Michael Passalacqua led Kristin Fleming by 419 votes in the Seneca County sheriff’s race on election night, while Paul Kronenwetter and Jennifer Wick held the top two spots in the contest for Seneca Falls’ seats on the county Board of Supervisors.
The Seneca County Board of Elections’ unofficial results, updated at 10:19 p.m. Tuesday, showed all 27 precincts reporting. The results are not final and remain subject to certification.
Passalacqua, running on the Republican and Conservative lines, had 6,023 votes, or 51.77%, to Fleming’s 5,604 votes, or 48.17%. Fleming appeared on the Democratic and Community Trust lines. Eight write-in votes were recorded.
Seneca Falls supervisor results split between parties
Republican and Conservative candidate Paul Kronenwetter led the four-candidate race for two county supervisor seats representing Seneca Falls with 1,616 votes.
Jennifer Wick, running on the Democratic and People’s Voice lines, followed with 1,584 votes. Claire Ludovico, also on the Democratic and People’s Voice lines, had 1,422 votes, while Republican and Conservative candidate Kenneth Hilkert had 1,356.
Wick held a 162-vote advantage over Ludovico for the second seat, according to the unofficial tally. All eight Seneca Falls precincts had reported.
In Waterloo, Republicans Robert Shipley and Michael Enslow were the only named candidates for two county supervisor seats. Shipley received 1,649 votes and Enslow received 1,577. There were 37 write-in votes.
Contested town races and Fayette proposition
Democrat Brad Gottshall led Republican and Conservative candidate Michael Reynolds in the Covert town supervisor race, 599 votes to 463. Gottshall had 56.4% of the vote to Reynolds’ 43.6%, with both precincts reporting.
In Tyre, Republican and Conservative candidate Joshua Olschewske led Kathleen Jans-Duffy for town justice, 188 votes to 134. Olschewske had 58.39%, while Jans-Duffy, running on the Democratic and Common Sense lines, had 41.61%.
Fayette’s Proposal One trailed in unofficial returns, with 828 votes against it and 607 in favor. The “no” vote accounted for 57.7% of votes cast on the proposition.
Other local results
Several local contests had only one named candidate. Republican and Conservative candidate MJ Persing Jr. received 8,612 votes for county coroner.
In Fayette, Morgan Surine received 1,169 votes for a one-year town clerk vacancy, and Isaiah Winters received 1,082 votes for a one-year Town Council vacancy.
Junius candidates C. Ernest Brownell received 308 votes for town supervisor, Colleen Smith received 324 for town clerk, David Fisk Jr. received 332 for highway superintendent, and Joseph Smith received 328 for town justice.
Kevin Westervelt received 625 votes for a one-year highway superintendent vacancy in Ovid. Eileen Schmidt received 598 votes for Covert town justice.
All figures remained unofficial Tuesday night.
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