Party persuasions arrested for many voters in sheriff's race

Former Speaker of the House Thomas "Tip" O'Neill is famous for the line, "All politics is local."
  Many Niagara County voters proved it last week when they voted for Niagara County sheriff. Some GOP-dominated municipalities, including Wilson and Lockport, went for the winner,  Democrat James R. Voutour, who won the race with about 52 percent of the vote.
      Republican Ernest C. Palmer, the Niagara Falls chief of detectives, carried the heavily Democratic Falls, as well as Lewiston, where he lives and enrollment is fairly evenly split.
      "Palmer works in the Falls," Democratic Election Commissioner Nancy L. Smith said.
"Voutour's from this [eastern] end of the county. He has Wilson ties, his wife works in Barker."
    "In Niagara County politics, people sharpen their elbows and it gets a little rough, but the
fact is, these are two gentlemen who for the most part conducted themselves well. I thought it
was very refreshing," County Democratic Party Chairman Daniel Rivera said.
      County Legislature Chairman William L. Ross agreed. He said at Wednesday's Legislature meeting, which Voutour attended, "That race will go down in Niagara County history as the fairest and best race ever."
      What do you make of the close finish. Who did you vote for, and why? 

Comments

[BobbyCat]

What language is that headline, swahili? I've read it from 6 angles and I still don't get it.

[Steve in Wheatfield]

I did the same with this race as I did with all the others. I just held my nose and picked one. It really didn't matter who won, things never change.