Most County Towns Show Big Margins For GOP Candidates
Rensselaer County towns mostly backed Republicans for local offices with broad majorities. Brunswick North Greenbush Schodack and Hoosick Falls swung heavily GOP. Berlin Averill Park and Peters burg elected full Republican slates while Poestenkill and North Greenbush delivered notable GOP sweeps in town offices.
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Ponald
Hoosick Falls
Poestenkill
GOP
Warren Voters Defeat Propositions at Ballot
Warren County voters defeated all four propositions at the head of the ballot yesterday. The proposed new charter was soundly rejected by a vote of 12 13 to 2 492. The bond transportation issue was defeated 8 999 to 6 210.
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Warren County
Waterford GOP sweep reshapes town politics after ten years
Waterford voters backed GOP candidates in a full sweep defeating Citizens Party rivals. J Joseph Corrigan won town supervisor 2007 to 1635, Kermit Plummer Jr. 1967 to 1678 for town clerk, Guido Pallozzi 1941 to 1682 for four year justice of the peace, Bernard Cobb Jr. 1963 to 1637 for council, and Mrs. C Joyse Douglas 1814 to 1761 for assessor. Also, James A. O Connor ran unopposed for Saratoga County district attorney with 2299 votes. Other county races saw Hall over Bayly 1799 to 911 for coroner, Breitel 2625 to 2144 for associate judge, Jason 2802 votes for associate judge, Graves 2789 to 42 for supreme court, Harvey 1978 to 0 for second supreme court, Ostrander 1930 to 738 for surrogate, with multiple amendments and propositions on the ballot.
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Victoria Metager
Dolores Carpenter
Florence L. Balfourt
Lloyd Roberts
Edward Kintarek
Dack Casey
Floyd Hitchcouk
Hoosick
John A. Murphy
Murphy
Harold Crowley
George A. McEvoy
Thomas Restino
Alfred J. Eberle
Gay
Phillips
Robert Hayes
Lawrence A. Muirphy
Rudolph Beck
Joseph LaMagdeleine
Charles Searcy
Sears
Franklin Tate
Thomas G. Wysocki
Tate
The
Loyal Elks Lodge
Wysocki
Elks
Schodack
GOP
Donald C. Justis
Karl G. Johnson Sr
Dale W. Goodall
Margaret
Julius van Ort
Audley Haight
Charles K. Peter
Carl T. Gerseh
Stephentown
Orrin Meddaugh
James R. Mayer
Mayer
AVOS
Wesley Edwards
C. E. Hoffman
Hoffman
Geoge Eckhardt
F. P. Volpi
Volpi
Louis Sehad
Shirley Esposito
Esposito
William Hall
Waldron Lapp
Edward Demick
Demick
Rowland McClare
Donald Shaw
Elman
Citizens Party
Etman
Sally Walker
Jesse Crandall Jr
Crandall
Justice of Peace
Robert H. Vosburgh
G. Gundrum
Gundrum
L. C. Jensen
Irving T. Mason
Mason
Paul Frank
Orley Schultz
Lawrence Lamphere
Leslie Miller
Miller
Bornt
Pittstown
Hayner Bornt
Alexander Marbot
Louise Colarusso
Justice A the Peace
James Pfeiffer
Joseph Weiss
Davie
Vernon Ketchum
Millard Jordan
Randall Brust
George Hunt Jr
Eleanor Banker
June Murtha
Elton Brust
George Kagel
Clifford E. Lewis
Louis Wagner
Charles Lewis
Robert Wein
Tél
Earl Styles
Alice Malloy
Averill Park
Don Cholakis
Daniel Dwyer
Schaghticoke
Robert E. Calhoun
William A. R. Harkness
Jessie D. Reed
Joseph P. Mitchell
George J. Blair
Richard Ralston
William GO. Ralston
Frank J. Haughney Jr
Hartwell
Day
Judith A. Phelps
Donald Bryan
HW. Corky Reborn
Percy J, Campbell
Michael, Boyko
Ralph Akin
Daniel Russum
J. Joseph Corrigan
Charles F. Taylor
Corrigan
Taylor
Kermit G. Plummer Jr
Ernest R. Thouin
Guido G. Pallozzi
Justice of the Peace
Joseph A. Wright
Bernard W. Cobb Jr
Nicholas F. Patton
C. Joyse Douglas
Francis Falcone
John G. Massey
Frank
Fitzpatrick
Citizenk
Waterford
James A. O'Connor
