Democrat Stephen Krasner held a razor-thin lead over Republican Scott Manley in Tuesday’s election for Town of Newburgh supervisor as of midnight, according to unofficial results.
Krasner, running on the Democratic and Working Families Party lines, had received 5,861 votes, or 50.02%, compared with 49.96% for Manley, who ran on the Republican and Conservative lines.
"The bottom line is I am down by only 7 votes," Manley posted Tuesday night. "Besides the election districts there are still affidavits to be counted and absentees. We will have to wait. I cannot say if it will be a week or month."
Democrat Jennifer Knox held a lead over incumbent Republican Lisa Vance-Ayers in Tuesday’s election for Town of Newburgh clerk as of midnight, according to unofficial results.
Knox, running on the Democratic and Working Families Party lines, had received 6,220 votes, or 53.24%, compared with 46.75% for Vance-Ayers, who ran on the Republican and Conservative lines.
In the race for Newburgh Town Justice, unofficial results showed Democrat Kenyon C. Trachte with 52.5 percent of the votes, ahead of current Town Councilman Anthony LoBiondo.