Tompkins County Election Turnout Stays Low During 2025 Primaries
The constituents of Tompkins County took to the polls and elected new representatives on Tuesday. But on one of the hottest days of this year, the voter turnout for 2025 sits at third out of the last five years according to the Tompkins County Board of Elections website.
Candidates Iris Packman and Irene Weiser won their respective Democratic primaries for the Tompkins County Legislature, while Daniel Nolan won the special election to finish out former District 3 legislator Susan Currie’s term uncontested. For the City of Ithaca’s Common Council, Jorge DeFendini and Pat Sewell won the Democratic primaries for the First and Third Wards, respectively.
In the Fifth Ward, G.P. Zurenda currently leads by the slimmest margin out of all eight races, with just six votes separating he and Hannah Shvets, with mail-in and affidavit ballots still to be counted.
Mark Pruce and Zachary Larkins won their Democratic primaries for Danby Town Council, edging out third-place finisher James Tyler Stein by just 33 votes. In Newfield, Christine M. Seamo and Michael T. Corbett won the Republican primary election for spots on town council, with 49 and 40 votes each.
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