The following is a list of unofficial results from the Sullivan County Board of Elections covering all Sullivan County races except for contested supervisor races.

SULLIVAN — Nearly 14,000 Sullivan County registered voters – 13,828 to be exact – exercised their Constitutional right in village, town, county and state elections this year in early voting and on Election Day, November 2.

Also, 1,920 absentee ballots still need to be tallied across the county and will affect results in several races. Official results will not be certified until late November.

The unofficial results from the Sullivan County Board of Elections are as follows.

For the State Supreme Court Justice 3rd Judicial District race all three candidates will take office in January.
The seven-county 3rd Judcial District spans from Sullivan County to Albany County and includes Albany, Columbia, Greene, Rensselaer, Schoharie, Sullivan and Ulster counties.
In Sullivan County results:
• Kevin Bryant garnered 6,965 votes (34.69%),
• Laura Jordan received 6,762 votes (33.68%), and
• David Gandin got 6,240 votes (31.08%).

Countywide races
Incumbent Sheriff Michael Schiff ran unopposed, winning with 9,630 votes.
Incumbent County Treasurer Nancy Buck ran unopposed, winning with 9,401 votes.

BETHEL
In the Town of Bethel, the race for Town Clerk was won by incumbent Rita Sheehan, who ran unopposed and received 737 votes.

The race for Town Justice was won by incumbent Kevin Rhyne, who ran unopposed and got 757 votes.

In the race for town council, voters could choose two candidates. William Crumley, with 499 votes, and incumbent Lillian Hendrickson with 464 votes are the apparent winnters over Lisa Schick with 432 votes and incumbent Dawn Ryder, with 369 votes.

The race for Highway Superintendent was won by incumbent Robert Bonnaci, Jr., who ran unopposed with 744 votes.

In the race for Tax Collector, incumbent Susan Brown Otto beat Tammy LaPolt 561-377.

CALLICOON
In the Town of Callicoon, incumbent Town Supervisor Thomas Bose ran unopposed and received 465 votes.

The race for Town Justice, incumbent Edward McKenna ran unopposed and received 433 votes.

The race for town council was won by incumbents Scott Gaebel and Charles Schadt who received 482 and 454 votes respectively.

Incumbent Highway Superintendent Kristofer Scullion, running unopposed, had 474 votes.

COCHECTON
In the Town of Cochecton, incumbent Town Supervisor Gary Maas ran unopposed and garnered 361 votes.
The race for Town Clerk was won by incumbent Maryann Oumrim, who ran unopposed and got 298 votes.
Both incumbent Town Justices ran unopposed and were re-elected. They are Steven Sauer, who gathered 296 votes and Craig Fine with 257 votes.

There were two open seats up for grabs on the town council. Incumbent Sean Nearing was re-elected with 248 votes. Political newcomers John Nober holds a 14 vote lead over Kambri Crews 216-202 votes respectively, with absentee votes still to be counted. Incumbent Paul Salzberg garnered 190 votes in his re-election try.

The race for Highway Superintendent was won by Kevin Esselman, who ran unopposed with 316 votes (99.06 percent).

Incumbent Tax Collector Eileen Hennessy was re-elected with 382 votes.

DELAWARE
In the Town of Delaware, Councilman Scott DuBois was elected Town Supervisor with 452 votes. He ran unopposed.

Incumbent Town Clerk and Town Tax Collector Tess McBeath garnered 361 votes to win unopposed.

Three candidates vied for two open council seats with political newcomer Ian Blumenthal winning election with 330 votes Incumbent Councilman Alfred Steppich was returned to office with 307 votes, fending off first-time candidate John eric Karkula with 199 votes.

Incumbent Highway Superintendent William Eschenberg ran unopposed and was re-elected with 374 votes.

FALLSBURG
In the Town of Fallsburg, the race for Town Clerk and Town Tax Collector was won by incumbent Donna Akerley who ran unopposed and garnered 1,312 votes.

There were two open seats on the town council. Incumbent Nathan Steingart appear to be re-elected with 1,011 votes followed by Michael Bensimon with 940 votes, Sean Wall-Carty with 745 votes and Miranda Behan with 604 votes (18.26 percent). There are still 979 absentee ballots yet to be counted.

