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Mark Poloncarz (Democratic Party) is the Erie County Executive in New York. His current term ends on January 3, 2028.

Poloncarz (Democratic Party, Working Families Party) ran for re-election for Erie County Executive in New York. He won in the general election on November 7, 2023.

Contents

• 1 Elections
  • 1.1 2023
    • 1.1.1 Endorsements
  • 1.2 2019
• 2 Campaign themes
  • 2.1 2023
  • 2.2 2019
• 3 See also
• 4 External links
• 5 Footnotes

Elections

2023

See also: Municipal elections in Erie County, New York (2023)

General election

General election for Erie County Executive

Incumbent Mark Poloncarz defeated Chrissy Casilio and Duane Whitmer in the general election for Erie County Executive on November 7, 2023.

Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Mark Poloncarz (D / Working Families Party)	58.5	118,308
Submit photo	Chrissy Casilio (R / Conservative Party)	40.1	81,072
	Duane Whitmer (L)	1.1	2,323
	Other/Write-in votes	0.2	463

	Incumbents are bolded and underlined. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 202,166
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Democratic primary election

The Democratic primary election was canceled. Incumbent Mark Poloncarz advanced from the Democratic primary for Erie County Executive.

Republican primary election

The Republican primary election was canceled. Chrissy Casilio advanced from the Republican primary for Erie County Executive.

Conservative Party primary election

The Conservative Party primary election was canceled. Chrissy Casilio advanced from the Conservative Party primary for Erie County Executive.

Withdrawn or disqualified candidates

• Harold Schroeder (Conservative Party)

Working Families Party primary election

The Working Families Party primary election was canceled. Incumbent Mark Poloncarz advanced from the Working Families Party primary for Erie County Executive.

Endorsements

Ballotpedia did not identify endorsements for Poloncarz in this election.

2019

See also: Municipal elections in Erie County, New York (2019)

General election

General election for Erie County Executive

Incumbent Mark Poloncarz defeated Lynne Dixon in the general election for Erie County Executive on November 5, 2019.

Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Mark Poloncarz (D / Working Families Party)	53.7	114,102
	Lynne Dixon (R / Conservative Party / Independence Party / Serve America Movement Party)	46.3	98,415

	Incumbents are bolded and underlined. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 212,517
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Democratic primary election

The Democratic primary election was canceled. Incumbent Mark Poloncarz advanced from the Democratic primary for Erie County Executive.

Withdrawn or disqualified candidates

• Peter Reese (D)

Republican primary election

The Republican primary election was canceled. Lynne Dixon advanced from the Republican primary for Erie County Executive.

Green primary election

Withdrawn or disqualified candidates

• Gregory Vinal (G)

Independence Party primary election

Independence Party primary for Erie County Executive

Lynne Dixon defeated Grace Christiansen in the Independence Party primary for Erie County Executive on June 25, 2019.

Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Lynne Dixon	84.1	1,581
Submit photo	Grace Christiansen	15.9	300

	There were no incumbents in this race. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 1,881
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Withdrawn or disqualified candidates

• Rachel L. Obenauer (Independence Party)

Campaign themes

2023

Ballotpedia survey responses

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2019

Mark Poloncarz did not complete Ballotpedia's 2019 Candidate Connection survey.

See also

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