Fred Seeman apparent winner in Clarendon town supervisor primary

CLARENDON – Fred Seeman holds a 15-vote lead over Marc Major in the Republican primary for Clarendon town supervisor. After the votes today, early voting and absentees received by today, Seeman is ahead, 170-155.

There are 16 absentee ballots they haven’t been turned in. They need to be postmarked by today and received by the Board of Elections one week from today to be counted.

Major has been the town supervisor for about a year. He was the deputy town supervisor and was appointed town supervisor after Richard Moy retired. Major was a town councilman for 12 years.

When Major became town supervisor, his councilman seat was open and Seeman was appointed to the position about a year ago.

Both were then elected in November, but for Major it was only a one-year term, forcing him to go through the election process again this year.

Major had the Republican Committee endorsement but Seeman forced a primary. He holds the lead today.

His wife, Melissa Ierlan, is facing felony grand larceny charges for allegedly stealing about $100,000 from the Clarendon Historical Society, where she was president. Ierlan also was the town code enforcement officer, cemetery administrator and historian.

She is scheduled to appear in County Court on Friday morning.

In Clarendon, there were 326 votes today and with early voting and absentees turned in by today. (There was one write-in vote.)  There are 1,284 registered Republicans in the town for a turnout of 25.4 percent.