When will we know the mayoral results in Fairport?
By Brian Sharp, Gino Fanelli
November 5, 2026 at 6:03 AM EST
Elections officials don't expect to get into the thick of counting the more than 1,300 write-in ballots cast in the village of Fairport mayoral election until late next week.
Unofficial results show write-ins outnumber ballots cast for Democratic candidate Heidi Woika, currently the village’s deputy mayor. A bipartisan team will assess how many of those are for Tracy Briggs, a village trustee who lost the Democratic primary then waged an aggressive write-in campaign.
"It's probably going to be until Thanksgiving, honestly, from my understanding ... or at least Thanksgiving week," Woika said, having consulted with Board of Elections and Democratic Party officials.
Woika said she was surprised by the closeness of the current count, but is prepared for the wait: "I'm hopeful, but I'm not holding my breath."
The difference as of Thursday afternoon was 67 votes. Meaning 95% of the recorded write-ins would need to be for Briggs for her to claim victory. Mail-in and affidavit ballots still are being processed, so vote tallies could change.
Briggs is optimistic that her message will carry the day.
"I think people really know me as a person, and they've seen me out there doing the work, and I truly listen to them," Briggs said. "I never lost focus of why I got elected in the first place, and it really is to listen to the residents, to be their advocate and to be their liaison with their local government."
Elsewhere, the Chili town supervisor race also remains too close to call. Incumbent David Dunning, a Republican, leads Democratic challenger Emily Kalouch by less than 1 percentage point. No decision has been made on whether a recount will be necessary as that margin, too, could change with mail-in and affidavit ballots,
Unofficial results show write-ins outnumber ballots cast for Democratic candidate Heidi Woika, currently the village’s deputy mayor. A bipartisan team will assess how many of those are for Tracy Briggs, a village trustee who lost the Democratic primary then waged an aggressive write-in campaign.
"It's probably going to be until Thanksgiving, honestly, from my understanding ... or at least Thanksgiving week," Woika said, having consulted with Board of Elections and Democratic Party officials.
Woika said she was surprised by the closeness of the current count, but is prepared for the wait: "I'm hopeful, but I'm not holding my breath."
The difference as of Thursday afternoon was 67 votes. Meaning 95% of the recorded write-ins would need to be for Briggs for her to claim victory. Mail-in and affidavit ballots still are being processed, so vote tallies could change.
Briggs is optimistic that her message will carry the day.
"I think people really know me as a person, and they've seen me out there doing the work, and I truly listen to them," Briggs said. "I never lost focus of why I got elected in the first place, and it really is to listen to the residents, to be their advocate and to be their liaison with their local government."
Elsewhere, the Chili town supervisor race also remains too close to call. Incumbent David Dunning, a Republican, leads Democratic challenger Emily Kalouch by less than 1 percentage point. No decision has been made on whether a recount will be necessary as that margin, too, could change with mail-in and affidavit ballots,