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Erie County’s 2026 count isn’t finished. The 143rd Assembly race shows what is still left to tally

Five days after Election Day, Democrat Ryan Taughrin leads Assemblyman Patrick Chludzinski by 561 votes with about 800 absentees outstanding. Here is the Erie County Board of Elections’ canvass calendar, the recount math and what the region’s unofficial returns show.

The brick Erie County Office Building at 134 West Eagle Street in downtown Buffalo, home of the Erie County Board of Elections

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