Robin Wilt will challenge incumbent Democrat Joe Morelle.
25th Congressional District
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Immigration finds some common ground in local survey
Large majorities of Democrats and Republicans in the 25th Congressional District share ‘common ground’ on immigration issues.
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High stakes in Maxwell vs Morelle
Most voters in Monroe County know who Joe Morelle is. He’s spent the past 30 years in elected office, the vast majority of them in the State Assembly. Morelle has had a seat there since 1991 and has served as its majority leader – second in command to the speaker – since 2013. But this […]
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Poll shows Morelle leading over Maxwell
A Siena Research Institute poll shows that among respondents, Democrat Joe Morelle holds a commanding lead over Republican Jim Maxwell. Pollsters asked participants who they’d vote for if the general election were held today, among some other questions. Of the respondents, 55 percent chose Morelle, the Assembly majority leader and an Irondequoit resident, while 31 […]
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Joe Morelle has a fight ahead of him
Joe Morelle, the State Assembly’s second-in-command and the former chair of the Monroe County Democratic Committee, scored a decisive Democractic primary victory against the other three candidates.
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House candidate Maxwell lays out his positions
It took barely 12 hours for the 25th Congressional District election to pivot from the Democratic primary to the coming general election in November. Assembly Majority Leader Joe Morelle walked away with a victory in last night’s primary, and this morning his Republican opponent Jim Maxwell, a neurosurgeon from East Rochester, held a press conference […]
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Morelle wins House primary
The odds were in Joe Morelle’s favor headed into tonight’s 25th Congressional District Democratic primary. The county’s top Democrats, including Rochester Mayor Lovely Warren and former mayor Bill Johnson, lined up behind him. As the State Assembly’s second in charge, Morelle had a political operation he’d built up over his 30 years in politics. And […]
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Candidates file for Congressional races
Four Democrats could square off in a primary over the late Louise Slaughter’s House of Representatives seat. Yesterday was the deadline for House and Senate candidates to submit petitions to get on the ballot. Dr. Jim Maxwell, a neurosurgeon who lives in East Rochester, was the only Republican to file for the 25th Congressional District […]
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Wilt launches House bid, picks up progressive group’s endorsement
[UPDATED] Brighton Town Board member Robin Reynolds Wilt is entering the race for the late Louise Slaughter’s House seat, and she’s got the backing of ROCitizen, a local progressive group. Wilt released a YouTube video earlier today announcing her run, and during an interview she said that she filed her candidacy statement with the Federal […]
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New ad campaign touts Rochester — or Warren?
Rochester is a mid-sized city with a small town’s zeal for gossip. So when a mayor who is not up for re-election until 2017 starts running TV spots, people take notice. The commercial shows Mayor Lovely Warren with a child — her daughter, Taylor? — and touts some of the things happening in the city, […]
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Keep Louise Slaughter
Calling Congress member Louise Slaughter a progressive is an understatement. She’s one of the most liberal and loyal members of the Democratic Party, and a political rock star in her home district. She’s also a tenacious and scrappy fighter who has survived numerous Republican attempts to unseat her, probably few more qualified than her last […]
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Assini announces Congressional bid
Gates Supervisor Mark Assini, a Republican, officially announced his candidacy for the 25th Congressional District last night. And in a somewhat subtle way, Democrat Louise Slaughter confirmed she’ll be running for re-election. Just before the start of Assini’s 5:30 p.m. announcement at the Italian American Community Center in Gates, Slaughter’s campaign office sent out this […]
