Albany County
BOARD of ELECTIONS
Physical Address: 260 South Pearl Street | Albany, NY 12202
Mailing Address: 224 South Pearl Street | Albany, NY 12202
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Mailing Address: 224 South Pearl Street | Albany, NY 12202
Phone: (518) 487-5060 | Fax: (518) 487-5077
Email: boardofelections@albanycounty.com
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Kathleen A. Donovan
Democratic Commissioner
David J. Cady
Democratic Deputy Commissioner
Democratic Commissioner
David J. Cady
Democratic Deputy Commissioner
Rachel L. Bledi
Republican Commissioner
Melissa Kermani
Republican Deputy Commissioner
Republican Commissioner
Melissa Kermani
Republican Deputy Commissioner
Election Results
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2015 PRIMARY ELECTIO ALBANY COUNTY OFFICIAL RESULTS
RUN DATE:09/24/15 STATISTICS
RUN TIME:02:45 PM
VOTES PERCENT
PRECINCTS COUNTED (OF 317). . . . . 317 100.00
BALLOTS CAST - TOTAL. . . . . . . 19,578
BALLOTS CAST - DEMOCRATIC . . . . . 18,417 94.07
BALLOTS CAST - CONSERVATIVE . . . . 496 2.53
BALLOTS CAST - GREEN. . . . . . . 5 .03
BALLOTS CAST - WORKING FAMILIES . . . 0
BALLOTS CAST - INDEPENDENCE . . . . 666 3.40
BALLOTS CAST - BLANK. . . . . . . 23 .12
********** (DEMOCRATIC) **********
COUNTY EXECUTIVE
(VOTE FOR) 1
(WITH 317 OF 317 PRECINCTS COUNTED)
Daniel P. McCoy . . . . . . . . 10,633 60.03
Daniel J. Egan. . . . . . . . . 6,526 36.84
WRITE-IN. . . . . . . . . . . 555 3.13
Over Votes . . . . . . . . . 135
Under Votes . . . . . . . . . 568
COUNTY LEGISLATOR DISTRICT 1
(VOTE FOR) 1
(WITH 11 OF 11 PRECINCTS COUNTED)
Lucille M. McKnight . . . . . . . 231 50.22
Carmen M. Rau . . . . . . . . . 203 44.13
WRITE-IN. . . . . . . . . . . 26 5.65
Over Votes . . . . . . . . . 7
Under Votes . . . . . . . . . 24
COUNTY LEGISLATOR DISTRICT 3
(VOTE FOR) 1
(WITH 9 OF 9 PRECINCTS COUNTED)
Kathleen M. Schmitz Morfe . . . . . 218 44.13
Wanda F. Willingham . . . . . . . 251 50.81
WRITE-IN. . . . . . . . . . . 25 5.06
Over Votes . . . . . . . . . 5
Under Votes . . . . . . . . . 13
COUNTY LEGISLATOR DISTRICT 6
(VOTE FOR) 1
(WITH 11 OF 11 PRECINCTS COUNTED)
Christopher G. Ellis, Jr. . . . . . 117 23.03
Dannielle Hille . . . . . . . . 154 30.31
Sam Fein. . . . . . . . . . . 215 42.32
WRITE-IN. . . . . . . . . . . 22 4.33
Over Votes . . . . . . . . . 30
Under Votes . . . . . . . . . 11
COUNTY LEGISLATOR DISTRICT 8
(VOTE FOR) 1
(WITH 9 OF 9 PRECINCTS COUNTED)
Lynne Lekakis . . . . . . . . . 393 44.81
Nick Blais . . . . . . . . . . 119 13.57
Daniel C. McGinn . . . . . . . . 127 14.48
Richard "Dicky" Stevens. . . . . . 199 22.69
WRITE-IN. . . . . . . . . . . 39 4.45
