Endorsed Republicans maintain slate for Town Board; Nov. 6 ballot set

Results from Sept. 18th'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 with 2,548 votes; 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 line, 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, will not be 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.

The slate for the Nov. 6 election, where three council members will be elected from seven candidates, is as follows: Republican line: Marlette, Weinstein and Wixson; Democratic line: Foladare, Schad and Manna; Conservative line: Kindel, Manna and Marlette; Independence Party: Foladare and Schad; and Working Families: Kindel, Manna and Schad.

Anderson will run on the Republican, Conservative, Independence and Working Families parties line. Kaminski will run on the Democratic line.

Incumbent Susan Jaros did not face a challenger. She is the endorsed Republican candidate. The Independence Party had chosen Jaros, who did not accept the endorsement.

The Conservative and Democratic parties has endorsed Jeffrey Marion.

The Working Families Party will not endorse a candidate for town clerk.

Incumbent Judge Geoff Klein received the endorsement of all five parties.

In the race for Erie County Legislature's 15th District, Edward Rath III won the Republican primary against Francina Spoth. Rath received 1,645 votes to Spoth's 756.

He will run in the November election on the Republican, Independence and Conservative party lines. On the Democratic and Working Families party lines will be Cheryl Whitehead.

In the 14th District, incumbent Thomas C. Loughran received 82 votes in the Conservative Party primary. He was the only candidate named. He will run on the Democratic, Conservative, Independence and Working Families lines in November.

The Republican candidate for the 14th District is Bradley Rowles Jr.

James Keane was the victor in the Democratic primary for county executive, carrying 53 percent of the vote. 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 509 districts of 521 reporting.