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We are so thankful to the voters and so proud of our candidates for another successful Democratic sweep here in Bethlehem! Congratulations to our first-time candidates Tom Schnurr for Town Board and Kim Whitsitt for Town Clerk as well as our reelected town incumbents, David VanLuven for Town Supervisor, Joyce Becker for Town Board, Marc Dorsey for Highway Superintendent, and Alicia Roney for Town Receiver of Taxes. Our Albany County Legislators were also reelected!
The full results for Albany County are available here: https://apps.albanycounty.com/boe/electionresults/default.asp?type=2023g Everyone on our team is beyond grateful and eager to keep delivering for Bethlehem for years to come. Thank you for your continued support.
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 We are proud to announce that Town Board Member Joyce Becker has been nominated as Bethlehem's choice for the Albany County Democratic Committee's 2022 Women of Distinction!
It's a great night for Bethlehem! From the Town Board, to the Highway Department, all of our candidates won tonight. Every. Single. One. David DeCancio FLIPPED the Republican seat on the Town Board. Maureen Cunningham was reelected to the Town Board. David VanLuven was reelected as Town Supervisor. Marc Dorsey was reelected as Highway Superintendent. Andy Kirby was reelected as Town Justice. Nanci Moquin was reelected as Town Clerk. But we couldn't have done any of this without you and your support. It sounds cheesy, but think about it: we can post on our website until we're blue in the face. None of it matters unless you get out there and vote. Today, and in the previous weeks of early voting, you did just that. We are beyond grateful. If you’d like to see the detailed results from the Albany County Board of Elections, you can do so here.
Thanks for your continued support. By Massarah Mikati  The Republican Committee in Bethlehem, N.Y. apologized on its Facebook page for an anti-affordable housing reform plan that was posted to its website on Wednesday, Sept. 15, 2021, and later removed. Committee members say it was an unauthorized post. Bethlehem Town Hall is pictured on March 12, 2018. (Skip Dickstein/Times Union) BETHLEHEM — The Bethlehem Republican Committee has come under fire after a reform plan posted to its website included a proposal to ban affordable housing in the town.
 Twice a year for almost the past 10 years, members of the Bethlehem Democratic Committee have dedicated a few weekend hours to something even more gross than asking people for donations: picking up trash.
It's all part of the BDC's commitment to community service and, in this case, keeping our streets clean. The 3-mile stretch of New York State Route 32 between Elsmere Avenue and U.S. Route 9W is kept clean as part of a sponsorship program known as "Adopt-A-Highway." See what WAMC said about the great work Town Supervisor David VanLuven and others are doing to plan for Bethlehem's future:
https://www.wamc.org/post/bethlehems-comprehensive-plan-and-complete-streets-initiatives-be-discussed?fbclid=IwAR2q-yi1HXoDxKq4RphskLgtO-yvIx8NEtfbNdLJkeFHMIyQqTspOOZLZ-w  Town Supervisor David VanLuven had this to say about the great work Highway Superintendent Marc Dorsey is doing alongside the Bicycle and Pedestrian Committee:
"There are now “see me” flags at the Kenwood Ave crosswalk in Slingerlands (by the rail trail parking lot). Our Highway Dept put these out in in partnership with the Town’s Bicycle & Pedestrian Committee. The approach has worked well in other places, as the more visible pedestrians are, the more frequently drivers stop for them. During our daily driving, it’s easy to forget how many crosswalks and pedestrians we have in Bethlehem. Let’s all try to be more courteous and stop when someone is trying to cross." The Bethlehem Democratic Committee condemns in the strongest terms the hateful and homophobic statements made by Republican Albany County Legislator George Langdon.
We call on Legislator Langdon to immediately apologize and resign, and we call on our Republican colleagues to join us, to break their deafening silence, and to condemn his statements. Hate has no home in Albany County. For Immediate Release Contact: Joanne Cunningham, Chair February 17, 2021 Bethlehem Democratic Committee 518-810-3538 The leadership of the Bethlehem Democratic Committee (BDC) announced its 2021 slate of Democratic candidates for Bethlehem town offices. The candidates were endorsed with great enthusiasm at the quarterly meeting of the BDC held on February 11, 2021. The endorsed slate of candidates include:
David VanLuven, Bethlehem Town Supervisor (incumbent) Marc Dorsey, Bethlehem Highway Superintendent (incumbent) Maureen Cunningham, Bethlehem Town Board (incumbent) David DeCancio, Bethlehem Town Board Andrew Kirby, Bethlehem Town Justice (incumbent) Nanci Moquin, Bethlehem Town Clerk (incumbent) The Bethlehem Democratic Committee (BDC) today announced the election of new 1st Vice Chair, Sam Rogers, the youngest officer in the organization’s history. Sam’s election marks a new chapter for the BDC and is the culmination of a multi-year effort to engage and inspire younger residents to step up and get involved in the Bethlehem Democratic Party.
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