Ithaca election 2021: Unofficial results in Tompkins, Tioga counties
Here are the results of the 2021 election. These are unofficial results because mail-in ballots will not be counted until after Nov. 9.
Tompkins County
County Legislator District 1
Travis Brooks: 980 votes (92.45%)
Christopher Hyer Jr.: 74 votes (6.98%)
Write-in: 6 votes (.57%)
County Legislator District 2
Veronica Pillar: 497 votes (96.88%)
Write-in: 16 votes (3.12%)
County Legislator District 3
Henry Granison: 591 votes (99.66%)
Write-in: 2 votes (.34%)
County Legislator District 4
Rich John: 198 votes (99.5%)
Write-in: 1 vote (.5%)
County Legislator District 5
Anne Koreman: 1,086 votes (98.73%)
Write-in: 14 votes (1.27%)
County Legislator District 6
Mike Sigler: 1,190 votes (98.67%)
Write-in: 16 votes (1.33%)
County Legislator District 7
Dan Klein: 1,141 votes (98.62%)
Write-in: 16 votes (1.38%)
County Legislator District 8
Randy Brown: 746 votes (51.24%)
Vanessa Greenlee: 636 votes (43.68%)
Robert Lynch: 74 votes (5.08%)
County Legislator District 9
Lee Shurtleff: 1,087 votes (99.54%)
Write-in: 5 votes (0.46%)
County Legislator District 10
Deborah Dawson: 829 votes (99.64%)
Write-in: 3 votes (0.36%)
County Legislator District 11
Shawna Black: 867 votes (99.54%)
Write-in: 4 votes (0.46%)
County Legislator District 12
Amanda Champion: 449 votes (99.78%)
Write-in: 1 vote (0.22%)
County Legislator District 13
Greg Mezey: 1,140 votes (80.62%)
Samantha Lushtak: 269 votes (19.02%)
County Legislator District 14
Michael Lane: 818 votes (49.4%)
Thomas Corey: 838 votes (50.6%)
Ithaca
Alderperson Ward 1
Cynthia Brock: 487 votes (68.88%)
Shaniya Foster: 31 votes (4.38%)
Maddie Halpert: 187 votes (26.45%)
Alderperson Ward 2
Phoebe Brown: 532 votes (70.28%)
Rick Murray: 225 votes (29.72%)
Alderperson Ward 3
Jeffrey Barken: 292 votes (97.99%)
Write-in: 6 votes (2.01%)
Alderperson Ward 4
George “Jorge” DeFendini: 72 votes (69.90%)
Alejandro Santana: 30 votes (29.13%)
Write-in: 1 vote (.97%)
Alderperson Ward 5
Robert Cantelmo: 502 votes (99.21%)
Write-in: 4 votes (0.79%)
Dryden
Dryden Supervisor
Jason Leifer: 1,979 votes (56.98%)
Patrick Foote: 1,492 votes (42.96%)
Dryden Town Councilperson (vote for 2)
Daniel Lamb: 2,018 votes (29.49%)
Melita Mertz: 1,432 votes (20.93%)
Leonard Vargas-Mendez: 1,966 votes (28.73%)
Ronald Szymanski: 1,424 votes (20.81%)
Groton
Groton Highway Superintendent
Kenneth Carr: 436 votes (38.31%)
Ellard Keister: 702 votes (61.69%)
Groton Town Councilperson (vote for 2)
Elizabeth Buckles: 363 votes (16.79%)
Richard Gamel: 712 votes (32.93%)
Mark Robinson: 387 votes (17.9%)
Crystal Young: 690 votes (32.28%)
Lansing
Lansing Town Councilperson
Joseph Wetmore: 1,329 votes (28.18%)
Hugh Bahar: 978 votes (20.74%)
Ruth Groff: 1,290 votes (27.35%)
Erin Worsell: 1,119 votes (23.73%)
Ballot questions
Ballot question 1
Yes: 9,073 votes (60.72%)
No: 5,869 votes (29.28%)
Ballot question 2
Yes: 12,011 (77.82%)
No: 3,424 votes (22.18%)
Ballot question 3
Yes: 9,802 votes (62.92%)
No: 5,777 votes (37.08%)
Ballot question 4
Yes: 10,291 votes (66.12%)
No: 5,274 (33.88%)
Ballot question 5
Yes: 11,001 (76.77%)
No: 3,328 (23.23%)
Tioga County
Tioga County Coroner
Keith Lewis (R) 6,617 (100.0%)
Tioga County Legislature, District 1
Ronald Ciotoli (R) 793 (66.7%)
Irena Raia (D) 396 (33.3%)
Tioga County Legislature, District 2
Martha Sauerbrey (R) 694 (100.0%)
Tioga County Legislature, District 3
Barbara Roberts (R) 709 (76.4%)
Rich Purtell (Libertarian Party) (NO) 219 (23.6%)
Tioga County Legislature, District 4 (vote for 2)
Vote for up to two candidates
Tracy Monell (R) 1,442 (51.7%)
William Brown (R) 1,346 (48.3%)
Tioga County Legislature, District 5
Dennis Mullen (R) 375 (100.0%)
Tioga County Legislature, District 6
Dale Weston (R) 618 (100.0%)
Tioga County Legislature, District 7 (vote for 2)
