GOP sweeps Conservative primary
RENSSELAERVILLE Republicans running for town office swept a small Conservative Party primary on Tuesday.
Ten Conservatives voted.
With all three districts reporting, the unofficial results of Tuesdays election from the Albany County Board of Elections show Myra Dorman and Allyn Wright, both Republicans endorsed by the Conservative Party, received nine votes.
Absentee ballots have not been counted.
Dorman is seeking re-election for town council. Wright, the chairman of the towns planning board, is seeking his first term on the town board.
Marie Dermody and Gary Chase, both Democrats who are endorsed by the Working Families and Independence parties, did not receive any Conservative votes. Chase is seeking a third term. Dermody is making her first run.
Steven Wood, an enrolled Conservative running for assessor, received eight votes; one vote was invalidated, and another is being contested.
Wood is running against Democratic incumbent Jeff Pine.
Ballots from Guilderland, New Scotland, and Rensselaerville were counted Wednesday afternoon at the board of elections office at 32 Russell Road in Albany.
After ballots had been counted and ruled on by commissioners in each district, candidates, audience members, and attorneys perused them. The elections commissioners, Matthew Clyne, a Democrat, and John Graziano, a Republican, oversaw the ballot counts. Some ballots were invalidated and a few objections were raised over the commissioners rulings.
After counting Rensselaervilles ballots, Graziano said commissioners will count absentee ballots Tuesday or Wednesday. Information about elections and results can be found at the countys website. All primary results should be finished next Friday, Graziano said.