* Indy Party Overruled

A New York State Supreme Court Judge ruled for the Independence Party of New York State in their lawsuit with the local Independence Party of Onondaga County. This list of endorsements no longer applies. The state party has endorsed the candidates listed at the end of this post. Local Chairwoman Maleta Snell plans to appeal the ruling.

One of the biggest curveballs of the ruling is the fact that Republican mayoral candidate Steve Kimatian received the backing of the state party and will appear on the ballot on the Independence Party line (pending the result of the appeal). This means that Stephanie Miner will appear on the Working Families Party line, Otis Jennings will appear on the Conservative Party line, Steve Kimatian will appear on the Independence Party line and the two major party lines have yet to be decided. If Joe Nicoletti wins the Democrat Party primary, there will be four candidates for mayor on the ballot between the five recognized major and minor parties. This is going to get very interesting.

The endorsements coming down from the state party are listed below. (The Post-Standard article wasn’t very clear on the outcome of the endorsements on all of these races, so expect changes and corrections as I track down the correct information).

County Legislature:

1st District: Rich Lesniak, incumbent, (R).

2nd District: David Stewart, challenger (primary), (R).

3rd District: Bill Meyer, incumbent, (R).

4th District: Judy Tassone, challenger, (R).

5th District: Kathy Rapp, incumbent, (R).

6th District: Jim Rhinehart, incumbent, (R).

7th District: No endorsement.

8th District: Unclear.

9th District: Mike Sutton, challenger, (R).

10th District: Kevin Holmquist, incumbent, (R).

11th District: Pat Kilmartin, incumbent, (R).

12th District: Bob Demore, incumbent, (R).

13th District: Bob Warner, incumbent, (R).

14th District: Unclear.

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

16th District: Kevin Kuehner, challenger, (R).

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

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

19th District: No endorsement.

City of Syracuse:

Mayor: Steve Kimatian, (R), open seat.

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

Common Councilor At-Large: Fanny Villarreal, (R), open seat.

Common Council, 1st District: Matthew Rayo, challenger, (R).

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: Tristan Daedalus (R), open seat.