Ostrander is ahead in Milton contest
One resident made the choice based on baseball, which Stammel plays.
“Mike plays baseball. Anybody who understands baseball understands the rules of life: fairness, common sense, you get three strikes not one, if you hit a foul ball you get another chance, you got a piece of it,” said resident Jim Flaherty. “Common sense. That’s what matters.”
Stammel and the all-democrat seven-member Common Council have battled ceaselessly since he was elected in 2019 to fill the remaining two years of Democratic mayor Daniel Dwyer, who died in office in 2018.
One voter said he hoped the election would calm the strife.
“Ending the bitterness ... have us be respectful to one another,” s aid voter Byron Fonda.
One voter said she chose Mooney because of his experience.
“He was mayor before and he did a good job,” said Judy Brophy.
“I remain confident —once each and every ballot is legally counted —that we will be victorious,” Mooney said.
Rensselaer County
Rensselaer County Executive Steve Mclaughlin, a Republican, was far ahead of Democrat Gwen Wright and minor-party candidate Sara Mcdermott. Mclaughlin touted the county’s financial health during the campaign.
Saratoga County
In Saratoga County, there were no results in for Clifton Park by press time, except for early voting numbers.
In Clifton Park, the longestserving supervisor in Clifton Park history, Republican Phil Barrett, was hoping to cement his record with another term. He was challenged by political newcomer Mel Boxer, a Democrat.
Also in Clifton Park, 82year-old town justice James Hughes, who has not been challenged since 1997, was running against challenger Jennifer Jeram. Saratoga County
In Milton, there was a threeway battle for supervisor with Republican Scott Ostrander vying for his previous job against incumbent Supervisor Benny Zlotnick, running as a Democrat, and third-party rival Barbara Kerr who has an independent line.
Issues in the town of late have included dealing with the state of the water-damaged Town Hall. Ostrander was ahead with 2,159 votes, while Zlotnick had 1,398 votes and Kerr had 703 votes.
Saratoga
In Saratoga, in the first supervisor’s contest at least the last two decades, Republican incumbent Tom Wood leads with 897 votes to 499 for Democrat Paul Murphy.
Wood wants to continue to bolster the town’s farming traditions with some development, while Murphy wanted to preserve all the fields and forests as well as transforming its villages into economic engines.
Albany County
In Albany County, the contest in Coeymans featured a slate of Democrats who wanted to unseat the Republican incumbents.
None of the Democrats appear to have succeeded.
Columbia County
Complete results from Columbia County were not available Tuesday. However results were showing Sheriff David Bartlett, a Republican, trailing Donald Krapf: 10,366 for the challenger to 8,495 for the incumbent Bartlett.