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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Wilt pivots to Assembly run
Jamie Romeo, chair of the Monroe County Democratic Committee, and Jaclyn Richard, president of the Rochester chapter of the National Organization for Women, have already declared their intention to seek the Assembly seat held by Joe Morelle, who’s running for Congress. Robin Wilt, a member of the Brighton Town Board, now plans to join them. Wilt […]
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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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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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Democratic candidates line up for Morelle’s Assembly seat
Democrats are headed toward a likely primary for the 136th Assembly District seat. The office is up for grabs because Joe Morelle, who currently holds it, is instead running for the House seat left vacant after the death of longtime Representative Louise Slaughter. On Saturday, Monroe County Democratic Committee chair Jamie Romeo announced her candidacy. […]
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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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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 […]
