Mohawk Valley villagers took to the polls March 18 to elect mayors, trustees and chief justices across Oneida, Herkimer, and Madison counties.
Results below reflect most current information available as of 2 p.m., March 20. Confirmed winners appear in bold. Results will be updated as boards of elections and village clerks update their status.
Mohawk Valley Village Election Results
Oneida County
March 2026 Village Election Results for villages whose elections are governed by the Oneida County Board of Elections are considered unofficial until confirmed as certified, where the website is currently reporting absentee and mail-in ballots only partially reported. Status from Oneida County Election Commissioners was pending at the time of publication.
Registered voters: 7,792
Votes Cast: 467
Voter Turnout: 6%
Village of Camden
Village Trustees
Jeffrey Kelly
Todd Scoville
Two Village Trustees seats were poised to be filled with voters choosing between two candidates and the write-in option, which won almost 10% of the total vote.
Jeffrey Kelly and Todd Scoville, both Republicans, won 43.14% and 47.06% of the vote, respectively, to win the two Trustee seats.
Village of Clayville
The Village of Clayville requires voters to “write-in” the name of the candidate for whom they cast their vote for mayor and one village trustee seat. Twenty-eight votes were cast for mayor, 61 for trustee, with results to be published following certification of the vote.
Village of Clinton
Village Trustees
Howard Schaffer
Chelsea Burns Spellman
Voters filled two village trustee seats with two candidates, Howard Schaffer and Chelsea Burns Spellman, both of the Community party, with 48.94% and 51.06% of the vote, respectively, of 94 total votes. Write-in votes were an option but no Clinton voters cast for write-in candidates.
Holland Patent
Village Trustees
Jennifer Mann
A. Scott Rosenburgh
The Village of Holland Patent governs its own elections and saw two candidates run for two seats on the Village Board of Trustees, Jennifer Mann and A. Scott Rosenburgh. Official results are pending confirmation by the Village Clerk.
Village of New York Mills
Village Trustees
Edward Chamberlain
Julianne Frankland
Voters were invited to cast two votes for Village Trustee from two candidates – Edward Chamberlain (Diamond) and Julianne Frankland (Frankland) – or cast a write-in vote.
Of 421 votes cast, Chamberlain 143 votes, or 33.97%, Frankland won earned 148 votes for 35.15% of the total vote, while 30.88% of the total votes were cast for write-in candidates, with Daniel “Chip” Cieplinski winning 69 votes for 16.39% of the vote total, Mark Kulpa carving 14.01% of total votes with 59 votes in his favor, and rounding out vote-getters with Ken Kulpa and Jennifer Hoyt winning 1 vote each for .24% of the vote, respectively.
Village of Oneida Castle
Village Trustee
Donald Ackerman
Donald Ackerman ran unopposed for a vacant seat on the Village of Oneida Castle Board of Trustees. Election details are pending confirmation by the Village Clerk.
Village of Oriskany Falls
Village Trustees
Douglas Smorol
Scott Jeffers
Two candidates — Douglas Smorol and Scott Jeffers, both incumbents – ran for seats on the Village of Oriskany Falls Board of Trustees. The Village of Oriskany Falls reported on social media that both candidates had been re-elected to the Village Board of Trustees with 24 voters and 24 absentee ballots counted.
Village of Remsen
Village Trustee
Susan Bartholomew
Kimberly Graves
The Village of Remsen had two candidates – Susan Bartholomew and Kimberly Graves – run for village trustee. Status of results is pending confirmation from the Village Clerk.
Village of Sylvan Beach
Village Trustees
Thaddeus Lawrence
Mark Ferriter
The Village of Sylvan Beach had two village trustee candidates — Thaddeus Lawrence and Mark Ferriter (incumbent) to fill two trustee seats. Their elections were confirmed on the village’s social media.
Village of Vernon
The final candidates and outcome of the election to fill two Village Trustee seats is pending confirmation from the Village Clerk.
Village of Waterville
Village Trustees
Brian Bogari
Kaleigh Connors
Waterville voters could cast two votes, choosing from the write-in option or two candidates, Brian Bogari and Kaleigh Connors, both cross-endorsed by the Democratic and Republican parties. Connors edged out Bogari as top vote-getter by just 2 votes, 29 to 27 (51.79% to 48.21% of total vote respectively). There were no write-in votes cast in Waterville.
Village of Whitesboro
Mayor
Ken Hopsicker
Trustees
Peter Potasiewicz
Timothy J. Ryan, Jr
Whitesboro Village voters cast ballots for both mayor and village trustee (where they could cast two votes). Ken Hopsicker ran unopposed for mayor, winning 96.10% of the total vote, with 74 ballots cast in his favor. 3.9% of the total vote – or 3 ballots – were write-ins.