Vote for up to two candidates
Eddie Hollenbeck (R) 1,651 (54.3%)
William Standinger III (R) 1,389 (45.7%)
Tioga County Treasurer
James McFadden (R)
*Incumbent
Tioga County District Attorney
Kirk Martin (R)
*Incumbent
Barton Town Council
Vote for up to two candidates
Kevin Everly (GOP) (CON) 683 (51.4%)
Michael Rice (GOP) (CON) 646 (48.6%)
Barton Town Supervisor
Donald Foster (CON) (R) 683 (100.0%)
Barton Town Justice
Michael Myers (CON) (R)733 (100.0%)
Berkshire Town Council
Vote for up to two people
Heidi Cardone (All People's Party)170 (51.5%)
Audrey Fields (R)160 (48.5%)
Berkshire Highways Superintendent
William Spoonhower (Working Man’s Party) (R) 254 (100.0%)
Berkshire Town Supervisor
Keith Flesher (R)246 (100.0%)
Berkshire Town Clerk
Annette Thayer (R)251 (100.0%)
Candor Town Council
Vote for up to two candidates
Patricia Reichert (R)* 642 (72.2%)
Nancy Rader (D) 247 (27.8%)
*Incumbent
Candor Superintendent of Highways
Kevin Noble (R)682 (100.0%)
Candor Town Supervisor
William Strosahl, Jr. (R)* 680 (100.0%)
*Incumbent
Candor Town Clerk
Connie Dence (R) 600 (100.0%)
Town of Newark Valley, Proposition 1
Shall the Town of Newark Valley Highway superintendent be an appointed position by the Newark Valley Town Board?
No 495
Yes 188
Newark Valley Town Council
Vote for up to two candidates
Joseph Tomazin, Jr. (R) 493 (51.7%)
Lucy Johnson (R) 460 (48.3%)
Write-in (0.0%)
Newark Valley Superintendent of Highways
Stephen Tennant (R) 583 (100.0%)
Write-in (R) 0.0%
Newark Valley Town Supervisor
Stuart Yetter, Jr. (D) 423 (100.0%)
Write-in (0.0%)
Newark Valley Town Justice
John Schaffer (R) 563 (100.0%)
Write-in 0.0%
Nichols Town Council
Vote for up to two candidates
Bill Middleton (R)* 306 (45.6%)
Roseann Cole (D) 217 (32.3%)
William Woods (D) 148 (22.1%)
*Incumbent
Nichols Town Supervisor
Kevin Engelbert (R) *359 (100.0%)
Write-in (0.0%)
*Incumbent
Nichols Town Clerk
Karen Hall (R) *359 (100.0%)
Write-in (0.0%)
*Incumbent
Owego Town Council
Vote for up to two candidates
Craig Jochum (R) *2,627 (39.4%)
Dean Morgan (CON) (R) *2,626 (39.3%)
Nancy Della Pia (D) 1,421 (21.3%)
Write-in (10.0%)
*Incumbent
Owego Superintendent of Highways
Michael Roberts (R) 2,341 100.0%
Write-in 0.0%
Owego Town Supervisor
Donald Castellucci, Jr. (CON) (R) *2,951 (100.0%)
write-in 0.0%
*Incumbent
Owego Town Clerk
Mary Kennedy (R) 3,059 (100.0%)
write-in (0.0%)
Richford Proposition One
Shall Local Law #3 of 2021 as approved by the Town Board of the Town of Richford, to request the Cannabis Control Board to prohibit the establishment of retail cannabis dispensaries within the jurisdiction of the Town of Richford, be overturned, thus allowing the establishment of retail cannabis dispensaries within the jurisdiction of the Town of Richford?
No 106
Yes 98
Richford Town Council
Vote up to two candidates.
Charles Thayer (R) 153 (45.5%)
Kenneth Miller (R) 133 (39.6%)
William Stell (D) 49 (14.6%)
write-in (10.3%)
Richford Superintendent of Highways
Harrison Marsh (R) 174 (100.0%)
write-in (0.0%)
Richford Town Supervisor
Charles Davis (R) 173 (100.0%)
write-in (0.0%)
Spencer Town Council
Vote up to two candidates
Aaron Decker (R) 341 (53.5%)
Michael Roy (R) 296 (46.5%)
write-in (0.0%)
Spencer Town Highway Superintendent
Michael Austin (R) 344 (100.0%)
write-in (0.0%)
Spencer Town Supervisor
Allen Fulkerson (R) 335 (100.0%)
write-in (0.0%)
Spencer Town Clerk
Terri MacCheyne (R) 337 (100.0%)
write-in (0.0%)
Tioga Town Council
Vote for up to two candidates
Robert Klossner (R) 512 (51.7%)
Robert Strong (R) 478 (48.3%)
write-in (0.0%)
Tioga Superintendent of Highways
Russell Story (R) 544 (100.0%)
write-in (0.0%)
Tioga Town Supervisor
Lewis Zorn (R) 536 (100.0%)
write-in (0.0%)
Tioga Town Clerk
Tiffany Middendorf (R) 543 (100.0%)
write-in (0.0%)
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