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Smyth Announces For Rensselaer County Executive

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Congressman Paul Tonko Introduces Candidate At The Event

Andrea Smyth kicked off her campaign as the Democratic candidate for Rensselaer County Executive on Thursday, August 3 at 1 pm with an announcement at the Rensselaer Riverfront Park waterfront, on Broadway in the City of Rensselaer.  Smyth was introduced by U.S. Congressman Paul Tonko.

Campaign Announcement in the City of Rensselaer for Andrea Smyth’s Rensselaer County Executive campaign. In photo above from l to r – City of Troy Mayor, Patrick Madden; City of Rensselaer Mayor Daniel Dwyer, Assemblymember John T. McDonald, III; County Court Judge Candidate Jennifer Sober, US Representative Paul D. Tonko, Andrea Smyth, Candidate for County Executive, State Senator Neil Breslin.

With a voter enrollment edge of 32,463 Democrats to 26,128 Republicans, Smyth seeks to be the first Democrat elected as the county’s Chief Executive Officer since the County Charter authorized the position in 1972.