Root, Rich, Limina and Schiffer win contentious Shelby races
SHELBY – A contentious election season ended in Shelby with incumbents holding their seats, except John Pratt, a current councilman who fell short in a write-in campaign.
• Linda Limina, 779, and Jeff Schiffer, 529, were both elected as Republicans. There were 427 write-in votes.
• In other contested positions, Dale Root won re-election as highway superintendent over Bill Wolters, 556 to 488. Root had the Republican and Conservative lines while Wolter ran under the Democratic Party line. Wolter works as a motor equipment operator in the highway department.
• Darlene Rich also held off a challenger and was re-elected town clerk. Rich, a Democrat, also ran under the independent “People’s Choice” Party. She received 616 votes to 446 for Christine Pask, a Republican. Rich has been the town clerk for 16 years.
• Other candidates were unopposed including: Scott Wengewicz for town supervisor, 706 votes; and Ed Grabowski for town justice, 771 votes.
