Results from Clinton County local elections

PLATTSBURGH | Clinton County voters turned out in force, setting records for early voting and casting ballots in new faces for highly publicized posts for both Clinton County Sheriff and Coroner. COUNTY POSITIONS Four Clinton County elected posts were on the 2026 ballot with three contested. In unofficial early numbers, Clinton County Surrogate Court Judge, a 10-year term, saw Jaime A. Douthat on the Democrat (D) and Working Families (WF) party lines, garnering 52.75 percent of the vote to 47.23 for Hilary Rogers (R, C). County Court Judge, candidate Kevin M. Bruno (D, WF) ran unopposed for the 10-year term with 21,557 total votes. The Clinton County Sheriff race saw Republican and Conservative challenger Brent Davison taking the seat over six-time Sheriff David Favro (D) with 15,632 votes to 12,702. Voters solidly elected Scott Ewing as the next Clinton County Coroner with 56.58 percent of the vote to challenger Cliff Berg's 43.33 percent. CITY OF PLATTSBURGH City of Plattsburgh Ward 2, 3 and 5 voters weighed in on Common Council races. Jim Evans took a solid lead in the Ward 2 Councilor seat over Damion Gilbert with 68.30 percent of the votes. The Ward 3 seat was left to write-ins with 123 votes cast, though the results were not immediately available Wednesday. Incumbent Ward 5 Councilor David Monette (D) retained his seat with 670 votes to challenger Marvin Shaw's 250. City of Plattsburgh voters overwhelmingly approved Proposition One to "revise the City Charter to update provisions governing term limits, vacancies, Common Council procedures, budgeting and financial management, strategic planning, and communications between the Common Council and City employees; establish an Emergency Disaster Relief Services Commission and orientation for newly elected Councilors; and make related organizational and administrative revisions." TOWN RACES Altona The one-year unexpired term for Town Supervisor saw 697 votes for Brady Smart while Michael Coty ran unopposed for the town council seat with 687 votes. Crystal M. Therrian (R) ran unopposed with 702 votes. Ausable For the four-year Town Justice seat, Jeffrey P. Kelley (D) received 614 votes to 463 for Kolby Furnia (R). Champlain Michael J. Phillips (R) ran unopposed for the four-year Town Justice position, garnering 1,454 votes with 21 write-in ballots cast. Clinton Daniel LaClair (D) ran unopposed for Town Supervisor with 188 votes. With no candidate on the ballot for Town Clerk, 47 write-in votes will decide the position, though those results were not immediately available Wednesday morning. Tax Collector Cindy M. Helm (D) ran unopposed with 200 votes. Voters also opted to keep both the Town Clerk and Tax Collector as elected positions. Dannemora Two candidates sought a one-year unexpired term for Town Council with Zachary A. Hoyt (R) earning 393 votes to 293 for Lauren Lyon (D). Ellenburg Rolland R. Thomas (R) ran unopposed for the four-year Town Justice seat seeing 580 votes The two-year Tax Collector position saw 378 votes for Christine M. Gregory (D) and 348 for Amanda Kerr (R). Peru Dwane D. Bast (R) ran unopposed with 1,858 votes for a one-year unexpired term on the Town Council. Scott A. Thurber (R) saw 1944 votes for the four-year Town Justice seat. Town of Plattsburgh Charles "Chuck" Kostyk (D, WF) ran unopposed in the one-year unexpired Town Supervisor race seeing 99.44 percent of votes and 3,549 total. For the one-year unexpired term on Town Council Ilona M. Kelting (D, WF) was unopposed with 3,480 votes. Jay White (D, WF) was elected Town Clerk unopposed with 3,464 votes. Saranac In Saranac, Town Supervisor Timothy Napper ran unopposed for a two-year term with 1,385 votes. Gerald Delany (D, R) resoundingly won the two-year Superintendent of Highways position with 1,571 votes to 106 for John Fountain Jr. Town Clerk Deborah A. Pellerin (D, R) retained her unopposed seat with 1,687 votes. Schuyler Falls Town Supervisor Mindy Smith (R, C) ran for the two-year seat unopposed with 1,365 votes.

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