Interestingly, in chalking up Assembly GOP victories from the Tuesday special election contests across the state, state GOP Chairman Ed Cox did not cite Bohen's victory in Erie County for a district that represents part of Buffalo, part of Lackawanna and all of Orchard Park and West Seneca. (buffalonews.com)
The seat, vacated by George Latimer when he was elected county executive, will be contested later this year in a special election (fios1news.com)
In fact, Mayer was so popular that she may have provided some coattails in the other special election contest Tuesday night for County Legislator in the 11th District representing New Rochelle and Pelham where Democrat Terry Clements narrowly defeated republican James Freeman in a district that was represented by republican Jim Maisano for twenty years. (yonkerstimes.com)