Susan Farkas reports in the Times Union that two former colleagues -- Chief Assistant District Attorney Emmanuel “Manny” Nneji and former Chief Assistant District Attorney Mike Kavanagh -- are running to become Ulster County District Attorney this fall. The two worked together for eight years under the previous district attorney. All told, Nneji has spent 33 years, most in the district attorney’s office, prosecuting cases in Ulster County. Kavanagh returned to private practice after unsuccessfully running for DA as a Republican in 2019, when he lost by 78 votes. His father, E. Michael Kavanagh, was Ulster County District Attorney from 1978 to 1998 before going on to serve as a state Supreme Court justice and appellate judge. Incumbent Democrat Dave Clegg is not running for reelection. Kavanagh is running on the Conservative, Republican, and Libertarian ballot lines while Nneji is a Democrat. Kavanagh said he’s running to fix things, claiming, “The DA’s office is a disaster.... There are cases that are being indicted that shouldn’t be and cases that aren’t being indicted that should be.” Without offering details, Nneji made accusations of his own about the office when Republicans were last in control. Voting this year begins on Oct. 28 and ends on Nov. 7. Read more about this story in the Times Union.