Saratoga County
D.A
Harold L. Hall
Thomas Bayly
Hall
Bayly
Court of Appeals
Charles D. Breitel
Kenneth J. Mullane
Matthew J. Jason
Judge Ostrander
Saul Balmuth
Norman Su. Harvey
William J. Quinn
Justice of the Supreme Court
Fourth Judicial District
Paul D. Graves
City OF Rensselaer
Alice Taber
Kath- Sixth Ward
Wien Niles
wRier County
Elec- Berlin
Greenwich
Brunswick
Greenbush
Grafton
Loris ‘Thompson
Nassau Ood
Paul Moriarty
Granville
Salem
Washington County
George S. Morse
Herman Benjamin
Charles Cole
Michael J. Lynch
Donald D. Hanks
Mathew J. Jason
Breitel
A‘e Jason
Supreme Court
Paul G. Graves
Norman L. Harvey
John J. O’brien
Saratoga County Republicans Rally to Big Victory
In Saratoga County elections Republicans swept 19 to 2 in supervisor races, unseating four Democrats and leaving one Democratic incumbent, Elwin Ginter of Northumberland, victorious. Several GOP incumbents were unopposed, while key contests in Saratoga Springs and surrounding towns produced mixed results for city and county offices.
GOP Sweep Shines in Colonie and Albany County Seats
Colonie voters delivered sweeping GOP wins across town and county races led by incumbent supervisor William K. Sanford who won by a large margin. Maybelle Anderson and Samuel G. Golden also topped ticket polls, with Republicans claiming seven county legislators and key town posts while most statewide propositions were defeated save for the transportation bond issue.
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Colonie
Republican Party
James Polelo
William McNulty
Green Island
Legislative
Albany County
GOP
William K. Sanford
Sanford
J. Donald O'Hare
Maybelle Anderson
Samuel G. Golden
Robert E. Jones
Richard Link
Martin
J. Palmer Harcourt
Samuel G. Goldey
Martin Novak
Robert E
District Attorney Vote Totals Across Rensselaer County Divisions
The total vote cast for district attorney is tallied across three divisions in Rensselaer County: Troy and Rensselaer cities plus the fourteen rural towns. The report consolidates results from the urban centers and surrounding towns for a countywide DA race.
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Rensselaer County
City of
Troy
Rensselaer
GOP Sweep Highlights Washington County Elections
Republican majorities dominated Washington County ballots in yesterday's local elections with wide margins against the proposed state constitution while supporting the transportation bond. Cambridge and Breach Towns reelected officials. Greenwich and others voted along party lines, with several towns rejecting the constitution and approving bond measures.
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Washington County
Tate wins Philadelphia mayoral re election in razor thin margin
Democratic James Tate secures a second term as Philadelphia mayor by 1.6 percent over Arlen Specter in a high profile race. Specter hoped to become the city’s first Jewish mayor, with national figures including Vice President Humphrey aiding Tate and Senator Brooke endorsing Specter amid a party split and minority candidate runoffs.
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Philadelphia
James H. J. S
Tate
Dist. Atlv
Arlen Specter
T Ate
Specter
Democrats
City Hall
Center City
William Devlin
Hubert H. Humphrey
U.S
Edward Brooke
Massachusetts
Senate
Hudson Mayor Race Narrows Incumbent Defeat
AP reports Hudson mayoral race results with former mayor Samuel T. Wheeler advancing on the Republican-Liberal ticket defeating Democratic incumbent Bartholomew Delaney by an unofficial 2436 to 1396 last night.
