Dramatic Shift on East Hampton Town Trustees

Rick Drew, Tyler Armstrong, Francis Bock, and Bill Taylor on Tuesday night as they learned that they had won terms as East Hampton Town trustees.

Christopher Walsh

Nov. 3, 2015

David E. Rattray

East Hampton Democrats' strong showing in the Tuesday election carried over to the town trustees contest. Unofficial results posted around 10:35 p.m. showed what would be a 5-to-4 Democratic majority.

The trustee clerk, Diane McNally, and incumbent trustee Sean McCaffery were within 10 votes of one another at the bottom of the list of nine. Both are Republicans. Francis J. Bock, a Democrat who had previously served on the board, was the trustees' top vote-getter.

Candidate

Votes

Bock, F.

3144

Mansir

2701

Bock, T.

2647

Taylor

2615

Drew

2557

Grimes

2549

Armstrong

2539

McNally

2514

McCaffrey

2506

Byrnes

2420

Lynch

2402

Bloecker

2333

Cohen

2311

Klughers

2124

Miller

2097

Klopman

2091

Havens

1970

Davidson

1463

Pat Mansir, a former East Hampton Town councilwoman who ran with Democratic and Independence endorsements, had the second-highest vote count after Mr. Bock. Tim Bock and Bill Taylor, Republican and Democratic incumbents, respectively, appeared to have been re-elected. Following them were Rick Drew, James Grimes, Tyler Armstrong, Ms. McNally, and Mr. McCaffrey.

Three incumbents, Brian Byrnes, Nat Miller, and Deborah Klughers, appeared not to have won re-election.