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MOREAU After nearly two years of dysfunction at Town Board meetings, Democrats are sensing opportunity.

This might be the moment they regain the supervisor position, which they lost to Republican Gardner Congdon two years ago.

Two candidates are vying to run for the seat on the Democratic line. The Democrats will select one of them at their caucus, Aug. 3 at 7 p.m. at Town Hall.

They also have two candidates who want to run for Town Board, giving the Democrats a full slate.

The Democrats won't identify the candidates until the caucus.

The caucus promises to be an interesting one because there are more than enough candidates for the positions already. The Democrats will also take nominations from the floor, as always, said Chairman Kevin Elms.

The assembled Democrats will choose among the candidates rather than running a primary election.

Its a big year for the Democrats in several ways. Two longtime Republicans Todd Kusnierz and Bob Prendergast are not running for re-election to their Town Board seats. Kusnierz is running for supervisor, while Prendergast is retiring.

That leaves both seats open to newcomers, which Elms said could give his candidates a better chance than when they must run against popular incumbents.

Our town has proven before they dont vote by party. They vote for the person, he said.

Also, Congdon is not running for re-election to the supervisors position. (Condgon said that from the start, when he ran for the office two years ago.)

And Elms thinks some voters may have been disillusioned by the way the current Town Board and supervisor have conducted business. He suspects they might long for the days of Democratic Supervisor Preston Jenkins Jr., who was voted out by a slight margin in 2015.

That left just one Democrat on the board. But shortly after Congdon took over, even the Republicans on the board began to complain that they could not get anything done amid the rancor and bickering at board meetings.

Elms said the Town Board meetings became so painful to watch that he stopped attending.

Its so discouraging. Nothing has been accomplished, he said. I want to get things done. Its like, guys, stop. Get the work done.

Hes hoping voters will choose Democrats in response to the current boards troubles.

Were going to try hard, Elms said.

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