TOWN OF SALINA · ONONDAGA COUNTY · NEW YORK

Every candidate on your Salina ballot. The same six questions.

A residents' project that checks claims about the Town of Salina against public records and asks every candidate on the ballot the same questions.

Explore the 2026 election How this works →

NOVEMBER 3, 2026

The Salina election, organized by race.

Six dedicated pages keep each contest, each candidate, and each source easy to find.

Town SupervisorLeesa Paul vs. David M. Stott →Ward 1 CouncilorHeidi McElwee vs. Christina M. Fadden →Ward 2 CouncilorSydney Szczesniak vs. David J. Butler Sr. →Ward 3 CouncilorPage Steinhardt vs. Dana Lewis Vinch →Ward 4 CouncilorZettie Young vs. Brian J. DeCarlo →Town Justice[TODO: Candidate A] vs. [TODO: Candidate B] →

WHAT THE NUMBERS SAY

The record behind the race.

8,394Salina voters registered with neither major party — more than Democrats or Republicans alone 20.9% vs. 37.5%Non-enrolled vs. Republican turnout, 2023 town election 171,174 vs. 90,744County ballots cast in 2022 (governor) vs. 2023 (town elections)

Latest from the project

Three newest infographics

View all infographics →

Voters · 2026-09-24

Early Voting, November 2026 — Dates, Sites, and Hours

Early voting for the November 3, 2026 General Election runs October 24 through November 1, at any of Onondaga County's ten sites — not just the one closest to you.

Read infographic →

Line chart showing Supervisor, Town Councilor, and Town Justice salaries all rising by about 4 percent from 2023 to 2024, then holding flat into 2025 — all three lines overlap exactly

Explainer · 2026-09-24

Every Office Got the Same Raise, Then It Stopped

Three years of the town's own salary resolutions, side by side — every elected office got the same raise, at the same time, then nothing changed for a year.

Read infographic →

Chart showing every Town of Salina office and its current term-end date, with six of seven offices ending 12/31/2026

Explainer · 2026-09-23

Every Seat, Up at Once

Why Supervisor, all four Ward Council seats, and Town Justice are all on the same ballot this November — and what the 2025 "Salina Sweep" says about how competitive these races really are.

Read infographic →

THE STANDARD

Same questions. Published together. Blanks stay blank.

Every candidate in a race gets the same questions.

Answers are published in the candidate's own words.

Sources and corrections remain visible.

Read the standards →

JOIN THE GROUP

Salina On the Record on Facebook.

[TODO: one line on what happens in the group.]

Join the group →