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<h2>The Tompkins County <br>Board of Elections</h2>

<h5>Voter Registration</h5>

<h5>Find Your Polling Place</h5>

<h5>Mail-In Voting and Early Voting</h5>

<h5>Be a Poll Worker</h5>

<h5>Run for Something!</h5>

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<p>TCDC comprises members of the city and town committees. Most welcome registered Democrats at their meetings, but it's a good idea to confirm meeting dates, times and locations ahead of time.</p>

<h2>City and Town Committees</h2>

<p><strong>Jane Maryanne Doe, </strong>Chairman<br><a target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" href="mailto:joe@localparty.org">joe@localparty.org</a> | 999-999-9999</p>

<p><strong>John Richardson Doe, </strong>Chairman<br><a target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" href="mailto:joe@localparty.org">oe@localparty.org</a> | 999-999-9999</p>

<h5>Towns in Tompkins County</h5>

<h5>City of Ithaca</h5>

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<p><span style="color: var(--color-text); text-decoration-color: var(--color-text);"><strong style="color: var(--color-text); text-decoration-color: var(--color-text);">The Tompkins County Democratic Committee is supporting Democratic candidates for the following offices: NY 19 Congressional District, 52nd Senate District, 125th Assembly District, Tompkins County Sheriff, Tompkins County Clerk, NYS Democratic Committee Reps, and local races.&nbsp;</strong></span></p>

<h2>2026 Candidates </h2>

<h6>Josh Riley, Incumbent, House of Representatives, NY19</h6>

<h4>Josh Riley </h4>

<h6>IncumbenT,  NYS Senate 52nd District</h6>

<h4>Lea Webb</h4>

<h6>Incumbent, NYS Assembly 125th District</h6>

<h4>Dr. Anna Kelles</h4>

<h6>Incumbent, Tompkins County Sheriff</h6>

<h4>Derek Osborne</h4>

<h6>Tompkins County Clerk</h6>

<h4>Rachel Graham</h4>

<h6>NYS Democratic Committee, Tompkins County Representatives</h6>

<h4>Renate Ferro, Town of Caroline, and<br>Dan Lamb, Town of Dryden</h4>

<h6>Caroline Town Supervisor</h6>

<h4>Mark Witmer</h4>

<h6>Danby Town Supervisor</h6>

<h4>Joel Gagnon</h4>

<h6>Danby Town Clerk</h6>

<h4>Blake Savoy</h4>

<h6>Danby Highway Superintendent</h6>

<h4>Keith Shipman</h4>

<h6>Dryden Town Clerk</h6>

<h4>Loren Sparling</h4>

<h6>Dryden Supervisor</h6>

<h4>Jason Leifer</h4>

<h6>Dryden Town Justice</h6>

<h4>Jules Ravo</h4>

<h6>ithaca town board</h6>

<h4>Michelle Wright</h4>

<h6>Ulysses Town Council</h6>

<h4>Rich Goldman</h4>

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<p>Town Board</p>

<p>Judy Drake</p>

<h2>Town of Newfield</h2>

<h6>candidate for Town Board</h6>

<h4>Joanne James</h4>

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<h2>Town of Lansing</h2>

<h4>Judy Drake</h4>

<h4>Joe Wetmore</h4>

<h6>candidate for Town justice</h6>

<h4>Peter Grossman</h4>

<p>tompkins county judge</p>

<p>Maura Kennedy-Smith</p>

<p><strong>Tompkins County has three County Court Judges</strong> who preside over felony criminal cases, Family Court, and Surrogate’s Court. They also handle four specialty courts: Family Treatment, Treatment, Sex Offender and Domestic Violence.</p>