Two candidates ran for trustee, Peter Potasiewicz and Timothy J. Ryan, Jr., both under the Whitesboro United Banner. Potasiewicz was the top vote-getter with 70 votes and represented 52.24% of the vote total. Ryan earned 51 votes for 45.52% of the total, while write-in candidate Erica Zalatan carved out 2 votes for 2.24% of total votes cast.
Herkimer County
All 2026 Village elections in Herkimer County were conducted and governed by the respective villages themselves, though via official communication regarding results to the Herkimer County Board of Elections, some outcomes were confirmed.
Village of Dolgeville
Mayor
Mary Puznowski
Village Trustees
Robert Gridley
Marilyn Williams
As confirmed on the Village of Dolgeville official social media, Mary Puznowski, ran as unopposed incumbent for Mayor of the Village of Dolgeville for a four-year term, winning 89 votes. Write-in candidates accounted for seven additional ballots (Brian Randall (2), Marilyn Williams (2), and Amber Kraszewski (3)), for a total of 96 votes.
Andrew Drumm and Robert Gridley were the two candidates running for two vacant seats on the village’s Board of Trustees.
Gridley received 86 votes, while Marilyn Williams, won 81 votes, with both being incumbents. Drumm had a vote-get of 32. Write-in candidate Joanne Williams received one vote, making for a total of 200 votes cast in the race.
Village of Newport
Village Trustee
Carl Ulinski
Carl Ulinski ran unopposed for a seat on board of trustees for the Village of Newport. His election is confirmed but official details of the results remain pending confirmation by the Village of Newport.
Village of Poland
Mayor
Jacquelyn Beck
Jacquelyn Beck (not party affiliated), incumbent Mayor of the Village of Poland, was unopposed considered re-elected per write-in ballot. Her election is confirmed, with official details of the balloting pending confirmation by the Village of Poland.
Village Trustee(s)
Voters will write in the name of the person for whom they cast their ballot to be the new Village Trustee. Results are pending confirmation by the Village of Poland.
Madison County
Village of Chittenango
All results for Village of Chittenango and Earlville are official, per the Madison County Board of Elections, as of noon, March 20. The Village of DeRuyter filled one seat on the Village Board of Trustees by independent nomination.
Village elections for Chittenango, (where residents voted for Chief Justice and Village Trustee) and Earlville were held on March 18, with polls open until 9 p.m.
Chief Justice
John D. Button
Village Trustees
Dana H. Kent
Edward J. Gratien
Results from the Village of Chittenango as of 5 p.m. had John D. Button (Republican), an incumbent who ran unopposed for Chief Justice, winning 90 votes, while four votes were cast for write-in candidates and 16 ballots were blank, for a total of 110 ballots.
Voters could cast two ballots for Village Trustee, choosing between two candidates – Dana H. Kent (Republican), who won 93 votes, and Edward J. Gratien (Republican) with 92 votes – and the write-in option, which pulled 19 votes. As with the Chief Justice line, 16 ballots did not cast a vote for Village Trustee. 220 total votes were cast.
Parties or percentages were not noted.
All elected leaders will serve two-year terms.
Village of DeRuyter
DeRuyter Village Trustee
Heidi Foster
Heidi Foster filled one seat on the Village of DeRuyter Board of Trustees by Independent Nomination, per Village Clerk and Treasurer Ardene Tiffany.
Village of Earlville
Village Trustee
John Jablonski
Justice Mitchell
Village Trustee 1-year Vacancy
John Jack Worden
One candidate ran unopposed for Earlville Village Trustee,John Jablonski (Independent-John Jablonski), who earned 16 votes. Justice Mitchell won 13 votes as a write-in candidate, with four additional write-in candidates carving out votes: John Jack Worden (6), Vito Bolognone (2), Mark Golden (1), and Heather Dunchee (1). 9 blank ballots weigh in to account for 48 total votes cast. The winners will serve two-year terms expiring Apr. 3, 2028.
Voters also cast write-in ballots to fill a one-year vacancy for a Village Trustee seat with a term that expires Apr. 5, 2027. Votes cast in order of highest vote-getters were as follows:
John Jack Worden12
Justice Mitchell 3
Vito Bolognone 2
Robin Worden 1
Justice Miller 1
Kevin Lahey 1
Blank 4
Elections for Madison County Villages of Cazenovia, Hamilton, and Morrisville will be held on June 16, 2026.
This article originally appeared on Observer-Dispatch: Mohawk Valley village elections races and results
Reporting by Cara Dolan Berry, Utica Observer Dispatch / Observer-Dispatch
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