Sandra L. Frankel is the former Supervisor of the Town of

Brighton, Monroe County, New York Brighton is a town and census-designated place in Monroe County, New York, United States. The population was 37,137 at the 2020 census. History The town of Brighton, located on the southeastern border of the city of Rochester, is located on th ...

. A former Brighton

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member (6 years) and BOCES I Monroe Board of Education (10 years), Vice President of both, Frankel served for 20 years as town supervisor, the elected executive of an urban suburb of 35,000 population. In 1998, Frankel won the Democratic nomination for

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in the 1998 statewide Primary Election. She lost the general election on a ticket with then New York City Council Speaker

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. Republican

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won the lieutenant governorship on a ticket with

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. In 2002, Frankel sought the lieutenant governorship again, but dropped out to foster party unity and endorsed Dennis Mehiel, who lost the general election on a ticket with State

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. Frankel was one of many names mentioned as a potential candidate for the

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. She declined to run, leaving the race to Matthew Zeller. In 2011, Frankel was the Democratic nominee for Monroe County Executive. She lost the race to incumbent Maggie Brooks, 57%-43%. She was again Democratic nominee for Monroe County Executive in 2015. She lost to County Clerk Cheryl DiNolfo 59%-41%. Sandra L

1998 NYS Democratic ticket

*Governor:

*Lieutenant Governor: Sandra Frankel *Comptroller:

*Attorney General:

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Electoral history

1998 Results for NYS Governor and Lieutenant Governor *

and

(R-C) (inc.), 54% *

and Sandra Frankel (D-WF), 33% *

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and

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(I), 8% *

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and Jonathan C. Reiter (L), 1.4%

External links

Campaign website
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