Williams, Ditoro victors in Schenectady City Council race
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1of3Buy PhotoTwo-year term Schenectady City Council candidate Carl Williams is seen at Proctors ahead of June 22 Democratic primary on Wednesday, June 9, 2021 in Schenectady, N.Y. (Lori Van Buren/Times Union)Lori Van Buren/Albany Times UnionShow MoreShow Less
2of3Buy PhotoTwo-year City Council candidate Doreen Ditoro is seen at Proctors ahead of June 22 Democratic primary on Wednesday, June 9, 2021 in Schenectady, N.Y. (Lori Van Buren/Times Union)Lori Van Buren/Albany Times UnionShow MoreShow Less
SCHENECTADY A pair of newcomers have won a special election to two vacancies on the City Council.
Candidates of color well represented in Tuesday’s primary results | The Daily Gazette
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SCHENECTADY The majority of Tuesday’s city voters gave the nod to four people of color in the primary races for City Council last week, and those candidates are poised to take office barring any change in results from absentee voting which begins Monday. One white incumbent councilperson did not make the cut.
Incumbents Marion Porterfield and John Mootooveren, along with candidate Damonni Farley, campaigned together and held off Karen Zalewski-Wildzunas in the race for full, four-year terms on the council.
Porterfield and Farley are Black; Mootooveren is Guyanese. Zalewski-Wildzunas is white.
Porterfield, Farley, Mootooveren hold off Zalewski-Wildzunas for primary win in City Council Democratic primary dailygazette.com - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from dailygazette.com Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.