DeWitt, N.Y. -- Assemblyman Sam Roberts, D-Syracuse, handily defeated Republican John Sharon 31,146 to 15,575 for a second term in Albany, according to unofficial results from the Onondaga County Board of Elections.
The race was a rematch between Roberts, a former Onondaga County legislator, and Sharon, a former lawyer for Onondaga County from DeWitt.
Two years ago, Roberts easily beat Sharon, Conservative Party candidate Christina Fadden Fitch and the Green Party’s Michael Donnelly to win an open seat that Democrat Joan Christensen held for 20 years. In that race for the 119th Assembly District seat, Roberts captured 51 percent of the vote to Sharon’s 27 percent.
On Tuesday, Roberts and Sharon ran for the newly named 128th Assembly District that represents almost all the same neighborhoods in parts of Syracuse and the towns of Onondaga, Salina and DeWitt.
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