On the ground

DRC Straw Poll Results
US Senate – 6 Year Term Vote Percent
Senator Charles Schumer 362 98.37%
Phil Krone 6 1.63%
Total 368 100.00%
This is a weighted vote and the numbers do not equal individual voters.
US Senate – 2 Year Term Vote Percent
Senator Kirsten Gillibrand 359 95.73%
Jonathon Tasini 5 1.33%
Scott Noren 11 2.93%
Total 375 100.00%
This is a weighted vote and the numbers do not equal individual voters.
Comptroller Vote Percent
Tom DiNapoli Unanimous
Lt. Governor Vote Percent
Bill Samuels 125 36.13%
Chris St. Lawrence 185 53.47%
Write – ins 26 7.51%
Blank ballots 10 2.89%
Total 346 100.00%
This is a weighted vote and the numbers do not equal individual voters.
Attorny General Vote Percent
Richard Brodsky 22 6.21%
Sean Coffey 52 14.69%
Eric Dinallo 166 46.89%
Kathleen Rice 79 22.32%
Eric Scheidermann 33 9.32%
Voided Ballot 2 0.56%
Total 354 100.00%
This is a weighted vote and the numbers do not equal individual voters.
Governor Vote Percent
Andrew Cuomo(Write-In) Unanimous
DRC Executive Committee election-Top 5 vote getters are elected
Candidates Vote Percent
Cindy Lockrow-Schimmerling 147 19.29%
Don Ackerman 125 16.40%
Ted Young 115 15.09%
Dan McCandless 113 14.83%
Dottie Betz 105 13.78%
Mark Bellardini 103 13.52%
Mike Kunzwiler(Write-In) 54 7.1%
Total 762 100.00%
This is a weighted vote and the numbers do not equal individual voters.

The Sidney Democratic Committee is pleased to announce that it will sponsor a Meet the Candidates event in the Village of Sidney.

The Committee will hold the event to provide members of the community with an opportunity to meet all three Democrats running for local office in this year’s general election, coming up on November 3rd. The candidates — Dawn Rivers Baker for Supervisor, C. Pete Cordes and Veronica Crandall for Town Council — are all expected to attend the event.

The ‘meet and greet’ will be held at the Sidney Memorial Public Library on October 24, 2009 from 1 pm to 3 pm in the Smart Community Room. Refreshments will be served.

WHO: Sidney Democratic Committee

WHAT: Meet The Candidates: Dawn Rivers Baker, C. Pete Cordes, Veronica Crandall

WHERE: Sidney Memorial Public Library, Main and River Streets, Smart Community Room

WHEN: Saturday, October 24, 2009, 1:00 pm to 3:00 pm

Support our Democratic candidates this fall in these local races. We would greatly appreciate your help, either in time or donations. (You can donate online by clicking the ActBlue sidebar link):

BOVINA: Evelyn Stewart, Town Council / Edward Weber, Superintendent of Highways
COLCHESTER: Bonnie Seegmiller, Town Council
DAVENPORT: Dennis J. Valente, Supervisor / John B. Herron, Assessor
HAMDEN: Wayne E. Marshfield, Supervisor / Rosemarie Bryden, Town Council
HANCOCK: Melody R. Oliver, Town Clerk / Andrea Robinson, Assessor
KORTRIGHT: Steven C. Bower, Supervisor / Steven G. Smith, Town Council / William J. Smith, Superintendent of Highways
MEREDITH: Keitha Capouya, Supervisor / Penelope R. King, Town Clerk (2-yr vacancy) / Paul Menke, Town Council / John H. Janiszewski, Town Council / William Jester, Superintendent of Highways
MIDDLETOWN: Michael Finberg, Town Council / John Bernhardt, Town Council
ROXBURY: Thomas S. Hynes, Supervisor / Diane Pickett, Town Clerk / Wayne Pebler, Town Justice / Joan Moore, Tax Collector / Stephen Schuman, Superint. of Highways
SIDNEY: Dawn Rivers Baker, Supervisor / C. Peter Cordes, Town Council / Veronica Crandall, Town Council
TOMPKINS: William G. Layton, Supervisor / Amy Glerum, Town Clerk
WALTON: Richard Dumond, Town Council

Check out our dinner photographs on our Facebook Page, on the link to the right!