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Thurston, who appeared on the ballot under the Democratic and Working Families parties, took 3,875 votes to Buschman's 3,614, according to unofficial results provided by the Cayuga County Board of Elections, in the bid to replace Judge Michael McKeon, who is retiring after a 20-year career presiding over the city court.

With the results in, Thurston said he was still 鈥渢rying to stand on two feet鈥� after a tiring day and was still working to process the result.

鈥淚 think I'm still trying to to decompress before there's any type of celebration,鈥� Thurston said. 鈥淪o far, we're very happy with the results. We worked very, very hard with this campaign and we're proud of how we ran it.鈥�

Already the associate justice at the city court, Thurston said he did not anticipate much change before taking his new office, and would be continuing to keep up with his work at the court in the meantime.

Although Thurston said he is already familiar with all aspects of the how the court functions and expecting a smooth transition, he said the more difficult task would be filling McKeon's shoes.

鈥淛udge McKeon has been a tremendous asset to this community in ways not many people get to see up close and first hand as I've had the opportunity to do over the past nearly five years now,鈥� Thurston said. 鈥淕etting the chance to emulate him is going to be very rewarding and hopefully I can live up to that challenge.鈥�

Buschman, "a lifelong Democrat" who ran on the Republican, Conservative and Independence lines after losing a Democratic primary, said he was not ready to concede Tuesday night, but said it would be unlikely for absentee ballots to change the result.

The two candidates both said they spoke in person after the results came to offer their respect for each other, which Thurston said was genuinely appreciated and "something of a lost art" in today's politics.

"I have nothing but respect for David and his father Earl and the way we conducted ourselves during the course of our campaign 鈥� with integrity and playing above board," Buschman said.

Despite the loss, Buschman said he still considered his campaign a success, as the primary reason he continued running after the primary loss was to give Auburn voters a choice regardless of party.

"So people got out and they voted, and that was one of the things I wanted to accomplish was to give people a choice. This was always about the community first, not myself," Buschman said.

In other local elections:

Running unopposed in the race for Cayuga County Sheriff, current department member Detective Lt. Brian Schenck was elected with 20,810 votes. Schenck will replace longtime Sheriff David Gould, who is retiring this year.

Similarly, Dr. Adam Duckett won his uncontested race for re-election for County Coroner, receiving 20,534 votes.

In the only race in the Cayuga County Legislature, incumbent Democrat Joseph Bennett easily won a special election that was required after he briefly resigned and was reappointed earlier this year to qualify for retirement benefits.

Bennett's opponent, Mikel Zank, remained on the ballot after losing a Democratic primary but did not actively campaign.

In Onondaga County, Sheriff Gene Conway, won a second term against Democratic challenger Mike Montes.