Upstate Assemblyman Won’t Run for Senate
Assemblyman David Koon, D-Perinton, said this morning that he will not run for the state Senate against Sen. James Alesi, R-Perinton.
Koon was initially thought to be a tough challenger to Alesi as Democrats seek to win the majority in the state Senate for the first time since 1965. Koon has won re-election in an Assembly seat in the eastern Monroe County suburbs that has a Republican majority.
But Koon said today that he will take a pass.
“I’m going to stay where I am,” he said. “I still have a lot of work to do that I can do in the Assembly. I just want to do a lot more work for Monroe County.”
Koon was first elected in a special election in 1996 and has been considered for a number of posts, including Monroe County executive last year. But he declined to run then too.
Koon’s decision leaves Democrats without an immediate candidate to challenge Alesi. Instead, at least for now, Democrats will focus on the neighboring seat held by Sen. Joseph Robach, R-Greece.
Several Democrats—including former Sen. Richard Dollinger, Brighton Supervisor Sandra Frankel and Rochester School Board member Willa Powell—are seeking the Democratic nod to challenge Robach.
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