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Treasurer candidate’s death leaves void in Johnstown community | The Daily Gazette
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JOHNSTOWN – The May 12 death of Thomas Suydam has left a void in his community and changed the political landscape of what had been shaping up to be one of the most consequential city treasurer races in recent decades.
Thomas Suydam, a native of Gloversville, was a certified public accountant who had worked as a partner in the George J. Dorfman & Co. CPA firm, chief financial officer of plastic vial manufacturer Capitol Vial and had run a real estate agency in Mayfield on Route 30.
After learning his incumbent City Treasurer Michael Gifford was not running for re-election in November after serving in the position since the 1990s, Suydam filed a petition to run for the office as a Democrat.
County Democratic Committee endorses candidates | The Daily Gazette
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FULTON COUNTY The Fulton County Democratic Committee has announced its endorsement of all 16 of the Democrats running for office in the county, including for the first time incumbent Gloversville Mayor Vince DeSantis and Johnstown mayoral candidate Michael Rose.
The move to endorse all of its local candidates for the 2021 elections stands in contrast to the committee’s choice not to endorse DeSantis or former Gloversville Councilman-at-large Steve Smith during the special election in 2019.
“[Sixteen] local Democrats running for office this November have received the unanimous support of the Fulton County Democratic Committee,” reads a news release statement attributed to Fulton County Democratic Chairman Ed Jasewicz.