A new face will be representing part of Onondaga County in the New York State Assembly in January. Syracuse Common Councilor Pam Hunter easily won a special election in the 128th District.
Hunter took the race with almost 54 percent of the vote against two challengers, Republican John Sharon and David Stott, who ran on the Conservative Party line. It was more than the combined amount of votes Sharon and Stott received.
She credits an election team that knocked on thousands of doors in the district that includes part of the city of Syracuse, the Onondaga Nation, and the suburban towns of Onondaga, DeWitt and Salina.
Hunter said in her victory speech that she’s ready to start working.
"I’m still committed, as I said, to education, committed to working on making sure we have jobs in this district. And we’re going right into budget season, so I’m going to make sure I have conversations with Assemblyman [Bill] Maganarelli and Assemblyman [Al] Stripe. We are the central New York delegation and we need to move this forward.”
This election gives Hunter one year in Albany, as she fills out the term left vacant after former Assemblyman Sam Roberts, who was tapped for a job in the Cuomo administration.
