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Connections

Rochester City Council candidates in the Democratic primary, part 4

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Mitch Gruber and Ann Lewis on "Connections with Evan Dawson" on Thursday, June 6, 2025
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We welcome candidates in the Democratic primary for Rochester City Council.

It's part four of five in our series, where we give candidates the opportunity to discuss their backgrounds, platforms, and priorities for office, and answer questions from community members.

Our guests:

*Notes:

  • Tonya Noel Stevens was scheduled to join this discussion, but her team has since notified WXXI that she has decided to step away from the campaign.
  • To listen to part one of the series, click here.
  • To listen to part two of the series, click here.
  • To listen to part three of the series, click here.
  • You can listen to a future episode with candidates on this date:
    - 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.