Tenney, Fratto rematch highlights Tuesday primaries: Steuben County towns with GOP races
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Registered Republicans in several Steuben County towns have primary elections on Tuesday.
One race that Republicans in seven Steuben towns will have a say in is the closely watched rematch in New York's 24th Congressional District between incumbent Rep. Claudia Tenney and challenger Mario Fratto.
Tenney defeated Fratto by nearly 14 percentage points in a 2022 Republican primary for Congress that drew about 32,000 GOP voters.
With a redrawn district, Republican voters in the towns of Avoca, Cohocton, Dansville, Prattsburgh, Pulteney, Wayland and Wheeler are now part of the 24th and will have the Tenney vs. Fratto race on their ballots.
There are also Republican primaries for local positions on the ballots in Bath and Wheeler.
Town of Bath
Bath has a Republican primary for town clerk. The candidates are Terra Thorpe and Tara Muller. This is for a one-year unexpired term.
Town of Wheeler
There are two Republican primary races in Wheeler, one for the town council and another for superintendent of highways.
Candidates for a three-year unexpired term on the Wheeler Town Council are Heather Trenchard and Jonathan Cole.
Douglas E. Towner and Richard J. Decker are the candidates for a one-year unexpired term as Wheeler town highway superintendent.
The Steuben County Board of Elections said 94 ballots were cast during the early voting period for the primaries.
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What to know about voting in the June 25 Primary Elections
Voting on Primary Election Day (June 25) is at the assigned poll sites from 6 a.m. to 9 p.m. You must be a registered Republican and have a race in your district to vote.
Party registration and poll site location are on the back of the blue card voters recently received in the mail or by going to https://voterlookup.elections.ny.gov/.
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This article originally appeared on The Evening Tribune: These Steuben County towns have Republican primaries on Tuesday