Over Votes . . . . . . . . . 14
Under Votes . . . . . . . . . 25
COUNTY LEGISLATOR DISTRICT 9
(VOTE FOR) 1
(WITH 10 OF 10 PRECINCTS COUNTED)
Leonard R. Ricchiuti, Jr. . . . . . 490 39.33
Andrew C. Joyce . . . . . . . . 717 57.54
WRITE-IN. . . . . . . . . . . 39 3.13
Over Votes . . . . . . . . . 8
Under Votes . . . . . . . . . 31
COUNTY LEGISLATOR DISTRICT 32
(VOTE FOR) 1
(WITH 6 OF 6 PRECINCTS COUNTED)
Mary Lou B. Connolly. . . . . . . 219 40.93
Paul Miller. . . . . . . . . . 300 56.07
WRITE-IN. . . . . . . . . . . 16 2.99
Over Votes . . . . . . . . . 3
Under Votes . . . . . . . . . 10
COUNTY LEGISLATOR DISTRICT 33
(VOTE FOR) 1
(WITH 6 OF 6 PRECINCTS COUNTED)
William W. Reinhardt. . . . . . . 277 50.27
Herbert W. Reilly Jr. . . . . . . 249 45.19
WRITE-IN. . . . . . . . . . . 25 4.54
Over Votes . . . . . . . . . 2
Under Votes . . . . . . . . . 19
COUNTY LEGISLATOR DISTRICT 35
(VOTE FOR) 1
(WITH 6 OF 6 PRECINCTS COUNTED)
Charles S. Dawson, Jr. . . . . . . 315 48.91
Sean T. Raleigh . . . . . . . . 307 47.67
WRITE-IN. . . . . . . . . . . 22 3.42
Over Votes . . . . . . . . . 1
Under Votes . . . . . . . . . 47
COHOES MAYOR
(VOTE FOR) 1
(WITH 26 OF 26 PRECINCTS COUNTED)
Dianne R. Nolin . . . . . . . . 1,187 38.33
Shawn M. Morse. . . . . . . . . 1,812 58.51
WRITE-IN. . . . . . . . . . . 98 3.16
Over Votes . . . . . . . . . 16
Under Votes . . . . . . . . . 24
COHOES COUNCIL MEMBER WARD 1
(VOTE FOR) 1
(WITH 3 OF 3 PRECINCTS COUNTED)
Kathleen P. Mayo . . . . . . . . 133 39.94
William J. Smith . . . . . . . . 192 57.66
WRITE-IN. . . . . . . . . . . 8 2.40
Over Votes . . . . . . . . . 2
Under Votes . . . . . . . . . 6
COHOES COUNCIL MEMBER WARD 2
(VOTE FOR) 1
(WITH 6 OF 6 PRECINCTS COUNTED)
Donald T. Russell. . . . . . . . 238 76.04
WRITE-IN. . . . . . . . . . . 75 23.96
WRITE-IN RESULTS: Alana Sparrow Matilis 69
Over Votes . . . . . . . . . 0
Under Votes . . . . . . . . . 61
COHOES COUNCIL MEMBER WARD 3
(VOTE FOR) 1
(WITH 4 OF 4 PRECINCTS COUNTED)
Christopher M. Briggs, Sr.. . . . . 248 54.63
Jose M. Lopez . . . . . . . . . 18 3.96
Bill L. Ricard. . . . . . . . . 175 38.55
WRITE-IN. . . . . . . . . . . 13 2.86
Over Votes . . . . . . . . . 3
Under Votes . . . . . . . . . 7
COHOES COUNCIL MEMBER WARD 5
(VOTE FOR) 1
(WITH 5 OF 5 PRECINCTS COUNTED)
Stephen A. Napier, Jr. . . . . . . 390 49.18
Sharon A. Gariepy. . . . . . . . 261 32.91
Paul W. Heroux, Sr. . . . . . . . 116 14.63
WRITE-IN. . . . . . . . . . . 26 3.28
Over Votes . . . . . . . . . 5
Under Votes . . . . . . . . . 7
COHOES COUNCIL MEMBER WARD 6
(VOTE FOR) 1
(WITH 4 OF 4 PRECINCTS COUNTED)
John E. Frainier . . . . . . . . 202 39.76
Randy S. Koniowka. . . . . . . . 215 42.32
