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Legislator Whyte Announces That She Has Withdrawn Her Name From 8 Committee Districts
By Maria Whyte 874-3257
Jul 28, 2006, 00:11

Legislator Whyte Announces That She Has Withdrawn Her Name From 8 Committee Districts

Maria Whyte (Democrat)

On July 13th petitions were filed in 9 Election Districts designating Maria Whyte as a candidate for Erie County Democratic Committee Member. Buffalo Councilmember Joseph Golombek Jr. questioned the practice of filing one person as a candidate in multiple districts.

Joining Legislator Whyte at the press conference will be Councilmember Joseph Golombek Jr. and Erie County Democratic Chairman Leonard Lenihan.

“A mistake was made in filing petitions with my name on them for multiple Committee Districts and I have withdrawn my name as a candidate to correct the situation,” stated Legislator Whyte.

Erie County Democratic Chair Leonard Lenihan stated “We need our elected Democratic officials working together and I am glad to see Councilmember Golombek and Legislator Whyte have come together to resolve this issue.”

“As Chair of the Democratic Party, I am willing to work with Councilmember Golombek and Legislator Whyte through the Rules Committee of the Party to reform how the Board of Elections and the Election Law addresses multiple candidacy petitions,” said Lenihan.

Council Member Golombek stated that he hopes there is never a public incident of this nature ever again in Buffalo. Golombek said accusations were stated that he even accepted large donations from County Executive Giambra and was forced to pay a big penalty to the State Elections Board.

Golombek asked Chairman Lenihan to review for the record his campaign reports and Lenihan concluded that “there is no evidence that Council Member Golombek received contributions from Giambra or was forced to pay any fine to the State Board of Elections.”


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