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==County government and politics== Prior to 1936, Erie County predominantly backed Republican Party candidates, with only four Democratic Party candidates winning the county in a presidential election - [[James Buchanan]] in 1856, [[George B. McClellan]] in 1864, [[Grover Cleveland]] in 1892 and [[Woodrow Wilson]] in 1912. However, starting with the 1936 election, it has turned predominantly Democratic since then, with only two Republicans carrying the county in a presidential election-- [[Dwight D. Eisenhower]] in 1952 and 1956 and [[Richard Nixon]] in 1972, with Nixon being the most recent. In 2016, like many other counties in the [[Rust Belt]], [[Donald Trump]] expanded the Republican vote share thanks to his appeal to working-class whites and Ethnic-Catholic voters, keeping the margin in single digits for the first time since 1984. Four years later, in 2020, [[Joe Biden]] won 267,270 votes in Erie County, more than [[Barack Obama]] in 2008. Biden's margin of victory, however, was smaller than Obama's 2008 victory within the county and Trump's margin, though declining, was still higher than any Republican since 1988 (aside from his 2016 margin). {{PresHead|place=Erie County, New York|whig=yes|source=<ref>{{cite web|url=http://uselectionatlas.org/RESULTS|title=Dave Leip's Atlas of U.S. Presidential Elections|first=David|last=Leip|website=uselectionatlas.org|access-date=November 15, 2016|archive-date=March 23, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180323225526/https://uselectionatlas.org/RESULTS/|url-status=live}}</ref>}} <!-- PresRow should be {{PresRow|Year|Winning party|GOP vote #|Dem vote #|3rd party vote #|State}} --> {{PresRow|2024|Democratic|204,774|248,651|6,364|New York}} {{PresRow|2020|Democratic|197,552|267,270|8,596|New York}} {{PresRow|2016|Democratic|188,303|215,456|19,866|New York}} {{PresRow|2012|Democratic|169,675|237,356|7,164|New York}} {{PresRow|2008|Democratic|178,815|256,299|6,871|New York}} {{PresRow|2004|Democratic|184,423|251,090|9,625|New York}} {{PresRow|2000|Democratic|160,176|240,176|24,302|New York}} {{PresRow|1996|Democratic|132,343|224,554|53,337|New York}} {{PresRow|1992|Democratic|129,444|196,233|125,819|New York}} {{PresRow|1988|Democratic|188,796|238,779|3,217|New York}} {{PresRow|1984|Democratic|222,882|237,631|1,158|New York}} {{PresRow|1980|Democratic|169,209|215,283|35,981|New York}} {{PresRow|1976|Democratic|220,310|229,397|3,136|New York}} {{PresRow|1972|Republican|256,462|218,105|1,456|New York}} {{PresRow|1968|Democratic|167,853|250,054|35,258|New York}} {{PresRow|1964|Democratic|125,962|344,910|704|New York}} {{PresRow|1960|Democratic|211,957|277,203|404|New York}} {{PresRow|1956|Republican|292,657|166,930|0|New York}} {{PresRow|1952|Republican|253,927|196,378|550|New York}} {{PresRow|1948|Democratic|175,118|197,618|10,636|New York}} {{PresRow|1944|Democratic|185,975|195,905|1,355|New York}} {{PresRow|1940|Democratic|183,664|189,779|992|New York}} {{PresRow|1936|Democratic|152,312|183,555|6,341|New York}} {{PresRow|1932|Republican|141,059|131,012|10,859|New York}} {{PresRow|1928|Republican|144,726|126,449|10,614|New York}} {{PresRow|1924|Republican|112,070|40,780|38,630|New York}} {{PresRow|1920|Republican|99,762|40,436|17,598|New York}} {{PresRow|1916|Republican|53,638|45,622|3,200|New York}} {{PresRow|1912|Democratic|19,185|33,518|32,410|New York}} {{PresRow|1908|Republican|52,182|45,185|2,293|New York}} {{PresRow|1904|Republican|49,669|36,582|2,881|New York}} {{PresRow|1900|Republican|44,767|39,833|2,057|New York}} {{PresRow|1896|Republican|45,612|30,172|2,095|New York}} {{PresRow|1892|Democratic|32,340|32,431|3,632|New York}} {{PresRow|1888|Republican|31,612|29,543|762|New York}} {{PresRow|1884|Republican|26,249|24,759|985|New York}} {{PresRow|1880|Republican|24,199|20,848|442|New York}} {{PresRow|1876|Republican|20,300|19,533|90|New York}} {{PresRow|1872|Republican|17,831|12,467|58|New York}} {{PresRow|1868|Republican|15,822|14,454|0|New York}} {{PresRow|1864|Democratic|13,061|13,370|0|New York}} {{PresRow|1860|Republican|12,430|10,885|0|New York}} {{PresRow|1856|Democratic|6,902|7,536|5,520|New York}} {{PresRow|1852|Whig|8,025|7,033|510|New York}} {{PresRow|1848|Whig|7,647|3,360|2,381|New York}} {{PresRow|1844|Whig|6,905|5,050|415|New York}} {{PresRow|1840|Whig|6,787|3,687|38|New York}} {{PresRow|1836|Whig|4,882|2,661|0|New York}} {{PresRow|1832|Whig|4,324|1,813|0|New