Democrat Dana Balter criticized Rep. John Katko on Friday for his decision to support President Donald Trump’s reelection campaign this year. Katko, R-Camillus, refused to endorse or support Trump’s presidential campaign in 2016. But Katko said Thursday he decided to back Trump in 2020 based on his record as president and the alternative of having […]

A week after six local Indivisible groups endorsed Dana Balter to challenge Republican U.S. Rep. John Katko in the 24th Congressional District race, the national organization announced it’s backing her again. Indivisible, which formed in late 2016 to oppose President Donald Trump’s agenda, included Balter, D-Syracuse, in its second round of 2020 congressional endorsements. Balter […]

Dana Balter has the support of the Congressional Progressive Caucus in her bid to unseat Republican U.S. Rep. John Katko. The political arm of the caucus endorsed Balter, D-Syracuse, in December. She is one of three Democrats vying for the party’s nomination to challenge Katko, R-Camillus, in the 2020 election. “Dana Balter has the vision, […]

After an attack that injured five people at a rabbi’s house in downstate New York, Democratic congressional candidate Dana Balter — who is Jewish — posted a series of tweets about the incident and anti-Semitism. The reaction from some Twitter users didn’t surprise her, but it was shocking to see the language they used to […]

After Francis Conole was the top fundraiser in the first two quarters as a candidate, Dana Balter led the Democratic congressional primary field in the final quarter of 2019. Balter, D-Syracuse, announced Wednesday that she raised nearly $205,000 in the final three months of the year. That’s over $50,000 more than what Conole, D-Syracuse, raised […]

A coalition of central New York activist organizations is supporting Dana Balter in the 24th Congressional District race. Knit the 24th, which is aligned with the national Indivisible movement, announced Tuesday it has endorsed Balter, D-Syracuse, for Congress.

Melina Carnicelli was the first woman elected mayor of Auburn. In 2020, she hopes Dana Balter will become the first woman elected to represent the city in Congress. Carnicelli is one of 16 current or former central New York Democratic elected officials who endorsed Balter, D-Syracuse, in the 24th Congressional District race. Balter’s campaign announced […]