Peter Lawrence Credit: PHOTO PROVIDED BY MONROE COUNTY REPUBLICAN PARTY

The competition for Bill Reilich’s old Assembly seat is heating up. 

Yesterday, the county Republican Party announced Peter Lawrence’s candidacy for the 134th district. Lawrence spent 29 years working for the New York State Police before retiring in 2002, when he was appointed as US Marshal for the Western District of New York, says a press release from the GOP.  He served as marshal through 2010.

The Democratic candidate is Gary Pudup, who spent 29 years working in the Monroe County Sheriff’s Ofice. He’s also former director of the local New York Civil Liberties Union chapter. 

The district, which covers Greece, Ogden, and Parma, has no incumbent. Republican Bill Reilich held it 10 years, but resigned after he was elected Greece Supervisor last year. 

This article appears in Apr 9-15, 2014.

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One reply on “Two former lawmen fight for Reilich’s old Assembly seat”

  1. We need an assemblyman who will challenge the status quo and fight for working people and the middle class. That man is Gary Pudup. Gary has the integrity to do the right thing, instead of the politically expedient thing. He may ruffle a few feathers in his own party, but he won’t be a party automaton who “goes along to get along”.

    Don’t look for Mr. Lawrence to buck the G.O.P. brass – he was nominated because he will follow the orders of Party fat cats without question – and that type of mentality has been detrimental to people trying to make a living.

    Give ’em hell, Gary!

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