Here are winners in Rochester-area primary contests and special elections, BUT without the mail-in absentee ballots. Remember, there were unusual numbers of people voting by mail this year due to COVID-19. Many of those ballots are still in the mail, postmarked June 23rd, and they won’t be officially counted for two more weeks.
- 25th Congressional District: Incumbent Democrat Joe Morelle defeats Brighton Town Board member Robin Wilt, 62% to 34%.
- 27th Congressional District Special Election: Republican Chris Jacobs 68%, Democrat Nate McMurray 29%. Jacobs fills the remaining months of Chris Collins’ term.
- 27th Congressional District Republican Primary (for next term): Chris Jacobs 61%, Beth Parlato 20%, Stefan Mychajliw 17%.
- 56th District State Senate Democratic Primary: Jeremy Cooney 41%, Hilda Rosario-Escher 24%, Sherita Traywick 27%.
- 136th District State Assembly Democratic Primary: Sarah Clark 65%, Justin Wilcox 30%, Nelson Lopatin 6%.
- 137th District State Assembly Democratic Primary: Dennis Meeks 45%, Ernest Flagler 32%, Ann Lewis 14%, Silvano Orsi 3%.
- 138th State Assembly District Democratic Primary: Harry Bronson (incumbent) 60%, Alex Yudelson 40%.
- Monroe County Clerk Democratic Primary: Jennifer Boutte 52%, Jamie Romeo (incumbent) 48%.
An attempt by Monroe County Democrats to unseat Assemblyman Harry Bronson and replace him as a candidate with Alex Yudelson, Mayor Lovely Warren’s chief of staff, failed (at least by the machine vote).
Some voters spent two hours in line waiting to vote in the primary elections. There were still long lines waiting to vote at poll closing time……9:00 p.m. New York Attorney General Leticia James said everyone in line before the polls closed would have their vote counted.
The Board of Elections was forced by the Coronavirus pandemic to consolidate 190 polling places down to about 30…causing confusion among voters and poll workers alike as they tried to make sure people got the right ballot forms for the right districts.
We also have thousands of absentee ballots to count because the coronavirus led many people to vote by mail…and many of those votes are still in the mail, on their way to the elections board.