Election 2021: Updating vote totals from around Tompkins County

This is a developing story that will be updated throughout the night as more numbers are reported. This story was last updated at 10:55 a.m. on Nov. 3.

TOMPKINS COUNTY, N.Y.—Here are all the results from today’s myriad elections around Tompkins County. These are preliminary results, as mail-in ballots will not be counted until after Nov. 9.

All municipal elections are listed here, as well as the outcomes of ballot proposal voting at the bottom of this page. See the results for yourself at the Board of Elections site.

At least preliminarily, the most intriguing outcomes for the night are the vast differences between Tompkins County’s reaction to the ballot proposals and the state’s overall results. While all five proposals were approved fairly easily in Tompkins County, only the Right to Clean Air, Clean Water and a Healthful Environment and the expansion of the New York City Civil Court jurisdiction were approved statewide—which is the only metric that matters in statewide ballot measures. That means that Proposals 1, 3 and 4, which had to do with changing the redistricting process and easing access to voting (including potentially clearing the path to same-day voting registration), were all defeated.

As for elections, it was a successful debut for the Solidarity Slate, which placed two people (Phoebe Brown and Jorge DeFendini) on the Common Council. Their third candidate, Maddie Halpert, was beaten by incumbent Cynthia Brock in the City of Ithaca’s First Ward—the slate’s original First Ward candidate, Shaniya Foster, was listed on the ballot but had effectively dropped out months ago.

Otherwise, the most surprising election result is probably from Dryden, where longtime Tompkins County Legislator Mike Lane, a Democrat, is currently down by 20 votes to challenger Thomas Corey, a Republican. The Ithaca Voice is awaiting clarification on how many mail-in ballots are waiting to be counted in that race, but the margin is obviously very slim and could swing on ballots that won’t be counted for another week due to deadline rules.

These results include early voting and Election Day voting, but mail-in ballots are yet to be counted, which is why the result section is blank in all the following entries.

TOMPKINS COUNTY LEGISLATURE

DISTRICT 1

CANDIDATE	Vote %	Vote Number	Result
Travis Brooks (D)	92.45%	980
Christopher Hyer (R)	6.98%	74

DISTRICT 2

CANDIDATE	Vote %	Vote Number	Result
Veronica Pillar (D, WF)	96.88%	497

DISTRICT 3

CANDIDATE	Vote %	Vote number	Result
Henry Granison	99.66%	591

DISTRICT 4

CANDIDATE	Vote %	Vote number	Result
Rich John (D)	99.5%	198

DISTRICT 5

CANDIDATE	Vote %	Vote Number	Result
Anne Koreman (D, WF)	98.73%	1,086

DISTRICT 6

CANDIDATE	Vote %	Vote Number	Result
Michael Sigler (R, Independence)	98.67%	1,190

DISTRICT 7

CANDIDATE	Vote %	Vote Number	Result
Dan Klein (D, WF)	98.62%	1,141

DISTRICT 8

CANDIDATE	Vote %	Vote Number	Result
Randolph Brown (R, Rural Issues)	51.24%	746
Vanessa R. Greenlee (D, WF)	43.68%	636
Robert Lynch (Tompkins-Southwest)	5.08%	74

DISTRICT 9

CANDIDATE	Vote %	Vote Number	Result
Lee Shurtleff (R)	99.54%	1,087

DISTRICT 10

CANDIDATE	Vote %	Vote Number	Result
Deborah Dawson (D, WF)	99.64%	829

DISTRICT 11

CANDIDATE	Vote %	Vote Number	Result
Shawna Black (D, WF)	99.54%	867

DISTRICT 12

CANDIDATE	Vote %	Vote Number	Result
Amanda Champion (D, WF)	99.78%	449

DISTRICT 13

CANDIDATE	Vote %	Vote Number	Result
Samantha Lushtak (WF)	19.02%	269
Greg Mezey (D)	80.62%	1,140

DISTRICT 14

CANDIDATE	Vote %	Vote Number	Result
Thomas C. Corey (R, Independence)	50.60%	838
Michael E. Lane (D, Protecting Dryden)	49.40%	818

CITY OF ITHACA COMMON COUNCIL

WARD 1

CANDIDATE	VOTE %	Vote Number	Result
Cynthia Brock (D)	68.88%	487
Shaniya Foster (WF)	4.38%	31
Maddie Halpert (Solidarity)	26.45%	187

