2017 Westchester County Executive election
# 2017 Westchester County Executive election

The 2017 Westchester County Executive election was held on November 7, 2017. After a primary in September, State Senator George Latimer was chosen as the Democratic Party candidate to challenge incumbent County Executive Rob Astorino. Latimer defeated Astorino, 56.6%-43.4%.

## Primaries

### Democratic

Westchester county Executive, 2017 Democratic Primary Election :

| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| - | - | - | - | - |
| | Democratic | George S. Latimer | 24,466 | 62.6 |
| | Democratic | Ken Jenkins | 14,316 | 36.7 |
| Total votes | Total votes | Total votes | 39,057 | 100.0 |

## General election

2017 Westchester County Executive election :

| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | Percentage |
| - | - | - | - | - |
| | Democratic | George S. Latimer | 116,834 | 53.2% |
| | Working Families | George S. Latimer | 4,034 | 1.8% |
| | Independence | George S. Latimer | 2,214 | 1.0% |
| | Women's Equality | George S. Latimer | 960 | 0.4% |
| | Reform | George S. Latimer | 231 | 0.1% |
| | Total | George S. Latimer | 124,273 | 56.6% |
| | Republican | Rob Astorino | 82,929 | 37.8% |
| | Conservative | Rob Astorino | 12,441 | 5.7% |
| | Total | Rob Astorino | 95,370 | 43.4% |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 28,903 | 13.2% |
| Totals | Totals | Totals | 219,764 | 100.0% |
| | Democratic gain from Republican | Democratic gain from Republican | Democratic gain from Republican | Democratic gain from Republican |
