Cortland County 2003 Election

Cortland County 2003 Election Results for Preble

It looks like a Republican sweep of Cortland County!

Republicans Campbell, Ferris, Larkin, Riccardi and Sharp all winners on the first half of the ballot. Plus 14 of 19 Legislature seats for a total 19 out of 24! There are few wins for Democrats. Only 4 legislators. One of the good news items is Knickerbocker losing to Campbell but the bad news is he's currently County Attorney. Perhaps with a Republican legislature they will find a Republican to be County Attorney.

Mind you I haven't looked at all of the county races and I don't plan too. I'll leave that for the Cortland Standard. While massive shifts like this only happen when there are serious problems, and while it is nice to win you usually end up with a mess to deal with and cleanup is always a dirty task.

While the dems did poorly county wide they did great in Preble. Supervisor, clerk, justice and 2 town board positions. The reps only have the other 2 town board positions and highway supervisor. This is pitiful considering the reps outnumber the dems two to one in the town. Of course it helps that the dems control the Republican Committee who put dems on the ticket over their own party candidates. But I'll go into the local issues later, when I have more time.

Meantime you can check the county BOE site ate the top for all the numbers.

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FLASH Republicans take over legislature 14 seats to 5. A couple are very close so that may change but the legislature is now firmly in Republican hands. This means the dems lost 2 incumbent seats and the reps got those plus the 5 open seats. Amazing!

Knickerbocker loses big time 60% to 40%. Perhaps next time when we ask for health information...

More details and my take on it later.