Incumbent Scott T. Ostrander held on as Milton supervisor on Nov. 3, beating Democrat Michele D. Juda 3,889 to 3,742 in unofficial results. The 147-vote margin made it the closest supervisor race in Saratoga County this year, and the narrowest local race in the county by percentage.
Ostrander ran on the Republican and Conservative lines. Juda ran on the Democratic and Common Ground lines, according to the county’s ballot certification. Milton cast 7,775 ballots, the fourth-highest total among the 13 towns that elected a supervisor.
Quick Facts
- Office
- Milton town supervisor
- Winner
- Scott T. Ostrander (Republican, Conservative)
- Runner-up
- Michele D. Juda (Democratic, Common Ground)
- Result
- 3,889 to 3,742 (51.0% to 49.0%)
- Margin
- 147 votes, 1.9 points
- Status
- Unofficial; absentee, military and affidavit ballots not yet added
- Takes office
- Jan. 1, 2027
THE RESULTS
Ostrander won 51.0 percent of the votes cast for candidates, a margin of 1.9 points. All 204 county election districts reported on election night, according to the county’s unofficial results. Absentee, military and affidavit ballots have not yet been added to the count.
Milton: Supervisor
Bars split by party line. Unofficial.
Scott T. Ostrander ✓Republican, Conservative
3,889 (51.0%)
Michele D. JudaDemocratic, Common Ground
3,742 (49.0%)
Write-ins
7
Left blank (undervotes)
136
RepublicanConservativeDemocraticCommon GroundWrite-ins and blanks
Source: Saratoga County Board of Elections, unofficial results, 204 of 204 precincts, Nov. 3, 2026; party lines from the county's Sept. 8, 2026 ballot certification
Scott T. Ostrander beat Michele D. Juda, 3,889 to 3,742. Write-ins: 7. Left blank: 136. Overvotes: 1.
State law sends a race to an automatic manual recount when the margin is 0.5 percent or less, or 20 votes or fewer. Milton’s margin is well outside that range on election night, but it is the local race most worth watching as the remaining ballots are counted.
HOW THE VOTE BROKE DOWN
The race turned on the minor-party lines. Juda’s Democratic line drew 3,638 votes, more than Ostrander’s 3,427 on the Republican line. But Ostrander’s 462 Conservative votes outpaced the 104 Juda received on the Common Ground line, giving him the edge.
Voters cast seven write-ins, and 136 Milton ballots left the supervisor race blank. One ballot was an overvote. Those 136 blanks are close to the size of the margin, a reminder of how few votes separated the two candidates.
A welcome sign for the town of Milton. Milton’s supervisor race was the county’s closest. (Photo: Tyler A. McNeil, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons)
HOW IT COMPARES
Milton’s 1.9-point gap was the narrowest of the 11 contested town races in Saratoga County. The chart ranks each one by the margin between winner and runner-up, as a share of the votes cast for candidates.
Winning margin in every contested town race in Saratoga County
Percentage points between the winner and runner-up, share of votes cast for candidates. Unofficial.
Ballston supervisor2,274 votes
47.0 pts
Northumberland highway supt.677 votes
36.0 pts
Moreau supervisor1,388 votes
22.5 pts
Wilton supervisor966 votes
12.6 pts
Clifton Park county supervisor1,527 votes
8.7 pts
Saratoga supervisor205 votes
8.3 pts
Malta supervisor581 votes
7.6 pts
Greenfield town justice258 votes
7.5 pts
Clifton Park town/county supervisor823 votes
4.7 pts
Saratoga town justice103 votes
4.4 pts
Milton supervisor147 votes
1.9 pts
This raceOther contested races
Source: Saratoga County Board of Elections, unofficial results, 204 of 204 precincts, Nov. 3, 2026
Margins are from the county’s unofficial election night count and can shift as absentee, military and affidavit ballots are added.
The Milton supervisor casts 18,800 of the board’s 235,509 weighted votes, according to the county’s weighted-vote schedule. That is the fourth-largest share on the board, behind Halfmoon and the two Clifton Park seats, which makes Milton’s seat one of the most influential on the board.
WHAT HAPPENS NEXT
Ostrander’s new term begins Jan. 1, 2027. Milton voters also elected Jason W. Miller, unopposed, to the remainder of the highway superintendent’s term. The county board, chaired this year by Phil Barrett, will pick its 2027 leader in January.
For results in every Saratoga County race, plus the officials who represent each town, visit PagPol’s Saratoga County page or subscribe to the Saratoga County newsletter. PagPol will update these results when the county adds absentee, military and affidavit ballots and certifies the count.
