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County Legislature, district-by-district 2A Rochester school board; Supreme Court 3A Monroe County races, town-by-town 4A, 5A James Griffin reeleqted mayor in Buffalo 6A Vote on state constitutional amendments 6A Dreary weather brings low voter turnout 6A 0THEBHE17S Flip-flop spy, summitry 7A The Robert Reilly trial 1B RPO moving experience 1C Section 5 soccer final 1D GM adopts merit pay 10D 4 eiwctrat au Ctaiide 4 I A a WEDNESDAY. NOVEMBER 6, 1985 35 CFNTS NFWSSTAND ROCHESTER. Y. Gossin appears winner; Mi ton won't concede By Kinsey Wilson Democrat and Chronicle The Democratic Party apparently defeated two incumbent Republicans last night to take majority control of the County Legislature. The shift could set the stage for a more competitive relation-.

ship between the legislature and the county administration. In the 15th District, incumbent Donald (r ft- i -ft 4. if Uf- I i 4 Thomas P. Ryan gets 72 percent of, mayoral votes By Dena Bunit Democrat and Chronicle Rochester's Democratic Mayor Thomas P. Ryan Jr.

polled a landslide 72 percent of the vote yesterday to make him the city's first directly elected mayor in 57 years. With 216 of 222 of the city's districts reporting, Ryan, 56, received 25,549 votes and his Republican-Conservative oppo 1 '4-v by its nature can cause excitement among the voters, she said. "It was not enough to capture the voters' attention," she said. "Some of the towns didn't have candidates, and people just took it for granted that the mayor (Thomas P. Ryan) would win big." Whatever the reasons, the turnout was by far the lowest the county has ever ex- TURN TO PAGE 3A r.

V- -1 j)- V-'' AT A GLANCE 0 Indicates winners Ky to political linet: Democrat, Republican, Conservative, I Independent, Liberal, Good Government, Unity. RE Retiree. NEW YORK STATE Supreme Court, 7th District William H. Bristol (D) Vf Raymond E. Cornelius CITY OF ROCHESTER Mayor Thomas Ryan Jr.

(D) Heather M. Affronti (R.C) City Court Judge 0Ann E. Pfeiffer (D) Kenneth R. Fisher (R.C) City Council (Elect 5) BMohnG. John G.

Curran (D) tffythH. Scott (D) Tim 0. Mains (D) 0 Joan M. Hensler (D) Jeffrey J. Pollock James F.

Dolly (R.C) Jean M. Carrozzl Beverly J. Jackson Commissioner ot Schools (Elect 3) 0 Benjamin L. Douglas (D) A Catherine A. Spoto(D) Nancy Padilla(D) John L.

Wright Glenn A. Williams (R) MONROE COUNTY County Clerk B'Patricia Lamb McCarthy (D.C) Alexander J. DIPasquale County Legislature2nd District Tom Parker James A. Colby I'. County Legislature3rd District Edward Merante (D.l) William C.

Kelly (R.C) Randy C. Pikuet (G) County Legislature6th District BFred J. Amato (D.C) Kathryn Phelan (R) County Legislature9th District John T. Wigg (D) George C. Wiedemer County Legislature 1 1th District Peter J.

McDonough B'John D. Bouchard County Legi8lature15th District Irene Donald S. Milton County Legislature17th District J.D. Lynne (D.l) Arnold J. Eckert (R.C) County Legislature18th District William D.

Siegfried (D) A.Michael County Legislature22nd District Ron Thomas (D) Temple Boggs Jr. (R) County Legislature24th District Kevin B. Murray (D) Keith E. Griswold County Legi8lature25th District Willie W. Lightfoot(D) Dwight M.

Stevens (R) County Legislature27th District Bob Stevenson James J. Wood (R) County Legislature28th District Charles W. George A. Lindner (R.C) County Legislature29th District Charles J. Eber Roy E.

Hedman (R) Edward S. Attaldo (RE) Results are unofficial. Kean and Koch win re-election Associated Press New Jersey Republican Gov. Thomas Kean romped yesterday to a landslide re-election, carrying a GOP majority into the state Assembly. In widely watched municipal contests, New York City Edward Koch captured 75 percent of the vote to beat eight challengers.

Houston Mayor Kathy Whit-mire won re-election in a tough campaign in which AIDS was an issue, while six-term Miami Mayor Maurice Ferre was running second in a field of 10. Mayor Coleman Young in Detroit was among the many incumbents whose reelection was assured. Democrat Gerald Baliles was elected Virginia's governor, leading the party to a sweep that put the first black and first woman in statewide office. Lt. Douglas Wilder, a state senator, is the first black elected to a statewide ex- ecutive office since Reconstruction.

S. Milton, an assistant Republican majority leader, appeared headed for defeat in his race against former Penfield Sueprvi-sor Irene Gossin, a Democrat. But Milton had not conceded early this morning. "As far as I'm concerned it's unofficial and we may have to go for a recount," Milton said shortly after 1 a.m. The Democratic victories, balanced against the unexpected defeat of Democrat Peter J.