April M. Trudeau . . . . . . . . 70 13.78
WRITE-IN. . . . . . . . . . . 21 4.13
Over Votes . . . . . . . . . 6
Under Votes . . . . . . . . . 10
BETHLEHEM COUNCILMAN
(VOTE FOR) 2
(WITH 30 OF 30 PRECINCTS COUNTED)
David E. VanLuven. . . . . . . . 1,270 32.46
Joann V. Dawson . . . . . . . . 1,232 31.48
Joyce H. Becker . . . . . . . . 1,263 32.28
WRITE-IN. . . . . . . . . . . 148 3.78
Over Votes . . . . . . . . . 26
Under Votes . . . . . . . . . 837
BETHLEHEM HIGHWAY SUPERINTENDENT
(VOTE FOR) 1
(WITH 30 OF 30 PRECINCTS COUNTED)
Daniel R. Morin . . . . . . . . 867 40.31
Brent R. Meredith. . . . . . . . 1,204 55.97
WRITE-IN. . . . . . . . . . . 80 3.72
Over Votes . . . . . . . . . 14
Under Votes . . . . . . . . . 224
********** (CONSERVATIVE) **********
COUNTY LEGISLATOR DISTRICT 19
(VOTE FOR) 1
(WITH 6 OF 6 PRECINCTS COUNTED)
Todd A. Drake . . . . . . . . . 18 75.00
WRITE-IN. . . . . . . . . . . 6 25.00
WRITE-IN RESULTS: Tim Nichols. . . . 6
Over Votes . . . . . . . . . 0
Under Votes . . . . . . . . . 0
COUNTY LEGISLATOR DISTRICT 21
(VOTE FOR) 1
(WITH 5 OF 5 PRECINCTS COUNTED)
J. Brian Hogan. . . . . . . . . 9 50.00
WRITE-IN. . . . . . . . . . . 9 50.00
WRITE-IN RESULTS: Caron O'Brien Crummey 9
Over Votes . . . . . . . . . 0
Under Votes . . . . . . . . . 0
COUNTY LEGISLATOR DISTRICT 23
(VOTE FOR) 1
(WITH 6 OF 6 PRECINCTS COUNTED)
Paul J. Burgdorf, Jr. . . . . . . 21 75.00
WRITE-IN. . . . . . . . . . . 7 25.00
WRITE-IN RESULTS: Benjamin Syden. . . 7
Over Votes . . . . . . . . . 1
Under Votes . . . . . . . . . 1
COUNTY LEGISLATOR DISTRICT 25
(VOTE FOR) 1
(WITH 7 OF 7 PRECINCTS COUNTED)
Vincent J. Perry, Jr. . . . . . . 10 52.63
WRITE-IN. . . . . . . . . . . 9 47.37
WRITE-IN RESULTS: Joe O'Brien . . . 7
Over Votes . . . . . . . . . 0
Under Votes . . . . . . . . . 0
COUNTY LEGISLATOR DISTRICT 29
(VOTE FOR) 1
(WITH 7 OF 7 PRECINCTS COUNTED)
David B. Cardona . . . . . . . . 23 35.38
WRITE-IN. . . . . . . . . . . 42 64.62
WRITE-IN RESULTS: Mark Grimm . . . . 41
Over Votes . . . . . . . . . 0
Under Votes . . . . . . . . . 10
COUNTY LEGISLATOR DISTRICT 37
(VOTE FOR) 1
(WITH 6 OF 6 PRECINCTS COUNTED)
Peter E. Masti. . . . . . . . . 29 40.28
WRITE-IN. . . . . . . . . . . 43 59.72
WRITE-IN RESULTS: Richard Touchette. . 41
Over Votes . . . . . . . . . 0
Under Votes . . . . . . . . . 8
COUNTY LEGISLATOR DISTRICT 39
(VOTE FOR) 1
(WITH 9 OF 9 PRECINCTS COUNTED)
Christopher H. Smith. . . . . . . 21 41.18
Deborah M. Busch . . . . . . . . 30 58.82
WRITE-IN. . . . . . . . . . . 0
Over Votes . . . . . . . . . 0
Under Votes . . . . . . . . . 0
COEYMANS SUPERVISOR
(VOTE FOR) 1
(WITH 6 OF 6 PRECINCTS COUNTED)
Philip A. Crandall . . . . . . . 59 74.68
