{"id":50351,"date":"2023-02-27T07:19:47","date_gmt":"2023-02-27T12:19:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.wrfalp.com\/?p=50351"},"modified":"2023-02-27T07:19:47","modified_gmt":"2023-02-27T12:19:47","slug":"jamestown-democratic-republican-committees-announce-endorsements-for-november-election","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.wrfalp.com\/jamestown-democratic-republican-committees-announce-endorsements-for-november-election\/","title":{"rendered":"Jamestown Democratic, Republican Committees Announce Endorsements for November Election"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.wrfalp.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/donkey-and-elephant.jpg?ssl=1\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"17809\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.wrfalp.com\/primary-voting-is-for-members-only-in-new-york-state\/donkey-and-elephant\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.wrfalp.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/donkey-and-elephant.jpg?fit=575%2C272&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"575,272\" 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=\"donkey-and-elephant election\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.wrfalp.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/donkey-and-elephant.jpg?fit=300%2C142&amp;ssl=1\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.wrfalp.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/donkey-and-elephant.jpg?fit=575%2C272&amp;ssl=1\" class=\"alignright  wp-image-17809\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.wrfalp.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/donkey-and-elephant.jpg?resize=376%2C178&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" width=\"376\" height=\"178\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.wrfalp.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/donkey-and-elephant.jpg?w=575&amp;ssl=1 575w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.wrfalp.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/donkey-and-elephant.jpg?resize=300%2C142&amp;ssl=1 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 376px) 100vw, 376px\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" \/><\/a>The <strong>City Democratic and Republican Committees<\/strong> have announced their slate of candidates for the <strong>November General Election<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p>Democrat and current Mayor <strong>Eddie Sundquist<\/strong> previously announced he is seeking re-election for a second term with Republican Council Member at Large <strong>Kim Ecklund<\/strong> recently announcing she will be running against him for the seat.<\/p>\n<p>The City Democratic Committee has endorsed local attorney <strong>John I. LaMancuso<\/strong> to run for City Court Judge. His father, <strong>John L. LaMancuso<\/strong>, has held that position for 29 years. Republicans have not endorsed a candidate for that race.<\/p>\n<p>Democratic endorsements for <strong>City Council<\/strong> At Large include <strong>Isaiah Rashad II<\/strong> and returning candidate <strong>Alyssa Porter<\/strong>. Republicans have endorsed incumbents <strong>Jeff Russell<\/strong> and <strong>Randy Daversa<\/strong>; as well as <strong>Russ Bonfiglio<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p>Republican Ward 1 Council member <strong>Brent Sheldon<\/strong> and Ward 2 Council member and Council President <strong>Tony Dolce<\/strong> are running unopposed.<\/p>\n<p>Ward 3 Democratic Incumbent <strong>Regina Brackman<\/strong> will again face Republican <strong>Robert Reedy<\/strong>. That race in 2021 was determined by three <strong>absentee ballots<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p>Democratic incumbent <strong>Marie Carrubba<\/strong> has been endorsed again to represents Ward 4 and will face Republican<strong> Joe Paterniti<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p>Republican Incumbent <strong>Bill Reynolds<\/strong> will face Democrat<strong> Kaycee Colburn<\/strong> for Ward 5 and Republican Incumbent <strong>Andrew Faulkner<\/strong> will be running against former Council Member at Large <strong>Vanessa Weinert<\/strong> in Ward 6.<\/p>\n<p>For the <strong>County Legislature<\/strong> endorsements, Democratic incumbent <strong>Billy Torres<\/strong> and Republican <strong>Phillip Landy<\/strong> have been endorsed for District 9.<\/p>\n<p>Republican incumbent <strong>Jamie Gustafson<\/strong> will face newcomer Democrat <strong>Julie Jackson-Forsberg<\/strong> for District 10.<\/p>\n<p>Republican incumbent <strong>Dave Wilfong<\/strong> is unopposed for District 11.<\/p>\n<p>District 12 endorsements include Republican <strong>Elisabeth Rankin<\/strong> against former Democratic County Legislator and former County Attorney <strong>Fred Larson<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p>Democratic Incumbent <strong>Tom Nelson<\/strong> will face Republican <strong>Joseph Tickle<\/strong> for District 13.<\/p>\n<p>Candidate petitioning to get on the election ballot begins tomorrow, February 28 and ends April 6. Any primaries necessary will be held on Tuesday, June 22, 2023.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The City Democratic and Republican Committees have announced their slate of candidates for the November General Election. Democrat and current Mayor Eddie Sundquist previously announced he is seeking re-election for a second term with Republican Council Member at Large Kim Ecklund recently announcing she will be running against him for the seat. The City Democratic [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":22,"featured_media":17809,"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":[12710,10694,10356,10366,10984,6718,277,431,659,7652,4274,893,12970,1122,7432,9100,11839,9779,12972,10669,12969,12975,12974,12128,1365,1496,12973,10761,2562,10365,12971,4765,2269,7431],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.wrfalp.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/donkey-and-elephant.jpg?fit=575%2C272&ssl=1","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p3YlJ4-d67","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":30541,"url":"https:\/\/www.wrfalp.com\/wilfong-wins-republican-primary-will-face-sundquist-in-november-election-to-determine-jamestowns-next-mayor\/","url_meta":{"origin":50351,"position":0},"title":"Wilfong Wins Republican Primary, Will Face Sundquist in November Election to Determine Jamestown&#8217;s Next Mayor","author":"WRFA Radio","date":"June 26, 2019","format":false,"excerpt":"JAMESTOWN - David Wilfong is the winner of Tuesday's Republican Primary for mayor of Jamestown, defeating opponent Andrew Liuzzo with an election night final of 480 to 271. An addition 61 absentee ballots were left to be counted. Wilfong currently is in his third term in the Chautauqua County Legislature,\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\/06\/David-Wilfong.jpg?fit=800%2C800&ssl=1&resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.wrfalp.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/David-Wilfong.jpg?fit=800%2C800&ssl=1&resize=350%2C200 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.wrfalp.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/David-Wilfong.jpg?fit=800%2C800&ssl=1&resize=525%2C300 1.5x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.wrfalp.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/David-Wilfong.jpg?fit=800%2C800&ssl=1&resize=700%2C400 2x"},"classes":[]},{"id":28871,"url":"https:\/\/www.wrfalp.com\/city-democrat-officials-endorse-sundquist-for-mayor-roll-out-slate-of-other-candidates\/","url_meta":{"origin":50351,"position":1},"title":"City Democratic Officials Endorse Sundquist for Mayor, Roll Out Slate of Other Candidates","author":"WRFA Radio","date":"February 22, 2019","format":false,"excerpt":"JAMESTOWN - Democratic officials in Jamestown have selected their candidate for mayor. 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