Murray elects new town supervisor; Kendall picks new Town Board member

Yates board members hold off challenge from 2 Conservatives

The Town of Murray elected Gerald Rightmyer as the next town supervisor, ending Joe Sidonio’s four-year tenure. Rightmyer, who beat Sidonio in a June 27 Republican primary, had 510 votes to the 175 for Sidonio, who ran under the Conservative Party line.

Other results in Murray include:

Town Council members for four-year terms (pick two) – Lloyd Christ Jr., 484; and Randall Bower, 489.

Town Council members for two-year terms (pick two) – Michael Christopher, 441; Elaine Berg, 461; and Eric Collyer, 216.

In Kendall, residents elected a new member to the Town Board in David Bentley, a Republican with 361 votes. He ousted Margaret Lynn Szozda, a Democrat and incumbent, with 198 votes. Barb Flow, a Republican was re-elected with 432 votes.

Other candidates elected include: Tony Cammarata, town supervisor with 410 votes; and Eric Maxon, highway superintendent with 426 votes. There were also 88 write-ins for highway superintendent. Maxon will succeed Warren Kruger, who Maxon defeated in a Republican primary.

In Yates, incumbent Town Board members John Riggi and Susan Hrovat were re-elected, holding off a challenge from Paul Lauricella Jr. and Steven Colon.

Hrovat, 245 votes, and Riggi, 244, votes, are Republicans. They were challenged by Lauricella, 173 votes, and Colon, 129, who ran under the Conservative Party and independent “Taxpayers First.”

Other Yates candidates to be re-elected include incumbents: Jim Simon for town supervisor, 312 votes; Michelle Harling for town clerk, 351 votes; and Roger Wolfe for highway superintendent, 352 votes.