Democrats will maintain their stronghold in Tompkins County Legislature next year, securing 12 of 15 seats in Tuesday's general election.

County GOP leader Mike Sigler was among two Republican casualties, losing his District 6 Lansing seat to former Ithaca city Common Council member Patricia Pryor by just 23 votes. She collected 710 votes to his 687, with 30 percent of voters in the district casting ballots.

The other GOP loss came in Dryden's District 14, where exiting Republican Mike Hattery was replaced by former Democratic legislator and attorney Mike Lane. He beat local Republican leader Jim Crawford by 39 votes, 746 to 707, with a 36 percent turnout.

Groton remained strongly Republican, with retired Ithaca Police Department investigator Brian Robison securing Duane Tyke Randall's District 9 seat on the county legislature. A. Damon Ferguson hoped to be a truly independent voice on the legislature and ran under the Pragmatic Party designation, but only garnered 102 votes to Robison's 632, with a turnout of 21 percent.

And the Republican Party made a gain in legislature District 8, Newfield and Enfield, where outgoing Democrat Greg Stevenson will be replaced by Republican David McKenna. He received 709 votes to beat Littletree Orchards owner Dennis Hartley, who filed under the Voice of Reason party after running out of time to petition for the Democratic Party, and received 311 votes. There was a 38 percent turnout in the district, but 513 votes were recorded as blank.

All of the legislative posts were up for grabs, but only four were contested. District 7's Frank Proto, of Caroline and Danby, will be the only Republican incumbent; he ran unopposed.

In all, 66 local offices were up for election countywide, including seven town supervisor positions, 19 town board members, six town clerks, seven highway superintendents and six town justices. Nearly 100 candidates were vying for the positions, although many offices went uncontested.

There were no contested elections in Groton, the Town of Ithaca or the City of Ithaca, and District Attorney Gwen Wilkinson was returned to office unopposed.

Optical scanner voting machines were used for the first time in the City of Ithaca, and voter turnout varied among wards, ranging from 4 to 12 percent.

Enfield: Barriere is supervisor; Teeter, Hern on board

Voters had a slew of candidates to choose from, with Democrat Roy Barriere beating Republican Linda Crombie to take over as town supervisor from Frank Podufalski, who stepped down to become one of five people vying for two town council seats.

Barriere earned 379 votes to Crombie's 341. Democrat Deborah Teeter and Republican Christopher Hern won seats on the town council, with 326 and 319 votes, respectively. They beat Democrat Podufalski's 300 votes, Republican Gerhardt Achilles III's 309 votes and incumbent Herb Masser's 142, who ran under the Better Enfield designation after losing in the Republican primary.

Republican Alice Linton became Enfield's new town clerk in a landslide with 473 votes. Democrat and former town supervisor Jean Owens earned 244 votes and independent candidate Cindy Vicedomini gained 23.

Republican incumbent Barry Rollins retained his seat as Highway Superintendent, beating Democrat Dennis Hubbell 437 to 300. Town justice Betty Poole easily returned to her unchallenged position, with endorsements from both parties.

Newfield: Driscoll leads Hart for supervisor

Democratic town council member Richard Driscoll led Republican Jeffrey Hart in a tight race for the town supervisor position vacated by Charles Berggren. Driscoll gained 533 votes to Hart's 518, with absentee ballots to be counted.

Democrat Joanne James and Republican Brian McIlroy won spots on the town council, with 519 and 477 votes respectively, beating out Republican Christine Laughlin's 431 votes and Democrat Thomas Gerow's 468. Incumbent Republican Gary Allen easily retained his town justice seat, beating Democrat Linda Becker 643 to 418, while long-time town clerk Katherine Crance and highway superintendent Kevin Berggren both held their seats with no ballot opposition.

Ulysses: Marino elected supervisor; Georgia town clerk

Democrat Roxanne Marino won her spot as new town supervisor in a landslide, with 693 votes to Green candidate Allen Carstensen's 91. Marino replaces Doug Austic, who stepped down.

Town Clerk Marsha Georgia, a Republican, retained her seat over Democratic challenger Erica Naylor, 750 votes to 502. Other positions were unopposed, with Democrats Lucia Tyler and Kevin Romer taking seats on the town council, and James Meeker staying in his role as Highway Superintendent.

Danby: Democrats enjoy a sweep of races

Democrats swept all races. Incumbent Ric Dietrich maintained his seat as Town Supervisor over independent challenger Allen Becker, 544 votes to 241. Kathy Halton and Dylan Race took the two open positions on the town council with 559 and 551 votes respectively, beating incumbent Republican Gene Beavers, who collected 333 votes.

Pamela Goddard unseated long-time incumbent Town Clerk Carol Sczepanski, who ran under the Experienced Professional line after losing the Democratic endorsement. Goddard earned 438 votes, Sczepanski 422. Highway Superintendent Carl Seamon ran unopposed.

Caroline: Frongillo, Adams lead on council

More than half of voters -- 51.44 percent -- turned out to decide races for two town council seats and highway superintendent. Democratic incumbents Dominic Frongillo and Linda Adams apparently held their seats, but narrowly. Frongillo received 535 votes and Adams 520, while Republicans Cynthia Smalt and Tony Tavelli got 518 and 491 respectively. Highway Superintendent Cindy Whittaker successfully defended her position against Republican William Case, garnering 594 votes to his 491. Marilou Harrington faced no opposition for town clerk, nor did Democratic Supervisor Don Barber and Republican justices Paul Grennell and Harold Phoenix.

Dryden

Town council incumbents Jason Leifer, a Democrat, and Stephen Stelick, a Republican, were returned to office, amassing 1,315 and 1,235 votes respectively. Democratic challenger Simon St Laurent garnered 1,164 votes and Republican Deborah Shigley received 1,073, with a 28.5 percent turnout.

Supervisor Mary Ann Sumner, a Democrat, and Highway Superintendent Jack Bush, a Republican, ran unopposed.

Lansing

Republican Robert Cree and Democrat Kathy Miller took seats on the town board, garnering votes of 908 and 899, respectively. Democratic challenger James Mason received 796 votes and Republican Douglas McEver collected 661, with a turnout of 26 percent.

Town Justice William Burin, a Democrat, held his seat unopposed.

Groton

Republican incumbents held all their seats, including Town Supervisor Glenn Morey, Town Clerk April Scheffler, Highway Superintendent Richard Case Jr. and Town Council members Ellard Sovocool and Donald Scheffler.

Town of Ithaca

All Democratic incumbents returned, including Town Justice Jim Salk and Town Board members Patricia Leary, Tee Ann Hunter and Rich DePaolo.

City of Ithaca

The city also remained primarily Democratic, with Ellen McCollister, Eddie Rooker and Deb Mohlenhoff joining incumbents J.R. Clairborne and the Green Party's Jennifer Dotson on the Common Council. Mary Tomlan, Nancy Schuler and Robin Holtham Korherr had all stepped down.

A complete list of results can be found at http://www.tompkins-co.org/boe.