Today is election day and the polls are open until 9 o’clock this evening. You may find your polling place by going to VoterLookUp.Elections.NY.Gov.
This year’s election on the back of the ballot will have questions for County residents including: removing a constitutional debt limitation that is in place for small city school districts, extending the authority for county, cities, towns, and villages to remove from their constitutional debt limits for the construction of sewage facilities, and approving the redistricting of Cortland County, the redistricting would reduce the number of county legislators from 17 to 15. For Cortlandville residents, they will also decide if they want to reduce the number of town justices from two to one.
KEY:
D – Democrat
R – Republican
C – Conservatives
V – Voice of Homer
E – Emergent
NYS State Candidates:
- Justice of the Supreme Court – 6th District
- D – Deirdre Hay
- R – Cheryl Insinga
Cortland County Candidates:
- Justice – Cortland County and Surrogate and Family Court Judge
- R – Julie A. Campbell
- C – Julie A. Campbell
- Sheriff – Cortland County
- R – Mark E. Helms
- Clerk
- R – Brooke K. Kemak
- C – Brooke K. Kemak
Cortland County Legislator
- LD1
- D – Douglas P. Bentley
- LD2
- D – Beau A. Harbin
- R – Thomas A. Larson
- LD3
- D – Cathy A. Bischoff
- LD4
- D – Ronald J. VanDee
- LD5
- D – Susan M. Wilson
- R – Lauara A. Dunbar
- LD6
- D – Dominick R. Mantella
- R – Richard L. Stock
- LD7
- D – Donald Chu
- R – Keith D. VanGorder
- C – Keith D. VanGorder
- LD8
- R – Kevin J. Fitch
- C – Kevin J. Fitch
- LD9
- D – Brian J. Horan
- R – Linda K. Jones
- C – Linda K. Jones
- V – Brian J. Horan
- LD10
- D – Reed L.L. Cleland
- R – Brian K. Phillips
- V – Reed L.L. Cleland
- LD11
- R – Christopher B. Newell
- C – Christopher B. Newell
- LD12
- R – Joseph L. Nauseef
- C – Joseph L. Nauseef
- LD13
- R – Eugene P. Waldbauer
- C – Eugene P. Waldbauer
- LD14
- D – Sandra L. Price
- LD15
- R – William P. McGovern
- C – William P. McGovern
- LD16
- R – Paul R. Heider
- LD17
- R – Michael D. Eccleston
- C – Michael D. Eccleston
City of Cortland:
- Mayor
- R – Scott E. Steve
- E – Luke S. Stevenson
- Ward 1
- D – Adam A. Ferguson
- R – Wayne F. Schutt II
- Ward 2
- D – Kathryn J. Silliman
- R – Tyler M. Hatfield
- C – Tyler M. Hatfield
- Ward 3
- D – Mary Clare H. Pennello
- R – Donald D. Neff
- Ward 4
- D – Patricia L. Lane
- Ward 5
- D – Seth A. Thompson
- R – Theodore W. Phillips
- Ward 6
- D – William D. Carpenter
- Ward 7
- D – Troy M. Beckwith
- Ward 8
- R – Thomas J. Michales
Town of Cincinnatus:
- Proposition 1 – Increase the term of Town Supervisor from 2 years to 4 years
- Proposition 2 – Increase the term of Town Clerk/Collector from 2 years to 4 years
Town of Virgil:
- Proposition 1 – Allow Charitable organizations to operate raffles and other games of chance within the Town of Virgil to raise funds for charitable purposes.
*Note – A majority of candidates in elections in Towns/Villages within Cortland County are running unopposed*
