The Hamilton County Board of Elections has released the unofficial results of the November 6 general election. In the presidential race, Mitt Romney received 112 votes in the Town of Inlet while President Obama received 69. In Long Lake District 1, Romney tied with Obama with 179 votes each; and in Long Lake District 2 (Raquette Lake) Romney had 46 votes to Obama’s 31.
In the U.S. Senate race, incumbent Kirsten Gillibrand received 95 votes from Inlet voters, Wendy Long had 82, and Chris Edes,1. Gillibrand also took Long Lake 1 with 216 votes to Long’s 135. Colia Clark received 4 votes and Chris Edes and Josh Mangelli each received one vote.
In Long Lake District 2, Gillibrand had 36 votes, Long had 33, and Clark had 4 votes.
In the race for the new 21st Congressional District, which went to incumbent Bill Owens, challenger Matt Doheny received 108 votes in Inlet, Owens got 59, and Donald Hassig, 1. In Long Lake District 1, Doheny had 182 votes, Owens 159, and Hassig 7. Doheny took Long Lake District 2 with 40 votes, Owens with 32, and Hassig 2.
Indian Lake native Senator Hugh Farley beat newcomer Madelyn Thorne in the race for New York Senator in the 49th District. In Inlet, Farley received 111 votes and Thorne had 45.
Voters is Long Lake District 1 gave 207 votes to Farley, and 125 to Thorne. Farley received 52 votes to Thorne’s 20 in Long Lake District 2.
Representative Marc Butler got the nod to hold onto his seat in the new 118th Assembly District. He picked up 130 votes in Inlet to his challenger Joseph Chilelli’s 39. In Long Lake District 1 Butler had 212 votes to Chilelli’s 117, and in Long Lake District 2 he had 55 votes to Chilelli’s 15.
