By Howard W. Appell on September 16, 2009

Town caucus season concludes

The Livingston County caucus season is wrapping up this week, with all results needing to be filed at the Board of Elections by Sept. 22.
Four caucuses have been held since our report last week.
Meeting on Sept. 9, Ossian Democrats nominated only a single candidate, Christopher Pero, who will run as a two-year candidate to fill out the term of Councilman Bur- ton Brokaw, who has resigned for health reasons.
There were no nominations for supervisor, clerk, justice, highway superintendent and the two council positions. These positions are up for election and all have Republican incumbents on the ballot.
On Sept. 10 Springwater Democ- rats named two newcomers, Carolyn Tinney and Judy Tripp-Neu, to run for council.
Meeting on Sept. 11, Springwater Republicans likewise put up two candidates for the council spots, newcomer Jim Bowers and incum-
bent Larry Gnau. Incumbent Flo- rence Perkins will not be seeking re- election.
Portage Republicans, also meeting last week, named incumbent Ivan Davis for supervisor, newcomer Richard Sinsabaugh for justice, and incumbents Dave Krenzer and John Thompson for council.
Leicester Democrats were meet- ing Tuesday evening, as The County News went to press. Offices up for election were justice and two coun- cil positions.
No incumbents in Geneseo race?
With decisions by incumbent Jus- tice David Haskins and incumbent councilmen Mike Tenalio and Dan Dimpfl to not seek re-election, the Town of Geneseo would seemingly have only newcomers on the ballot.
Well, maybe not. On Sept. 5 the Democrats took an unusual course of action, naming seated village jus- tice, Tom Bushnell, to run in the town justice slot. There is no legal issue with him holding both justice offices. He is advocating consolida- tion of the town and village courts.
Also named were Tom Curtin and Michael DeBramo to run for the council spots.
The Republican caucus, scheduled for Saturday, Sept. 19, 10 am at the Geneseo Building, is being closely watched.
Two prominent party members, retired elections commissioner Ger- ald Smith and retiring court clerk Paula Pieper, have been openly seek- ing the justice nomination.
“It appears that the contest for town judge will be an interesting one,” commented town councilman and usual caucus chairman David Dwyer.
There has been speculation that former supervisor Wes Kennison, a Democrat turned Republican, may seek a council nomination, but Ken- nison himself has made no indica- tion of his intention.
Roberta Irwin has advertised her interest in seeking one of the Repub- lican nominations for council. A sec- ond rumored name for Republican council consideration is Rick Taylor.
“I believe they are interested and Roberta is an announced candidate,” Dwyer said.

The Livingston County caucus season is wrapping up this week, with all results needing to be filed at the Board of Elections by Sept. 22.

Four caucuses have been held since our report last week.

Meeting on Sept. 9, Ossian Democrats nominated only a single candidate, Christopher Pero, who will run as a two-year candidate to fill out the term of Councilman Burton Brokaw, who has resigned for health reasons.

There were no nominations for supervisor, clerk, justice, highway superintendent and the two council positions. These positions are up for election and all have Republican incumbents on the ballot.

On Sept. 10 Springwater Democrats named two newcomers, Carolyn Tinney and Judy Tripp-Neu, to run for council.

Meeting on Sept. 11, Springwater Republicans likewise put up two candidates for the council spots, newcomer Jim Bowers and incumbent Larry Gnau. Incumbent Flo- rence Perkins will not be seeking re-election.

Portage Republicans, also meeting last week, named incumbent Ivan Davis for supervisor, newcomer Richard Sinsabaugh for justice, and incumbents Dave Krenzer and John Thompson for council.

Leicester Democrats were meeting Tuesday evening, as The County News went to press. Offices up for election were justice and two coun- cil positions.

No incumbents in Geneseo race?

With decisions by incumbent Justice David Haskins and incumbent councilmen Mike Tenalio and Dan Dimpfl to not seek re-election, the Town of Geneseo would seemingly have only newcomers on the ballot.

Well, maybe not. On Sept. 5 the Democrats took an unusual course of action, naming seated village justice, Tom Bushnell, to run in the town justice slot. There is no legal issue with him holding both justice offices. He is advocating consolidation of the town and village courts.

Also named were Tom Curtin and Michael DeBramo to run for the council spots.

The Republican caucus, scheduled for Saturday, Sept. 19, 10 am at the Geneseo Building, is being closely watched.

Two prominent party members, retired elections commissioner Gerald Smith and retiring court clerk Paula Pieper, have been openly seeking the justice nomination.

Roberta Irwin has advertised her interest in seeking one of the Republican nominations for council. A second rumored name for Republican council consideration is Rick Taylor.

Complete story appears in our Sept. 17 print edition.

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