Hamilton Voters Message: "Incumbents Rock!"
| Race | Town of Hamilton |
Madison County |
All Locations |
| 23rd Congressional District | |||
| Bill Owens (D) |
798 | 8,670 | 76,124 |
| Matt Doheney (R) |
459 | 9,017 | 72,372 |
| 49th State Senate District | |||
| Dave Valesky (D) |
826 | 9,224 | 41,223 |
| Andrew Russo (R) |
508 | 10,187 | 36,160 |
| 111th Assembly District | |||
| Bill Magee (D) |
871 | 10,004 | 17,158 |
| Rick Bargabos (R) |
366 | 7,457 | 8,576 |
| Shawn Skelle | 89 | 2,193 | 5,994 |
| U.S. Senate | |||
| Charles Schumer (D) |
882 | 11,023 | 2,156,648 |
| Jay Townsend (R) |
429 | 8,236 | 1,324,412 |
| U.S. Senate | |||
| Kristen Gillibrand (D) |
838 | 10,415 | 2,455,017 |
| Joseph DioGuardi (R) |
437 | 8,209 |
1,460,160 |
| Governor | |||
| Andrew Cuomo (D) |
896 | 10,203 | 2,532,447 |
| Carl Paladino (R) |
389 | 8,179 | 1,399,235 |
| Howie Hawkins (G) |
(Not available) |
742 | 56,868 |
| Attorney General | |||
| Eric Schneiderman (D) |
760 | 8,334 | 2,156,648 |
| Dan Donovan (R) |
511 | 10,147 | 1,703,951 |
|
Comptroller |
|||
| Thomas DiNapoli (D) |
652 | 6,503 | 1,964,379 |
| Harry Wilson (R) |
596 | 11,618 | 1,854,080 |
| County Clerk |
|||
| Cindy Edick |
829 | 15,001 | N/A |
| Write Ins |
55 | N/A | |
| Highway Superintendent |
|||
| Bert Glazier (D & R) |
1,232 | N/A | N/A |
| Write Ins |
2 | N/A | N/ |
If Tuesday's elections were, as pundits suggest, about sending messages, the one from Town of Hamilton voters was clear: "Keep our status quo, thank you."
Voters in the town's four election districts bucked the national trend in this week's midterm elections by giving incumbent Democrats considerable margins of victory. They also heped Andrew Cuomo to a major victory in the governor's race. And, in some instances, local voters were at odds with other residents of in Madison County.
Such was the case in the race for the 23rd Congressional District. Democrat incumbent Bill Owens received 64 percent of the votes cast in the Town of Hamilton compared to just 49 percent in the county and 62 percent throughout the entire district.
It was the same in another hotly contested race, the 49th State Senate District. Democrat incumbent Dave Valesky (in photo at the HCS class of Brian Latella the Friday before the elections) out-polled Andrew Russo with 62 percent of the the town's votes. Valesky, who is from Oneida, lost in Madison County with just 47.5 percent of the vote, while he carried his district with 53 percent of the ballots cast.
Town of Hamilton voters gave Andrew Cuomo a bigger margin of victory than he received in the county or statewide. Cuomo received 70 percent of the vote in the town compared to 53 percent in the county and 65 percent statewide.
The only race that was even close locally was for comptroller. Democrat Tom DiNapoli received just 52 percent of the votes in the town. Still, that compares to Madison County, where DiNapoli was swamped by Republican challenger Harry Wilson. DiNapoli got just 36 percent of the vote.
In the race for attorney general Democrat Eric Schneiderman won 60 percent of the votes cast in the town. That compares to just 36 percent in the county, the same as DiNapoi.
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