Elections
This page offers information about coming elections. All the elections on this page are the same for everyone in the Upper Monroe neighborhood.
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 partyβs primary. Democrats canβt vote in the Republican primary, and vice versa. Independent or unaffiliated are completely disenfranchised in New Yorkβs primaries.
Once the Primary is over we will post candidates who will appear on the general election ballot in November.
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.
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.
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
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?β
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
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 Councilββββ
Mitch Gruber, candidate for Rochester City Council
Stanley Martin, candidate for Rochester City Council
Miguel MelΓ©ndez, Jr., candidate for Rochester City Council
Niner Davis, candidate for Rochester City Council
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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