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Created: June 22, 2021 05:31 PM ALBANY - Albany Mayor Kathy Sheehan easily defeated challenger Valerie Faust Tuesday night in the Democratic primary for Albany mayor. Sheehan totaled 61.44% of the vote to Fausts 34.87%. In the last eight decades, Albany voters have elected only four mayors: Corning, Whalen, Jennings, and Sheehan. Now Kathy Sheehan becomes the overwhelming favorite to hold onto her job in Novembers general election. When first elected mayor in 2013, Sheehan became the...

5:16 Three of the candidates for mayor of Albany discussed gun violence and other issues that are impacting the city in an online forum Tuesday. Second-term Mayor Kathy Sheehan, her Democratic primary challenger Valerie Faust, and Republican Alicia Purdy, who will face the June 22nd primary winner in November, participated in the two-hour forum. It touched on several significant issues, including the rash of gun violence that has plagued the city, and how to stop it.  Purdy says the gun probl...

Candidates for mayor of Albany are discussing everal critical issues facing the city.

Sharf Addalim fled a war-torn Yemen for a safer life in the United States. Yet he never...

The Socialist Workers Party has entered two candidates for November's Albany city elections.

A local religious leader is mounting a third bid to become mayor of Albany. Reverend Valerie Faust of Living Word Tabernacle has made two previous runs for mayor of Albany, in 2009 and 2013. She declared her candidacy in January. She says the prevailing mentality among city voters "has to be broken." "I saw that I could just use my script, my stump speech. And all of my concerns I used in 2009, I could still use today. And that was because nothing really changed. And some things had gotten wors...

A Christian blogger and social media personality has entered the race for Albany mayor. With the Empire State Plaza as backdrop, Alicia Purdy said she’ll seek the Republican nod in a bid to challenge second-term Democratic Mayor Kathy Sheehan. "I will not be the queen of Albany," she said. "Im the team captain of Albany. Theres a big difference. What a mayor is here to do is empower the people, because were only as strong as our weakest team member. And thats where were gonna begin." Purdy sa...

Working Families Party snubs Sheehan for mayoral nod FacebookTwitterEmail 5 1of5Buy PhotoAlbany Mayor Kathy Sheehan endorses Matt Toporowski for Albany County District Attorney on Friday, June 12, 2020, at City Hall in Albany, N.Y. He is challenging current District Attorney David Soares for the Democratic nomination. (Will Waldron/Times Union)Will Waldron/Albany Times UnionShow MoreShow Less 2of5Buy PhotoAlbany Mayor Kathy Sheehan comments on the citys recent wave of shootings on F...

Reverend Valerie Faust, activist Lukee Forbes and comedian/actor Greg Aidala have also announced.

Reverend Valerie Faust, activist Lukee Forbes and comedian/actor Greg Aidala have also announced.