TOWN OF SALINA – Less than a month after being re-elected to a second term as Salina Town Supervisor Nick Paro has announced that he’s seeking the Republican nomination to run for the 50th District State Senate seat.
The 50th’s current senator, Democrat John Mannion of Geddes, has decided against running for a third term next year and will run instead for Central New York’s seat in Congress against incumbent Republican Brandon Williams.
Paro, 32, will face off against fellow Republican James Rowley who has also set his sights on Mannion’s vacated seat. Rowley, 61, is chairman of the Onondaga County Legislature and a former town of Clay supervisor.
Three prominent local Republicans – former Congressman John Katko, Steve Wells and J. Kemper Matt – are hosting a $1,000-per-person fundraiser for Paro on Dec. 7, at the Century Club in Syracuse. Individual tickets to a VIP reception for Paro that day cost $2,500.
Three Democrats have also announced their intention to run for Mannion’s State Senate seat. Assemblyman Al Stirpe of Cicero, former Oswego County legislator Tom Drumm and Onondaga County Legislator Chris Ryan are all campaigning in the 50th District.
The 50th District includes several of the area’s largest towns – Clay, Cicero, Camillus, Manlius, DeWitt, Geddes and Salina – as well as the cities of Fulton and Oswego.
