POTSDAM VILLAGE VOTERS SAY NO TO DISSOLUTION BY A WIDE MARGIN.

A BALLOT PROPOSITION TUESDAY TO DECIDE WHETHER OR NOT THE VILLAGE SHOULD DISSOLVE INTO THE TOWN OF POTSDAM WAS DEFEATED BY A MARGIN OF MORE THAN 2-TO-1, 687-334. VOTERS ALSO ELECTED DEMOCRAT STEVE YURGARTIS MAYOR, BY A WIDE MARGIN OVER REPUBLICAN CHALLENGER SHARON HUTCHINSON. YURGARTIS SAYS HE BELIEVES THE VOTERS MADE THEIR MESSAGE CLEAR, BUT THAT DOES NOT MEAN THE VILLAGE GOVERNMENT CAN RELAX, THAT THE DISSOLUTION STUDY PROCESS CAME WITH A CALL TO RESOLVE ISSUES.

YURGARTIS WAS ASKED TO SPECULATE THE REASON WHY VOTERS DECIDED TO KEEP THE VILLAGE GOVERNMENT, HE SAYS POLICE PROTECTION WAS THE NUMBER ONE REASON VOTERS COMING FROM THE POLLS GAVE HIM.

POTSDAM VILLAGE VOTERS CHOSE ELEANOR HOPKE AND CURRENT MAYOR RON TISCHLER FOR TRUSTEE SEATS, BY WIDE MARGINS OVER REPUBLICAN CHALLENGERS JOSEPH GOLIBER AND RICHARD HUTCHINSON, AND INDEPENDENT MARK LEE.

ST.LAWRENCE COUNTY VOTERS CHOSE DEMOCRAT CECILY LAVIGNE-MORRIS FOR FAMILY COURT JUDGE OVER REPUBLICAN ANDREW MOSES BY A MARGIN OF MORE THAN 4-THOUSAND, AND REPUBLICAN MARY LOU RUPP OVER DEMOCRAT GAVIN REGAN REGAN FOR COUNTY CLERK BY A MARGIN OF MORE THAN 2-TO-1.

IT LOOKS LIKE ABSENTEE BALLOTS WILL DECIDE WHO WILL BE MAYOR OF OGDENSBURG. UNOFFICIAL RESULTS FROM THE ST.LAWRENCE COUNTY BOARD OF ELECTIONS HAVE REPUBLICAN INCUMBANT BILL NELSON AHEAD OF INDEPENDENT CHALLENGER JACK MC.GRATH BY ONLY NINE VOTES, 1236-1227. OGDENSBURG CITY COUNCIL SEATS WILL GO TO REPUBLICANS WILLIAM HOSMER AND WAYNE ASHLEY, AND DEMOCRAT JENNIFER STEVENSON.

THERE A ONE-VOTE MARGIN FOR A SEAT ON THE PIERREPONT TOWN COUNCIL, WITH ABSENTEES DECIDING THE FINAL TALLY. MACHINE RESULTS FROM LAST NIGHT HAVE DEMOCRAT BILL MEIN BEHIND REPUBLICAN JOHN MC.INTOSH 314-313. VOTERS IN PIERREPONT CHOSE TWO FOR COUNCIL, NEIL THOMAS THE FRONT-RUNNER WITH 362 VOTES. DEMOCRAT TOM LATIMER DEFEATED REPUBLICAN JANE POWERS FOR SUPERVISOR BY AN EDGE OF MORE THAN 150 VOTES.

GOUVERNEUR VILLAGE VOTERS CHOSE A NEW MAYOR BY A NARROW MARGIN. UNOFFICIAL RESULTS SHOW INCUMBANT REPUBLICAN DOROTHY VORCE WAS DEFEATED BY DEMOCRATIC CHALLENGER CHRISTOPHER MILLER 236-202.

WADDINGTON MAYOR JANET OTTO-CASSADA, A REPUBLICAN, WINS THE RACE TO KEEP HER SEAT OVER DEMOCRAT MATTHEW O'BRYAN 196-121.

THE TOWN CLERK'S RACE IN CLARE WAS TIGHT, WITH REPUBLICAN ROBIN WARD DEFEATING INDEPENDENT ATONDA MARTIN 32-23. THE HIGHWAY SUPERINTENDENT'S RACE IN CLARE IS MUCH TIGHTER....REPUBLICAN PAUL COLTON WAS TRAILING INDEPENDENT MICHAEL JOHNSON BY TWO VOTES TUESDAY, 29-TO-27.

CLIFTON TOWN VOTERS CHOSE REPUBLICAN MARK FRIDEN FOR SUPERVISOR OVER DEMOCRAT JOHN DRAGUN 125-102. FOR COUNCIL IN CLIFTON, THE UNOFFICIAL BALLOT GOES TO REPUBLICANS JULIA LANPHEAR AND CHUCK TREMBLAY, JR. DEFEATING DEMOCRAT COLIN FRASER BY A WIDE MARGIN.

COLTON TOWN COUNCIL SEATS WERE WON BY REPUBLICAN RON ROBERT AND DEMOCRATIC INCUMBANT KATHRYN HAYES, DEFEATING DEMOCRAT JOAN KILROY AND REPUBLICAN MARY JANE WATSON.