Jersey GOP Controls Legislature
In Newark Republicans held a strong edge in New Jersey’s newly apportioned legislature. With partial results, the GOP led 30 to 8 in the 80 member assembly and 17 to 6 in the 40 seat senate. Governor Hughes defended Johnson era policies amid Republican gains.
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Newark
N.J
New Jersey
Senate
U. S
Clifford Case
Johnson
Vietnam
Richard J. Hughes
Robert Burkhardt
Assembly
GOP Wins In Town Of Saratoga
Republicans won by more than two to one in Saratoga with Howard Hopkins defeating Henry Weighton 946 to 414 for councilman and Robert Loomis taking 929 to Willard Gordon 447 for assessor. Voters rejected the transportation bond 631 526 and the proposed Constitution 1905 276. Uncontested totals show Cecil Poirer 1413 highways, Michael Nolan 1420 collector, Angelo Gentile 1094 assessor four years, Robert Fremont 610 councilman, Alice Smith 1412, John Koval 1059 supervisor.
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Brunswick
Richard W. Keeler
George Mullen
Marguerite Wilcox
Josephine Welch
Justice of the Peace
D. C
John Spain
William Daugherty
Richard A. Wade
Lawrence Wilhelm
A. Frank Bentley
Edward Bouchard
David J. Smith
Michael Carey
Earl Morse
Robert Goodwin
N. Greenbush
New Town
Frank Heller
North Greenbush
Edward A. Wielkind
James Herbert
Robert G. Jones
William Nedrick
John W. Claydon
Frank Goodwin
Mart Wn W. Waugh
Alson
Henry F. King
Dino Fiacco
Nassau
Harry Henig
Currier
Henry Goble
Cleon Lindsay
Marold Cronin
Lloyd Goodermate
Joseph Dryazmala
Ralph Kilmer
Joseph F. Warren
Frank Piekarski
Carl E. Wicks
Susan Eldridge
Sidney S. Gallant
Martin Ormsby
Robert L. Middleton
Daniel Holser
Earl D. Stiles
Alice Malloy
Richard A. Seuffert
Barney Moulage
Charles E. Hack
Linly Ashley
Frank E. Wittman
Thomas J. McGrath
Poesteckill
Aretta M. Barringer
Donald A. Gutbrodt
Arthur Berry
Walter J. Bubie
Eugene Miner
Helen R. Campbell
Gordon D. Lesson
Earl E. Miller
Henry J. Radz
Kenneth Coonrad
Whitehall
Frank Martucci
Supervisor
Gerald Ross
Albert A. St. Clair
Alexander Manuele
George C. Brown
Thomas Hewitt
Marion Guerin
Alpert Chadwick
Thomas Cuomo
Gertrude Foster
Norman Lortie
Claude H. Percy
Norman MacLeod
Town of
Jackson
Saratoga
Howard Hopkins
Henry Weighton
Robert Loomis
Wile Lard Gordon
Cecil Poirer
Michael Nolan
Angelo Gentile
Robert Fremont
Alice Smith
John Koval
Mr. Koval
Solomon defeats Webster in Queensbury supervisor race
Democrat Gerald Solomon wins the Queensbury supervisor seat with 2,223 votes on the Democratic ticket plus 177 Conservative 56 Liberal and 40 Independent. Republican Thomas Lawson and Harwood Beaty are elected to two county supervisor posts. Warren County charter fails 12,147 to 2,900 and bond transportation measures lose 7,860 to 6,926.
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John O. Webster
Queensbury
Gerald Solomon
Solomon
Thomas Lawson
Harwood Beaty
Warren County
Constitution 1894 Charter Amended
Albany report notes the present state constitution is a heavily amended charter from the 1894 convention. A wholly new constitution was drafted in 1915 but defeated by voters, while the 1938 convention chose not to rewrite the charter but to amend it.
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Albany
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George Ropitzky
Hazel Dunigan
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Eugene Moan
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Richard Foster
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Duane Jones
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Charles Haigh
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Loyal Maxon
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