Onondaga County Legislature Democrats

Kuhn died over the weekend after a battle with cancer. She was 76.

Ryan, a Democrat, wraps up 13 years on the legislature. He narrowly won the wide-open 50th senate district seat to replace John Mannion, who's preparing his own transition to Congress.

The slight revisions follow a court order to accommodate 1,600 incarcerated individuals in state prisons outside of the county. But Democrats hoped to make more significant changes.

Lawmakers made some budget-neutral changes to to the county executive's proposal earlier in the process, but other amendments pushed by Democrats Tuesday were rejected.

The judge didn't address allegations by Democrats of partisan gerrymandering and voter disenfranchisement in the current districts drawn by Republicans in 2021.

15th district legislator Maurice Brown is holding a town hall meeting on Monday, March 18th at the Westcott Community Center.

Bill Kinne, Linda Ervin, Peggy Chase, and Mary Kuhn chose not to run for re-election, leaving only two incumbents in their caucus. But four new Democrats will replace the outgoing lawmakers in January.

The long-time lawmaker is trying to unseat Republican Ryan McMahon, who's seeking a second term.

A state supreme court judge ruled Thursday that the lawsuit has merit and will continue.

Onondaga County is once again coming under scrutiny for their redistricting process. Democrats filed a claim Thursday saying the Republicans violated the state constitution.