{"id":31627,"date":"2019-11-05T08:57:19","date_gmt":"2019-11-05T13:57:19","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.wrfalp.com\/?p=31627"},"modified":"2019-11-05T08:57:19","modified_gmt":"2019-11-05T13:57:19","slug":"senate-mayoral-race-highlight-election-day-2019","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.wrfalp.com\/senate-mayoral-race-highlight-election-day-2019\/","title":{"rendered":"Senate, Mayoral Race Highlight Election Day 2019"},"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=397%2C231&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" width=\"397\" height=\"231\" 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: 397px) 100vw, 397px\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" \/><\/a>JAMESTOWN &#8211; It&#8217;s election day in Jamestown, Chautauqua County and across New York State.<\/p>\n<p>Locally there are plenty of contested races on the ballot that will likely result in a better-than-average voters turnout for a local election year.<\/p>\n<p>Highlighting the election this year is the race to fill the vacant 57th district state senate seat that opened up after former long-time Senator <strong>Cathy Young<\/strong> resigned from her post in March in order to take a job with Cornell University. Running to fill the remaining year of the Senate term is Republican and current Chautauqua County Executive <strong>George Borrello<\/strong> and Democrat and recent Cornell graduate <strong>Austin Morgan<\/strong> of Cattaraugus county.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.wrfalp.com\/listen-league-of-women-voters-senate-candidate-forum-oct-15-2019\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><strong>LISTEN: LOWV MEET THE SENATE CANDIDATES FORUM<\/strong><\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>In Jamestown three individuals are running to fill the open mayoral seat after current mayor <strong>Sam Teresi<\/strong> announced in February he would not be seeking a sixth term in office. Candidates in this year&#8217;s mayoral race Libertarian and Current City Councilman <strong>Andrew Liuzzo<\/strong>, Democrat and local attorney <strong>Eddie Sundquist<\/strong>, and Republican and current county legislator <strong>David Wilfong<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.wrfalp.com\/watch-jamestown-ny-2019-mayoral-candidates-debate\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><strong>WATCH: WRFA, WJTN, WNY NEWS NOW MAYORAL DEBATE<\/strong><\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>In addition to the mayor&#8217;s race, there&#8217;s also contested races for the <strong>Jamestown City Council&#8217;s<\/strong> three at large seats as well as for Wards 1, 4, and 5. Candidates include:<\/p>\n<p>CITY COUNCIL WARD 1<br \/>\n&#8211; <strong>Brent Sheldon<\/strong> (R, C, I)<br \/>\n&#8211; <strong>Tim Smeal<\/strong> (D, WF, Libertarian)<br \/>\nCITY COUNCIL WARD 4<br \/>\n&#8211; <strong>Marie Carrubba<\/strong> (D, I, WF)<br \/>\n&#8211; <strong>Brittnay Spry<\/strong> (R, C, Libertarian)<br \/>\nCITY COUNCIL WARD 5<br \/>\n&#8211; <strong>Maria Jones<\/strong> (D)<br \/>\n&#8211; <strong>Grant Olson<\/strong> (R)<br \/>\nCITY COUNCIL AT LARGE (3 Seats)<br \/>\n&#8211; <strong>Kimberly Ecklund<\/strong> (R, C, I)<br \/>\n&#8211; <strong>Tamu Graham-Reinhardt<\/strong> (D, I, WF)<br \/>\n&#8211; <strong>Raven Mason Thompson<\/strong> (Libertarian)<br \/>\n&#8211; <strong>Gregory Rabb<\/strong> (D, I, WF)<br \/>\n&#8211; <strong>Jeffrey Russell<\/strong> (R, C)<br \/>\n&#8211; <strong>Taylor Scott<\/strong> (D, WF)<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.wrfalp.com\/wrfa-meet-the-city-council-candidates-forum-is-oct-24\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><strong>WATCH\/LISTEN: WRFA MEET THE COUNCIL CANDIDATES FORUM<\/strong><\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Other races of interest include the race for Busti Town Supervisor, where Republican <strong>Jesse Robbins<\/strong> is being challenged by Democrat <strong>Rudy Mueller<\/strong>. Over in the<strong> Chautauqua County Legislature<\/strong>, only 7 of the panel&#8217;s 19 seats feature contested races.<\/p>\n<p><strong>EARLY VOTING YIELDS 5% VOTER TURNOUT IN COUNTY<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>According to the Chautauqua county Board of Elections, there is a total of 76,762 active registered voters in the county this year. Early voting was underway from Oct. 26 through Nov. 3 and according to election officials, nearly 5% of all active voters cast ballots during that name. That made Chautauqua county the third highest per-capita early voting county in the state, with only Ulster and Columbia counties seeing a higher percentage.<\/p>\n<p>Commissioners <strong>Norm Green<\/strong> and <strong>Brian Abram<\/strong> are attributing the heavy turnout to the mayors races in Jamestown, Dunkirk and Fredonia, the town supervisors races in Pomfret and Busti, and the special election for New York State Senate.<\/p>\n<p>As for the regular voting hours for on Tuesday, Polls will be open 6 .m. to 9 p.m. All county poll sites will be open.\u00a0 Any New York State citizen at least age 18 at the date of the General Election who previously registered is eligible to vote.<\/p>\n<p>For more information on where to vote, to view a sample ballot, or to see the results after 9 tonight, visit <a href=\"http:\/\/www.votechautauqua.