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Syracuse Tomorrow Announces Endorsements

Syracuse TomorrowSyracuse Tomorrow, the political action committee of the Greater Syracuse Chamber of Commerce, is pleased to announce the slate of endorsements for the 2009 elections. The board consists of Chamber member business owners who seek to identify and support pro-business, pro-growth individuals serving in office and running for office each year.

The endorsements are the culmination of a process that includes:

  • lengthy conversations with all of the mayoral candidates before the primary
  • candidate questionnaires
  • personal interviews and panels with more than two dozen of the candidates, including an hour long panel interview with the three mayoral candidates
  • discussion of voting records and positions on business issues

This year we expanded our process to include members of the Chamber’s Government Relations Committee in the interview process. They participated in the questioning of candidates, but did not vote.

Syracuse City Mayor - No endorsement

The votes of the board members were distributed among the candidates with no one individual receiving enough votes to receive an endorsement.

District Councilors

  • 1st - Matthew Rayo (R, I, C)
  • 2nd - Patrick Hogan (D, I, WF)
  • 3rd - Ryan McMahon (R, I, WF)
  • 5th - Nader Maroun (D, WF)

Onondaga County Legislature

  • 1st - Richard Lesniak (R, I, C)
  • 2nd - John Dougherty (R)
  • 3rd - William M. Meyer, Jr. (R, I , C)
  • 5th - Kathleen A. Rapp (R, I)
  • 6th - Jim M. Rhinehart (R, I C)
  • 8th - James A. Corbett (R, C)
  • 9th - Mark Stanczyk (D, C, WF)
  • 12th - Robert DeMore (R, I, C)
  • 13th - Robert D. Warner (R, I, C)
  • 14th - Casey E. Jordan (R, C)
  • 16th - Endorsing both candidates: Sam Laguzza (D, WF) and Kevin Kuehner (R, I, C)
  • 17th - Marty Masterpole (D, I, WF)

Town Supervisors

  • Cicero - Hon. Chet Dudzinski (R)
  • Clay - Hon. Damian Ulatowski (R)
  • Dewitt - Hon. Edward Michalenko (D)
  • Elbridge - Hon. Ken Bush (R)
  • Manlius - Hon. Mark Tetley (D)
  • Marcellus - Hon. Daniel Ross (R)
  • Onondaga - Hon. Thomas Andino (R)
  • Otisco - Hon. Wayne Amato (R)
  • Salina - Hon. Mark Nicotra (R)
  • Pompey - Hon. Carole Marsh (R)
  • Tully - Hon. William Lund (R)
  • Van Buren - Hon. Claude Sykes (R)

Councilors-at-Large

  • Jean Kessner (D, I, WF)
  • Fanny Villarreal (R, I)

Commissioners of Education - choose 3

  • Patricia Body (D, WF)
  • Richard Strong (D, WF)
  • Monique Wright-Williams (D)

 


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