Monroe County Democrats gave their designation to Rochester Mayor Lovely Warren at Thursday night’s designating convention. That’s a first for the mayor, who beat the party’s last designee in a primary to win the nomination and then the election. This time, Warren easily won enough votes to be the convention’s choice over former News Anchor […]
Former Rochester TV anchorwoman and State Assembly candidate Rachel Barnhart confirms she’ll formally announce her bid for Mayor of Rochester on Monday. Barnhart will throw her hat in the ring at a downtown hotel Monday afternoon. She says she’ll be campaigning on a bold vision to grow Rochester’s economy and reduce poverty. This sets up […]
Mayor Lovely Warren’s campaign has called rival Democrat Jim Sheppard a “slum lord” for owning a vacant and derelict city property. Sheppard is answering that what he owned was his first home, which he says was trashed by “tenants from hell” after he was unable to sell it. Shortly after he announced his campaign last […]