Sheriff, 7 county legislators all re-elected

By Tom Rivers, Editor Posted 8 November 2023 at 12:30 am

Orleans County Sheriff Chris Bourke was re-elected and seven county legislators all will be back for another term in office.

Sheriff Chris Bourke

All of them were unopposed.

Bourke secured a second four-year term with 4,424 votes – 3,575 under the Republican line and 826 under the Conservative Party.

He has worked in the Sheriff’s Office for 39 years, starting in 1984 as a correction officer and then was a deputy sheriff before working 18 years as a lieutenant. He was supervisor of the Marine Patrol, and also was a K9 officer for 20 years.

Before being elected sheriff, he was undersheriff for four years.

Here are the results for the seven county legislators:

County Legislator (at-large from west) – Skip Draper of Medina, 3,604 votes, Republican (2-year term)
County Legislator (at-large from central) – Don Allport of Gaines, 3,550 votes, Republican (2-year term)
County Legislator (at-large from east) – Ed Morgan of Murray, 3,496 votes, Republican (2-year term)
County Legislator (District 1) – Bill Eick of Shelby, 1,238 votes, Republican (2-year term)
County Legislator (District 2) – Lynne Johnson of Lyndonville, 720 votes, Republican (2-year term)
County Legislator (District 3) – Fred Miller of Albion, 429 votes, Democrat (2-year term)
County Legislator (District 4) – John Fitzak of Carlton, 1,088 votes, Republican (2-year term)