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Monroe County numbers updated

Here is a look at updated numbers in Monroe County.

Janet Jackson and Patrick Best clinched the votes for two vacant judge positions in Monroe County.

Jackson led with 22,075 unofficial votes, while Best had 17,844 votes.

The other two judge candidates, Kelly Lombardo and Alexander Marek, tallied 16,883 and 12,250 votes, respectively.

Row offices

Newcomer Ira Jolley, a Democrat, is leading for the position of treasurer. He defeated incumbent treasurer Theresa Johnson by a margin of 22,142 to 17,481. Jolley has 35 years of experience in investment banking at Bear Stearns, executive sales leadership at AT&T, and a strong background in insurance and risk management.

Coroner Thomas A. Yanac Jr. was unopposed for another term. He was first elected to office in 2017.

Pleasant Valley School Board

Newcomers Janet Dooner and Denise Hopely were the top vote-getters with 4,104 and 4025 votes, respectively. They were followed by Diane Serfass, 3,920, Norman A. Burger, 3,729, and Melanie Zipp, 3,525. Four seats were open.

Zipp, Serfass and Burger are incumbents. Dooner and Hopely, a retired teacher, were seeking their first term on board.

Chestnuthill Township

Democrat Jeffrey S. Weiss is the apparent winner in the race for six-year supervisor. Weiss had 1,994 votes, while Ramirez had 1,834 votes.

In the race for judge of elections, Democrat James M. Shea had 324 votes, while Republican Bridget M. Shanley had 292.

Uncontested candidates in Chestnuthill include June O’Neill and Bradley D. Mann, who sought the four-year term as tax collector and the six-year term as constable, respectively, and who appeared on both ballots; Eric E. Hoffman, Republican, aspired to a six-year term as auditor; Nellie D. Gordon, Democrat, and Richard Deldonna, Republican, sought four-year terms as judge of elections and inspector of elections, respectively, in the First District; Mark Baylis and Richard Reade, Republicans were running for judge of elections and inspector of elections, respectively, in the Second District; Douglas Lightbody, Democrat, sought the four-year term as inspector of elections in the Third District; Wendy Mabel Heller, Republican, ran for the four-year term as judge of elections in the Fourth District; and Candyce Ourada, Democrat, and Bria R. Orley, Republican, ran for four-year terms as inspectors of elections in the Fourth District.

Eldred Township

Republican Susan M. McGinty defeated Democrat Michael A. Kolba Jr. by a 503-276 margin.

Republican Jessica Keller won the two-year supervisor term with 499 votes. Democrat Alyssa Meadows had 265 votes.

Unopposed candidates on the township’s ballot included Republican Laura Hoffman, who ran for a four-year term as tax collector; and Republican Karen Anthony, who sought a four-year term as judge of elections.

Republican Sharon Solt defeated Democrat Pearl Eckhart for the four-year term as inspectors of elections. Solt had 461 votes and Eckhart had 295 votes.

Polk Township

Incumbent Carl Heckman was unopposed for the six-year term of township supervisor in Polk Township.

Angela Schwartz appeared on both the Democratic and Republican ballots for the four-year term as tax collector, respectively.

The only contest was the four-year term as judge of elections.

Republican Michael Davidowsky had 1,070 votes, while Democrat Peter DeSanto Jr. had 804 votes,

Other unchallenged candidates include Antoinette Gravell and Robert Butler, Republicans, who were seeking the six-year terms as auditor and constable, respectively; and Teresa Bond, Republican, who ran for the four-year term as inspector of elections.

Ross Township

Republican Shelli Bird had 791 votes for the Ross Township auditor position, while Democrat Linda M. Zak garnered 644 unofficial votes.

In the race for the judge of elections position in the Second District of the township, Christine Foote McCool, who appeared on both the Democratic and Republican ballots, had 512 votes, while Libertarian Vincent J. Delhery had 150.

Unopposed candidates included Greg Gill, who appeared on both ballots for the six-year term on the board of supervisors; Nina Campbell, Republican, seeking the four-year term as tax collector; Robert Wagner, Republican, aspiring to the six-year term as constable; and Kathleen Bickel Hurley and Barbara Magliaccio, Republican, seeking four-year terms as inspectors of elections.

Janet Jackson
Patrick Best
Norman Burger
Melanie Zipp
Diane Serfass