OLEAN — A new name will represent the Republican Party on the ballot for mayor in November.

Amy Sherburne, a Republican cross-endorsed by city Democrats, upset incumbent three-term Mayor Bill Aiello, 307-217. There were 39 outstanding absentee ballots as of Election Night — not enough for Aiello to catch up to Sherburne’s lead.

All vote totals are unofficial, and official results will be approved by the Cattaraugus County Board of Elections in July.

“It was a great race. Thank you, thank you, thank you,” Sherburne said in a statement.

Sherburne carried six of the city’s seven wards, while Aiello carried just Ward 3 by a four-vote margin. Sherburne also led in early voting with 77 votes to Aiello’s 58.

The last general election for mayor to not feature Aiello on the GOP line was in 2009, when Aiello lost a primary to eventual winner David Carucci.

Both will appear on the ballot in November, with Aiello to appear on an independent line — leading to a rematch between the two across all city voters.

County board of elections officials reported 59 absentee and early vote by mail ballots were issued for the primary. Twenty were recorded on Tuesday — 10 for each candidate — meaning 39 are outstanding. Absentee ballots must be received no later than July 1 to be counted.

The owner of Eade’s Wallpaper and former owner of Union Tea Cafe, Sherburne is known as a co-organizer of the Woodland in the City project. Sherburne was appointed by Aiello to the local planning committee for the city’s 2017 Downtown Revitalization Initiative award. Sherburne has the backing of the Democratic Party in November and will also appear on the independent Common Sense line.

Aiello is a retired city police captain and former Cattaraugus County Legislature majority leader. He lost a Republican primary in 2007 for mayor, but he was elected to the post in 2013 and twice since. He was also recently elected president of the New York Conference of Mayors. Aiello also filed a petition to appear on the independent Lincoln Party line in November.

A total of 565 votes were tallied or sought in the form of an absentee ballot, a turnout percentage of 19.3% based on active voter rolls registered with the state Board of Elections in February.

IN OTHER CATTARAUGUS COUNTY RACES: 

• Crystal Abers led Election Night results from town of Dayton Republicans with 107 votes to represent the party for the town supervisor race in November, leading by 24 votes over Thomas J. Chupa who received 83 votes. Aaron Huber received 16. Forty of the 78 issued absentee ballots were counted on Election Day — 37 for Chupa, two for Huber and one for Abers — and 38 were outstanding. Chupa received 41 votes in early voting, while Abers received 10 and Huber received three.
• Results were also close as Republican voters chose two candidates for the town board. Christine Rupp led with 116 votes, Jeffrey A. Steward received 103, and Brett J. Zarczynski received 94 with 38 absentee ballots outstanding. Donald L. Bartlett Jr. received 44 votes, and one write-in was recorded. Steward led in absentee voting recorded on Election Day with 39 votes, while Zarczynski received 37, and Rupp and Bartlett each received two. Zarczynski received 45 votes in early voting, while Steward received 43, Rupp received 12 and Bartlett received five.
• Town of Machias Republicans gave 118 votes to Thomas C. Reese, while 116 votes went to Robert M. Shenk to represent the party for two town board seats in November. Also receiving votes were Joshua D. Burch and Joy R. Burch, who each received 95 votes. Shenk received seven votes in early voting, while Reese received six, Joshua Burch received four, and Joy Burch received three. Officials reported nine of 20 absentee ballots were counted by Election Day,
• Town of Great Valley Democrats gave 18 votes to Joshua J. Harrison and 15 to Marcy L. Brown for the party’s nomination for town justice. No early votes were recorded. Two of the nine absentee ballots issued for the race were counted by Election Day — both for Brown — and seven remain outstanding.