Current Events > My state senator won't seek re-election due to communists

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https://www.rochestercitynewspaper.com/rochester/robach-bows-out-of-senate-race/Content?

Sen. Joe Robach, a fixture in Rochester politics for decades, announced Wednesday that he would not seek re-election next year.

In an interview Wednesday morning, he said his decision was influenced by communist, radical far left and New York City politics in the Senate.

The Senates political climate changed after Republicans lost the majority, he said. The GOP controlled the Senate for most of the last 100 years, but after the 2018 elections Democrats held 40 of the chambers 63 seats, giving the party a big edge.

Theres a fight going on even inside the Democratic Party, between the radical far left and mainstream Democrats, thats not news to anybody, thats being played out in Washington and New York and California are leading that movement, Robach said. Thats also permeated the New York Senate, we have people openly espousing for Communism, something I dont favor.

Robach, a former Democrat who turned Republican, is in his ninth term in the Senate and represents Rochesters westside suburbs and parts of the city in the 56th District. He was first elected to the Senate in 2002 after serving 11 years in the Assembly.

Three Democrats have already stepped up to run for his seat: Jeremy Cooney, Hilda Rosario Escher and Sherita Traywick.

Democrats have a substantial voter advantage in the 56th District, but despite several attempts, the party hasnt been able to wrest the seat from Robach. Cooney, who ran against Robach in 2018, lost by more than 10,000 votes in a race where more than 95,000 votes were cast. Robach has not yet heard of any Republicans stepping up to run for the seat, but is expecting more Democrats to pour in.

Thats been a very challenging district, and people have said for years that when I go, itll be hard for a Republican, but not impossible, Robach said. But thats why we have elections, people are going to have an opportunity...we have to offer the public choices, thats what democracy is about.

Robachs announcement comes on the heels of three other Republican senators swearing off re-election runs. George Amedore, who represents part of the Capital Region, Michael Ranzenhofer, of the Buffalo suburbs, and Betty Little, a longtime lawmaker from the North Country, all announced their retirement from political life in recent days.

This year, Republicans were hamstrung to stop an advancing progressive agenda that included strengthening abortion and transgender rights, criminal justice reforms, and a ban on single-use plastic bags at the supermarket.

lmao
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You hate to see it

Not
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Hell yeah

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The communists are so powerful they're throwing Senators out of Congress without having a single seat. WOW!

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So their plan of attack against communist is to lie over and let the communist win. Bold strategy.

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I should note: Democrats had an on-paper majority in our state senate before this year, but several of them caucused with Republicans because the party loves losing.
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