Town of Hamburg Supervisor race in a dead heat!

[SolarEclipse]

HAMBURG SUPERVISOR
32 Districts out of 55 Reporting (58)%
WALTERS, STEVEN J Totals 4,532 50%
HOAK, PATRICK H Totals 4,466 50%

Wow! I never expected it to be this close!

[WNYresident]

Who looks like a better choice?

[therising]

Originally posted by WNYresident
Who looks like a better choice?

I have Walters in the Office pool, so the answer is Walters. Mohan is killing me though.

[IsOurGov.Dum]

That Hoak patronage tree mailing must have helped. That was a clever idea

[Treeguy]

didn't help Hoak enough....

[SolarEclipse]

Originally posted by IsOurGov.Dum
That Hoak patronage tree mailing must have helped. That was a clever idea

I'm sure it did help Walters. Drawing comparisons to Giambra was the tactic of choice this year.

I don't really get involved in town politics, other than what I read in the Sun. I had no problem with Hoak, and Hamburg seems to be well run, so I voted for him. It really was kind of a toss up, though, so I guess we'll see how Walters does.

[Stevenco]

That Hoak patronage tree mailing must have helped. That was a clever idea

Can you explain, further? I don't know what you mean.

[IsOurGov.Dum]

Can you explain, further? I don't know what you mean.

This was a last minute campaign blitz by the Walters team to steer voters his way by drawing a "family tree" of then supervisor Hoak and his family of patronage hires. It resembled the structure and shape of a tree. It was printed on glossy paper and stuffed in pennysaver boxes. It really was clever.

I hope this answers your question. If there are any other questions from a year+ ago, feel free to ask