The veteran Republican legislator said his decision was motivated by “divisive New York City politics.”
Monroe County politics
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Bello’s exec victory sets up domino effect among Democrats
Assembly member Jamie Romeo plans to run for the clerk seat and other Dems are now eyeing her office.
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Bello candidacy may pay off for Dems
County Clerk Adam Bello is running for county executive, a development that’ll shock hardly anyone following local politics. Bello has risen through the local Democratic party, serving on the staff of then-Assembly member Joe Morelle’s, working as the top staff member at party headquarters, twice winning election to the Irondequoit town supervisor’s job, and then […]
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Wells elected as MCDC chair
Brittaney Wells will serve as the new chair of the Monroe County Democratic Committee, starting today.
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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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Cooney to challenge Robach
Former City Hall chief of staff Jeremy Cooney has made his decision: he’s going to run against Republican State Senator Joe Robach. Cooney launched an exploratory committee earlier this month and has been appearing before city Democratic committees in recent weeks. And in a press release today he announced his campaign for the 56th Senate […]
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Suburban Democrats are adding members
Donald Trump and the Republicans won the White House and Congress, but they’ve also energized progressives and issue-oriented moderates who see a destructive national political agenda that they must fight. Or so the story goes. Resisters have filled streets, parks, and public squares to protest Trump’s Muslim ban, his administration’s attacks on science, his directive […]
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Dems pick candidates, head to primaries
The Monroe County Democratic Committee has something of an unofficial maxim: primaries are inevitable. So it goes with the 2017 city races. The Democrats have designated their candidates for the mayor’s race, five at-large City Council seats, and three city school board seats. Who plans to wage a primary isn’t yet clear, and may not […]
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The week ahead: Republicans and Democrats pick their candidates
The Monroe County Republican Committee will hold its nominating convention at 5:30 p.m. today at the Radisson Rochester Riverside, 120 East Main Street. And the Monroe County Democratic Committee will hold its designating convention at 6 p.m. Thursday at the downtown Holiday Inn, 70 State Street. Republicans will likely nominate Sheriff Patrick O’Flynn to run […]
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Bronson, Slaughter endorse Frankel
Democratic County Executive candidate Sandy Frankel picked up a couple of high-profile Democratic endorsements today. House Representative Louise Slaughter and State Assembly member Harry Bronson threw their support behind Frankel this morning, during a press conference announcing the opening of a Frankel campaign office on Lyell Avenue. They emphasized Frankel’s experience serving 20 years as Brighton […]
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It’s politics as usual: Bill Reilich’s class act
Either the local Republican Party’s leader doesn’t believe that his Democratic counterpart is ill or he doesn’t care.
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Conventional wisdom: NYS party politics
Steve Minarik seemed uncharacteristically subdued when he approached the podium in HofstraUniversity’s arena. It was early Thursday afternoon, the final day of the state Republican Party’s convention in Hempstead, Long Island, and balloting for the gubernatorial endorsement had ended moments before. In the tone of a man announcing his own death sentence, he told the […]
