A 60-vote margin separated Craig Bond and Louis Perazzini Jr. in Schuyler County’s closest contested local race Tuesday, with Bond finishing election night ahead in the District 6 county Legislature contest.
Charles Scaptura held a wider advantage in Legislature District 5, while Philip Barnes led the contested Dix town justice race, according to the county’s final election-night tally.
The results, timestamped 10:37 p.m., remained unofficial and subject to certification. Final election-night reporting does not make the totals official.
Bond leads District 6; Scaptura ahead in District 5
Bond received 495 votes to Perazzini’s 435 in District 6. Six write-in votes were recorded.
Including write-ins, Bond received about 52.9% of the votes counted in the contest, while Perazzini received 46.5%.
In District 5, Charles J. Scaptura finished the night with 569 votes against Scott Burnside’s 241, a margin of 328 votes.
Scaptura received about 70.2% of the vote to Burnside’s 29.8%. No write-in votes were recorded in that race.
Barnes leads Dix justice contest
Philip C. Barnes finished election night with 723 votes for Dix town justice, leading John CT Hayes by 184 votes.
Hayes received 539 votes, while another 164 votes were recorded in the write-in category.
Barnes accounted for about 50.7% of the votes counted in the race, Hayes received 37.8%, and write-ins represented 11.5%. The summary did not identify the recipients of the write-in votes.
Dix voters also opposed Proposal Number One, with 984 votes against it and 428 in favor. Opposition accounted for about 69.7% of votes cast on the proposition.
The county’s election-night totals establish where the contests stood at the close of Tuesday’s reporting. The outcomes remain unofficial pending certification.
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