Randy Bower was elected the new Orleans County Sheriff, defeating both Thomas Drennan and Don Organisciak, Jr. following a highly contested campaign. Bower, a long-time dispatcher in the Orleans County Sheriff’s office, received 3,951 votes to 3,507 votes for Chief Deputy Drennan, and 847 votes for Organisciak, a retired Medina Police investigator. Bower won the Republican primary in September and also had the Conservative endorsement. Drennan had the Independence and Reform lines and Organisciak was the Democratic candidate.
Long-time Orleans County Sheriff Scott Hess is retiring at the end of this year.
In the Town of Clarendon, incumbent Highway Superintendent Larry Swanger held off a challenge by newcomers Tracy Bruce Chalker and Frederick Seeman. Swanger received 453 votes to Chalker’s 232 and Seeman’s 58.
In the Town of Bergen in Genesee County, incumbent Town Clerk Michele Smith soundly defeated a challenge by Connie VanHoute, 459 votes to 114. Incumbent Highway Superintendent Michael Johnson was re-elected, defeating challenger Chad Roggow, 469 votes to 104.