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">VoteChautauqua.com<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>JAMESTOWN &#8211; It&#8217;s election day in Jamestown, Chautauqua County and across New York State. Locally there are plenty of contested races on the ballot that will likely result in a better-than-average voters turnout for a local election year. Highlighting the election this year is the race to fill the vacant 57th district state senate seat [&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":[9094,6370,7773,9223,245,277,279,9162,4826,393,659,7652,938,9163,979,1122,9164,1223,1365,1494,1496,8008,9410,1959,1984,2103,9086,9159,2243],"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\/p3YlJ4-8e7","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":30543,"url":"https:\/\/www.wrfalp.com\/borrello-wins-57th-senate-district-primary-will-face-morgan-in-november-election-to-fill-vacated-seat\/","url_meta":{"origin":31627,"position":0},"title":"Borrello Wins 57th Senate District Primary, Will Face Morgan in November Election to Fill Vacated Seat","author":"WRFA Radio","date":"June 26, 2019","format":false,"excerpt":"ALBANY - The GOP Primary race for the 57th State Senate District wasn't very close. Chautauqua County Executive George Borrello defeated Allegany County Legislature chairman Curt Crandall Tuesday by a marigin of 28%. According to the New York state Board of Elections, of the 11,700 votes cast across the district,\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Local News&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Local News","link":"https:\/\/www.wrfalp.com\/category\/news\/local-news\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.wrfalp.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/George-Borrello-1.jpg?fit=768%2C480&ssl=1&resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.wrfalp.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/George-Borrello-1.jpg?fit=768%2C480&ssl=1&resize=350%2C200 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.wrfalp.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/George-Borrello-1.jpg?fit=768%2C480&ssl=1&resize=525%2C300 1.5x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.wrfalp.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/George-Borrello-1.jpg?fit=768%2C480&ssl=1&resize=700%2C400 2x"},"classes":[]},{"id":30578,"url":"https:\/\/www.wrfalp.com\/local-primaries-see-better-voter-turnout-than-past-years\/","url_meta":{"origin":31627,"position":1},"title":"Local Primaries See Better Voter Turnout than Past Years","author":"WRFA Radio","date":"June 27, 2019","format":false,"excerpt":"MAYVILLE - The voter turnout for the 2019 Primaries on Tuesday was better than the historical average. That's according to Chautauqua County Election Commissioner Norm Green, who said turnout on Tuesday was twice as high as the board of elections will typically see during a primary. A reason for the\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Local News&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Local News","link":"https:\/\/www.wrfalp.com\/category\/news\/local-news\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.wrfalp.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/republican.jpg?fit=825%2C675&ssl=1&resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.wrfalp.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/republican.jpg?fit=825%2C675&ssl=1&resize=350%2C200 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.wrfalp.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/republican.jpg?fit=825%2C675&ssl=1&resize=525%2C300 1.5x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.wrfalp.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/republican.jpg?fit=825%2C675&ssl=1&resize=700%2C400 2x"},"classes":[]},{"id":30515,"url":"https:\/\/www.wrfalp.com\/over-25000-republicans-can-vote-in-tuesdays-primaries\/","url_meta":{"origin":31627,"position":2},"title":"Over 25,000 Chautauqua County Republicans Can Vote in Tuesday&#8217;s Primaries","author":"WRFA Radio","date":"June 25, 2019","format":false,"excerpt":"JAMESTOWN - It's Primary Day 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. The Chautauqua County Board of Elections\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Local News&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Local News","link":"https:\/\/www.wrfalp.com\/category\/news\/local-news\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.wrfalp.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/vote.jpg?fit=625%2C364&ssl=1&resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.wrfalp.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/vote.jpg?fit=625%2C364&ssl=1&resize=350%2C200 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.wrfalp.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/vote.jpg?fit=625%2C364&ssl=1&resize=525%2C300 1.5x"},"classes":[]},{"id":29445,"url":"https:\/\/www.wrfalp.com\/borrello-submits-petitions-for-republican-conservative-independence-party-endorsements-for-state-senate\/","url_meta":{"origin":31627,"position":3},"title":"Borrello Submits Petitions for Republican, Conservative, Independence Party Endorsements for State Senate","author":"WRFA Radio","date":"April 2, 2019","format":false,"excerpt":"MAYVILLE - Chautauqua County Executive George Borrello is reporting that he's submitted double the mandatory required petitions to the New York State Board of Elections to become the Republican, Conservative and Independence Party candidate in the upcoming election for the 57th State Senate District. This seat recently became open with\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Local News&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Local News","link":"https:\/\/www.wrfalp.com\/category\/news\/local-news\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.wrfalp.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/George-Borrello-1.jpg?fit=768%2C480&ssl=1&resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.wrfalp.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/George-Borrello-1.jpg?fit=768%2C480&ssl=1&resize=350%2C200 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.wrfalp.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/George-Borrello-1.jpg?fit=768%2C480&ssl=1&resize=525%2C300 1.5x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.wrfalp.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/George-Borrello-1.jpg?fit=768%2C480&ssl=1&resize=700%2C400 2x"},"classes":[]},{"id":36213,"url":"https:\/\/www.wrfalp.com\/republicans-win-big-in-chautauqua-county-southwestern-new-york\/","url_meta":{"origin":31627,"position":4},"title":"Republicans Win Big in Chautauqua County, Southwestern New York","author":"WRFA Radio","date":"November 4, 2020","format":false,"excerpt":"It was a clean sweep for Republicans in Chautauqua County in the 2020 Election, as all GOP candidates on the ballot appeared to have won their respective races, regardless of the record number of absentee ballots that have been cast and await to be counted. 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