In Delaware County, Republicans outnumber Democrats by nearly a 2-1 margin, so we have a lot of work still to be done, but the 2007 election shows that the work is, indeed, in progress. In the 29 contested races in the county, where Democrats were going against Republicans, we won 16, and one remains “up for grabs.”
In baseball, that’s a .552 batting average, which we only sometimes see in the abbreviated high school seasons around here. It is an accomplishment of which we can be very proud!
Those of us in the towns of Meredith, Roxbury, Davenport and Middletown can be exceptionally proud. Not only were we six-for-six in Meredith, with one race still awaiting next week’s absentee ballot count, but the Republican candidate, who was endorsed by the town’s Democratic committee, polled more votes on “Row A.”
We were four-for-four in Roxbury and one-for-one in Middletown. In Davenport, where we were two-for-three in contested races, the two candidates who had both Democratic and Republican endorsement also polled more votes on the Democratic line.
We won one of two races in Bovina, Hamden and Kortright, but fell short in Stamford (0-3), Andes (0-2) and Walton (0-1). In addition to the fact that there are more Republicans in those three towns, they all had a lot more money from their respective county committees, and that is something we need to address in the future.
In Meredith, Middletown and Roxbury, we can also take heart in the fact that the voters cast more votes for some of our candidates for the Supreme Court seats in the Sixth Judicial District, than were cast for the Republicans. In Meredith and Middletown, Molly Fitzgerald ranked second among the six candidates, Richard Rich third and Don Cerio fourth. Molly was also second in the voting in Roxbury, but Rich and Don did collect more votes than the third Republican in the race, Joe Fazzary.
