Rochester voters overwhelmingly approved a civilian Police Accountability Board for the city, approving the referendum by a vote of 75% to 25%. The approval came despite opposition from the Locust Club, the Rochester patrol officer’s union, which has vowed to fight the board in court. The referendum directs City Council to enact legislation establishing the […]
Monroe County District Attorney Sandra Doorley won a comfortable victory Tuesday night in the off-year elections, defeating Democratic challenger Shani Curry Mitchell by 56 to 44 percent of the vote. Republican Doorley won by more than 20,000 votes. Doorley has been the subject of an ad campaign funded by a PAC supported by George Soros […]
For the first time in 32 years, a Democrat will serve as Monroe County Executive. Adam Bello defeated Republican incumbent Cheryl Dinolfo Tuesday night, by 51 to 49 percent of the vote and with a margin of about 5,400 votes in the unofficial returns. It was a close race through the night until Bello began […]