Incumbent Mayor Ron Kim Emerges Victorious in Dem. Primary Election

Party) represent 27.5% of the city vote. The 1.9% balance is made up of voters registered with the Conservative, WF, and other parties.

Primary Election races took place in six municipalities in Saratoga County June 27.

In Clifton Park, Robert A.

by Thomas Dimopoulos Saratoga TODAY

SARATOGA COUNTY —

Incumbent city Mayor Ron Kim defeated challenger Chris Mathiesen in the June 27 Democrat Primary Election in Saratoga Springs.

Approximately 1,432 of the 8,330 registered Democrats in Saratoga Springs voted in the primary. Kim secured approximately 60.34% of the votes to Mathiesen’s 39.53%, unofficially.

Notably, Kim and Mathiesen were each also endorsed by other parties, so both - along with Republican candidate John Safford - are anticipated to be on the November Election ballot.

Registered city Democrats hold a 41.5% to 29.1% lead over registered city Republicans among all registered city voters, but it will be interesting to see if that lead varies given the potential of votes being split among Kim and Mathiesen supporters.

Voters registered to vote but unaffiliated with any party (No

Rybak bested Vida Sheehan on both the Republican and Conservative lines for Clifton Park Town Justice, and Murray A. Eitzmann (40%) and Craig M. Warner (38.67%) emerged victoriously over Timothy F. Dunn (21.33%) in the town of Malta’s

Vote For Two councilmembers race in the Conservative Party. For a comprehensive list of all county primaries, go to: saratogacountyny.gov. All unofficial Primary Election results sourced from the Saratoga County Board of Elections.