Rochester mayoral election, 2017

November 7, 2017

Mayor before election

Elected Mayor

TBD

The Rochester Mayoral Election of 2017 is an upcoming election to determine who will hold the office of Mayor of Rochester, New York in the upcoming term. The election will take place on November 7, 2017.

Primaries

The Democratic Primary will take place on September 12, 2017.

Declared Candidates

As of April, six candidates have declared their intent to run:

Democratic Party

Lovely A. Warren, incumbent Mayor of Rochester. ^[1]
James M. Sheppard, former Chief of the Rochester Police Department and current member of the Monroe County Legislature representing the 23rd district. ^[2]
Rachel Barnhart, former State Assembly candidate and broadcast journalist for WHAM-TV and WROC.^[3]
¹Alex White, local business owner and former Green Party candidate for mayor.^[4]

Republican Party

Tony Micchiche, current member of the Monroe County Legislature representing the 26th district.^[5]

Green Party

¹Alex White.

Independent

Lori Thomas, retired teacher. ^[6]

Notes

^ Alex White is seeking the nomination of both the Green Party and the Democratic Party

References

↑ Sharp, Brian (March 6, 2017). "Rochester Mayor Lovely Warren to run for 2nd term". Democrat and Chronicle. Retrieved March 25, 2017.
↑ Sharp, Brian (January 14, 2017). "Sheppard officially announces run for mayor". Democrat and Chronicle. Retrieved March 24, 2017.
↑ Lahman, Sean (February 6, 2017). "Rachel Barnhart announces run for mayor". USA Today/Gannett. Retrieved March 25, 2017.
↑ "Alex White announces he will run for mayor of Rochester for 3rd time". WROC-TV. March 2, 2017. Retrieved March 25, 2017.
↑ Gorbman, Randy (April 17, 2017). "Rochester mayoral race gets its 1st Republican this year". WXXI News. Retrieved April 18, 2017.
↑ "Retired teacher Lori Thomas becomes fifth person in Rochester mayoral race". WHEC-TV. April 2, 2017. Retrieved April 3, 2017.

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