It's Sam Trapani, who announced Monday he is taking on Joe Morelle for the 132nd Assembly District seat.
Trapani is a local businessman. He owns Springwaters, Inc., a bottled spring water maker; and Rowe Engineering, an electronics design company.
In a statement, Trapani said he's taking on Morelle because of the Assemblyman's campaigning for the job of state comptroller, when Alan Hevesi resigned in 2006 for a scandal in which he used state employees to chauffeur his ailing wife. Hevesi was later sentenced, and Morelle did not make the final cut of comptroller candidates.
Morelle has held the seat for 18 years, and also chairs the Monroe Co. Democratic Committee. The 132nd District covers part of the east side of Rochester, and a section of city extending north to Charlotte; plus the towns of Irondequoit and Brighton.
One interesting thing about Trapani's campaign is that he has a website ready to go. Many of the candidates running for office on the state level aren't looking to the web, at least, not this early in the game. Republican Chris Lee has also launched a website, which can be found here. We're still waiting on one from Dale Sweetland.
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