{"id":29174,"date":"2019-03-14T15:06:41","date_gmt":"2019-03-14T19:06:41","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.wrfalp.com\/?p=29174"},"modified":"2019-03-14T17:15:30","modified_gmt":"2019-03-14T21:15:30","slug":"county-gop-committee-throws-support-behind-borrello-in-search-for-state-senate-candidate","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.wrfalp.com\/county-gop-committee-throws-support-behind-borrello-in-search-for-state-senate-candidate\/","title":{"rendered":"County GOP Committee Throws Support Behind Borrello in Search for State Senate Candidate"},"content":{"rendered":"
George Borrello<\/em><\/p><\/div>\n MAYVILLE – It appears more and more likely that Chautauqua County Executive George Borrello<\/strong> is getting the support he needs to be a candidate for a recently vacated State Senate seat, whenever an election finally takes place.<\/p>\n According to the Post-Journal<\/em>, the Chautauqua County Republican Committee<\/strong> is endorsing Borrello as its choice for running for the 57th Senate Seat that was vacated by former Sen. Cathy Young<\/a> earlier this week.<\/p>\n The endorsement was reportedly confirmed by GOP Committee Chair David Wilfong<\/strong>, who said he will not bring that endorsement to the other county GOP committees that will also have a say in selecting the party’s candidate in a special election.<\/p>\n Under state law, any special election for a state legislature seat requires the committees from the involved counties to choose their candidate, rather than going with a traditional primary. If more than one candidate is being considered then a weighted vote will take place with number of registered Republicans of each county being considered. Counties included in the 57th Senate District include Chautauqua, Cattaraugus and Allegany Counties along with a portion of Livingston County. Of those four counties, Chautauqua County holds 47 percent of registered Republicans living within the district.<\/p>\n