Cayuga County voters went to the polls on Tuesday to elect federal, state and local leaders. And they registered their opinion on whether the county Legislature should have fewer seats.
The unofficial election results are below. Note: These results are limited to Cayuga County. Results from other counties in multi-county districts and statewide races are not included.
Statewide elections
Governor and Lt. Governor
Lee Zeldin/Alison Esposito (Republican, Conservative) – 16,485, 62.2%
Kathy Hochul/Antonio Delgado (Democratic, Working Families) – 9,969, 37.6%
Paul Rodriguez (Republican, Conservative) – 14,475, 55.43%
Tom DiNapoli (Democratic, Working Families) – 11,634, 44.55%
Michael Henry (Republican, Conservative) – 15,820, 60.58%
Letitia James (Democratic, Working Families) – 10,285, 39.39%
Joe Pinion (Republican, Conservative) – 14,920, 56.62%
Chuck Schumer (Democratic, Working Families) – 11,301, 42.89%
Countywide elections
State Supreme Court Justice (7th Judicial District, vote for 2)
James Vazzana (Republican, Conservative) – 16,286, 32.96%
Jason Cook (Republican, Conservative) – 15,330, 31.02%
Roman Misula (Democratic) – 9,413, 19.05%
Maroun Ajaka (Democratic) – 8,372, 16.94%
24th Congressional District
Claudia Tenney (Republican, Conservative) – 15,833, 60.78%
Steven Holden (Democratic) – 10,203 39.17%
Julie Abbott (Republican) – 13,894, 53.26%
Rachel May (Democratic, Working Families) – 9,759, 37.41%
Justin Coretti (Conservative) – 2,426, 9.30%
State-level races
120th Assembly District (includes towns of Ira, Sterling and Victory)
Will Barclay (Republican, Conservative) – 2,122 99.72%
126th Assembly District (city of Auburn, towns of Brutus, Cato, Conquest, Mentz, Owasco, Sennett and Throop)
John Lemondes (Republican, Conservative) – 8,917, 61.06%
Bruce MacBain (Democratic) – 5,680, 38.89%
131st Assembly District (towns of Aurelius, Fleming, Genoa, Ledyard, Locke, Montezuma, Moravia, Niles, Scipio, Sempronius, Springport, Summerhill and Venice)
Jeff Gallahan (Republican, Conservative) – 6,660, 99.61%
Brittany Grome Antonacci (Republican, Conservative) – 20,231, 99.4%
Brian Schenck (Republican, Conservative) – 20,878, 99.43%
Adam Duckett (Republican, Conservative) – 20,576, 99.51%
Ballot proposition (environmental bond act)
Ballot proposition (Cayuga County Legislature redistricting)
Town-level races
Justin Lasher (Republican) – 1,050, 99.34%
Donna Gilfus (Republican) – 827, 99.76%
Genoa town clerk/collector
Shannon Armstrong (Democratic, Republican) – 690, 100%
Locke highway superintendent
Brian Weir (Republican) – 278, 49.64%
Jody Lewis (Locke Party) – 150, 26.79%
Montezuma town supervisor (to fill vacancy)
David Corey (Democratic, Republican) – 353, 100%
Marie Cronin (Republican) – 312, 99.36%
Cary Eldridge (Democratic) – 238, 99.17%
Montezuma highway superintendent
Montezuma ballot proposition (making highway superintendent an appointed position)
Springport town clerk/collector
Kathleen Wilde (Republican) – 752, 99.60%
Ernest Thurston Jr. (Republican) – 427, 50.47%
Donna Adams (Democratic) – 417, 49.29%
Melanie Quinn (Republican) – 361, 98.90%
Gallery: Voter turnout heavy in Cayuga County on election day
Turnout was heavy in Cayuga County as residents wait in line for up to an hour to vote at the Brutus Town Hall in Weedsport on election day.
Bruce MacBain, candidate for NYS Assembly, goes door-to-door on election day in Auburn.
Residents cast their ballots at Auburn Fire Station One on election day.
Residents cast their ballots at Auburn Fire Station One on election day.
Owasco residents stand in line to vote at Sacred Heart Church on election day.
Doris Smith, 85, says this will be her last general election after serving 19 years as Sempronius polling place manager.
Residents place their ballots on election day in Sempronius.
Doris Smith, 85, cuts homemade apple pie for polling place volunteers in Sempronius on election day. Smith says this will be her last general election after serving 19 years as the town polling place manager.
Residents wait in line to vote in the town of Locke on election day.
Julie Abbott, candidate for New York State Senator, fills out her ballot with her son, Carson Kenan, at the Presbyterian Church in Skaneateles on election day.
Julie Abbott, candidate for New York State Senator, leaves the Presbyterian Church in Skaneateles with her son, Carson Kenan, after casting her ballot on election day.
Cayuga County District Attorney Brittany Grome Antonacci, center, and Cayuga County Sheriff Brian Schenck, right, talk with assemblyman Jeff Gallahan at the GOP post-election party at the Hilton Garden Inn Auburn. Both Grome Antonacci and Schenck were unopposed candidates.
People watch the news of the New York governor’s race at the GOP post-election party at the Hilton Garden Inn Auburn.
Julie Abbott, candidate for New York State Senator, gets a high-five from her son , Carson Kenan, after casting her ballot at the Presbyterian Church in Skaneateles on election day.
Turnout was heavy in Cayuga County as residents wait in line for up to an hour to vote at the Brutus Town Hall in Weedsport on election day.