Stephen D. Flach . . . . . . . . 20 25.32
WRITE-IN. . . . . . . . . . . 0
Over Votes . . . . . . . . . 1
Under Votes . . . . . . . . . 0
BERNE COUNCILMAN
(VOTE FOR) 2
(WITH 3 OF 3 PRECINCTS COUNTED)
Rick Otto . . . . . . . . . . 15 35.71
Sean S. Lyons . . . . . . . . . 18 42.86
WRITE-IN. . . . . . . . . . . 9 21.43
WRITE-IN RESULTS: Karen Schimmer. . . 5
Dawn Jordan. . . . 4
Over Votes . . . . . . . . . 0
Under Votes . . . . . . . . . 8
COEYMANS COUNCILMAN
(VOTE FOR) 2
(WITH 6 OF 6 PRECINCTS COUNTED)
William P. Tryon . . . . . . . . 29 19.86
Thomas E. Dolan . . . . . . . . 51 34.93
WRITE-IN. . . . . . . . . . . 66 45.21
WRITE-IN RESULTS: James Youmans . . . 49
Stephanie Hamilton . 17
Over Votes . . . . . . . . . 0
Under Votes . . . . . . . . . 14
GUILDERLAND SUPERVISOR
(VOTE FOR) 1
(WITH 30 OF 30 PRECINCTS COUNTED)
Peter G. Barber . . . . . . . . 86 45.03
WRITE-IN. . . . . . . . . . . 105 54.97
WRITE-IN RESULTS: Brian Forte. . . . 103
Over Votes . . . . . . . . . 1
Under Votes . . . . . . . . . 16
GUILDERLAND TOWN BOARD
(VOTE FOR) 2
(WITH 30 OF 30 PRECINCTS COUNTED)
Rosemary Centi. . . . . . . . . 82 23.84
Lee R. Carman . . . . . . . . . 132 38.37
Michele L. Coons . . . . . . . . 113 32.85
WRITE-IN. . . . . . . . . . . 17 4.94
Over Votes . . . . . . . . . 14
Under Votes . . . . . . . . . 53
NEW SCOTLAND TOWN BOARD
(VOTE FOR) 2
(WITH 8 OF 8 PRECINCTS COUNTED)
Patricia J. Snyder . . . . . . . 23 27.06
William C. Hennessy, Jr. . . . . . 29 34.12
WRITE-IN. . . . . . . . . . . 33 38.82
WRITE-IN RESULTS: Christopher Freueh . 23
Over Votes . . . . . . . . . 0
Under Votes . . . . . . . . . 35
NEW SCOTLAND TOWN BOARD
(To fill a vacancy)
(VOTE FOR) 1
(WITH 8 OF 8 PRECINCTS COUNTED)
Adam D. Greenberg. . . . . . . . 27 49.09
WRITE-IN. . . . . . . . . . . 28 50.91
WRITE-IN RESULTS: Craig Shufelt . . . 27
Over Votes . . . . . . . . . 0
Under Votes . . . . . . . . . 5
********** (GREEN) **********
COUNTY LEGISLATOR DISTRICT 14
(VOTE FOR) 1
(WITH 7 OF 7 PRECINCTS COUNTED)
TEXT . . . . . . . . . . . . 0
WRITE-IN. . . . . . . . . . . 2 100.00
WRITE-IN RESULTS: Alison McLean Lane . 1
Jeremy Brand . . . 1
Over Votes . . . . . . . . . 0
Under Votes . . . . . . . . . 0
COUNTY LEGISLATOR DISTRICT 37
(VOTE FOR) 1
(WITH 6 OF 6 PRECINCTS COUNTED)
TEXT . . . . . . . . . . . . 0
WRITE-IN. . . . . . . . . . . 3 100.00
WRITE-IN RESULTS: Richard Touchette. . 3
Over Votes . . . . . . . . . 0
Under Votes . . . . . . . . . 0
COEYMANS SUPERVISOR
(VOTE FOR) 1
(WITH 6 OF 6 PRECINCTS COUNTED)
TEXT . . . . . . . . . . . . 0
WRITE-IN. . . . . . . . . . . 3 100.00
WRITE-IN RESULTS: Philip Crandall . . 3
Over Votes . . . . . . . . . 0
Under Votes . . . . . . . . . 0
COEYMANS COUNCILMAN
