City Council member Adam McFadden, who on Friday pleaded not guilty to four counts of wire fraud, conspiracy, and money laundering, is ending his campaign for reelection to the South District seat. McFadden has informed Monroe County Democratic Committee Chair Brittaney Wells of his decision, says MCDC spokesperson Briana Scott. McFadden was recently designated as […]
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Adam McFadden facing federal charges
Rochester City Councilmember Adam McFadden was charged with four counts of wire fraud, conspiracy, and money laundering in US federal court this morning.
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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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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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House primary vote is today
Starting at noon, Democrats across most of Monroe County will be able to cast their ballots in the 25th Congressional District primary.
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For Louise Slaughter’s seat: Joe Morelle
To resist President Trump, it’s essential that Democrats hold this seat. Morelle is their best chance to do that.
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Barnhart, McFadden, Morelle, and Wilt seek Slaughter’s seat
Registered Democrats in the 25th Congressional District will be able to vote from noon to 9 p.m. on Tuesday, June 26.
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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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Democrats line up to succeed Louise Slaughter
County Democrats knew that someday, they’d have to do the unthinkable: find someone to run in Louise Slaughter’s place. But any transition was never going to be clean. Slaughter herself never gave much thought to a successor. She famously resisted the notion of preparing anyone to take over her seat, so when Slaughter died last […]
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McFadden joins Democrats seeking Slaughter’s seat
City Council Vice President Adam McFadden is joining the group of Democratic candidates campaigning for the late Louise Slaughter’s House seat. McFadden will announce his candidacy at 5:30 p.m. today at Brue Coffee, 960 Genesee Street. “I really think that the Democratic Party should have an open and honest debate and discussion about who should […]
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City Council prepares to investigate police handling of the Ricky Bryant case
City Council has taken the first step in what could be an extensive reassessment of how the city handles citizen complaints about police actions. In an 8-0 vote Tuesday night, Council authorized investigating how police handled an incident involving 18-year-old Ricky Bryant Jr. The teenager’s family says he was beaten and seriously injured by police […]
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Deadline coming for police body-camera survey
If you want to give city officials your opinion about having Rochester police wear body cameras, you have only a few more days to do it. Community surveys have been circulated for the past two months, and City Council leaders announced today that the survey period will end at 5 p.m. on June 30. Paper […]
