CANANDAIGUA, N.Y. – Jason MacBride has won the Republican primary for Ontario County District Attorney, defeating incumbent Jim Ritts by 103 votes. MacBride secured 51% of the vote.
The Ontario County Board of Elections announced the results on Tuesday evening after counting late-arriving mail-in and affidavit ballots. Ritts has served as the Ontario County District Attorney since 2018.
News10NBC is reaching out to Jason MacBride for his reaction.
Statement by Ontario County District Attorney Jim Ritts:
“I’m disappointed to have come up short in the Republican Primary by 103 votes, but I’m looking forward to running in the General Election where we’ll have far greater voter turnout.
“I owe it to the citizens of this community to continue running. We cannot compromise public safety and endanger our community by electing Jason Macbride. He would be a public safety disaster for our community and I will not be silenced by political insiders that put politics over results.
“Less than 4,300 people voted in the Republican Primary. That’s a tiny slice of our population; there are more than 112,000 people in Ontario County and more than 80,000 registered voters. The Republican Primary accounted for barely 5% of registered voters countywide.
“When the full population considers the candidates and votes in November, I’m optimistic that they’ll deliver a different result than this razor-thin Primary.”
Final vote count in Ontario County DA race will take place Tuesday
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