VILLAGE OF WOODRIDGE
In the Village of Woodridge, the Village Trustees had two open seats. Incumbent Leni Binder leads with 97 votes followed by Louis Saperstein with 68 votes (29.57 percent) and incumbent Moshe Weinberg with 64 votes before absentee ballot results.

FORESTBURGH
In the Town of Forestburgh, Town Supervisor Dan Hogue, Jr., was re-elected with 157 votes.
Incumbent Town Clerk and Town Tax Collector Joanne Nagoda, who ran opposed, was re-elected with 204 votes.

The race for Town Justice was won by Richard Hugel Jr., who ran unopposed with 155 votes.

In the race for the two open councilmember seats, Susan Parks-Landis and incumbent Karen Ellsweig were elected with 177 and 118 votes respectively.

The race to fill the vacant Councilman seat was won by Vincent Galligan Jr., with 156 votes.
Incumbent Highway Superintendent Joseph Ruggeri won re-election 169-110 over challenger Shawn Galligan.

FREMONT
Incumbent Town Supervisor Brian Brustman, who ran unopposed, garnered 193 votes.

Town Clerk and Tax Collector Diane McElroy was returned to office with 181 votes.

In the race for the two open Councilmember seats, incumbents John Hubert (162 votes) and Louis Milucky (147 votes) fended off challengers James Greier (107 votes) and Sarah Cooper (93 votes).

The race for Highway Superintendent was won by incumbent Scott Herbert, with 183 votes.

HIGHLAND
In the Town of Highland, the race for Town Clerk and Tax Collector was won by Susan Hoffman, who ran unopposed with 514 votes.

The race for Town Justice was won by incumbent Kathryn Sweeney, who ran unopposed with 488 votes (99.39 percent).

In the race for the two open Councilmember seats, incumbent Kaitlin Haas was re-elected with 420 votes. Christopher Tambini, with 357 votes, and Laura Burrell, with 348 votes, will need to wait until absentee voting is completed to declare a winner. There are currently 67 absentee ballots to be opened and any absentee ballot postmarked November 2 or before and received by November 9 will be counted according to the Sullivan County Board of Elections. Challenger Margaret Granese had 173 votes.

In the race for Highway Superintendent, incumbent Thomas Ebers was re-elected, beating Ron Thiele 500-150.

LIBERTY
In the Town of Liberty, the race for the two Town Justice seats was won by Troy Johnstone with 874 votes and Ronald Stabak with 717 votes (45.07 percent).

In the race for the two open Councilmember seats, John Lennon, Jr. and incumbent Brian McPhillips were elected with 778 and 721 votes respectively. Challenger Liliam Stettner received 476 votes.

In the race for Highway Superintendent, Matthew DeWitt defeated Daniel Ratner, Sr., 816- 414.

LUMBERLAND
In the Town of Lumberland, incumbent Town Supervisor Jenny Mellan was re-elected with 267 votes.

Incumbent Town Clerk and Tax Collector Laurie Terry was returned to office with 293 votes.

Incumbent Town Justice Lorry King ran unopposed and received 271 votes.

In the race for the two open Councilmember seats, Su­zanne Edzenga and incumbent Zoriana Gingold were voted into office with 250 and 241 votes respectively.

The race to fill the vacant Councilmember seat was won by Robert King, who ran unopposed, with 270 votes.

The race for Highway Superintendent was won by incumbent Donald Hunt, Jr., who ran unopposed 294 votes (100 percent).

MAMAKATING
In the Town of Mamakating, the race for the two Town Justice seats, Terrence Mullen, with 1,343 votes and Zachary Kelson, with 1,145 votes, lead James Thompson with 850 votes.

Incumbent Highway Superintendent Robert ‘Huffy’ Hufcut won re-election unoppposed with 1,632 votes.

In the race for town council, Ward 1: John Rufer, Jr. beat Eileen Rogers with 242-170 votes (41.26 percent).

In the race for town council, Ward 2: Gary Forthoffer beat Graham Vest, 180-105.

