Ossining GOP Reacts to Election Night Results

It was a nail-biter for a good part of the night during Ossining's elections and the race for Westchester's 9th District. Now that the night is over it's up to the Westchester County Board of Elections to finalize the totals.

In the town supervisor race the Board of Elections website's unofficial totals put Democrat Sue Donnelly ahead in the supervisor race at 51%, followed by Pete Tripodi at 49% with 93% of the districts reporting.

"We're going to wait until all of the results are finalized obviously and see from there. I do have two more years on the board," said Tripodi. "I'm going to continue to do what I've been doing. Advocating what I've been advocating for. Hopefully Ms. Donnelly can work with me if she is the winner. It's going to be an interesting next two years because we are facing serious issues."

In the village board of trustees race Bob Fritsche leads the pack with 29% of the votes. Trailing him is Democrat Bob Daraio and Democrat Manny Quezada with 25% each, followed by Republican Bob Terilli with 21%. 94% of the districts have reported so far in the trustee race.

"Hopefully we can move forward now that it's not a completely Democratic board," said Fritsche. "Even though I'm a registered Democrat—that doesn't mean that I'm going to be in lockstep with the Democrats. I have my own thoughts and I have my own views, and I'm going to bring that to the board."

The Board of Elections unofficial results tell a tale of Democratic dominance when it comes to Ossining's town council race. Democrat Geoffrey Harter is on top at 27%, followed by Democrat Eric Blaha with 26%. Ossining GOP Chair Stephen Dewey trails with 24% of the votes and Republican Kim Izzarelli with 23%.

"I ran with Kim, Geoff and Eric. I didn't run against anyone. Both are gentlemen. If they've won the race—terrific—if they've split the race—terrific as well," said Dewey. "I'm still excited to hear what happens with Peter and Sue. That's still going on and it really looks good for two judicial candidates."

When it came to Westchester's 9th District it appears that Democrat Catherine Borgia has won. Unofficial results give her 55% of the votes compared to Republican challenger Susan Konig.

In the races for town justice incumbent John Fried is the clear leader with 48% of the votes. Democrat Michael Tawil has 25% of the votes and Republican John Mangialardi has 26%.

"I did well with the voters," said Fried. "I'm grateful that they decided to give me the opportunity to serve my community for another four years, and I'm looking forward to doing that."