TOMPKINS COUNTY, NY (WSKG) – The Associated Press has called the New York Assembly race in the 125th district for Democrat Anna Kelles.
Joel Steinhagen
Anna Kelles. (Photo: Joel Steinhagen)
The district includes all of Tompkins County and part of Cortland County.
Kelles ran against Matthew McIntyre, a Libertarian from Cortland County. Kelles won with 64 percent of the vote over McIntyre’s 36 percent.
Democrats have represented the district for more than 40 years.
Kelles has been a Tompkins County legislator since 2015. She won a primary against seven candidates in June.
She will assume the seat vacated by Barbara Lifton, who is retiring at the end of this year.