Elections

This page offers information about coming elections. All the elections on this page are the same for everyone in the Upper Monroe neighborhood.

• Click here if you would like information about voting, early voting, voter registration, poling places and links to the Monroe County Board of Elections.

• Click here if you would like to see the list of all current elected officials that represent the Upper Monroe neighborhood area.

• You can also use the League of Women Voters' very simple election search database to find see all the races on the ballot; candidate bios; any applicable ballot propositions; and the location of your polling place: Vote411.org

2025 Primary Election - Tuesday, June 24, 2025

Primary elections lead to general elections. This year there are primary election races for Mayor, five city council At-Large places on the general election ballot and three places on the general election ballot for Commissioners of Schools in the Rochester City School District.

New York is a closed primary state, meaning that only voters registered with a political party can participate in that party’s primary. Democrats can’t vote in the Republican primary, and vice versa. Independent or unaffiliated are completely disenfranchised in New York’s primaries.

Once the Primary is over we will post candidates who will appear on the general election ballot in November.

Look for early voting information <HERE>. Find your polling place <HERE>

2025 Primary Races & Candidates

ROCHESTER-CITY MAYOR - Democratic Party Only

• Mary Lupien 463 PARSELLS AVE. ROCHESTER, NY 14609

• Shashi Ranjan Sinha 209 DARTMOUTH ST. ROCHESTER, NY 14607

• Malik D Evans 115 NUNDA BLVD. ROCHESTER, NY 14610

See the below for links to news stories related to this primary race.

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ROCHESTER-CITY COUNCIL AT LARGE (5 places) - Democratic Party Only

• Stanley Martin 332 MELVILLE ST. ROCHESTER, NY 14609

• Victor H Sanchez 898 GARSON AVE. ROCHESTER, NY 14609

• Clifford A Florence, Jr 95 LEHIGH AVE. ROCHESTER, NY 14619

• Kevin Stewart 37 MENLO PL. ROCHESTER, NY 14620

• Kelly Cheatle 20 DARTMOUTH ST. ROCHESTER, NY 14607

• Luis Aponte 47 TRENTO ST. ROCHESTER, NY 14606

• Miguel A Melendez, Jr 2200 ST PAUL ST. ROCHESTER, NY 14621

• Ann C Lewis 350 CLARISSA ST. ROCHESTER, NY 14608

• Lashunda C Leslie-Smith 430 RUGBY AVE. ROCHESTER, NY 14619

• Josie T McClary 285 CHILI AVE. ROCHESTER, NY 14611

• Chiara "Kee Kee" Smith 1989 N CLINTON AVE. ROCHESTER, NY 14621

• Mitch Gruber 13 GREENWOOD ST. ROCHESTER, NY 14608

• Miquel Powell 191 WINCHESTER ST. ROCHESTER, NY 14615

• Tonya Noel Stevens 383 WEST AVE. ROCHESTER, NY 14611

• Niner M Davis 25 FREY ST. ROCHESTER, NY 14612

See the below for links to news stories related to this primary race.

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Rochester City School Board (3 places) - Democratic Party Only

• Kareem McCullough 46 TRAFALGAR ST. ROCHESTER, NY 14619

• Vince Felder 604 UPPER FALLS BLVD. ROCHESTER, NY 14605

• Camille A Simmons 74 GLASGOW ST, APT UPPER. ROCHESTER, NY 14608

• Heather Feinman 95 S WASHINGTON ST. ROCHESTER, NY 14608

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Mayor of Rochester - Democratic Primary

WXXI AM1370 Connections with Evan Dawson - Candidates in Democratic Primary for Mayor of Rochester

Lupien is a current member of Rochester City Council whose priorities for office include guaranteed basic income, access to safe and affordable housing, community responder programs, and funding for youth programs. She joins us in the studio to discuss her background and her platform, and she answers our questions and yours.

• Mary Lupien, candidate for Rochester mayor

Rochester Mayor Malik Evans is running for re-election.

• Malik Evans, candidate for Rochester mayor

Sinha is an IT executive, real estate investor, and first-time candidate whose priorities for office include lowering taxes and increasing the availability of housing. Earlier this year, he told WXXI's Gino Fanelli, "I'm living a happy life; beside my family, nobody knows me. But if that kind of individual, average people like me don't stand up, who will?”

• Shashi Sinha, candidate for Rochester mayor

WXXI TV "Voice Of The Voter" Rochester Mayoral Race

THE ROCHESTER BEACON - The Rochester mayoral money race by Jacob Schermerhorn

WXXI NEWS - Evans outspending challengers 3:1 heading into final leg of campaign by Brian Sharp

WXXI NEWS - Rochester mayoral candidates offer very different visions for downtown by Evan Dawson

WXXI NEWS - Mayoral primary debate covers wide range of Rochester issues by Gino Fanelli

THE ROCHESTER BEACON - Competing visions of Rochester housing by Jacob Schermerhorn

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Rochester City Council - Democratic Primary

WXXI AM1370 Connections with Evan Dawson - Candidates in Democratic Primary for Rochester City Council. (Five segments.)

• Miquel Powell, candidate for Rochester City Council

• Chiara "Kee Kee" Smith, candidate for Rochester City Council

• Kevin Stewart, candidate for Rochester City Council

• Clifford Florence Jr., candidate for Rochester City Council

• LaShunda Leslie-Smith, D.S.W., candidate for Rochester City Council

• Josie McClary, candidate for Rochester City Council

• Victor Sanchez, candidate for Rochester City Council

• Kelly Cheatle, candidate for Rochester City Council

• Luis Aponte, candidate for Rochester City Council

• Ann Lewis, candidate for Rochester City Council    

• Mitch Gruber, candidate for Rochester City Council

• Stanley Martin, candidate for Rochester City Council

• Miguel Meléndez, Jr., candidate for Rochester City Council

• Niner Davis, candidate for Rochester City Council

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Rochester City School Board - Democratic Primary

WXXI AM1370 Connections with Evan Dawson - Candidates in Democratic Primary for Rochester City School Board.

THE ROCHESTER BEACON - A reshaped RCSD board race By Jacob Schermerhorn

• Kareem McCullough, candidate for Rochester City School Board

• Vince Felder, candidate for Rochester City School Board

• Camille Simmons, candidate for Rochester City School Board

• Heather Feinman, candidate for Rochester City School Board

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2025 Complete List of Offices - General Election November 4th.pdf

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