As polls have closed across Oswego County, unofficial results show a three vote difference between candidates in Fulton’s Fifth Ward and Frank Castiglia Jr. retaining his seat as the 25th District Oswego County legislator. Fifth Ward for the Fulton Common Council and the 25th District of Oswego County Legislature covering a portion of Fulton were the only two contested races relative to the city. Uncontested races for city council returned four incumbents to their seats and secured one newcomer a seat as Fourth Ward councilor. Continue reading for more information.
The 2017 primary election for the 25th district of Oswego County Legislature initially left newcomer candidate Marc Holliday leading the polls with six votes to incumbent candidate Frank Castiglia Jr.’s four votes in a conservative primary race. Given time to account for absentee ballots, the final results evened the score at a deadlock, each candidate receiving seven votes. According to Oswego County Board of Elections officials, the tiebreaking decision would be left to the Oswego County Conservative Party to discuss and decide through a committee vote. “The Executive Committee of the Oswego County Conservative Party met Thursday (Sept 28) night at its regularly scheduled meeting and the issue of appointing a candidate for the Conservative line for the 25th Legislative district was voted on. The chairman and secretary convened this vote and found that neither candidate was selected. Therefore, there will be no representative for the Conservative Party on this line,” said Ron Greenleaf, Chairman of the Oswego County Conservative Party.
The Board of Education for Fulton City School District approved modifications to election districts and polling places at the regular meeting held Tuesday at GRB High School. Currently, the school district is divided into four election districts with each election district having it’s own polling location. However, through the board’s approval, the boundaries have been modified to include only two districts. Now, election district #1 will include all the voters living on the east side of the district, or anyone residing east of the Oswego River. Likewise, Election District #2 will include all voters living on the West side of the district, or anyone residing west of the Oswego River. Continue reading the full article to find out the new polling locations for each district.
While the 2015 election seemed uneventful for Fulton voters, the results are in for the contested races in city council and legislature. Mayor Ronald Woodward Sr. ran uncontested as did three incumbent council seats in the first ward, fourth ward and sixth ward. However, the second ward, third ward and fifth ward saw one incumbent and five all new candidates running for their council seat.
Barlow wins race for mayor’s seat in Oswego.
While they sat just a couple yards away from each other at Wednesday night’s debate, Dave White and Tom Gillen were miles apart on some of the issues facing the Port City. The two candidates for mayor of Oswego; Gillen, a Democrat, and White, a Republican, squared off in Oswego High School’s Faust Theater.
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