Central Current’s independent analysis showed Democrats winning 54 of the 62 contested races in Onondaga County.
Debadrita Sur
Debadrita Sur is a multimedia journalist and Report for America corps member who reports on the I-81 project and public housing for Central Current. In 2023, Sur graduated with a master’s degree in journalism from Columbia University, where she reported on housing and homelessness, and co-produced a short documentary on food insecurity in the South Bronx.
After graduating, she joined The Buffalo News as a general assignment reporter, where she covered daily breaking news and long-term enterprise stories on pedestrian safety, homelessness in Erie County, and Jewish and Arab families in Western New York reacting to the Middle East conflict, among other topics. She later joined Reach PLC in New York City, where she worked on tight deadlines to cover breaking news on a myriad of topics, but mainly focusing on the Russia-Ukraine war as well as the Trump administration across three publications. Sur grew up in Kolkata, India, and completed her undergraduate degree in English literature from Presidency University, while also working for a London-based cultural magazine, Far Out, on the side. Deb speaks Hindi, Bengali, English, and German.
When she’s not reporting, Sur is either reading, trying to recreate her mom’s chicken recipes, making adventure bucket lists, or playing with her cat, Mountain Dew. She can be reached at dsur@centralcurrent.org
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Photo gallery: A night of euphoria for Syracuse Democrats. A glum night for Republicans.
Democrats rode a blue wave to Election Night victories.
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Pamela Hunter re-elected for seventh time in NY State Assembly’s 128th District
Democrat Pamela Hunter has been in the seat for over a decade and won all six of her races.
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Assemblyman Al Stirpe defeats Republican challenger for New York State Assembly’s 127th District
Stirpe will serve his tenth term in Albany.
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Nyatwa Bullock defeats Charlene Tarver for Onondaga County Legislature’s 16th District
This race had no Republican challengers.
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Democrat Ian Phillips holds razor-thin lead against incumbent Republican in 126th Assembly District
Phillips unseated his incumbent opponent in a rematch of a 2024 race that favored the Republican.
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Democrat Mo Brown says he has defeated Republican challenger to become assemblyman in 129th District
Mo Brown was backed by the Democratic Socialists of America.
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Chris Ryan declares he’s won second term in State Senate, beating James Corl in 50th District
Ryan, a seasoned Democrat, says he defeated his young Republican challenger.
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Rachel May says she’s won fifth term in State Senate, Challenger Richard McCarron hasn’t conceded in 48th District
May, a Democrat, declared herself the winner over McCarron, a Republican.
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Syracuse, stakeholders kickstart new initiative to combat lead crisis. What does it look like?
The Lead Big Table will see government officials, health experts and community organizations come together to brainstorm ways in which they can eradicate lead from the community.
