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| Election 2018: Lewis County Results 11/06/18 10:30pm |
across the county to cast their ballot in the General Election. Locally, most candidates at the town and village level were running unopposed for a variety of positions (full results here). The only competitive race was in the Town of Croghan, where three candidates were vying for two seats on the town council, with the following unofficial results (there are 76 absentee ballots issued in the Town of Croghan, which when counted could impact results for the second seat): John G. Jones (R-C)- 638 Todd H. Lyndeker (D)- 425 Derek M. Gage (D-I)- 397 In the Town of Watson, voters soundly defeated separate propositions seeking to replace the elected positions of Highway Superintendent and Town Clerk/Tax Collector with board appointed positions. Proposition 1 was defeated 381-196 and Proposition 2 was defeated 377-198. In the Town of Pinckney, voters defeated a proposition seeking to eliminate the elected Highway Superintendent position and replace it with an appointed position by a 74-25 vote. In the race for New York's 21st Congressional District, incumbent Congresswoman Elise Stefanik carried Lewis County with 70% of the vote, a little smaller than the 77% margin in 2016 and higher than the 63% in her 2014 win. Democratic candidate Tedra Cobb won 28% of the Lewis County vote, with Green Party candidate Dr. Lynn Kahn receiving just over 2%. District wide, Stefanik is the projected winner, with 57% of the vote. |
