Holding a 12-5 majority in the Herkimer County Legislature prior to Tuesday’s election, Republicans Kurt Ackerman and Stephen Keblish helped their party pick up two additional seats by ousting their Democratic opponents.
While the results from the Nov. 3 vote are not yet official, Keblish is an apparent winner over Joseph Chilelli in the Third District, by a vote of 402-350, and Ackerman is an apparent winner over Daniel Carter in the Twelfth District, by a vote of 389-292.
Republicans John Piseck Jr., Jean Maneen, Jeffrey Stone, Dennis Korce and Bruce Weakley won their re-election bids, as did Democrats Helen Rose, John Brezinski and Bernard Peplinski, Sr. As a result, the GOP’s majority in the legislature has grown to 14-3.
Republicans Leonard Hendrix, Robert Hyde, Peter Manno, Raymond Smith, Vincent Bono, Patrick Russell and Frederick Shaw, Jr. were unopposed Tuesday.
Absentee ballots will not be counted until next week.

Herkimer County Legislature
District 1
John Piseck, Jr. (R,C) 271 (60%)
Gary Hartman (Fresh Air) 184 (40%)

District 2
Helen Rose (D,I,W) 396 (61%)
Thomas Powers (R,C) 253 (39%)

District 3
Stephen Keblish (R,C) 402 (53%)
Joseph Chilelli (D,I, Concerned Citizens) 350 (47%)

District 4
Jean Maneen (R,C) 226 (77%)
Christina Jackson (Voice of the People) 68 (23%)

District 5
Jeffrey Stone (R,C) 379 (74%)
Gary English (D, Integrity in Government) 135 (26%)

District 8
John Brezinski (D,I) 527 (58%)
John Doolen (Progress) 227 (25%)
Salvatore Stokes (R) 159 (17%)

District 12
Kurt Ackerman (R,I,C) 389 (57%)
Daniel Carter (D,W) 292 (43%)

District 13
Bernard Peplinski, Sr. (|D,C, Freedom) 400 (61%)
James Kulczak (R) 136 (21%)
Ralph Wellington, Sr. (Voice of the People) 121 (18%)

District 14
Dennis Korce (R) 441 (75%)
Nicholas Messina, Jr. (|D,I, Time for Change) 145 (25%)

District 17
Bruce Weakley (R,C) 577 (58%)
Carson Marko (I) 426 (42%)