(VOTE FOR) 2
(WITH 6 OF 6 PRECINCTS COUNTED)
TEXT . . . . . . . . . . . . 0
TEXT . . . . . . . . . . . . 0
WRITE-IN. . . . . . . . . . . 6 100.00
WRITE-IN RESULTS: Thomas Dolan . . . 3
James Youmans . . . 3
Over Votes . . . . . . . . . 0
Under Votes . . . . . . . . . 0
********** (WORKING FAMILIES) **********
COUNTY LEGISLATOR DISTRICT 2
(VOTE FOR) 1
(WITH 10 OF 10 PRECINCTS COUNTED)
Merton D. Simpson. . . . . . . . 0
WRITE-IN. . . . . . . . . . . 0
Over Votes . . . . . . . . . 0
Under Votes . . . . . . . . . 0
********** (INDEPENDENCE) **********
COUNTY LEGISLATOR DISTRICT 19
(VOTE FOR) 1
(WITH 6 OF 6 PRECINCTS COUNTED)
Timothy D. Nichols . . . . . . . 17 34.69
WRITE-IN. . . . . . . . . . . 32 65.31
WRITE-IN RESULTS: Todd Drake . . . . 31
Over Votes . . . . . . . . . 0
Under Votes . . . . . . . . . 3
COUNTY LEGISLATOR DISTRICT 21
(VOTE FOR) 1
(WITH 5 OF 5 PRECINCTS COUNTED)
Caron O'Brien Crummey . . . . . . 17 60.71
WRITE-IN. . . . . . . . . . . 11 39.29
WRITE-IN RESULTS: Brian Hogan. . . . 9
Over Votes . . . . . . . . . 0
Under Votes . . . . . . . . . 3
COUNTY LEGISLATOR DISTRICT 23
(VOTE FOR) 1
(WITH 6 OF 6 PRECINCTS COUNTED)
Benjamin H. Syden. . . . . . . . 25 28.09
WRITE-IN. . . . . . . . . . . 64 71.91
WRITE-IN RESULTS: Paul Burgdorf . . . 64
Over Votes . . . . . . . . . 0
Under Votes . . . . . . . . . 7
COUNTY LEGISLATOR DISTRICT 31
(VOTE FOR) 1
(WITH 8 OF 8 PRECINCTS COUNTED)
Nicholas J. Viscio . . . . . . . 34 47.89
WRITE-IN. . . . . . . . . . . 38 52.11
WRITE-IN RESULTS: Travis Stevens. . . 36
Over Votes . . . . . . . . . 0
Under Votes . . . . . . . . . 1
COUNTY LEGISLATOR DISTRICT 32
(VOTE FOR) 1
(WITH 6 OF 6 PRECINCTS COUNTED)
Mary Lou B. Connolly. . . . . . . 12 60.00
WRITE-IN. . . . . . . . . . . 8 40.00
WRITE-IN RESULTS: Paul Miller. . . . 8
Over Votes . . . . . . . . . 0
Under Votes . . . . . . . . . 0
COUNTY LEGISLATOR DISTRICT 36
(VOTE FOR) 1
(WITH 8 OF 8 PRECINCTS COUNTED)
Matthew J. Miller. . . . . . . . 10 23.81
WRITE-IN. . . . . . . . . . . 32 76.19
WRITE-IN RESULTS: Richard Mendick . . 29
Over Votes . . . . . . . . . 0
Under Votes . . . . . . . . . 0
COUNTY LEGISLATOR DISTRICT 37
(VOTE FOR) 1
(WITH 6 OF 6 PRECINCTS COUNTED)
Richard N. Touchette. . . . . . . 24 68.57
WRITE-IN. . . . . . . . . . . 11 31.43
WRITE-IN RESULTS: Peter Masti. . . . 10
Over Votes . . . . . . . . . 1
Under Votes . . . . . . . . . 5
COHOES MAYOR
(VOTE FOR) 1
(WITH 26 OF 26 PRECINCTS COUNTED)
TEXT . . . . . . . . . . . . 0
WRITE-IN. . . . . . . . . . . 85 100.00
WRITE-IN RESULTS: Shawn Morse. . . . 40
Dianne Nolin . . . 37
Over Votes . . . . . . . . . 0
Under Votes . . . . . . . . . 5
COHOES COUNCIL MEMBER WARD 2
(VOTE FOR) 1
