{"id":30515,"date":"2019-06-25T08:15:28","date_gmt":"2019-06-25T12:15:28","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.wrfalp.com\/?p=30515"},"modified":"2019-06-25T08:31:26","modified_gmt":"2019-06-25T12:31:26","slug":"over-25000-republicans-can-vote-in-tuesdays-primaries","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.wrfalp.com\/over-25000-republicans-can-vote-in-tuesdays-primaries\/","title":{"rendered":"Over 25,000 Chautauqua County Republicans Can Vote in Tuesday’s Primaries"},"content":{"rendered":"

JAMESTOWN – It’s Primary Day<\/strong> across New York State and thousands of eligible voters in Chautauqua County will be heading to the polls Tuesday with several key races scheduled to take place both in Jamestown and in other communities across the region as well.<\/p>\n

\"\"<\/a>

George Borrello (left) and Curt Crandall<\/em><\/p><\/div>\n

The Chautauqua County Board of Elections<\/strong> says a total of 25,500 Republican voters are eligible to vote in today’s Primary for the 57th NYS Senate District<\/strong> – with candidates George Borrello<\/strong>, the current Chautauqua County executive, and Curt Crandall<\/strong>, the chair of the Allegany County Legislature<\/strong>, squaring off.<\/p>\n

The Senate district includes Chautauqua, Cattaraugus, Allegany and part of Livingston Counties. There are 64,000 active Republican voters eligible to vote across the district.<\/p>\n

Borrello was elected Chautauqua County executive in 2017 after spending eight years in the Chautauqua County Legislature<\/strong>, representing his home area of Hanover. Crandall is a long-time member member of the Allegany County Legislature and has served as its chair for the past 14 years.<\/p>\n

Sen. Cathy Young<\/strong> was reelected to office in November 2018, but when she announced she was resigning from her seat in late February of this year, it meant that a special election would have to take place to fill that seat. As a result, the Republican party chairs for each of the four counties that comprise the 57th district (Chautauqua, Cattaraugus, Allegany, Livingston) met in early March to select their candidate and it was Borrello, with only the Republican Party chair from Allegany County selecting Crandall.<\/p>\n

When Gov. Andrew Cuomo<\/strong> did not set a special election date to fill the vacated seat, the special election date was set for this coming November’s general election. That gave Crandall an opportunity to challenge Borrello’s endorsement and force a primary.<\/p>\n

Borrello is also the endorsed candidate for the Conservative Party<\/strong>.<\/p>\n