Assemblywoman Barbara Lifton’s term ends at the end of 2020, and she has announced she will be retiring after her ninth term representing the 125th district, meaning that several democrats have stepped forward to run and take her place for the upcoming term. It is our responsibility as citizens to be educated on who is running to make an informed voting decision on June 23rd (primary) and November 3rd (general), so a handy guide has put together here! Aspiring candidates can still file to run until April 2nd, so more candidates may step forward, but these are the existing candidates (last updated Feb. 29, 2020):
Sujata Gibson (Local Attorney and Activist) website Facebook page
Beau Harbin (Cortland County Legislator) website Facebook page
Lisa Hoeschele (Family & Children’s Counseling Services Executive Director) website Facebook page
Anna Kelles (Tompkins County Legislator) website Facebook page
Jason Leifer (Dryden Town Supervisor) website Facebook page
Jordan Lesser (Lifton’s General Counsel) website Facebook page
Matthew McIntyre (Libertarian and Marine Corp Veteran) website Facebook page
Seph Murtagh (Ithaca Common Council member) website Facebook page
Thanks to ithaca.com for a list of candidates. Check back for updates!