(WITH 6 OF 6 PRECINCTS COUNTED)
TEXT . . . . . . . . . . . . 0
WRITE-IN. . . . . . . . . . . 8 100.00
WRITE-IN RESULTS: Don Russell. . . . 2
Alana Sparrow Matulis 3
Over Votes . . . . . . . . . 0
Under Votes . . . . . . . . . 2
COHOES COUNCIL MEMBER WARD 3
(VOTE FOR) 1
(WITH 4 OF 4 PRECINCTS COUNTED)
TEXT . . . . . . . . . . . . 0
WRITE-IN. . . . . . . . . . . 16 100.00
WRITE-IN RESULTS: Christopher Briggs . 9
Bill Ricard. . . . 5
Jose Lopez . . . . 3
Over Votes . . . . . . . . . 0
Under Votes . . . . . . . . . 4
COHOES COUNCIL MEMBER WARD 5
(VOTE FOR) 1
(WITH 5 OF 5 PRECINCTS COUNTED)
TEXT . . . . . . . . . . . . 0
WRITE-IN. . . . . . . . . . . 27 100.00
WRITE-IN RESULTS: Stephen Napier. . . 9
Sharon Gariepy. . . 14
Paul Heroux. . . . 2
Over Votes . . . . . . . . . 0
Under Votes . . . . . . . . . 2
COEYMANS SUPERVISOR
(VOTE FOR) 1
(WITH 6 OF 6 PRECINCTS COUNTED)
Stephen D. Flach . . . . . . . . 13 33.33
Philip A. Crandall . . . . . . . 26 66.67
WRITE-IN. . . . . . . . . . . 0
Over Votes . . . . . . . . . 1
Under Votes . . . . . . . . . 1
COEYMANS COUNCILMAN
(VOTE FOR) 2
(WITH 6 OF 6 PRECINCTS COUNTED)
Stephanie A. Hamilton . . . . . . 19 27.94
Thomas E. Dolan . . . . . . . . 24 35.29
WRITE-IN. . . . . . . . . . . 25 36.76
WRITE-IN RESULTS: James Youmans . . . 14
William Tryon . . . 10
Over Votes . . . . . . . . . 0
Under Votes . . . . . . . . . 12
COLONIE SUPERVISOR
(VOTE FOR) 1
(WITH 61 OF 61 PRECINCTS COUNTED)
Christine M. Benedict . . . . . . 179 54.91
Paula A. Mahan. . . . . . . . . 139 42.64
WRITE-IN. . . . . . . . . . . 8 2.45
Over Votes . . . . . . . . . 1
Under Votes . . . . . . . . . 30
KNOX SUPERVISOR
(VOTE FOR) 1
(WITH 3 OF 3 PRECINCTS COUNTED)
Michael J. Hammond . . . . . . . 19 55.88
WRITE-IN. . . . . . . . . . . 15 44.12
WRITE-IN RESULTS: Vasilios Lefkiditis . 14
Over Votes . . . . . . . . . 0
Under Votes . . . . . . . . . 12
RENSSELAERVILLE COUNCILPERSON
(VOTE FOR) 2
(WITH 3 OF 3 PRECINCTS COUNTED)
Margaret L. Sedlmeir. . . . . . . 23 37.10
Kevin T. McGrath . . . . . . . . 27 43.55
WRITE-IN. . . . . . . . . . . 12 19.35
WRITE-IN RESULTS: Gerald Heath . . . 12
Over Votes . . . . . . . . . 0
Under Votes . . . . . . . . . 18
RENSSELAERVILLE TOWN JUSTICE
(VOTE FOR) 1
(WITH 3 OF 3 PRECINCTS COUNTED)
Brian P. O'Keefe . . . . . . . . 18 47.37
Dwight T. Cooke . . . . . . . . 20 52.63
WRITE-IN. . . . . . . . . . . 0
Over Votes . . . . . . . . . 1
Under Votes . . . . . . . . . 1
RENSSELAERVILLE ASSESSOR
(VOTE FOR) 1
(WITH 3 OF 3 PRECINCTS COUNTED)
Jeffry R. Pine. . . . . . . . . 21 55.26
WRITE-IN. . . . . . . . . . . 17 44.74
WRITE-IN RESULTS: Richard Tollner . . 12
Over Votes . . . . . . . . . 0
Under Votes . . . . . . . . . 2
