2019 Erie County, New York Executive election
November 5, 2019
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The 2019 Erie County, New York Executive election took place on November 3, 2019, to select the County Executive of Erie County, New York. Incumbent Democratic County Executive Mark Poloncarz ran for re-election to a third term. He was challenged by County Legislator Lynne Dixon, a member of the Independence Party who caucused
won the Republican nomination.
Dixon won a contested primary for the Independence Party's nomination, and received the nomination of the Conservative Party, as well as the Serve America Movement, which was formed to support former Syracuse Mayor Stephanie Miner's 2018 third-party campaign for Governor.
The race was viewed by observers as indicative of voter attitudes in advance of the 2020 United States presidential election given that the area "is culturally, economically, and geographically closer to places like Ohio and Michigan than it is to New York City."
Poloncarz ultimately defeated Dixon, winning 54 percent of the vote, becoming the first County Executive to win a third term since Dennis Gorski in 1995.