Ogdensburg mayoral candidate Wayne Ashley declared victory following Thursday’s Independence Party primary with unofficial results showing he defeated Democrat Vernon “Sam” Burns’ write-in campaign for the party's nomination.

Meanwhile, Morristown voters selected two GOP town council candidates and Hammond Republicans chose a town clerk candidate.

In Ogdensburg, Ashley won the Independence  Party primary with 19 votes compared to 14 write-ins.

“I want to thank the Independence Party voters of Ogdensburg for choosing me as their nominee for Mayor of Ogdensburg,” Ashley said. “This vote shows our community wants someone who has a track record of independence from political partisanship. I have always worked with people without regard to politics and when I am elected in November I will keep party politics out of our city government.”

He continued, “I promised voters I will fight to lower taxes and bring new businesses and jobs to our city. I will use my experience as a police sergeant and a city councilor to rid our neighborhoods of the heroin and meth dealers who are destroying individuals and families across our community.”

Ashley will appear on the November ballot as the candidate of the Republican, Conservative and Independence Parties.

He won the decision 19 votes to 14 write-ins. The names of the write-in candidates are not named on the St. Lawrence County Board of Elections website.

Meanwhile in Morristown, Republican voters decided David S. VanAranm and Gary B. Turner will represent the party on the November ballot for two town council seats. VanAranm received 109 votes and Turner had 84.  Mark R. Tayler received 27 votes and Gary P. Premo had 35. There were two write-ins for candidates not named on the BOE list.

Hammond GOP voters picked Pamela Burton over Cathleen Tulley for town clerk, 104 votes to 37.

The two also sqaured off for the Conservative nod, with Burton getting four votes to Tulley's two.

All results are unofficial and do not include absentee ballots.