.11%
TUN 109 2.25%
Faye Thorpe (REP, IND) 2,155 44.55%
REP 1,983 41.00%
IND 172 3.56%
Write-in 4 0.08%
Total 4,837 100.00%

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