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Incumbent Willsboro supervisor loses Primary to newcomer
WILLSBORO — A challenger won the Republican Party race for Willsboro town supervisor against the incumbent in Tuesday's Primary Election.
Darren Dickerson garnered 62 votes, compared to six-term supervisor Shaun Gillilland with 47 votes.
Dickerson will be the Republican nominee in November's general election. Gillilland filed an independent nominating petition as the Willsboro-Reber Party and will still be on the Tuesday, Nov. 4 general election ballot as the independent candidate.
Gillilland first took office in 2014 and is the chairman of the Essex County Board of Supervisors.
Essex County had several Republican Party primaries Tuesday.
Town of Elizabethtown
Town Clerk/Tax Collector: Marietta Brady, 15 votes; Patti Doyle (winner), 74 votes.
Town of North Hudson
Town Council (two seats): Republican: Brian DeZalia (winner), 38 votes; Larry Koller (winner), 35 votes; Frank Darwak, 11 votes.
Town Justice: Sally Wachowski (winner), 32 votes; Deborah Duntley, 20 votes.
Town of Ticonderoga
Town Justice: Thomas Dedrick, 135 votes; Brenda Wells, 85 votes; Thomas Ruby, 91 votes; Philippe LaPerle (winner), 176 votes.
Town of Wilmington
Superintendent of Highways: Louis Adragna (winner), 49 votes; Cameron Grady, 35 votes; Darren Lawrence, 7 votes.
Clinton County
Town of Schuyler Falls
Town Council: Conservative: Shelia Baker (winner), 4 votes (write-in).
Franklin County
No local offices were on the ballot.
