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Democrat Committee Did Endorse

Republican Fernandez, Chair Says

ONEONTA – The county Democratic Party chair this morning issued a statement confirming that Republican Bob Fernandez has indeed been endorsed by the Democratic county committee in this Tuesday’s election.

The new chair, Aimee Swann, said there has been some confusion in this regard.

In May, she said, when Fernandez was planning to challenge incumbent Republican Richard Devlin, Jr. in the September GOP primary, the Democratic committee gave the challenger permission to circulate petitions to appear on the Democratic line Nov. 6.

After Devlin turned back Fernandez’ challenge in the Sept. 13 Republican primary, the Democratic committee, on Sept. 27, voted again, this time to extend the full Democratic endorsement in this Tuesday’s general election to Fernandez.

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