Rochester Mayor Tom Richards wants to keep the city’s Focused Investment program operating in the same four neighborhoods for at least two more years, saying the program needs more time to work. The city started Focused Investment about four years ago, singling out four challenged neighborhoods for intense investment of time and resources: Marketview Heights […]
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Warren supports DOMA repeal
Incumbent Mayor Tom Richards won the endorsement of the city’s 24th Legislative District committee over the weekend on the march to the Democratic primary in September. He defeated challenger Lovely Warren, who is president of City Council, 35 to 9. The 24th LD is centered in the area around Highland Park. | The biggest news […]
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[UPDATED] Mayoral challenger Lovely Warren changes course on marriage equality
This blog has been updated to clarify that incumbent City Council member Dana Miller did not get the designation of the 24th District. He’s the only incumbent Council member to fall short. Incumbent Mayor Tom Richards won the endorsement of the city’s 24th Legislative District committee this afternoon on the march to the Democratic primary […]
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Is the Rochester mayor’s race lacking ‘real’ Democrats?
I noticed something I thought was strange at last week’s meeting of three east-side Democratic committees. The committees were making their endorsements for mayor, City Council, and City Court. A couple of the ballots in the mayor’s race between incumbent Tom Richards and challenger Lovely Warren came in blank. Why bother to turn them in […]
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Choosing a mayor in a challenging time
For anyone who follows Rochester politics, there was little doubt that City Council President Lovely Warren would run for mayor. The only question was when. Last week we found out: it’s now. And so we will have incumbent Tom Richards, a 69-year-old white male lawyer and former corporate executive, and Warren, a 35-year-old African-American woman […]
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Warren sets tone for her campaign
Lovely Warren officially launched her bid for mayor today. WATCH VIDEO
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Alex White wants to run for mayor
Any doubts about whether Alex White would run for office were immediately erased when he showed up at his press conference this afternoon wearing a button with his name on it and the slogan, “A Rochester for all of us.” White, a Rochester businessman, is seeking the Green Party endorsement to run for mayor (his […]
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WEEK AHEAD: White announcement; RCSD budget; State of the Union party; MCC decision day
Rochester businessman Alex White will make an announcement this afternoon regarding the 2013 elections. White, a member of the Green Party, has waged unsuccessful bids for Rochester mayor and City Council in the recent past. “There has been speculation as to my intentions for the local races this year,” White said in a press release. […]
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RBJ poll heavily favors Richards
Ninety-two percent of readers responding to a Rochester Business Journal poll said they prefer Tom Richards for Rochester mayor over possible challenger Lovely Warren. Warren, who is president of City Council, is weighing a primary challenge to Richards, the incumbent. Richards announced his intention to seek re-election earlier this week. FILE PHOTO Tom Richards About […]
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[UPDATED] Duffy clarifies remarks about possible Warren-Richards race
New York State Lieutenant Governor Bob Duffy called yesterday to clarify remarks he made about a potential mayoral bid by City Council President Lovely Warren.
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[UPDATED] Richards says he’ll run again
Rochester’s mayor says there is still much he wants to continue to work on, including strengthening the city’s neighborhoods and rebuilding downtown
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Duffy’s smackdown of Warren defies history
We’re all buzzing about Bob Duffy’s public smackdown — wrapped in a PC package, of course — of City Council President Lovely Warren’s mayoral ambitions. Our former mayor and current lieutenant governor said Warren shouldn’t run — yet — and that he’s throwing his support behind incumbent Mayor Tom Richards. “Rochester needs them both,” Duffy […]
