OTSEGO CANDIDATE TO FACE SALKA Buttermann To Run For Assembly Seat, Democrats Affirm By JIM KEVLIN • Special to www.AllOTSEGO.com ONEONTA – A Hamilton farmer, Corey Mosher, has announced a challenge to freshman Assemblyman John Salka, R-Brookfield, in the 121st District next year, but local Democrats say they expect Otsego County will have its own candidate for the party’s nomination, Dan Buttermann of Oneonta. In 2017, Buttermann lost narrowly – 1,158 to 1,203 – to then-Assemblyman Bill Magee, D-Nelson, who…
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121ST DISTRICT INCLUDES OTSEGO Hamilton Democrat To Challenge Salka HAMILTON – At 6 p.m. today, fourth-generation family farmer and partner of Mosher Farms, Corey Mosher, announced he’s exploring a run against freshman Assemblyman John Salka, R-Brookfield, whose 121st District includes Otsego County. Active in issues associated with farming, Mosher serves as the board chairman of the Madison County Cooperative Extension, board member of the state Vegetable Growers’ Association, and as a member of the National Barley Improvement Committee .…
Newly Elected Assemblyman Salka Named To Food, Farm Committee Assemblyman-elect John Salka, R-121, today announced he has been appointed the ranking minority member on the Food, Farm & Nutrition Committee of the state Assembly. Salka, the Republican elected Nov. 6 to represent Otsego County, will also serve on the Aging, Banks, Higher Education and Social Services committees. He succeeds Democrat Bill Magee of Nelson, who represented Otsego since 1991.…
2018 MIDTERM ELECTIONS Canvass Confirms Victory For Salka Assemblyman Magee Out After 28 Years BROOKFIELD – While canvassing is wrapping up today, the John Salka campaign felt confident enough to announce the Brookfield Republican has defeated veteran Assemblyman Bill Magee, D-Nelson, in the 121st District. On Election Night, Salka held a lead of 963 votes out of more than 44,000 votes cast. After most absentee and affidavit ballots were counted in Madison and Otsego counties, Salka maintained a lead of…
NY PRIMARY 2018 Favorite Son Buttermann Virtually Tied With Magee ONEONTA – On his home turf, favorite son Dan Buttermann of Oneonta almost beat veteran Assemblyman Bill Magee for the Democratic nomination in the 121st Assembly District. In the Otsego County Democratic primary, Buttermann took 1,062 votes to Magee’s 1,097, a razor-thin 49.12 percent to Magee’s 50.74 percent – or 35 votes. District-wide, Magee, who lives in Nelson, near Cazenovia, won 59 percent of the vote to Buttermann’s 41 percent.…
Madison County’s Salka Plans 3rd Run At Magee BROOKFIELD – Republican John Salka, Town of Brookfield supervisor, today announced he will launch a third bid this year against Assemblyman Bill Magee, D-Nelson, for the 121st District seat. “We won 19 towns in 2016, up from a single township in 2014,” he said, “and now seek the majority to win the assembly district! Nearly 25,000 voters approved of our message in the last campaign, and we have gained considerable name recognition through…
ELECTION NIGHT 2016 Magee Hangs On For Another Term ONEONTA – Numbers just in from Republican headquarters in Oneonta show veteran Assemblyman Bill Magee, D-Nelson, has held on to the 121st District for a 14th term. Magee turned back Republican John Salka, the Brookfield town supervisor and member of the Madison County legislature, 24,818 to 22,975.…