Baskin and Raymond win in Ballston Spa village election | The Daily Gazette
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BALLSTON SPA An incumbent village trustee and a “smart growth” advocate who ran with him as the “A Better BSpa” party were elected to the Village Board Tuesday in a five-way contest for two seats on the board.
Unofficial results from the contested election gave incumbent Trustee Shawn Raymond 359 votes, just ahead of his running mate, Ben Baskin, who received 336 votes.
Not far behind was Mary Price-Bush with 329 votes, followed by Sean Mulvaney with 243 votes, and Robert Bush Jr., with 226 votes, according to the figures provided by Mayor Larry Woolbright.
Ballston Spa to run non-partisan village election | The Daily Gazette
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BALLSTON SPA Village leaders are hoping to take some of the nastiness out of the March village elections by taking political parties out of the process.
Ballston Spa Mayor Larry Woolbright said the local Republican and Democratic parties have agreed to let the March 16 village election be a non-partisan contest, with neither party endorsing candidates.
That means neither party will need to hold a caucus in January to select candidates for two village trustee seats and a village judgeship but Woolbright said he wanted to change the village election system since before concerns about spreading COVID-19 made activities like party caucuses problematic.