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WXXI News
What did local Democratic candidates and party members learn from this year’s primary process? How can they better engage and recruit members and voters? And what should voters know, looking ahead to November?
We sit down with local party members to discuss these questions and more. Our guests:
- Rachel Barnhart, Monroe County Legislator
- Chiara “Kee Kee” Smith, former Democratic primary candidate for Rochester City Council