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

Brighton, Monroe County, New York Brighton is a town 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 the traditional homelands of the ...

. A former Brighton school board 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

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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 Mary Donohue won the lieutenant governorship on a ticket with George Pataki. In 2002, Frankel sought the lieutenant governorship again, but dropped out to foster party unity and endorsed

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, who lost the general election on a ticket with State

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Carl McCall. 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: Carl McCall *Attorney General:

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* U.S. Senate: Charles Schumer

Electoral history

1998 Results for NYS Governor and Lieutenant Governor * George Pataki and Mary Donohue (R-C) (inc.), 54% *

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