Port Jefferson recount confirms DeWitt, Snaden win trustee seats

A one-vote change in Port Jefferson’s trustee recount altered the numbers, but not the outcome, leaving Randi DeWitt and Kathianne Snaden as the winners of two open seats on the Village Board. The certified result means the village’s next leadership lineup is set, with the board continuing to shape local taxes, services and other day-to-day decisions for residents.

The Suffolk County Board of Elections completed the recanvass on Monday, June 22, 2026, and the Village of Port Jefferson posted the final results the next day. The certified totals were DeWitt with 729 votes, Snaden with 565 and Bruce Miller with 557. The recount shifted the tally by one vote, but that small adjustment did not change who finished in the top two.

The race filled the seats being vacated by Trustees Kyle Hill and Xena Ugrinsky, who did not seek re-election. DeWitt and Snaden are expected to join existing board members Matthew Franco and Bob Juliano when the new term begins. The Suffolk County Board of Elections, established in 1935 as a bipartisan agency, handled the recanvass that settled the contest.

DeWitt brings deep local ties to Village Hall. She has lived in Port Jefferson for 50 years, worked as an elementary school teacher for 26 years and served seven years as a Port Jefferson Board of Education trustee. Snaden is a former two-term trustee, giving the next board a mix of continuity and institutional memory as it moves into the summer agenda.

The trustees are set to be sworn in after Port Jefferson’s annual Independence Day Parade on July 4, 2026. With the count now certified, the village can move past the recount and into the work of governing, from budget decisions to the municipal services that shape daily life in Port Jefferson.