Endorsed Republicans maintain slate for Town Board

Results from Tuesday's primary election have knocked some candidates out of the general election.

Mark F. Klyczek, seeking a place on the Republican line for Amherst Town Board, fell short, as did incumbent Bill Kindel. The three  spots went to, Guy R. Marlette, 2,548; Barry A. Weinstein, 3,630; and Roy L. Wixson, 2,654. Klyczek received 1,440 votes and Kindel tallied 1,795.

This ends Klyczek's run for town board.

Kindel won a spot on the Working Families Party, with 21 votes.  Also gaining positions on the Working Families line were Mark A. Manna, 22 votes; and Jerry Schad, 19. Michael Peller, who received 6 votes, lost the opportunity to run in the general election. 

Highway Superintendent Bob Anderson met two challengers on Tuesday.

In the Republican Party primary, Anderson defeated Russell J. Stoll by a vote of 2,517 to 1,392. Anderson was also victorious for the Conservative Party spot, beating Kathy Kaminski, 151 to 120.

 In the town races, 96 percent of the districts had reported at press time.

 In the race for Erie County Legislator, District 15, Edward Rath III defeated Francina Spoth by a vote of 1,645 to 756. The total represents 92 percent of the districts that had reported.

  In the 14th District, incumbent Thomas C. Loughran received 82 votes in the Conservative Party primary. He was the only candidate named, and any write in names won't be reported for another 10 days.  

James Keane was the clear victor in the Democratic primary for county executive, carrying 53 percent of the vote with 505 districts out of 521 reporting Wednesday morning. West Seneca Supervisor Paul Clark received 25 percent of the vote and former Mayor of Buffalo James Griffin received 22 percent.

There were 28,502 votes for Keane, 13,368 for Clark and 11,968 for Griffin.

Clark's name will appear on the Independence line in the November election.
Erie County Court Judge Thomas Franczyk defeated two opponents for the Democratic nomination to retain his seat on the bench. Franczyk had 53 percent, Molly Gondek Musarra had 24 percent and James A.W. McLeod had 23 percent.

Franczyk also defeated Musarra in the Conservative and Independence primaries. In both primaries, he received 67 percent of the vote and Musarra had 33. There were 597 votes for Franczyk and 299 for Musarra, with 505 districts of 521 reporting Wednesday morning.