<h2>Town of Enfield</h2>

<h6>candidate for town supervisor</h6>

<h4>Stephanie Redmond</h4>

<h6>candidate for town board</h6>

<h4>Cassandra Hinkle</h4>

<h4>Jude Lemke</h4>

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<h1>Contact TCDC</h1>

<h1>What We Do</h1>

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<p><strong><span style="color: var(--color-text-accent-primary)">TCDC runs on volunteer power! </span></strong>Whatever your skills and expertise, we can find a use for them. Please fill out <a href="/volunteer" target="" rel="noopener">this form</a> if you would like to participate in TCDC activities and our action teams. Our <a href="mailto:volunteers@tcdemocrats.org" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow">volunteer coordinator</a> will be in touch!</p><h2>Join Our Committee</h2><p><strong><span style="color: var(--color-text-accent-primary)">Anyone who lives in the county and is a registered Democrat</span></strong> can ask to join their town or ward's committee and, from there, apply to join the Tompkins County Democratic Committee. Contact TCDC Chair Linda Hoffmann, <a href="mailto:chair@tcdemocrats.org" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow">chair@tcdemocrats.org</a>, for details.</p><h2>Get On Our Mailing List</h2><p><strong><span style="color: var(--color-text-accent-primary)">Sign up for </span></strong><a href="http://tcdemocrats.org/subscribe" target="_blank" rel="noopener" style="color: var(--color-text-accent-primary)"><strong><span style="color: var(--color-text-accent-primary)">our mailing list</span></strong></a> to keep up on TCDC news and opportunities.</p><h2>Our Political Action Team</h2><p><strong><span style="color: var(--color-text-accent-primary)">"Taking Action" is the overarching goal of our Political Action Team. </span></strong>The PAT establishes an annual Action Plan blueprint to direct projects and initiatives related to fieldwork, phone and text banks; community outreach; research on national and state elected Republicans who represent Tompkins County; posting of e-blasts; coordination of volunteers and opportunities; voter registration, and writers. To broaden the scope of impact, representatives from the TCDC/Young Democrats, the Cornell University Dems, Ithaca College Dems, and a select group of advisors are on board.</p><h2>Other Teams/Committees</h2><p><strong><span style="color: var(--color-text-accent-primary)">TCDC also has internal committees</span></strong> for finance, fundraising, issues, technology, and youth outreach and recruitment. See the <a href="https://940cda5c-9499-43f6-be88-96bb2e9f81e9.site-preview.designedtorun.com/tcdc-leadership" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow"><strong><span style="color: var(--color-text-accent-secondary)">T</span></strong></a><a href="https://940cda5c-9499-43f6-be88-96bb2e9f81e9.site-preview.designedtorun.com/tcdc-leadership" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" style="color: var(--color-text-accent-secondary)"><strong>CDC Leadership page</strong></a><a href="https://940cda5c-9499-43f6-be88-96bb2e9f81e9.site-preview.designedtorun.com/tcdc-leadership" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow"> </a>for more information.</p>

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<p>Matt Van Houten</p>

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<h2>Town of Dryden</h2>

<h6>candidate for town Board</h6>

<h4>Dan Lamb</h4>

<h4>Leonardo Vargas-Mendez</h4>

<h6>candidate for Highway superintendent</h6>

<h4>Richard Young Jr.</h4>

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<h2>Want to Volunteer?</h2><p><strong>TCDC runs on volunteer power—and we’d love for you to be part of it!</strong></p><p>No matter your skills, experience, or available time,&nbsp; TCDC is&nbsp;inviting&nbsp; individuals to engage on multiple levels as a volunteer.&nbsp; &nbsp;Every bit of support moves us forward together.</p><p>Please take a moment to&nbsp;<a href="https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSeU_Q6RGp52UPkGa5kp2ukl1GYk7Xp74HX1kYFZDKhlAPLpgw/viewform?usp=header" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer"><strong>fill out our Volunteer Form</strong></a>&nbsp;so we can connect you with opportunities that match your interests. Our Volunteer Coordinator will be in touch soon to help you get started!</p>

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<p>The City of Ithaca is governed by a mayor and a ten-member Common Council. All of them are Democrats. Click on photos to see names and titles.</p>

<h2>City of Ithaca, Common Council</h2>

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<h1><span style="color: var(--color-bg0); text-decoration-color: var(--color-bg0)">Candidates for Tompkins County Legislature</span></h1>

<p><strong>News, events, opinion, media mentions and press releases,</strong> by and about the Tompkins County Democratic Committee and its members.</p>

<h2>What's Happening in Tompkins County</h2>

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<h1>Town of Caroline</h1>

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<h2>Who we are</h2><p>Our website address is: <a href="https://tcdemocrats.org/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow">https://tcdemocrats.org</a>.</p><h2>What personal data we collect and why we collect it</h2><h4>Contact and other forms</h4><p>We use the information you submit with your form solely to decide who to send it to and to respond to your questions and comments. We do pass on the information to the person who will respond.</p><h4>Cookies</h4><p>If you visit our login page, we will set a temporary cookie to determine if your browser accepts cookies. This cookie contains no personal data and is discarded when you close your browser.</p><h4>Embedded content from other websites</h4><p>Pages on this site may include embedded content (e.g. maps, videos, images, etc.). Embedded content from other websites behaves in the exact same way as if the visitor has visited the other website.</p><p>These websites may collect data about you, use cookies, embed additional third-party tracking, and monitor your interaction with that embedded content, including tracking your interaction with the embedded content if you have an account and are logged in to that website.</p><h2>Who we share your data with</h2><p>We do not share or sell your data with any third-parties, except as noted above about embedded content, without your consent, except when legally required to do so.</p><h2>How long we retain your data</h2><p>If you submit a form request or comment, we will keep it until we are sure we are no longer interacting with you.</p><h2>What rights you have over your data</h2><p>You can request to receive an exported file of the personal data we hold about you, including any data you have provided to us. You can also request that we erase any personal data we hold about you. This does not include any data we are obliged to keep for administrative, legal, or security purposes.</p><h2>Where we send your data</h2><p>We do not send your data anywhere except as noted above.</p><h2>How to remove yourself from our lists</h2><p>To unsubscribe from our mailing or phone list, please send an email to <a href="mailto:contactus@tcdemcrats.org" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow">ContactUs@tcdemcrats.org</a> with the subject line “Unsubscribe” and indicate in the body of the email which contact list (email, phone or text) you are unsubscribing from.Contact Us</p><p>If you have any questions about this Privacy Policy, please contact us at <a href="mailto:ContactUs@tcdemocrats.org" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow">ContactUs@tcdemocrats.org</a>.</p><p></p>