McDonough of Fairport, gave the Democrats a 15-14 edge in the legislature the same margin by which the Republicans have ruled for the past two years. Democrats upset incumbent Republicans in the 15th Legislative District sur- TURN TO PAGE 2A V. AfJilLYSIS clerk's race, held onto their power base in the city and appeared to have taken the County Legislature. "I think the weather was a factor," said Democratic Elections Commissioner Marguerite L. "Betsy" Toole.

Although the race for Monroe County clerk was hard-fought, it was not the type of office that Kevin Higley Democrat and Chronicle Richard Schauseil, last night. v-Tc 1 nent, Heather Affronti, 41, received 9,807 votes, based on unofficial and incomplete returns from the Monroe County Board of Elections. "I think it is a vote of confidence for the present administration," Ryan said last night Ryan's victory, which had been predicted long before this fall's campaign began, is not likely to mark any significant immediate changes at City Hall. Ryan has been the city's appointed mayor for the past 11 years. But on Jan.

1, he will go from being one of nine City Council members to Rochester's chief executive. Ryan will be responsible for the hiring and firing of TURN TO PAGE 3A Mains narrowly defeats Jackson Democrats sweep 5 at-large seats for City Council By Dena Bunis Democrat and Chronicle Democrats swept five at-large City Council seats yesterday, electing four incumbents and Tim 0. Mains, whose narrow victory over Republican Beverly Jackson means he will be the first openly homosexual person to hold elective office in Monroe County. "I think it says that the community wants truth and honesty in its public officials," said Mains, who was open about his sexual preference from the day he announced his candidacy. "It shows people were willing to respond to what I had to say and they gave a vote of confidence to the kind of government we've had over the past decade." The victories of incumbents John G.

Erb, Ruth H. Scott, John G. Curran and Joan M. Hensler were never in doubt as the returns began to trickle in last night But from the start, Mains and Jackson traded leads, with sometimes as few as 50 votes separating the two. At 2 a.m.

today, with all of the election districts in the city counted, Mains held a 127 -vote lead over Jackson. Officials at the Monroe County Board of Elections said they were re-calculating the results in four city election districts because of some apparent reporting errors. Based on the unofficial and incomplete results available early today, Erb led the ticket with 24,084 votes. He was followed by Scott, who polled Curran Hensler with 21,591 and Mains with 17,966. The Democratic sweep maintains the 8-1 council majority the Democrats have held since 1974.

For the Republicans, Jackson polled 17,839 votes. Jean Carrozzi received TURN TO PAGE 6A ful" to county Conservative Party Chairman Thomas D. Cook and the Conservative executive committee, McCarthy said the Conservative Party endorsement was crucial to her victory. McCarthy received 9,207 votes on the Conservative line, about 12 percent of her total vote. McCarthy also gave credit to her fa ther, former Rochester Mayor Frank Lamb, and to her campaign manager, Paul Novak, for her successful campaign.

McCarthy became clerk after the resignation last summer of Democratic Clerk Patricia B. Adduci, who was elected clerk in 1981 and 1984. Monroe County Democratic Chairman Nathan J. Robfogel said last night that the election illustrated that the voters believed that the Adduci-McCarthy administrations had succeeded in revamping and modernizing the clerk's TURN TO PAGE 6A 'Jt ft 1 i-K? S.SJ Dmnie R. Flou Democrat and Chronicle Democrats Tim Mams, councilman-elect, and County Clerk Pat McCarthy congratulating each other after victories yesterday.

The rain helped to darken the GOP's day McCarthy elected county clerk DiPasquale's strong challenge falls short I' By Michael Clements Democrat and Chronicle The combination of the daylong downpour and the generally low-profile local campaign produced the lowest turnout in the county's history yesterday. It also produced a big day for the Monroe County Democratic Party. By the time the rain had stopped last night, the Democrats had turned back an all-out Republican challenge in the county DiPasquale's manager says he was slapped By Michael Clements and John O'Brien Democrat and Chronicle Richard Schauseil, the manager of Alexander J. DiPasquale's campaign for county clerk, said last night that he was slapped on the face by Monroe County Conservative Party Chairman Thomas D. Cook.

Cook claimed last night that he did not strike Schauseil but only pointed at him. The incident was the culmination of more than four months of rising tensions between Cook and the DiPasquale campaign, beginning last summer when the Conservatives' executive committee endorsed Democrat Patricia L. McCarthy for clerk. TURN TO PAGE 6A By Michael Clements Democrat and Chronicle Democratic County Clerk Patricia L. McCarthy persuaded Monroe County voters that she was the rightful heir to the job she received by appointment last summer.

"I'm absolutely ecstatic. I've worked very hard the last six months as has ev eryone on my campaign staff, so my victory tonight is a sweet one," McCarthy said. "I think the electorate ratified the work that had been done in the office for last few years." McCarthy, who also had the Conservative Party nomination, turned back a strong challenge from Republican Alexander J. DiPasquale. McCarthy received 76,979 votes while DiPasquale received 63,230.

Saying that she was "enormously grate 1.