2019 Election

A political action committee backed by liberal billionaire philanthropist George Soros dumped nearly $1 million into Democrat Shani Curry Mitchell's unsuccessful bid to unseat Republican Monroe County District Attorney Sandra Doorley, new campaign finance records show.

That Soros had invested hundreds of thousands of dollars into the race through the committee, New York Justice & Public Safety PAC, had been reported in the weeks leading up to the election.

A count of ballots that had been outstanding since the Nov. 5 election revealed that Democratic candidate Mike Yudelson prevailed in a close race for a Monroe County Legislature seat in Henrietta, and that Pittsford Democrats flipped the Town Board to their control.

Heading into Thursday's count of absentee, military, and affidavit ballots at a county Board of Elections facility in Brighton, Yudelson had a lead of 45 votes over Republican Matthew Borkowski in the race for the 13th Legislative District seat.

There will be a big change coming to the City of Canandaigua. Mayor Ellen Polimeni, who has been in office for 28 years, was defeated in a close contest by city council member Bob Palumbo.

Polimeni lost by 83 votes and she conceded Wednesday morning. Polimeni says she will continue to do work on behalf of the City of Canandaigua, even after she leaves office. 

It looks like the new Democratic Monroe County Executive may have to contend with a Republican majority in the County Legislature, but the GOP will have a narrow margin in that body.

Unofficial results show the Republicans with a 15 to 14 seat majority over the Democrats.  (they had a 17 - 12 majority, previously).

At least one race,  the 13th legislative district, was very close on Tuesday night, with Democrat Michael Yudelson leading Republican Matthew Borkowski by 45 votes.

Here is the list of apparent winners in the 29-seat legislature:

Adam Bello, the 39-year-old Democrat who ran for Monroe County executive on the notion that “our community needs a government as good as its people,” persuaded enough of them to convincingly elect him to the office.

His victory over the incumbent, Cheryl Dinolfo, brings to an end 27 years of Republican rule in the office – an abrupt change whose implications are expected to reverberate throughout the leadership of the county Republican Party in the coming months.

The Rochester City Charter gives the mayor’s office and the police chief the power to review and choose punishments for city police officers accused of misconduct.

After voters weighed in this year, that power is now shared with a Police Accountability Board – for now, anyway. 

Unofficial results show that Rochester residents approved the measure, 75% to 25%.