Meet the Candidates

IGNITE recently reached out to young voters through an online survey, and we asked them to identify their top three issues of interest on the county and city levels. While all the provided topics are truly important, survey respondents identified the following as the

Top 3 issues of young voters concerning the City of Auburn:
- Economic development
- Tourism
- City government efficiency

and the
Top 3 issues of young voters concerning Cayuga County:
- Economic development
- Protection of drinking water
- Education

Below are the responses we received from the candidates:

City of Auburn: Mayor
Incumbent: Michael Quill (Democrat) — See response here
Challenger: Timothy Lattimore (Republican) — Did not respond

City of Auburn: City Councilor
Incumbent: Gilda Brower (Democrat) — See response here
Incumbent: Tom McNabb (Democrat) — Did not respond
Challenger: John Camardo (Republican) — Did not respond
Challenger: Peter Ruzicka (Republican) – See response here

 

Cayuga County Legislature Candidates:
Peter Tortorici (Republican)
Joseph Bennet  (Democrat)

Joe Runkle  (Republican)
Terry Lattimore  (Democrat)

Christopher Petrus  (Republican)

Stephen Whitehead  (Republican)
Hans-Peter Pecher (Conservative)

Michael Didio  (Republican)
Dom Basile  (Democrat) – See response here

Tucker Whitman
Michael Chapman
Patrick Mahunik