<h2>TCDC is the county-level organization of town, city and ward committees</h2><p>The committee’s foundation is the base of registered Democratic voters. Interested voters can join Town and Ward committees, which then unite to form the County Committee. The County Committee then elects members to the New York State Democratic Committee, and the State Committee elects members to the Democratic National Committee.</p><p>(From the <em>Tompkins County Democratic Committee Member’s Handbook</em>, Section I, "Party Overview")</p>

<p>Danby has a town supervisor and town board; also featured here, the town clerk and highway superintendent. Click on photos for names and titles.</p>

<h2>Danby Town Board</h2>

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<h1>Volunteer</h1>

<p>New York Assemblywoman</p>

<p>Anna Kelles</p>

<p><strong>New York's 125th State Assembly District</strong> comprises Tompkins and part of Cortland County, and includes the cities of Ithaca and Cortland.</p>

<h2>Town of Danby</h2>

<h6>Candidate for Town Supervisor</h6>

<h6>Candidate for Town Clerk</h6>

<h6>Candidate for Town Council</h6>

<h4>Mark Pruce</h4>

<h4>Zachary Larkins</h4>

<h4>E. Mariah Dillon</h4>

<h6>Candidate for Highway Supervisor</h6>

<p>The easiest way to contact TCDC is to send us email at <a href="mailto:ContactUs@tcdemocrats.org" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow">ContactUs@tcdemocrats.org</a> or call us at 607-288-3588.</p><p>Our paper mail address is</p><p>Tompkins County Democratic Committee<br>P.O. Box 6798, Ithaca, NY 14851</p><p>You can also reach out to any of the <a href="/tcdc-leadership" target="" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow">leadership</a>.</p><p><em>(Pictured: Main street in Trumansburg, a village in the Town of Ulysses)</em></p>

<p>City and acting county court judge</p>

<p>Rick Wallace</p>

<h2>Town of Ulysses</h2>

<h6>Candidate for town Supervisor</h6>

<h4>Katelin Olsen</h4>

<h6>Candidate for town clerk</h6>

<h4>Carissa Perlato</h4>

<h6>Candidate for town board</h6>

<h4>Tom Knipe</h4>

<h6>Candidate for town Justice</h6>

<h4>Steven Manley</h4>

<h6>Candidate for highway supervisor</h6>

<h4>Scott Stewart</h4>

<h2>Prop #1: Constitutional Amendment </h2>

<h6>ny constitutional amendment</h6>

<h4>Proposition #1 (statewide)</h4>

<h2>The 2024 National Democratic Party Platform</h2>

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<p>The Tompkins County Legislature comprises 16 members who represent the towns and City of Ithaca. Thirteen of the members are Democrats, as are the District Attorney, Sheriff, and County Clerk. Click on photos to see names and titles.</p>

<h2>Tompkins County Legislature</h2>

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<p>We work hard to ensure the greatest public participation, in our party and in our society.</p>

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<p>The Town of Ithaca surrounds the City of Ithaca like a donut, with Cayuga Lake taking a bite out of the top. The Town is governed by a town supervisor and town board. Click on photos to see names and titles.</p>

<h2>Ithaca Town Board</h2>

Town of Ithaca

<h1>Town of Ithaca</h1>

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<h1>TCDC Member Documents</h1>

<h1>2026 General Election is Tuesday, November 03</h1>

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<h1>Town of Dryden</h1>

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<h1>Town of Lansing</h1>

<h1>Town of Danby</h1>

<h1><span style="color: var(--color-bg0);">Tompkins County Democratic Committee</span></h1>

<h1>What Democrats Believe</h1>

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<h2>Campaign Events</h2>

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<h2>We are the Tompkins County Democratic Committ</h2>

<h5>Here is what we do</h5>

<h5>Connect with us</h5>

<p>Candidate for House of Representatives, NY-19</p>

<p>Josh Riley</p>

<p><strong>New York's 19th congressional district</strong> stretches from Tompkins County to the Massachusetts border. It is currently represented by Republican Marc Molinaro.</p>

Tompkins County Democratic Committee

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What's Happening in Tompkins County

Chair's Message for August 2026

TCDC Campaign Office Is Open

We Can't Afford Bruce Blakeman

Call to Action in 2026