Congresswoman Claudia Tenney once again decisively defeated perennial failed candidate Mario Fratto in tonight’s primary in NY-24.
“I am grateful and humbled by the outpouring of support from the voters of NY-24 tonight. This landslide victory proves that voters are united behind our aggressive advocacy on behalf of the hard working people of NY-24 and will not be fooled by desperate lies and baseless attacks from a perennial, failed candidate,” Tenney said. “Our strong work to secure both the northern and southern borders, our relentless fight to protect Second Amendment rights, and our leadership on key issues facing our constituents was heard resoundingly by the voters. Finally, we will now work tirelessly to deliver President Trump back to the White House to return the prosperity and strength to our region that is so badly needed to save our great nation from the disastrous Biden Administration," Tenney continued.
At the time of this release, Claudia Tenney held a commanding lead winning 2-1 with nearly 61% of the vote including winning 13 of 14 counties.
Across two primary elections, perennial failed candidate Mario Fratto spent well over $800,000 that we can account for, trying to divide the voters of NY-24, only have his chances for victory erased 18 minutes after the polls closed. Fratto even failed to win his home county.
This is the second post in our series about the two heated Democrat primary battles that will be decided at the polls Tuesday. Read our earlier post for the full details.
In anticipation of these races, we sent out the same question to all six candidates and asked each to please respond by the end of the day today. We've heard from three so far. We'll publish those and add the others as they come in. We asked the candidates a pretty open-ended two-part question: What are your final thoughts heading into the primary? What would you want the voter to have in mind about you as he or she heads to the polls?
We will publish each one in the order that we received it.
Second is Dan Ward, candidate for the 61st Senate District. Ward had this to say:
Heading into the primary, what are your final thoughts?
Well, I've been roasted and I've been soaked. I ridden over a hundred miles on my bicycle visiting Democratic voters across Northern Erie County and Genesee County. I am invigorated by the reception I've been given by the voters I have had the opportunity to meet all the way from the Niagara River inland to LeRoy.
What would you want the voter to have in mind about you as he or she heads to the polls?
First off, I have 3 times as much education as my two opponents combined. Neither of whom have a four year college degree.
I have a greater amount of work experience in the actual "world of work" and I far surpass both in knowledge of government and its workings.
I don't sloganeer that I am going to fight for anybody, my constituents know I do that every day. I do what is right for them and no one else.
When I go to Albany I'm not going to represent a Republican Rochester Billionaire and his Democratic New York City special interest allies, both have each supplied thousands of dollars to the campaign of one opponent. Nor am I going to represent the local political and special interest groups that support the other.
The only special interest group I support is the resident of this community. History is my proof.
Our next post will be from Alice Kryzan, candidate for the 26th Congressional District.
