Endorsed
All pro-choice Democratic women running for office at the state or local level in New York State, in a general election or a non-primary race, are eligible to apply for a Campaign Grant.
Between 2001 and 2009, Eleanor's Legacy has helped elect over 450 women candidates to office across New York State, many of them first-time candidates. We hope to increase that number this year with our 2010 endorsed candidates!
Last year, Eleanor's Legacy has awarded over $100,000 to 163 women candidates.
Congratulations to all of our grant recipients!
2010 Grant Recipients
Suffolk
Bridget Fleming, Town Board, Southampton
Lauren Thoden, State Assembly, Third District
2009 Grant Recipients
AlbanyPaula Mahan, Town Supervisor, Colonie
Carolyn McLaughlin, Common Council President, Albany
Linda Murphy, Town Council, Colonie
Pamela Rowley, Receiver of Taxes, Colonie
Chenango
Elizabeth Vanderweyde, Town Council, Smithville
Columbia
Robin Andrews, Town Supervisor, Claverack
Morgen Bowers, Town Board, Claverack
Jessica Byrne, Town Justice, New Lebanon
Landra Haber, Town Clerk/Tax Collector, Chatham
Lee Jamison, Town Supervisor, Stuyvesant
Audrey Koran, Town Clerk/Tax Collector, Taghkanic
Nancy Moore, Town Board, Clermont
Michelle Richardson, Town Council, Stuyvesant
Meg Robertson, Town Supervisor, New Lebanon
Nancy Thomas, Town Clerk, Stuyvesant
Cortland
Susan Feiszli, Mayor, Cortland
Delaware
Dawn Baker, Town Supervisor, Sidney
Bonnie Seegmiller, Town Council, Downsville
Dutchess
Francena Amparo, Town Board, 2nd Ward, Wappinger
Gina Basile, Town Council, 1st Ward, Hyde Park
Sandra Goldberg, County Legislature, 14th District
Kate Farrell, Town Council, Millbrook
Patricia Fleming, Town Clerk, Fishkill
Krista Gobins, Town Council, 1st Ward, Poughkeepsie
Diane Jablonski, County Comptroller
Barbara Jeter-Jackson, County Legislature, 10th District
Gwen Johnson, Town Council, 7th Ward, Poughkeepsie
Jeanmarie Keesler, Town Council, Poughkeepsie
Kathy Kinsella, Highway Superintendent, Rhinebeck
Gretchen Lieb, County Legislature, 6th District
Melissa Milligan, Town Clerk, Hyde Park
Diane Nash, County Legislature, 4th District
Maria Rosa, Town Justice, Washington
Karen Skelton, Town Council, Fishkill
Mary Solomon, Common Council, 6th Ward, Poughkeepsie
Virginia Stern, Town Supervisor, Stanford
Susan Tooker, County Legislature, 2nd District
Angela Valles, County Legislature, 17th District
Erie
Michele Iannello, County Legislature, 10th District
Alice Kryzan, Town Supervisor, Amherst
Lynn Marinelli, County Legislature, 11th District
Maria Whyte, County Legislature, 6th District
Essex
Sue Montgomery Corey, Town Supervisor, Minerva
Genesee
Sara Burk-Balbi, City Council At-Large, Batavia
Alice Calmes, Town Clerk, Darien
Jennifer Keys, Town Council, Le Roy
Jefferson
Gertrude Karris, County Clerk
Monroe
Carrie Andrews, County Legislature, 21st District
Julie Behlok, Town Council, Henrietta
Nora Bredes, County Legislature, 18th District
Sandra Frankel, Town Supervisor, Brighton
Jane Gabriele, Town Justice, Perinton
Tammy Gurowski, Town Board, Webster
Nancy Hessler, Town Council, Perinton
Karen Lee-Byfield, Town Council, 1st Ward, Greece
Jo Meleca-Voigt, County Legislature, 19th District
Kathleen Trimmer, Receiver of Taxes, Greece
Michele Weaver, County Legislature, 3rd District
Nassau
Fran Adelson, City Council, Long Beach
Dorothy Goosby, Town Council, Hempstead
Patricia Maher, County Legislature, 13th District
Nina Petraro Bastardi, County Legislature, 3rd District
Kathleen Rice, District Attorney
Dolores Sedacca, County Legislature, 9th District
Lee Seeman, Town Council, 5th District, North Hempstead
New York
Lynn Kotler, Civil Court Judge, 3rd Municipal District
Jessica Lappin, City Council, 5th District, New York
Oneida
Lorraine Arcuri, Council at Large, Utica
Rose Ann Convertino, County Legislature, 23rd District
Onondaga
Larissa Brenner, Town Council, Manlius
Peggy Brown, Town Clerk, Onondaga
Linda Ervin, County Legislature, 19th District
Jean Kessner, City Councilor-at-Large, Syracuse
Donna Marsh O'Connor, County Legislature, 2nd District
