Politics & Government

With Absentees Ballots Counted, Klughers Holds On To Last Trustee Spot

When it was all said and done, here are the number of votes with which each candidate ended up.

When all the absentee ballots were counted last week, the . Debbie Klughers, who looked to have the last seat on the East Hampton Town Trustees on Election Night, maintained the position, picking up 450 votes in the absentees ballots.

Here are the numbers provided by the Suffolk County Board of Elections:

SUPERVISOR RACE:

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William (Bill) Wilkinson: 3,403 (50.11 percent)

  • Republican: 2,600
  • Conservative: 321
  • Independence: 482

Zach Cohen: 3,388 (49.89 percent)

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  • Democrat: 2,999
  • Work Family: 389

* There were 7 write-in votes. The Suffolk County Board of Elections does not provide the names of those written in unless they receive substantial support.


SUPERINTENDENT OF HIGHWAYS

Stephen Lynch: 3,915 (57.81 percent)

  • Republican: 2,829
  • Conservative: 356
  • Independence: 730

Scott King: 2,857 (42.19 percent)

  • Democrat: 2,564
  • Working Family: 293

TOWN JUSTICE

Lisa R. Rana: 4,091 (61.22 percent)

  • Republican: 2,953
  • Conservative: 410
  • Independence: 728

Stephen A. Grossman: 2,592 (38.78 percent)

  • Democrat: 2,306
  • Working Family: 286

TOWN BOARD

Peter K. Van Scoyoc: 3,149 (23.91 percent)

  • Democrat: 2,814
  • Working Family: 335

Sylvia W. Overby: 2,936 (22.29 percent)

  • Democrat: 2,669
  • Working Family: 267

Richard Haeg: 1,959 (14.88 percent)

  • Republican: 1,669
  • Conservative: 290

Steven Gaines: 1,939 (14.72 percent)

  • Republican: 1,878
  • Opportunity: 61

William Mot, Independence: 1,744 (13.24 percent)

Marilyn Behan, Independence: 1,442 (10.95 percent)

ASSESSOR

Jeanne Nielsen: 5,156 (53.34 percent)

  • Democrat: 3,553
  • Working Family: 552
  • Independence: 1,051

Jill Massa: 4,511 (46.66 percent)

  • Republican: 2,640
  • Conservative: 501
  • Independence: 1,370

TOWN TRUSTEE

Stephanie Talmage Forsberg: 4,066 (7.44 percent)

  • Republican: 2,715
  • Conservative: 448
  • Independence: 903

Stephen M. Lester: 3,793 (6.94 percent)

  • Democrat: 2,936
  • Independence: 857

Timothy A. Bock: 3,697 (6.76 percent)

  • Republican: 2,489
  • Conservative: 452
  • Independence: 756

Diane E. McNally: 3,490 (6.39 percent)

  • Republican: 2,384
  • Conservative: 371
  • Independence: 735

Shawn D. McCaffrey: 3,370 (6.17 percent)

  • Republican: 2,340
  • Conservative: 383
  • Independence: 647

Lynn V. Mendelman: 3,354 (6.14 percent)

  • Republican: 2,302
  • Conservative: 365
  • Independence: 687

Joseph Bloecker: 3,341 (6.11 percent)

  • Republican: 2,304
  • Conservative: 377
  • Independence: 660

Nathaniel Miller: 3,235 (5.92 percent)

  • Republican: 2,015
  • Conservative: 348
  • Independence: 672

Debra Klughers: 2,904 (5.31 percent)

  • Democrat: 2,570
  • Working Family: 334

Raymond Hartjen: 2,857 (5.23 percent)

  • Democrat: 2,548
  • Working Family: 309

Loretta Sears: 2,648 (4.84 percent)

  • Democrat: 2,364
  • Working Family: 284

Kevin Bryne: 2,643 (4.84 percent)

  • Republican: 2,113
  • Independence: 530

John Chimples: 2,632 (4.82 percent)

  • Democrat: 2,377
  • Working Family: 255

John Gosman: 2,625 (4.80 percent)

  • Republican: 2,516
  • Opportunity: 109

Sima Freierman: 2,618 (4.79 percent)

  • Democrat: 2,341
  • Working Family: 277

Nancy E. Lagarenne: 2,560 (4.68 percent)

  • Democrat: 2,287
  • Working Family: 273

Sam Kramer: 2,490 (4.56 percent)

  • Democrat: 2,247
  • Working Family: 243

Rona Klopman: 2,332 (4.27 percent)

  • Democrat: 2,117
  • Working Family: 215


*winners are in bold


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