LITTLE VALLEY — There will be two primaries Tuesday — Democrat and Republican — to nominate candidates for supervisor in the Town of Hinsdale.
Polls will be open in Hinsdale and seven other towns with primary races Tuesday from noon to 9 p.m. There are no countywide primaries for any political party.
Hinsdale Supervisor Thomas Hooper’s decision not to seek re-election set off a scramble by three candidates for the post, which carries a two-year term.
In the Democratic primary Councilman Mary Ann Powley and Michael Bushnell are vying for the nomination. Bushnell is also running on the Conservative Party line in November.
In the Republican primary, Bushnell and former Hinsdale Town Councilman Monroe Bishop are vying for the supervisor nomination. Bishop also has the Independence party line.
Depending on the outcome of primary voting in Hinsdale, all three candidates could wind up on the ballot in November, or Bushnell could end up unopposed with a sweep of the Democratic and Republican primaries.
There are also primaries for supervisor in Ischua and Dayton.
In Ischua, Supervisor Jeffrey Goodyear is being challenged by Robert Frank Jr. in a Republican primary. Goodyear is also running on the Independence Party line in November. It is for a two-year term.
The fourth supervisor primary features Dayton Supervisor Mark Smith, and challenger Angie Mardino-Miller in a Republican primary. Mardino-Miller is also running on the Independence Party line in November. It is for a two-year term.
Other primaries Tuesday include:
ALLEGANY
Two incumbent councilmen, Robert Parker and James Hitchcock, both Republicans, are being challenged for re-election to a four-year term in a Conservative primary by Kathleen Schaeper. Parker and Hitchcock are also on the Independence Party line.
There is also a Conservative primary for town justice between Justice David Porter and Anne Marie Raymond.
Porter, a Republican, is also on the Independence line. Raymond is listed on the Democrat line. The justice post is a four-year term.
FREEDOM
Town Justice Gary Chamberlain and challenger Jennifer Daugherty are in a Republican primary for four-year term as justice. Chamberlain is running also running on the Conservative and Independence lines. Daugherty is running on the Democrat line.
PERRYSBURG
Democrats have an unusual opportunity to ballot to nominate write-in candidates for a four-year term for councilman. Those nominated will run against incumbents Jennifer Dabolt and Richard Gabel, Republican incumbents on the Perrysburg Town Board.
PORTVILLE
Highway Superintendent Todd Shaw is being challenged for re-election to a four-year term in a Republican primary by Jeffrey Lynn. The winner will face Christopher Holcomb, who filed as an independent party candidate, in the November election.
(Contact reporter Rick Miller at rmiller@oleantimesherald.com. Follow him on Twitter, @RMillerOTH)