Dorothy Matthews, Common Council, 3rd District, Syracuse
Stephanie Miner, Mayor, Syracuse
Monica Williams, County Legislature, 18th District
Ontario
Theresa DeRycke, Town Clerk, Victor
Patricia Mahoney, Town Council, Geneva
Margaret McMullen Reston, City Councilor-at-Large, Canandaigua
Marci Muller, Town Council, Bloomfield
Ellen Polimeni, Mayor, Canandaigua
Stephanie Richards, Town Council, Victor
Karen White, City Council, 3rd Ward, Canandaigua
Orange
Jill Gathers, Town Clerk, Highlands
June Gunza, Town Supervisor, Highlands
Myrna Kay Kemnitz, County Legislature, 7th District
Michele Ann Murphy, Town Council, Blooming Grove
Mary Olivera, Town Council, Newburgh
Pat O'Dwyer, County Executive
Katherine Stoll, County Legislature, 11th District
Vanessa Tirado, Town Council, Newburgh
Oswego
Kimberly Roy, Alderman, 6th Ward, Fulton
Amy Tresidder, County Legislature, 16th District
Otsego
Lucy Bernier, Oneonta City Court Judge
Putnam
Dawn Powell, Town Supervisor, Putnam Valley
Rensselaer
Josephine Ashworth, Town Supervisor, North Greenbush
Flora Fasoldt, County Legislature, 4th District
Nancy Herrington, County Legislature, 3rd District
Kathy Kodela-Betzinger, Town Council, Brunswick
Virginia O'Brien, Town Board, East Greenbush
Suzanne Putnam, Coutny Legislature, 5th District
Linda Underwood, County Legislature, 4th District
Beth Walsh, Family Court Judge
Richmond
Janine Materna, City Council, 51st District, Staten Island
Rockland
Suzanne Barclay, Town Supervisor, Orangetown
Stephanie Hausner, Town Council, Clarkstown
Lynne Hilowitz, Town Justice, Clarkstown
Marie Manning, Town Council, Pearl River
Saratoga
Margaret Catellier, Town Council, Clifton Park
Brigid Martin, Town Council, Moreau
Meg Stevens, Supervisor, Ballston Spa
Cynthia Young, Town Council, Ballston Spa
Wanda Zygmuntowicz, Town Council, Clifton Park
Schenectady
Jean Frisbee, Town Council, Duanesburg
Denise McGraw, Town Board, Niskayuna
Seneca
Sue Sauvageau, Town Council, Seneca Falls
Suffolk
Patricia Biancaniello, Town Supervisor, Smithtown
Patricia Eddington, Town Clerk, Brookhaven
Bridget Fleming, Town Board, Southampton
Connie Kepert, Town Council, 4th District, Brookhaven
Sally Pope, Town Council, Southampton
Patricia Shillingburg, Town Council, Shelter Island Heights
Jerilyn Woodhouse, Town Board, Southold
Sullivan
Denise Frangipane, Town Council, Bethel
Tompkins
Katherine Halton, Town Council, Danby
Pat Pryor, County Legislature, 6th District
Erica Naylor, Town Clerk, Trumansburg
Ulster
Doris Bartlett, Town Council, Shandaken
Julia Bronson, Town Council, Marbletown
Jamie Fine, Town Board, Saugerties
Marcy Goulart, County Legislature, 4th District
Manna Greene, Town Council, Rosendale
Alverta Jones, County Legislature, 4th District
Rochelle Riservato, Town Clerk, Rosendale
Nicole Marie Tucker, County Legislature, 4th District
Brooke Pickering-Cole, Town Supervisor, Stone Ridge
Gilda Riccardi, County Clerk
Deborah Schneer, County Court Judge
Carol Seitz, Town Assessor, Phoenicia
Deborah Silvestro, County Legislature, 7th District
Washington
Linda Ellingsworth, Town Council, Granville
Sara Idleman, Town Supervisor, Greenwich
Laurie Beth Richardson, Town Clerk, Salem
Wayne
Melissa Allison, Town Council, Palmyra
Nancy Jordan, Town Council, Williamson
Nan Mazzuco, Town Council, Ontario
Westchester
Alison Boak, Town Board, Pound Ridge
Catherine Borgia, Town Supervisor, Ossining
Drew Claxton, Common Council, Peekskill
Francesca Connolly, State Supreme Court Justice, 9th Judicial District
Janet DiFiore, District Attorney
Susanne Donnelly, Trustee Village, Ossining
Mary Foster, Mayor, Peekskill
Paula Dambroff, Village Trustee, Dobbs Ferry
Lydia Landesberg, Town Supervisor, Bedford
Marybeth McGowan, Common Council, Peekskill
Maria Polera, Receiver of Taxes, Harrison
Randi Robinowitz, Village Trustee, Mamaroneck
Kathleen Savolt, Mayor, Mamaroneck
Beth Smayda, Common Council, White Plains
Teresa Walsh, Village Trustee, Dobbs Ferry
Alfreda Williams, County Legislature, 8th District
2008 Grant Recipients
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