Ranzenhofer Wakes Up Long Enough To Announce Retirement in NY-61

30 years as a politician and absolutely nothing accomplished. It may be a new record in Erie County Politics.
State Sen. Michael Ranzenhofer, an Amherst Republican, said Friday he will not seek re-election to the Senate 61st, a sprawling district that runs from the suburbs of Buffalo into Rochester.

Ranzenhofer joins a steady string of Senate Republicans – ousted from their majority status in the 2018 elections – to either leave or announce they will not seek re-election next year.

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