TIMES
Vol. 33, No 44 3 WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 4, 2015
WALLKILL VALLEY
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ELECTION 2015
Montgomery race too close to call
Hayes leads by 17 votes with
absentee ballots to count
In a race too close to call, as of 11:15
p.m. Tuesday night the candidates for
town supervisor were separated by just
17 votes, according to unofficial election
results from the Orange County Board of
Elections.
Maybrook Mayor Dennis Leahy, who
challenged long-time Town Supervisor
Mike Hayes for his seat, had been leading
with 81 votes (1,456 to 1,375) just a few
minutes before. With 92 absentee ballots
still to be counted, the race was still on as
of press time.
The race for the two open town councilman seats was also neck-and-neck all
evening, with candidates at times only
separated by ten votes.
As of press time, current town councilmen Dan Dempsey and Mark Hoyt had
held on to their seats with 1,575 and 1,543
votes, respectively. John Kidd followed
with 1,483 and Becky Pearson with 1,422.
Reportedly there were problems with
voting machines at the polling location
at the Coldenham Fire Department, and
with absentee ballots still to be counted,
it could be anyone’s race to win.
The town justice race in Montgomery
was in favor of current Justice Frederick
Gorss, who garnered 1,783 votes to
Democrat Lynda Mitchell’s 1,296, according to unofficial election results.
who ran on the Republican, Independence
and Reform party lines, each ran unopposed for their seats. Carnes received
990 votes, and there were 13 write-ins.
Marshall earned 1,016 votes, and there
were 12 write-ins.
Councilmembers
Rob
Sassi
(Republican, Independence and Reform)
and Sue Jackowski (Republican,
Independence and Reform) were challenged unsuccessfully by Andrea Nilon
and Nick Ercoline.
Sassi kept his seat with 734 votes, and
Jackowski followed with 814. Ercoline,
who ran on the Democratic line, earned
518 votes, and Nilon – also running as a
Democrat - trailed with 327.
Town Clerk Jolene Roy (Republican,
Independence and Reform) earned
814 votes to win against challenger Lisa Salmas (Democratic), who
earned 419 votes, and incumbent Tax
Collector Connie Latimer (Republican,
Independence and Reform) won in her
face-off with Democrat Kathleen Selear:
Latimer earned 920 votes to Selear’s 310.
Zatz unseated in Gardiner
In Gardiner, town voters spoke loud
and clear as they unseated two-term
Supervisor Carl Zatz last night. Challenger
MaryBeth Majestic earned more than half
Royalty
No surprises in Shawangunk
Incumbents win in Crawford
There were no upsets on Election Day
in the Town of Crawford – despite a few
opposed races, all of the incumbents were
elected back to their positions.
“We appreciate the town residents’
support,” Crawford Town Supervisor
Charles Carnes said.
Carnes, who
ran on the Republican, Conservative,
Independence and Reform party lines, and
Highway Superintendent Larry Marshall,
the votes to take the town’s top office, with
906 votes to Zatz’s 642. Majestic ran on the
Republican, Conservative, Independence
and Reform party lines. Zatz ran on the
Democratic and Working Families lines.
There were two seats up for election on
the Gardiner Town Board, and the question of which incumbent will stay on the
board may be up in the air.
The two candidates with the most votes
earn the seats. Laura Faye Walls earned
the most votes with 789. There was only
a five-vote difference between Walls’ running mate on the Democrat and Working
Families lines, incumbent board member
Warren Wiegand, and his fellow incumbent board member Michael Reynolds,
who ran on the Republican, Conservative,
Independence and Reform lines. Reynolds
earned 760 votes to Wiegand’s 755.
However, there were six write-in votes,
which could change their rankings. Bruna
Rondinelli, who ran on the Republican,
Conservative, Independence and Reform
lines, garnered 693 votes.
Rachel Coleman
A pair of princesses share a laugh at the annual Montgomery Halloween Parade on Saturday.
More photos on pages 22 and 23.
In Shawangunk, it appeared that a relatively large number of write-in votes
slowed the release of voting results, but in
the end, there were no surprises: the five
candidates on the ballot – four of them
incumbents – all were elected.
Supervisor John Valk garnered 771
votes. There were 69 additional writein votes for the supervisor position.
Councilman Robert Miller earned 768
votes, and fellow Councilman Brian
Amthor received 757. There were a hefty
99 write-in votes for councilman. Town
Clerk Jane Rascoe won another term with
859 votes, and Town Justice Michael Voss
earned 817 votes. Edward Byrne, who
beat incumbent Highway Superintendent
Michael Eggelton, Sr., in the Republican
primary, earned 754 votes, not counting 47
write-in votes for that position.
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