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Mary Lupien, candidate for Rochester mayor

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Evan Dawson
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WXXI News
Mary Lupien on "Connections with Evan Dawson" on Thursday, May 8, 2025
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WXXI News

We continue our series of conversations with candidates running in the June Democratic primary. This hour, we sit down with Mary Lupien, candidate for Rochester Mayor.

Lupien is a current member of Rochester City Council whose priorities for office include guaranteed basic income, access to safe and affordable housing, community responder programs, and funding for youth programs. She joins us in the studio to discuss her background and her platform, and she answers our questions and yours.

In studio:

*Notes:

  • You can listen to our discussion with mayoral candidate Shashi Sinha here.
  • Incumbent candidate Malik Evans is scheduled to join us on Wednesday, May 14 at noon.

Evan Dawson is the host of "Connections with Evan Dawson." He joined WXXI in January 2014 after working at 13WHAM-TV, where he served as morning news anchor. He was hired as a reporter for 13WHAM-TV in 2003 before being promoted to anchor in 2007.
Megan Mack is the executive producer of "Connections with Evan Dawson" and live/televised engagement programming.