York}} {{PresRow|1828|Whig|3,331|1,265|0|New York}} |} ===Erie County executives=== {| class="wikitable" |- ! Name ! Party ! Term |- {{party shading/Republican}} | [[Edward C. Rath]] | [[Republican Party (United States)|Republican]] | 1962β1969 |- {{party shading/Republican}} | [[B. John Tutuska]] | [[Republican Party (United States)|Republican]] | 1969β1971 |- {{party shading/Republican}} | [[Edward Regan]] | [[Republican Party (United States)|Republican]] | 1972β1978 |- {{party shading/Republican}} | [[Ed Rutkowski]] | [[Republican Party (United States)|Republican]] | 1979β1987 |- {{party shading/Democratic}} | [[Dennis Gorski]] | [[Democratic Party (United States)|Democratic]] | 1988β1999 |- {{party shading/Republican}} | [[Joel Giambra]] | [[Republican Party (United States)|Republican]] | 2000β2007 |- {{party shading/Republican}} | [[Chris Collins (New York politician)|Chris Collins]] | [[Republican Party (United States)|Republican]] | 2008β2011 |- {{party shading/Democratic}} | Mark Poloncarz | [[Democratic Party (United States)|Democratic]] | 2012βPresent |} ===Elected officials=== {| class="wikitable" |- ! Office ! Name ! Party ! Hometown |- {{party shading/Democratic}} | County Executive | Mark Poloncarz | [[Democratic Party (United States)|Democratic]] | Buffalo |- {{party shading/Democratic}} | County Comptroller | Kevin R. Hardwick | [[Democratic Party (United States)|Democratic]] | Tonawanda |- {{party shading/Republican}} | County Clerk | [[Michael P. Kearns|Mickey Kearns]] | [[Republican Party (United States)|Republican]] | Buffalo |- {{party shading/Democratic}} | District Attorney | John J. Flynn | [[Democratic Party (United States)|Democratic]] | Buffalo |- {{party shading/Republican}} | County Sheriff | John C. Garcia | [[Republican Party (United States)|Republican]] | Buffalo |} ===County legislature=== As of 2024, there are seven Democrats, three Republicans, and one Conservative in the county legislature. {| class="wikitable" |- ! District ! Title ! Name ! Party ! Hometown |- {{party shading/Democratic}} | 1<ref>https://www2.erie.gov/johnson/</ref> | | Howard Johnson | [[Democratic Party (United States)|Democratic]] | Buffalo |- {{party shading/Democratic}} | 2<ref>https://www2.erie.gov/baskin/</ref> |Chairwoman | [[April McCants-Baskin]] | [[Democratic Party (United States)|Democratic]] | Buffalo |- {{party shading/Democratic}} | 3<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www2.erie.gov/kooshoian/ |title=Archived copy |access-date=March 29, 2023 |archive-date=March 21, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230321200034/https://www4.erie.gov/kooshoian/ |url-status=dead }}</ref> | | Michael Kooshoian | [[Democratic Party (United States)|Democratic]] | Kenmore |- {{party shading/Democratic}} | 4<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www2.erie.gov/bargnesi/ |title=Archived copy |access-date=March 29, 2023 |archive-date=February 5, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230205080245/https://www4.erie.gov/bargnesi/ |url-status=dead }}</ref> | | John Bargnesi | [[Democratic Party (United States)|Democratic]] | Town of Tonawanda |- {{party shading/Democratic}} | 5<ref>https://www2.erie.gov/vinal/</ref> | | Jeanne Vinal | [[Democratic Party (United States)|Democratic]] | Amherst |- {{party shading/Republican}} | 6<ref>https://www2.erie.gov/rath/</ref> {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201129050933/https://www2.erie.gov/rath/ |date=November 29, 2020 }} | | Christopher D. Greene | [[Republican Party (United States)|Republican]] | Clarence |- {{party shading/Democratic}} | 7<ref>https://www2.erie.gov/meyers/</ref> |Majority Leader | Timothy J. Meyers | [[Democratic Party (United States)|Democratic]] | Cheektowaga |- {{party shading/Republican}} | 8<ref>https://www2.erie.gov/todaro/</ref> | | Frank J. Todaro | [[Republican Party (United States)|Republican]] | Lancaster |- {{party shading/Democratic}} | 9<ref>https://www2.erie.gov/gilmour/</ref> | | John Gilmour | [[Democratic Party (United States)|Democratic]] | Hamburg |- {{party shading/Conservative}} | 10<ref>https://www4.erie.gov/malczewski/</ref> | | James Malczewski | [[Conservative Party of New York State|Conservative]] | Elma |- {{party shading/Republican}} | 11<ref>https://www4.erie.gov/mills/</ref> | Minority Leader | John J. Mills | [[Republican Party (United States)|Republican]] | Orchard Park |}
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