Somers Election Hub: Rick Morrissey Leads Christine Robbins in Supervisor Race

9:37 a.m. Wednesday:

According to unofficial results from the Westchester County Board of Election, there are still 95 percent of districts reporting which shows Rick Morrissey (R, C) has a lead over Christine Robbins (D, I, WF) – 3,066 votes to 2,088 – for the Somers Supervisor seat. Anthony Cirieco (R, C) and William Faulkner (R, C) continue to hold the lead over Christopher Foley (D, I, WF) and Harvey Krideberg for the two seats on the Somers Town Board.

Click here for the results. 

In the County Legislator race, with 86 percent of districts reporting, Peter Harckham has a 6-percent lead over Andrea Rendo for District 2. With 85 districts reporting, Mike Kaplowitz has a 22-percent lead over Greg Kane in Legislative District 4. 

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12:40 a.m. Wednesday:

With 94 percent of Somers' districts reporting, Rick Morrissey (R, C) has a lead over Christine Robbins (D, I, WF) – 3,066 votes to 2,088 – for the Somers Supervisor seat. Anthony Cirieco (R, C) and William Faulkner (R, C) continue to hold the lead over Christopher Foley (D, I, WF) and Harvey Krideberg for the two seats on the Somers Town Board, according to unofficial results. 

11:42 p.m. Tuesday: 

Here's a breakdown of the unofficial results from Tuesday, Nov. 5's elections that affect Somers residents. This article will be updated as results continue to come in.

Somers Supervisor (77 percent reporting)

• Rick Morrissey (R, C) - 2,533 votes, 59%
• Christine Robbins (D, I, WF) - 1,758 votes, 41%

Somers Town Board (77 percent reporting)

• Anthony Cirieco (R, C) - 2,526 votes, 30%
• William Faulkner (R, C) - 2,287 votes, 27%
• Christopher Foley (D, I, WF) - 1,800 votes, 22%
• Harvey Krideberg (D, I, WF) - 1,734 votes, 21%

Westchester County Executive (56 percent of districts reporting)

• Robert P. Astorino (R, C) —  53,475 votes, 55%
• Noam Bramson (D, WF, I) — 43,925 votes, 45%

Westchester County Clerk (56 percent reporting)

• Timothy C. Idoni (D, WF) — 49,021 votes, 53%
• Mary Beth Murphy (R, C, I) — 42,792 votes, 47%

Westchester County Legislators 

DISTRICT 2 (73 percent reporting)

• Peter Harckham (D, WF, I) - 4,632 votes, 53%
• Andrea Rendo (R, C) – 4,163 votes, 47%

DISTRICT 4 (57 percent reporting)

• Michael Kaplowitz (D, I) - 4,859 votes, 62%
• Greg Kane (R) - 2,944 votes, 38%

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11 p.m. Tuesday: Nine of the 18 districts are now in, according to unofficial results. Somers Supervisor candidate Rick Morrissey is leading Christine Robbins in the race. Morrissey has 1,540 votes (60 percent) and Robbins has 1,029 (40 percent).

In the Somers Town Board race – with 50 percent of districts reporting as of 10:56 p.m., Anthony Cirieco and William Faulkner are leading the race with 31 percent (1,554 votes) and 28 percent (1,387 votes) respectively. Chris Foley has 22 percent (1,079 votes) and Harvey Krideberg has 20 percent (977) of the votes.

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Original article: Voter turnout at Heritage Hills in Somers has been steady and busy all day with people waiting in line to cast a vote. More than 1,500 people had voted at Heritage Hills by 3:30 p.m. on Tuesday and polling inspectors said they'd seen a heavy stream of voters all day. 

Lou Bongiovi told Patch that he thinks it's busier than it usually is during a Presidential Election.

"I'm encouraged as a citizen because I hate apathy and when people don't vote, it's apathy," he said. "I think there is some interest in the local election, but it might be that the local population is not happy with the way government is going."

Bongiovi said there had been some quirks, but that "generally speaking it's working."

Some senior citizens who voted on Tuesday said they had problems with the voting machines and some said they weren't even sure if their votes counted. 

Bob Rohrbach, of Somers, said he had never missed a chance to vote. The candidates he was voting for on Tuesday, he said, had to be "fiscally conservative" and wanting to "keep the budget down."

"It's important, we – as U.S. citizens – should have our choice," Rohrbach said of why he votes. 

Click here for more information on all the candidates and all the issues you'll see on the ballot. Don't know where to vote? Click here.

The polls are open until 9 p.m. 

Click on the links below to read a series of responses by the Somers candidates. Bill Faulkner (R), a Somers town board candidate, did not respond. 

Somers Supervisor Race: Q&A with Christine Robbins
Somers Supervisor Race: Q&A with Rick Morrissey

Somers Town Board Race: Q&A with Chris Foley
Somers Town Board Race: Q&A with Anthony Cirieco
Somers Town Board Race: Q&A with Harvey Kriedberg