IN DEKALB, REPUBLICAN DEBRA OSBORN WINS THE RACE FOR TOWN CLERK OVER DAN CREAZZO, 183-151. COUNCIL SEATS IN DEKALB WERE WON BY DEMOCRAT HAROLD LOWERY AND REPUBLICAN JOHN FRARY, WHO DEFEATED REPUBLICAN CHALLENGER GREG COLLER BY 8 VOTES.

VOTERS IN THE TOWN OF FINE CHOSE DEMOCRAT SUSAN WESTBROOK AND REPUBLICANBRIAN DONOVAN FOR COUNCIL SEATS, WITH A 6-VOTE MARGIN BY WESTBROOK OVER DEMOCRAT EMILY NOLAN.

FOWLER TOWN VOTERS ELECT DEMOCRAT MICHAEL CAPELLINO OVER REPUBLICAN DAVID SPILMAN FOR SUPERVISOR, 219-201. DEMOCRAT NATALIE SPILMAN AND REPUBLICAN KAREN SIMMONS WIN COUNCIL SEATS.

THE GOUVERNEUR TOWN SUPERVISOR'S RACE GOES TO REPUBLICAN ROBERT RITCHIE WITH A MARGIN OF MORE THAN 2-TO-1 OVER DEMOCRATIC CHALLENGER DYLAN LIEBENOW.

IN THE TOWN OF HAMMOND, REPUBLICAN RON BERTRAM WINS TOWN SUPERVISOR OVER DEMOCRAT MICHELE MC.QUEER, DEMOCRAT DARLENE AMYOT WINS THE TOWN CLERK'S RACE, AND REPUBLICAN DONALD GREENE WINS HIGHWAY SUPERINTENDENT. REPUBLICANS HOWARD DEMICK AND JAMES PITCHER WIN COUNCIL SEATS.

A THREE-WAY RACE FOR TOWN JUSTICE IN HERMON WAS WON BY REPUBLICAN DARREL WHITTON, JR. BY A WIDE MARGIN. A BALLOT PROPOSITION IN HERMON PASSES 83-55.

HOPKINTON TOWN VOTERS RE-ELECT REPUBLICAN RON STREETER FOR HIGHWAY SUPERINTENDENT, DEFEATING DEMOCRAT FRANK BARNEY MORE THAN 2-TO-1. COUNCIL SEATS GO TO DEMOCRAT DEBORAH BAGNATO AND REPUBLICAN SUSAN WOOD.

THE TOWN OF LAWRENCE HIGHWAY SUPERINTENDENT'S RACE IS NARROW....DEMOCRAT GARY SIRLES WAS AHEAD OF REPUBLICAN SHAWN DONALIS LAST NIGHT BY ONLY FOUR VOTES....178-174. REPUBLICANS GERALD ST.HILAIRE AND DONALD AYERS WIN COUNCIL SEATS WITH WIDE MARGINS.

IN LOUISVILLE, TOWN VOTERS ELECTED REPULICAN GAIL SCHNEIDER AND DEMOCRAT ROY BESHAW TO COUNCIL SEATS.

CONSERVATIVE NICOLE MEASHAW-COX WINS THE CLERK'S OFFICE IN MACOMB, DEFEATING REPUBLICAN BEVERLY FLEMING BY MORE THAN 50 VOTES. RONALD CARDINELL WON THE HIGHWAY SUPERINTENDENT'S RACE BY A WIDE MARGIN.

PITCAIRN TOWN VOTERS ELECTED REPUBLICAN SAM FRANK, JR. SUPERVISOR, DEMOCRAT NANCY MC.INTOSH HIGHWAY SUPERINTENDENT, AND REPUBLICAN GEORGE MORRIS HART AND DEMOCRAT LARRY EVANS FOR COUNCIL.

DEMOCRAT LARRY WHITE WON THE HIGHWAY SUPERINTENDENT'S RACE IN RUSSELL BY A WIDE MARGIN, AND TDEMOCRATS OM ROBINSON AND SALLY BETH FINNERTY TO COUNCIL BY WIDE MARGINS. A BALLOT PROPOSITION TO INCREASE FUNDING FOR THE LIBRARY IN RUSSELL PASSED BY MORE THAN 60 VOTES.

STOCKHOLM TOWN VOTERS CHOSE DEMOCRAT JEFF RUSSELL FOR HIGHWAY SUPERINTENDENT, AND DEMOCRATS FERNANDO RUFA AND NANCY LYNCH FOR TOWN COUNCIL.

CANTON VILLAGE VOTERS RE-ELECTED DEMOCRATIC INCUMBANTS JOE FRANKS AND SYLVIA KINGSTON TO THEIR TRUSTEE SEATS BY A MARGIN OF ALMOST 200 VOTES OVER REPUBLICAN CHARLES ROUSE. MAYOR-ELECT DAVE CURRY RAN UNOPPOSED.

RENSSELAER FALLS VILLAGE TRUSTEE SEATS WENT TO INDEPENDENTS MICHAEL HAMMOND AND STEVE HAMMOND, WHO DEFEATED INDEPENDENT SUSAN REYNOLDS.