WARD 2

CANDIDATE	Vote %	Vote number	Result
Phoebe Brown (D, WF)	70.28%	532
Rick Murray (Rick Murray Party)	29.72%	225

WARD 3

CANDIDATE	Vote %	Vote Number	Result
Jeffrey Barken (D)	97.99%	292

WARD 4

CANDIDATE	Vote %	Vote number	Result
George DeFendini (D, WF)	69.90%	72
Alejandro Santana (Independence)	29.13%	30

WARD 5

CANDIDATE	Vote %	Vote number	Result
Robert Cantelmo (D, WF)	99.21%	502

Town of Caroline

SUPERVISOR

CANDIDATE	Vote %	Vote Number	Result
Mark Witmer (D)	98.16%	481

TOWN COUNCILPERSON (Top 2 vote getters)

CANDIDATE	Vote %	Vote Number	Result
Katherine Goldberg (D)	45.57%	453
Calvin Snow (D)	53.72%	534

TOWN COUNCILPERSON (To fill vacancy)

CANDIDATE	Vote %	Vote Number	Result
Kate Kelley-Mackenzie (D)	98.56%	480

TOWN JUSTICE

CANDIDATE	Vote %	Vote Number	Result
Gary Reinbolt (D)	99.79%	475

Town of Danby

SUPERVISOR

CANDIDATE	Vote %	Vote Number	Result
Joel Gagnon (D)	97.35%	515

TOWN CLERK

CANDIDATE	Vote %	Vote Number	Result
Janice Adelman (D)	99.45%	538

HIGHWAY SUPERINTENDENT

CANDIDATE	Vote %	Vote Number	Result
Keith Shipman (D, KS)	99.35%	612

TOWN COUNCILPERSON (Top 2 vote getters)

CANDIDATE	Vote %	Vote Number	Result
H. Katharine Hunter (D)	50.67%	530
Pat Woodworth (D)	47.61%	498

Town of Dryden

TOWN SUPERVISOR

CANDIDATE	Vote %	Vote Number	Result
Patrick S. Foote (R)	42.96%	1,492
Jason M. Leifer (D, Protecting Dryden)	56.98%	1,979

HIGHWAY SUPERINTENDENT

CANDIDATE	Vote %	Vote Number	Result
Richard J. Young, Jr. (D, R)	99.04%	3,203

TOWN COUNCILPERSON

CANDIDATE	Vote %	Vote Number	Result
Daniel L. Lamb (D, Protecting Dryden)	29.49%	2,018
Melita J. Mertz (R)	20.93%	1,432
Ronald Szymanski (R)	20.81%	1,424
Leonardo J. Vargas-Mendez (D, Protecting Dryden)	28.73%	1,966

Town of Enfield

SUPERVISOR

CANDIDATE	Vote %	Vote Number	Result
Stephanie Redmond (D)	62.52%	342

TOWN CLERK

CANDIDATE	Vote %	Vote Number	Result
Mary Cornell (D, R)	99.17%	599

HIGHWAY SUPERINTENDENT

CANDIDATE	Vote %	Vote Number	Result
Barry J. Rollins, Sr. (D, R)	99.66%	589

TOWN COUNCILPERSON (Top 2 vote getters)

CANDIDATE	Vote %	Vote Number	Result
Cassandra Hinkle (D)	41.33%	379
Jude Lemke (D, R)	56.82%	521

TOWN COUNCILPERSON (To fill a vacancy)

CANDIDATE	VOTE %	Vote Number	Result
James L. Ricks (D)	97.78%	397

TOWN JUSTICE

CANDIDATE	Vote %	Vote Number	Result
Betty F. Poole (D, R)	99.36%	619

Town of Groton

TOWN SUPERVISOR

CANDIDATE	Vote %	Vote Number	Result
Donald F. Scheffler (R, GRO)	99.67%	895

TOWN CLERK

CANDIDATE	Vote %	Vote Number	Result
Robin B. Cargian (R, GRO)	99.79%	939

HIGHWAY SUPERINTENDENT

CANDIDATE	Vote %	Vote Number	Result
Kenneth Carr (D, BET)	38.31%	436
Ellard D. Keister (R, GRO)	61.69%	702

