GOP Elections Commissioner New Republican Chairwoman Lori Lehenbauer Succeeding Vince Casale By JIM KEVLIN • Special to www.AllOTSEGO.com SCHENEVUS – Lori Lehenbauer of Worcester, the county Republican elections commissioner since 2016, was elected Republican chairwoman when the county committee convened here last evening. She succeeds Vince Casale, Republican chairman for the past seven years, who resigned in December, to devote more time to his political consultancy, The Casale Group, based in Cooperstown but serving candidates statewide. “I’ve been a longstanding…
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Scrappy, Innovative GOP Chair Resigns, Focuses on Consulting By JIM KEVLIN • Special to www.AllOTSEGO.com It was 2013. The issue was fracking. And four prominent local Republicans knocked on Vince Casale’s door. “It was conveyed to me that the party was in some trouble,” said Casale, who last week advised the Republican County Committee he is resigning as chairman. “My work is done,” he said. “It’s time for a change.” He recommended Lori Lehenbauer of Worcester, Republican county elections commissioner,…
GOP Kingpin Casale Resigns Chairmanship With Oberacker, Burns, Getman In Place, My Job Done, He Says By JIM KEVLIN • Special to www. AllOTSEGO.com COOPERSTOWN – Saying his work is done, Vince Casale of Cooperstown is stepping down as chairman of the Otsego County Republican Committee, he confirmed this evening. Committee chairman since 2015, Casale has recommended Lori Lehenbauer of Worcester, the GOP county elections commissioner, as his successor. In the past year, he’s been focused on ensuring two key…
MARIETTA: I NEVER HAD A CHANCE Election Board Employee Filed On Walker’s Behalf By JIM KEVLIN • Special to www.AllOTSEGO.com COOPERSTOWN – Republican Tim Walker never filed for the “I Love Otsego” independent ballot line, according to the Democratic incumbent, Andrew Marietta. “It was a Republican board of elections employee who brought them in and filed them,” he said in a text following yesterday’s state Supreme Court hearing on the matter. “The employee had access to the building far before…