Joe Pete Wilson (File photo — Naj Wikoff)

Keene voters reelected Democrat Joe Pete Wilson Jr. as town supervisor by a wide margin.

Unofficial election results show between votes cast early and on Election Day, Wilson took a 153-vote lead over Cori-Anne Favro, who ran on the independent Local Families line and garnered 192 votes.

Wilson, who got 345 votes during the early voting period and on Election Day, is currently serving his fifth year as supervisor. In a candidate questionnaire Wilson filled out for the Enterprise last month, he said his main goal going forward as supervisor would be “to continue to have a balanced budget while delivering the services our residents rely on.”

The Essex County Board of Elections sent out 78 absentee ballots to voters in Keene. The ballots won’t be counted for another few days. However, those ballots would not sway election results for town supervisor, town clerk or town council. Those ballots could change the results for Keene’s town justice race.

With 254 votes, town justice candidate and Keene newcomer Chris Daly has a five-vote lead over incumbent Barbara Dwyer, who has 249 votes. The town’s absentee votes could still sway the race back into Dwyer’s favor.

Kimberley Ellen Smith was elected town clerk, with 356 votes to Anna M.K. Whitney’s 140 votes, a 216-vote lead. In response to a candidate questionnaire from the Enterprise last month, Smith said she started serving in municipal government in 2004 as a records clerk in Queensbury. Smith said her main goal as Keene’s town clerk would be “to take detailed, accurate, non-partisan town board minutes at the meetings.”

Keene voters also reelected incumbents Teresa Cheetham-Palen and Robert Biesemeyer to town council. Cheetham-Palen received 330 votes and Biesemeyer received 308 votes. Mary Molly Lawrence was third in line, with 175 votes. Sadie Kaltenbach and Guy Smith followed with 97 votes and 45 votes, respectively.

Cheetham-Palen served 12 years on the Keene Central School District Board of Education and one term on the Keene Town Council. She told the Enterprise last month that she wants “to work to make middle-income housing available for seniors and young families.” Biesemeyer is a lifelong resident of Keene, and last month he told the Enterprise he was seeking reelection because he felt that “by serving on the town board, my experience and knowledge of our community is helpful in contributing to the many decisions facing our board and the town of Keene.”

Highway Superintendent Scott Smith was reelected in an uncontested race with 362 votes.

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Correction: A previous version of this story incorrectly said Kimberley Ellen Smith was reelected town clerk; she was elected to the Keene town clerk position for the first time. The Enterprise regrets the error.