TOWN COUNCILPERSON (Top 2 vote getters)

CANDIDATE	Vote %	Vote Number	Result
Elizabeth L. Buckles (D)	16.79%	363
Richard B. Gamel (R, GRO)	32.93%	712
Mark E. Robinson (D)	17.90%	387
Crystal Young (R, GRO)	32.28%	698

TOWN JUSTICE

CANDIDATE	Vote %	Vote Number	Result
Paul J. Lang (R)	99.40%	823

Town of Ithaca

TOWN COUNCILPERSON (Top 3 vote getters)

CANDIDATE	Vote %	Vote Number	Result
Rich DePaolo (D)	31.61%	1,603
Margaret Johnson (D, WF)	34.88%	1,769
Rob Rosen (D, WF)	33.09%	1,678

TOWN JUSTICE

CANDIDATE	Vote %	Vote Number	Result
Jim Salk (D)	99.66%	1,749

Town of Lansing

TOWN COUNCILPERSON (Top 2 Vote getters)

CANDIDATE	Vote %	Vote Number	Result
Hugh R. Bahar (R, Independence)	20.74%	978
Ruth Groff (D, LAN)	27.35%	1,290
Joseph Wetmore (D, LAN)	28.18%	1,329
Erin Leigh Worsell (R, Independence)	23.73%	1,119

Town of Newfield

TOWN SUPERVISOR

CANDIDATE	VOTE %	Vote Number	Result
Michael Allinger (D, AAA)	99.26%	675

TOWN CLERK

CANDIDATE	Vote %	Vote Number	Result
Karen M. Miller-Kenerson (D, R)	99.89%	919

HIGHWAY SUPERINTENDENT

CANDIDATE	Vote %	Vote Number	Result
Kevin C. Berggren (D, R)	99.56%	908

TOWN COUNCILPERSON (Top 2 vote getters)

CANDIDATE	Vote %	Vote Number	Result
Joanne James (D, AAA)	49.63%	533
Christine Laughlin (R)	49.81%	535

Town of Ulysses

TOWN SUPERVISOR

CANDIDATE	Vote %	Vote Number	Result
Katelin Olson (D)	99.10	884

TOWN CLERK

CANDIDATE	Vote %	Vote Number	Result
Carissa Parlato (D)	99.46%	925

HIGHWAY SUPERINTENDENT

CANDIDATE	Vote %	Vote Number	Result
Scott Stewart (D)	99.46%	925

TOWN COUNCILPERSON (Top 2 vote getters)

CANDIDATE	Vote %	Vote Number	Result
Mary Bouchard (D)	51.57%	886
Richard Goldman (D)	47.73%	820

Ballot Proposals – Full state vote counts are all that matter for statewide proposals 1-5

Statewide Proposal #1: Amending the Apportionment and Redistricting process

Answer	Tompkins County	New York State (more to be counted)
Yes	60.72% (9,073 votes)	38.43% (1,201,555 votes)
No	39.28% (5,869 votes)	48.52% (1,517,296 votes)

Statewide Proposal #2: Adding the “Right to Clean Air, Clean Water and a Healthful Environment” to the NYS Constitution

ANSWER	Tompkins County	New York State (more to be counted)
Yes	77.82% (12,011 votes)	60.82% (1,903,627 votes)
No	22.18% (3,424 votes)	26.62% (859,002 votes)

Statewide Proposal #3: Eliminating 10-day advance voter registration requirement

Answer	Tompkins County	New York State (more to be counted)
Yes	62.92% (9,802 votes)	37.67% (1,179,169 votes)
No	37.08% (5,777 votes)	51.34% (1,606,939 votes)

Statewide Proposal #4: Authorizing “no excuse needed” absentee ballot voting

Answer	Tompkins County	New York State (more to be counted)
Yes	66.12% (10,291 votes)	38.60% (1,208,149 votes)
No	33.88% (5,274 votes)	50.09% (1,567,670 votes)

Statewide Proposal #5: Expanding jurisdiction of NYC Civil Court

Answer	Tompkins County	New York State (more to be counted)
Yes	76.77% (11,001 votes)	53.54% (1,675,009 votes)
No	23.23% (3,328 votes)	31.62% (989,343 votes)