2009 Election Round Up ROCHESTER, NY (WXXI) - In the Democratic-dominated city of Rochester, the primary is generally considered the hot contest, so general elections can seem like a foregone conclusion.

Democratic Rochester mayor Robert Duffy held onto his office, in an uncontested race. Duffy won a 100 percent of the district votes and will serve the city for a second four year term.

Three of the five winners in the Rochester City Council-at-Large election are new faces. Matt Haag, Jacklyn Otiz and Loretta Scott won spots on council, while incumbents Dana Miller and Carolee Conklin retained their seats. Challenger Harry Davis, who ran unsuccessfully in the Democratic primary, but made it onto the general ballot on the Working Families Party line, picked up 2.7 percent of the vote.

Democrats Van White, Cynthia Elliott and Jose Cruz have won spots on Rochester's school board. That's despite a last minute write-in attempt by incumbent Thomas Brennan. Brenna lost a primary bid for city council earlier this year, and threw his hat in the ring for school board after complaints arose about Elliott's use of vulgarity during a school board meeting.

The losses that Democrats saw elsewhere in the county this year, in supervisor and legislature races, carried over into contests for judgeships. In the match for 7th District Supreme Court Justice, incumbent Republicans Kenneth Fisher and Alexander Renzi beat out Democrats Paloma Capanna and LaMarr Jackson. Republican John DeMarco took the Monroe County Court Judge seat that Democrat Brian McCarthy was appointed to earlier this year.

Two current judges were running to keep their seats. Edmund Calvaruso will remain on the New York State surrogate court, and Judge Thomas Morse keeps his spot on Rochester city court.
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