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Democratic Candidates

Kick Off Fall Campaign

To applause, Democratic County Chairman Aimee Swan, standing at center, introduces city, town and county candidates from across Otsego County seeking office in the Nov. 5 local elections at a kick-off rally now underway at the Beverage Exchange in downtown Coopertown.   (In the foreground are Oneonta Democrats Rick Pavlick, right, and Kate O’Donnell, left.)  At right, Jill Basile, county rep candidate from District 14, Oneonta, attending with husband Vinnie, acknowledges applause.  Inset at left is Brian Flynn, who won Otsego County in the 19th District Congressional Primary in 2018 (Antonio Delgado won the general election), who attended to rally his party’s grassroots. (Jim Kevlin/AllOTSEGO.com)