Assembly Member Pat Burke has confirmed that he is seriously considering entering the wide open 2027 race to succeed four-term Erie County Executive Mark Poloncarz.
Burke’s interest in the county executive’s office has become well known in Erie County Democratic circles as the South Buffalo native seeks to position himself for the Democratic nomination. Burke said his tenure as an Erie County legislator showed him “the vehicle” that county government can be.
“The Democrats were the minority at the time, and I was able to get significant legislation done,” he said of his tenure in the county legislature. “I got the first microbeads plastic ban in the country done through there, one of the first conversion therapy bans in the country done out of there. I was able to get some impactful policy done.”…