Kevin Hines Is Elected as New Chairman of Orange County Legislature

The Orange County Government Center in Goshen, N.Y., on Oct. 22, 2022. Samira Bouaou/The Epoch Times

Kevin Hines, a Republican Orange County legislator for the past decade, won the chairmanship of the 21-member Legislature on Jan. 2.

Hines, from Cornwall, beat Katie Bonelli, the incumbent Republican chairwoman since 2021, with a 12–8 vote by winning over several Republican lawmakers and members of the minority Democratic caucus.