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RandySF

(79,826 posts) Thu Nov 6, 2025, 02:05 PM Nov 6

Democratic wave surprises Monroe County as key town supervisor seats flip from red to blue

Rochester, N.Y. (WHAM) — A historic election night in Monroe County saw a significant political shift as Democrats swept several town and local races, marking a turning point both locally and nationally.

There were some tightly contested races in this election, including the supervisor race in Pittsford, where Republican Bill Smith claimed victory. But several other town supervisor seats flipped from red to blue in a pivotal election.

Monroe County Democratic Committee Chairman Stephen DeVay expressed surprise at the outcome.

"I don't think that anybody was going to bet on it last night that it would have been this many seats kind of flipped, and this many people really stepping up and saying, ‘Yeah, we're going to do this now,'" DeVay said.

https://13wham.com/news/election/democrats-sweep-monroe-county-in-historic-election-night

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Democratic wave surprises Monroe County as key town supervisor seats flip from red to blue (Original Post) RandySF Nov 6 OP

"first Democrat elected in nearly a century." bucolic_frolic Nov 6 #1

I grew up in Rochester/Monroe County. Happy to hear this. 3catwoman3 Nov 6 #2

bucolic_frolic

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1. "first Democrat elected in nearly a century."

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Thu Nov 6, 2025, 02:14 PM

Nov 6

Seeing that kind of historic line in several races. The reasons will be debated for awhile. Republicans turned off and stayed home, 10% of them flipped blue, organizing trumped money.

3catwoman3

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2. I grew up in Rochester/Monroe County. Happy to hear this.

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Thu Nov 6, 2025, 02:16 PM

Nov 6

Hoping the same thing will happen to McHenry County in Illinois, where I have lived since 1994. The only one of the Chicago collar counties to vote consistently red.

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