Robert Brum, and Matt Coyne

The Journal News

Ramapo's Town Board will remain all Democratic, and Democrats will join the Clarkstown Town Board and Suffern village Board of Trustees, according to unofficial election results.

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Ramapo Town Board

Democrat Michael Rossman won handily over Republican challenger William Weber Jr. in the race to replace disgraced former Councilman Samuel Tress.

Tress, a Democrat, resigned from his position as part of a guilty plea for official misconduct.

With all districts reporting results to the county Board of Elections, Rossman won with a considerable majority. He joins a government under the shadow of multiple corruption charges. Supervisor Christoper St. Lawrence and other town officials are facing numerous indictments related to the town’s management.

Because St. Lawrence and the three other board members are Democrats, the election didn't have a significant impact on the Town Board's political makeup.

Rossman will hold the position for three years, which is the remainder of Tress' term. Ramapo Town Board members earn $35,832 a year.

Clarkstown Town Board

Democrat Daniel Caprara beat Republican appointee Adrienne Carey on Tuesday, according to unofficial results.

The race may have hinged on how voters viewed the town's direction under Supervisor George Hoehmann's administration. The GOP-dominated board has embarked on a series of cost-cutting and restructuring measures, as well as controversial actions including Police Chief Michael Sullivan’s suspension.

Carey, 48, a Nanuet resident who was appointed in May to fill an open seat, has largely voted with the board's 4-1 GOP majority. Caprara, 43, a lifelong New City resident, would give the lone Democrat, Stephanie Hausner, an ally on the board.

Carey supported the decision to suspend Sullivan, which Caprara opposed. He also blasted the board for taking over the implementation of a ward system, while Carey said the town was better suited to the task than the Board of Elections.

The two-year post carries an annual salary of $41,000.

Suffern village Board of Trustees

It looks like Henry Sussman will join the village board as its lone Democrat. Unofficial results, with all districts reporting, show that in the race for two village board seats Sussman finished behind Joseph Russo, but ahead of Robert Morris, both incumbents running on the a Republican, Conservative and Reform party lines.

The village board is composed of four Republicans and a Conservative.

Suffern village trustees serve two-year terms and are paid a base salary of $9,450.

Rockland County Court

Kevin Russo and Larry Schwartz won two vacant seats as County Court judges, according to unofficial results.

Russo is a Thiells resident and West Haverstraw Village justice who was running on the Democratic, Green and Working Families party lines. Schwartz is a New City attorney running on the Democratic, Conservative, Working Families and Independence party lines.

The other two candidates were Patrick Loftus, a Pearl River attorney on the Republican, Conservative, Green and Reform party lines and Clarkstown Town Justice Howard Gerber, a Valley Cottage resident running on the Women's Equality and Reform party lines.