In the race for town council, Ward 3: John Lacey leads with 184 votes (50.14 percent) followed by Matthew Mordas with 183 votes (49.86 percent). with absentee ballots still be counted.

In the race for town council, Ward 4: Peter Goodman leads with 199 votes over Ralph Tunno, II with 152 votes (43.30 percent).

In the race for town council, Ward 5: Thomas Morrow leads with 179 votes over Joseph Marshall with 145 votes.

In the race for town council, Ward 6: Tyler Wood beat John Crudo, Jr. by a count of 246-100.

NEVERSINK
In the Town of Neversink, Incumbent Town Clerk and Tax Collector Lisa Garigliano, who ran unopposed, garnered 797 votes.

In the race for Town Justice, Michael Scagnelli has a 119-vote lead over Keri Ann Poley, 515-396.

In the race for the two councilmember seats, incumbents Scott Grey and Richard Coombe, Jr. were re-elected with 701 and 686 votes respectively.

Incumbent Highway Superintendent Preston Kelly was returned to office with 845 votes.

ROCKLAND
Incumbent Town Justice Peter Feinberg, who ran unopposed, was returned to office with 599 votes.

The race for Town Clerk and Tax Collector was won by Marinella DiVita with 384 votes over challenger Jennifer DeVantier, who received 345 votes.

In the race for the two open councilmember seats, in­cumbents Peter DeVantier (388 votes) and Edwin Edwards (372 votes) were returned to office, defeating Ward Meyer (340 votes) and Nathaniel Juron (280 votes).

The race for Highway Superintendent was won by Roger Decker, 591-87, over Jaime Parsons.

THOMPSON
Incumbent Town of Thompson Town Clerk was won by Marilee Calhoun, who ran unopposed and garnered 1,749 votes.

In the race for Town Justice, Richard Baum leads incumbent Martin Miller, 1,007-913, votes. The Sullivan County Board of Elections reports there are currently 164 absentee ballots to be opened. Any absentee postmarked on November 2 or before and received by November 9 will be counted.

The race for the two open Councilmember seats saw incumbents John Pavese (1,329 votes) and Melinda Meddaugh (1,157 votes) returned to office.

Incumbent Highway Superintendent Richard Benjamin Jr., who ran unopposed, with 1,703 votes (99.36 percent).

TUSTEN
Incumbent Town Supervisor Bernard Johnson, who ran unopposed, was re-elected with 309 votes.

Incumbent Town Clerk and Tax Collector Crystal Weston, who ran unopposed, was re-elected with 307 votes.

Incumbent Town Justices Klu Padu (388 votes) and David Casey (387 votes) were re-elected.

The race for the two open Councilmember seats was apparently won by Greg Triggs with 244 votes and Kevin McDonough with 232 votes over Glenn Swendsen (208 votes) and incumbent Alfred A. Smith (195 votes). Absentee ballots still need to be counted.

In the race to fill the vacant Councilmember seat, incumbent Jane Luchsinger beat Yunhui Olman with 329-115 votes.

Incumbent Highway Superintendent Donald Neiger was re-elected with 298 votes.

AMENDMENT  PROPOSALS
There were five statewide proposals on the ballot this year, as well as one local proposal in the Town of Mamakating.
According to the New York State Board of Elections:
• Proposal One was defeated. It would have amended the apportionment and redistricting process and was defeated 1,517,296 – 1,201,555.
• Proposal Two was approved. It will install the right to clean air, clean water, and a healthful environment into the New York State Constitution.
• Proposal Three was defeated. It would have eliminated the ten-day advance voter registration requirement was denied. It was voted down 1,606,939 to 1,179,169.
Proposal Four was defeated. It would have authorized no-excuse absentee ballot voting was denied. New Yorkers turned thumbs down 1,567,670 to 1,208,149.
Proposal Five was approved. It will increase the jurisdiction of the New York City Civil Court, was approved.
New Yorkers approved the proposition 1,675,009 to 989,343.

Finally, In Mamakating voters rejected a local law that would have ‘opted the town out’ of allowing the onsite consumption of cannabis at licensed facilities.

Regarding Ballot Proposal Six, 1,021 Mamakating residents rejected the already adopted local law, 1,021- 693.