{"id":26489,"date":"2018-09-12T14:27:32","date_gmt":"2018-09-12T18:27:32","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.wrfalp.com\/?p=26489"},"modified":"2018-09-12T14:27:32","modified_gmt":"2018-09-12T18:27:32","slug":"governors-race-highlights-2018-primary-day-in-new-york-state","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.wrfalp.com\/governors-race-highlights-2018-primary-day-in-new-york-state\/","title":{"rendered":"Governor&#8217;s Race Highlights 2018 Primary Day in New York State"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.wrfalp.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/vote.jpg?ssl=1\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"16152\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.wrfalp.com\/voting-101-in-chautauqua-county-for-the-tuesday-november-3rd-general-election\/vote\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.wrfalp.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/vote.jpg?fit=625%2C364&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"625,364\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;1&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"vote\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.wrfalp.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/vote.jpg?fit=300%2C175&amp;ssl=1\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.wrfalp.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/vote.jpg?fit=625%2C364&amp;ssl=1\" class=\"alignright  wp-image-16152\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.wrfalp.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/vote.jpg?resize=398%2C232&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" width=\"398\" height=\"232\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.wrfalp.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/vote.jpg?w=625&amp;ssl=1 625w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.wrfalp.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/vote.jpg?resize=300%2C175&amp;ssl=1 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 398px) 100vw, 398px\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" \/><\/a>JAMESTOWN &#8211; Tomorrow is <strong>Primary Day<\/strong> for state and local offices and in Chautauqua County, polls will be open for all county Democratic, Conservative and Reform Parties\u2019 registered voters. Additionally, Independence Voters in Ripley and Portland will be voting to decide a Town Justice candidate.\u00a0 Busti Republicans in Election District 3 will choose two county committee members.<\/p>\n<p>The biggest primary races are in the Democratic party, where <strong>DEMOCRATIC REGISTERED VOTERS<\/strong> will be deciding between <strong>Cynthia Nixon<\/strong> and <strong>Andrew Cuomo<\/strong> for Governor and <strong>Kathy Hochul<\/strong> and <strong>Jumaane Williams<\/strong> for Lt. Governor. There\u2019s also a crowded field of four candidates for Attorney General \u2013 including <strong>Sean Patrick Maloney<\/strong>, <strong>Letitia James<\/strong>, <strong>Leecia Eve<\/strong>, and <strong>Zephyr Teachout<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p><strong>CONSERVATIVE REGISTERED VOTERS<\/strong> will be picking that party\u2019s candidate for Sheriff choosing between <strong>Joseph Gerace<\/strong> and <strong>James Quattrone<\/strong>. Also, Ripley Conservative voters will pick between <strong>John Hamels<\/strong> and <strong>Lawrence Freligh<\/strong> for that town\u2019s Conservative candidate.<\/p>\n<p>\u00b7 <strong>REPUBLICAN REGISTERED VOTERS IN BUSTI<\/strong> (Election District 3 Only) will choose between <strong>Randall Holcomb<\/strong>, <strong>Susan Drago<\/strong> and <strong>Douglas Schutte<\/strong> as to which of the two will represent them as party members for that election district on the GOP County Committee.<\/p>\n<p>\u00b7 <strong>INDEPENDENCE VOTERS IN PORTLAND AND RIPLEY<\/strong> will be deciding between <strong>Daniel Thompson<\/strong>, <strong>Michelle Patterson<\/strong>, and <strong>Thomas DeJoe<\/strong> for which two will be the Independence Party candidates for two open seats in November. In Ripley, Hamels and Freligh will again face off, but this time on the Independence line.<\/p>\n<p>\u00b7 <strong>REFORM PARTY<\/strong> is showcasing an Attorney General nomination runoff between <strong>Nancy Sliwa<\/strong>, <strong>Mike Diederich<\/strong> and <strong>Christopher Garvey<\/strong>. None of the three candidates are cross endorsed and only the winner will move on to the November ballot. In a party rule oddity, any voter not affiliated with one of the state\u2019s other seven major parties may vote to decide the Reform Party candidate.<\/p>\n<p>The state&#8217;s primary normally would fall on Tuesday Sept. 11th. But with that date being the anniversary of the 9\/11 attacks and the second day of Rosh Hashanah, state lawmakers decided to move the primary back two days.<\/p>\n<p>Polls are open Noon to 9 p.m. Thursday.<\/p>\n<p>People unsure of their party affiliation can visit <a href=\"http:\/\/votechautauqua.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>votechautauqua.com<\/strong><\/a> \u00a0and click on \u201cPersonal Voter Lookup\u201d to access the voter\u2019s current voting record.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>JAMESTOWN &#8211; Tomorrow is Primary Day for state and local offices and in Chautauqua County, polls will be open for all county Democratic, Conservative and Reform Parties\u2019 registered voters. Additionally, Independence Voters in Ripley and Portland will be voting to decide a Town Justice candidate.\u00a0 Busti Republicans in Election District 3 will choose two county [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":22,"featured_media":16152,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"_genesis_hide_title":false,"_genesis_hide_breadcrumbs":false,"_genesis_hide_singular_image":false,"_genesis_hide_footer_widgets":false,"_genesis_custom_body_class":"","_genesis_custom_post_class":"","_genesis_layout":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_is_tweetstorm":false,"jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","enabled":false}}},"categories":[4],"tags":[122,8709,8696,8704,8703,8200,1242,8701,8697,1333,8702,8700,8699,8705,8708,8707,5882,8698,2101,2159,8706,4199],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.wrfalp.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/vote.jpg?fit=625%2C364&ssl=1","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p3YlJ4-6Tf","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":17808,"url":"https:\/\/www.wrfalp.com\/primary-voting-is-for-members-only-in-new-york-state\/","url_meta":{"origin":26489,"position":0},"title":"Primary Voting is for &#8216;Members Only&#8217; in New York State","author":"WRFA Radio","date":"April 19, 2016","format":false,"excerpt":"NEW YORK - A reminder for all registered voters in New York - our state holds a closed primary system, meaning if you are not a registered member of the Democratic or Republican parties, you can\u2019t vote in the New York State Presidential Primary on April 19. 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