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2025 Election

2025 Election

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(607NewsNow) — Ahead of the 2025 election cycle, see what elections are happening in your area:

Tompkins County:

DistrictCandidate(s), Party
District 1Travis Brooks, Democrat/Working Families
District 2Veronica Pillar, Democrat/Working Families
District 3Iris Packman, Democrat/Working Families
District 4Adam Vinson, Democrat/Working Families
District 5Judith Hubbard, Democrat/Working Families
District 6Shawna Black, Democrat/Working Families
District 7Deborah Dawson, Democrat (WRITE-IN ONLY)
John Dennis, Democrat/Lansing Lighthouse
Note: Dennis suspended his campaign but will still appear on ballot
District 8James Perkins, Democrat/Lansing Lighthouse
Mike Sigler, Republican/Local 607
District 9Lee Shurtleff, Republican
District 10Dan Wakeman, Democrat/Working Families
Tom Corey, Bull Moose
District 11Greg Mezey, Democrat/Protecting Dryden
District 12John Hunt, Democrat
District 13Irene Weiser, Democrat/Working Families
District 14Christy Bianconi, Democrat/Working Families
Michelle Wright, The People First
District 15Randy Brown, Republican
District 16Rachel Ostlund, Democrat/Working Families

Ithaca Common Council:

WardCandidate(s), Party
Ward 1Jorge DeFendini, Democrat
Zach Winn, Republican
Ward 2Joseph Kirby, Democrat/Working Families
Ward 3Pat Sewell, Democrat
Ward 4Robin Trumble, Democrat/Working Families
Ward 5Hannah Shvets, Democrat/Working Families
G.P. Zurenda, Affordable Ithaca

Cortland Common Council:

WardCandidate(s), Party
Ward 1Brian Tobin, Democrat
Dana Merkur, Republican
Ward 5Thomas Conlon, Democrat
John Banewicz, Sr., Republican

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