A lot can change in politics over the course of two years — just ask the Rotterdam Republicans.

Tuesday’s Republican sweep of city races underscores the problems in the fractured city Democratic Party, observers of city politics said the day after the election.

A court-ordered impoundment of malfunctioning voting machines in four Fulton County towns was lifted Wednesday, but officials at the county Board of Elections said they were still waiting for the formal notification that will allow them to sort out town races in Northampton and Broadalbin.

Schenectady Surrogate Court Judge Barry Kramer easily won a seat on the state Supreme Court, according to unofficial results.

Businessman Frank Del Gallo led the Rotterdam Democrats to a clean sweep over their Republican and No New Tax Party opponents.

It was a Republican sweep in Glenville Tuesday as Town Board member Chris Koetzle ousted Democrat Supervisor Frank Quinn and Republicans Alan Boulant and Sid Ramotar claimed the two Town Board seats.

The Common Council picked up two new faces in Tuesday’s elections.

Independent candidate Dayton King won a four-way contest Tuesday for mayor of Gloversville, according to unofficial results, beating the closest runner-up, Republican Jo-Ann Clear, by 147 votes.

Both candidates running for Schoharie County sheriff said unofficial results were too close to call following voting Tuesday.

Five-term Clifton Park town supervisor Philip Barrett won an easy victory Tuesday, defeating William “Bill” Casey, a former president of the Shenendehowa Central School District Board of Education, by a 2-to-1 ratio.

Republican Charleston town Supervisor Shayne Walters was one of several incumbents who held onto their seats Tuesday in Montgomery County voting.

Mayor Sarah Slingerland won re-election by more than 1,000 votes Tuesday night.

Interim Fulton County Family Court Judge Edward Skoda will face Gloversville City Attorney John Clo in the general election for family court judge Tuesday.

Mayor Jerry Jennings’ name has been almost synonymous with Albany over most of the past two decades.

The race for the next town supervisor of Broadalbin features no incumbent but two men with experience doing the job.