Cheektowaga voters are replacing their traditionally Democratic leadership. On Tuesday, a Republican candidate in both the NYS 143rd assembly district and the town board was elected.
The voters of New York’s 143rd district, which covers all of Cheektowaga, Depew and part of Lancaster, elected Republican Patrick Chludzinski, unseating four-term Democratic assemblywoman Monica Wallace.
WKBWAt the town level, the new seventh member of the town council, Republican Anthony Filipski, won his seat by just around 400 votes.
“Now it seems like they are now, for the first time ever, electing Republicans,” 7 News Political Analyst Bob McCarthy said. “Forever, that’s been Democratic district.”
This happened in a town that gave Kamala Harris about 1,500 more votes than Donald Trump.
WKBW We spoke with newly elected assemblyman Chludzinski on Election Day. He told us the ongoing issues with crime, the economy, and what he called a migrant crisis sparked a need for change in the town.