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The Republican candidate challenging the incumbent is Hubert, a local business owner.

Stefanie Hubert
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“I think it’s part of our civic responsibility to participate in local elections and also to build a community,” Hubert said. “As a Republican, seeing that the tides have changed that it was intrinsically my responsibility to step up and see if we could win back at least the seat in District 25.” Hubert and her husband own a trucking and heavy equipment company. Hubert is currently the Executive Director at Cornell Cooperative Extension of Putnam County.

County legislator faces reelection battle just one year into term

Stefanie W Hubert currently works as the executive director at Cornell Cooperative Extension of Putnam County. She and her husband own a trucking and heavy equipment company.

Stefanie currently works as the executive director at Cornell Cooperative Extension of Putnam County. She and her husband own a trucking and heavy equipment company.

2026 New York General Election

As of October 26, 2026, Stefanie W. Hubert did not have a website or any information online.

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Stefanie W. Hubert

Advocates for tax compromises that allow small businesses to pay taxes without reducing their bottom line.

Opposes development that would turn rural communities into urban areas.

Supports ensuring that emergency medical service response times do not depend on whether an ambulance corps is paid.

As of October 26, 2026, Stefanie W Hubert’s website did not contain information on this issue.

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Hubert is currently the Executive Director at Cornell Cooperative Extension of Putnam County. Considering her background, Hubert’s campaign focuses on ensuring that Dutchess County is a place where small businesses can thrive while making things easier on business owners.

“It is difficult to keep up with all of the mandates and taxes and everything else that is thrust upon us,” Hubert said. “So trying to make sense of some kind of compromise that allows certain taxes to be paid out but also to not eat away at the bottom line of a small business owner.”

In addition to small businesses, if elected Hubert hopes to focus on the agriculture industry, less high density housing and youth development. Seeking more traditional values in the area, she envisions a return to more small community ideals, bringing the county back to how it was about 5 to 10 years ago.

“People live here because it’s a nice, rural community that has a lot of opportunities,” she said. “We live here because we don’t want it to become a city or urban area for which it’s not.”

One issue that transcends party lines for these candidates is Emergency Medical Services in the county. Services have become privately owned in the area causing costs to skyrocket with some towns having to pay nearly a million dollars a year. The system is also volunteer based, not paid. Both Alexander and Hubert have noted the gravity of this issue and seek bipartisan collaboration to fix it.

“I think all of us are entitled to emergency medical services should we need it. I don’t think the amount of time that it takes to get to your house should be determined by whether or not it’s a paid ambulance corps,” Hubert said. “I think that’s a large decision that’s being discussed in Dutchess County and I definitely think that’s a bipartisan issue.”