Marcellus voters keep Ross, choose new board member

Voters in the town of Marcellus have chosen incumbent Supervisor Dan Ross over challenger Robert Dingman.
The town board will have one new councilor. Incumbent councilor Tom Lathrop and newcomer Kevin O'Hara were chosen over incumbent Bernie Montgomery and Democrat challenger William Burnette. Kathleen Carroll received 223 votes on the Indepednce line, though she dropped out of the race in September.
Montgomery, who was not endorsed by the Republican party for the first time in nearly 10 years, challenged endorsed candidate Kathleen Carroll in a primary in September and defeated Carroll to run on the Republican line in today's election.
Highway Superintendent Donald MacLachlan easily won re-election with 1,299 votes, over challenger Chris Howlett, with 338.
Incumbent Town Clerk Karen Pollard received 1,629 votes, and incumbent Tax Collector Elaine Potter received 1,632 votes. Neither races were challenged.

Here are the unofficial results of the challenged races in Marcellus:

Supervisor
Daniel Ross, (incumbent) 1,005
Robert Dingman 595

Councilors
Tom Lathrop, (incumbent) 1,056
Kevin O'Hara 847
Bernie Montgomery, (incumbent) 690
William Burnette 425

Highway Superintendent
Donald MacLachlan, (incumbent) 1,299
Chris Howlett 338

CATEGORY: Government
TAGS: Marcellus, town election, Election 2009
EDITION: Eagle Observer

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