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Connections

Rochester City Council candidates in the Democratic primary, part 3

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(foreground) Luis Aponte, (background) Kelly Cheatle and Victor Sanchez on "Connections with Evan Dawson" on Monday, June 2, 2025
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We continue our series of conversations with candidates running in the Democratic primary for Rochester City Council.

Each discussion is an opportunity for the candidates to share their platforms and priorities for office, and to answer questions from community members. This is part three of five in our series.

Our guests:

*Notes:

  • To listen to part one of the series, click here.
  • To listen to part two of the series, click here.
  • You can listen to future episodes with candidates on these dates:
    - Part four: 6/5 at 1 p.m.
    - Part five: 6/9 at 1 p.m.

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.
Julie Williams is an associate producer for "Connections with Evan Dawson" and is also the office administrator for radio, news and technology and operations. She started at WXXI in 2019 and has been working on Connections since 2022.