According to Patty Matheney in Ghent, Michael Benvenuto has easily defeated Richard Sardo in the race for Town Supervisor. Chuck Wood was the top vote getter for one of two open Town Board seats. The second seat is a dead heat currently between Mallory Mort and Larry Van Brunt, with just three votes separating the two (731 and 734, respectively). However, Matheney is confident based on the number of absentee ballots received so far, that Mort will prevail. (Absentees tend to break toward Democrats in many towns.)