Tagged - 2024 election

New York’s Congressional District 25

Incumbent Joe Morelle has held the seat of New York’s 25th congressional district since 2018 — where he represented District 136 of the New York State Assembly since 1991. This November, Morelle faces up against challenger Gregg Sadwick, a small business owner who hopes to see change in Rochester’s congressional representation.

New York State Assembly: District 137

The University is in Assembly District 137, which has been represented by Democrat Demond Meeks since the passing of David Gantt (D) in 2020. Despite running unopposed that year, Meeks faced Marcus C. Williams (R) in the previous two elections, winning 67.9% of the vote in 2022.

New York State Senate: District 56

Last election, Cooney won his election with 54.2% of the vote, against repeat challenger Jim VanBrederode. They will face each other again as they seek office this November. Both candidates were interviewed by the Campus Times on background, platform, and policy.

ROCTalks holds election policy debate

With Election Day around the corner, the College Democrats and College Republicans met to discuss three federal topics in a debate hosted by ROCTalks on Oct. 23: housing affordability, climate legislation, and ranked-choice voting.

The Vance Walz debate was … refreshing?

While it definitely is not the end-all be-all to our current political climate, it showed a generation of young people what politics used to be like before the era of Donald Trump

The status quo has got to go

Congress has always been an institution highly scrutinized by the American public. Excluding exceptional circumstances like 9/11, Congress has never polled above 50% for public approval polling. In fact, they tend to barely reach 25% most of the time.