Working Families Party Endorsements

The Working Families Party of Onondaga County released their list of endorsed candidates in county and city races. Only one Republican received an endorsement. All the rest were Democrats, though some Democrats failed to obtain support from the party.

County Legislature:

1st District: No endorsement.

2nd District: Donna Marsh O’Connor, (D).

3rd District: Ed Szczesniak, challenger, (D).

4th District: Dave Stott, incumbent, (D).

5th District: No endorsement.

6th District: No endorsement.

7th District: Tom Buckel, incumbent, (D).

8th District: Jim Ennis, challenger, (D).

9th District: Mark Stanczyk, incumbent, (D).

10th District: Ralph Jones, challenger, (D).

11th District: No endorsement.

12th District: No endorsement.

13th District: No endorsement.

14th District: Chuck Henry, challenger, (D).

15th District: Bill Kinne, incumbent, (D).

16th District: Sam Laguzza, incumbent, (D).

17th District: Marty Masterpole, incumbent, (D).

18th District: Monica Williams, incumbent, (D).

19th District: Linda Ervin, (D), open seat.

City of Syracuse:

Mayor: Stephanie Miner, (D), open seat.

Common Council President: Van Robinson, (D), open seat.

Common Councilors At-Large: Lance Denno, (D) and Jean Kessner, (D) both open seats.

Common Council, 1st District: Mike Heagerty, incumbent (D).

Common Council, 2nd District: Patrick Hogan, incumbent, (D)

Common Council, 3rd District: Ryan McMahon, incumbent, (R).

Common Council, 4th District: Tom Seals, incumbent, (D).

Common Council, 5th District: Nader Maroun (D), open seat.

With that, all five major local parties have finally announced their candidates. The Veteran’s Party, though not a recognized party with a ballot line, will likely announce support for various candidates sometime in the next few weeks, so stay tuned for that. Also, the local Green Party should be announcing soon what office Howie Hawkins will be running for (rumor has it he may run for an At-Large seat on the Common Council).