Former Walden Mayor Brian Maher won the June 25 Republican primary for town supervisor, beating out Town Supervisor Rodney Winchell.

“It is important to me that every single vote is counted before declaring victory,” Maher said. “I want to thank Supervisor Winchell for running a spirited campaign. Together we engaged a record number of Primary voters and had important discussions on issues that matter to our town.”

Winchell received 621 votes, or 49 percent of the vote, while Maher received 646, or 51 percent for the Republican primary, according to Orange County unofficial election results. There were 1,268 votes. These results do not include absentee ballots.

Maher has a 25 vote lead with 38 absentee ballots.

Winchell won the Conservative line over write-ins by five votes. Winchell lost the Independence line to write-ins.

Ron Feller and incumbent Mark Hoyt won the Republican primary for town council, beating Dwight Warrington.

Hoyt and Feller will compete against Joseph Keenan on the Conservative line and Democrats Susan Cockburn and Kristen Brown for the two town council seats in the November elections. Maybrook Mayor Dennis Leahy will also be running in the November supervisor elections.

“Senator Larkin always taught me that holding public office is all about listening to and addressing the needs of the people.,” Maher said. “ As my team and I canvassed our community, we listened to issues that were important to the voters and discussed ways we could address them together.”