By RICK MILLER
Olean Star
LITTLE VALLEY — Cattaraugus County voters elected a new county judge on Tuesday — Darrell Bloom, who is currently the county’s public defender.
Bloom received 20,063 votes on the Republican and Conservative lines.
Bloom has served as public defender since February 2018 and was reappointed last year to a third four-year term that started in January.
Bloom, who ran unopposed on the Republican and Conservative lines, will succeed Family Court Judge Moses Mark Howden, on Jan 1.
Howden was elected to the bench in November 2016. Having reached the mandatory retirement age of 70, he is retiring at the end of the year.
Howden served as county attorney before his election to the bench in November 2016. He was unopposed for the open seat that was vacated by former County Court Judge Michael Nenno upon his retirement.
County Clerk Darrell Klute was re-elected to a second four-year term, defeating Kristin Colburn 18,465 to 4,118.
Klute ran on the Republican and Conservative party lines, while Colburn ran on the Working Families Party line.
Klute was elected to the clerk’s office in November 2022. He was serving at the time as acting clerk after the retirement of former clerk Alan Bernstein earlier in 2022. Bernstein ran as a Democrat in his first election for county clerk and as a Republican in 2015. Klute was deputy clerk under Bernstein from 2016 to 2022.
Coroner Cleon Easton III was re-elected without opposition on the Republican and Conservative lines. He received a total of 20,878 votes.
Town election results:
Allegany
Supervisor, xChristopher McPhearson, R, 1,933.
Ashford
Councilman, one-year vacancy
Anthony J. Arnone, R, 474.
Michael Boberg, United Party, 303.
Conewango
Clerk, Jennifer McGuire, R, 271.
Justice, Kalan Brown, R, 270.
Councilman (one year vacancy), Danny Hubbard, R, 264.
Councilman (two-year vacancy), Brian Pitts, R, 278.
Dayton
Supervisor, Crystal Abers, R,C, 507.
Clerk, xKelly Kuhaneck, R,C, 488.
Justice, Ellsworth Texor Jr., R, 451.
Superintendent of Highways, xLarry Miller, R,C, 478.
Freedom
Councilman, Cory Higgins, R, 657.
Humphrey
Town justice, Erin Whitcomb, R, 202
Ischua
Supervisor, xSean Tuttle, R, 252.
Clerk, xKelly Brisky, R, 259.
Tax collector, Julie McConnaughey-Goodyear, R, 255.
Highway superintendent, Richard Michael Jr., D, 161
Justice, xMark Sage, R, 247.
Leon
Supervisor, Jacqueline Ellis, D, 138.
Clerk, xSheila Fiebelkorn, D, 150.
Little Valley
Highway Superintendent, Terry Rosell, R, 472.
Lyndon
Supervisor, xBarbara Montante, D, 233.
Clerk, xEmily Robinson, D,R, 234.
Highway Superintendent, xGeorge Schneider, D, 151.
Jordan Green, R, 99.
Machias
Town Justice, 3 write-in ballots.
Mansfield
Supervisor, xCarl Calarco, R, 263.
Clerk, xBetty Jane Horning, R, 274.
Highway Superintendent, xJeffrey Williams, R, 284.
Napoli
Supervisor, xDaniel Martonis, R, 351.
Clerk, xVictoria Bedell, R, 378.
Persia
Supervisor, xJohn Walgus, R, 575.
Justice, xMark Hebner, R, 575.
Portville
Supervisor, xTimothy Emley, R, 1,075.
Red House
Supervisor, Harris Economou, Community Party, 20.
Clerk, Nancy Schaal, Community Party, 21
Highway superintendent, Cody Anderson, 21.
Town justice (vote for 2), Jacob Segarra, Community Party, 18.
Henry Leible, Community Party, 15.
South Valley
Supervisor, Kathy Burch, R, 79.
Councilman, Mark Burch, R, 76.
Highway superintendent, Tyler Mendell, R, 84.
Yorkshire
Justice, xBrenda Denk, R, 972.
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