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Edward Rath III

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Edward Rath III
Image of Edward Rath  III
Prior offices
Erie County Legislature District 6

New York State Senate District 61
Successor: Sean Ryan
Predecessor: Michael Ranzenhofer

Elections and appointments
Last election

November 8, 2022

Education

Graduate

Canisius College, 2005

Contact

Edward Rath III (Republican Party) was a member of the New York State Senate, representing District 61. He assumed office on January 1, 2021. He left office on January 1, 2023.

Rath (Republican Party, Conservative Party) ran for re-election to the New York State Senate to represent District 61. He lost in the general election on November 8, 2022. He advanced from the Republican primary on August 23, 2022.

Biography

Edward Rath III was born in Amherst, New York, and lives in Williamsville, New York. Rath graduated from Nichols School of Buffalo. He earned a degree in political science from Syracuse University and an M.B.A. from Canisius College in 2005.[1]

Committee assignments

Note: This membership information was last updated in September 2023. Ballotpedia completes biannual updates of committee membership. If you would like to send us an update, email us at: editor@ballotpedia.org.

2021-2022

Rath was assigned to the following committees:

The following table lists bills this person sponsored as a legislator, according to BillTrack50 and sorted by action history. Bills are sorted by the date of their last action. The following list may not be comprehensive. To see all bills this legislator sponsored, click on the legislator's name in the title of the table.


Elections

2022

See also: New York State Senate elections, 2022

General election

General election for New York State Senate District 61

Incumbent Sean Ryan defeated incumbent Edward Rath III in the general election for New York State Senate District 61 on November 8, 2022.

Candidate
%
Votes
Image of Sean Ryan
Sean Ryan (D / Working Families Party)
 
56.7
 
63,901
Image of Edward Rath  III
Edward Rath III (R / Conservative Party)
 
43.3
 
48,805
 Other/Write-in votes
 
0.1
 
90

Total votes: 112,796
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Democratic primary election

Democratic primary for New York State Senate District 61

Incumbent Sean Ryan defeated Benjamin Carlisle in the Democratic primary for New York State Senate District 61 on August 23, 2022.

Candidate
%
Votes
Image of Sean Ryan
Sean Ryan
 
86.1
 
11,448
Benjamin Carlisle
 
13.5
 
1,790
 Other/Write-in votes
 
0.4
 
51

Total votes: 13,289
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Withdrawn or disqualified candidates

Republican primary election

Republican primary for New York State Senate District 61

Incumbent Edward Rath III defeated Joel Giambra (Unofficially withdrew) in the Republican primary for New York State Senate District 61 on August 23, 2022.

Candidate
%
Votes
Image of Edward Rath  III
Edward Rath III
 
78.0
 
3,712
Joel Giambra (Unofficially withdrew)
 
20.9
 
994
 Other/Write-in votes
 
1.1
 
54

Total votes: 4,760
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Withdrawn or disqualified candidates

Conservative Party primary election

The Conservative Party primary election was canceled. Incumbent Edward Rath III advanced from the Conservative Party primary for New York State Senate District 61.

Withdrawn or disqualified candidates

Working Families Party primary election

The Working Families Party primary election was canceled. Incumbent Sean Ryan advanced from the Working Families Party primary for New York State Senate District 61.

2020

See also: New York State Senate elections, 2020

General election

General election for New York State Senate District 61

Edward Rath III defeated Jacqualine Berger in the general election for New York State Senate District 61 on November 3, 2020.

Candidate
%
Votes
Image of Edward Rath  III
Edward Rath III (R / Conservative Party / Serve America Movement Party / Independence Party)
 
53.8
 
79,454
Image of Jacqualine Berger
Jacqualine Berger (D) Candidate Connection
 
46.2
 
68,224
 Other/Write-in votes
 
0.1
 
131

Total votes: 147,809
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Democratic primary election

Democratic primary for New York State Senate District 61

Jacqualine Berger defeated Kim Smith and Joan Seamans in the Democratic primary for New York State Senate District 61 on June 23, 2020.

Candidate
%
Votes
Image of Jacqualine Berger
Jacqualine Berger Candidate Connection
 
38.6
 
9,386
Kim Smith
 
37.9
 
9,232
Image of Joan Seamans
Joan Seamans
 
22.9
 
5,577
 Other/Write-in votes
 
0.5
 
133

Total votes: 24,328
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Republican primary election

The Republican primary election was canceled. Edward Rath III advanced from the Republican primary for New York State Senate District 61.

Conservative Party primary election

The Conservative Party primary election was canceled. Edward Rath III advanced from the Conservative Party primary for New York State Senate District 61.

Independence Party primary election

Independence Party primary for New York State Senate District 61

Edward Rath III defeated Andrew Gruszka in the Independence Party primary for New York State Senate District 61 on June 23, 2020.

Candidate
%
Votes
Image of Edward Rath  III
Edward Rath III
 
70.2
 
1,003
Andrew Gruszka
 
27.8
 
397
 Other/Write-in votes
 
2.0
 
28

Total votes: 1,428
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Withdrawn or disqualified candidates

Serve America Movement Party primary election

The Serve America Movement Party primary election was canceled. Edward Rath III advanced from the Serve America Movement Party primary for New York State Senate District 61.

Working Families Party primary election

Withdrawn or disqualified candidates

2019

See also: Municipal elections in Erie County, New York (2019)

General election

General election for Erie County Legislature District 6

Incumbent Edward Rath III defeated William Freeman in the general election for Erie County Legislature District 6 on November 5, 2019.

Candidate
%
Votes
Image of Edward Rath  III
Edward Rath III (R)
 
64.6
 
13,401
William Freeman (D)
 
35.4
 
7,345

Total votes: 20,746
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Democratic primary election

The Democratic primary election was canceled. William Freeman advanced from the Democratic primary for Erie County Legislature District 6.

Republican primary election

The Republican primary election was canceled. Incumbent Edward Rath III advanced from the Republican primary for Erie County Legislature District 6.

2017

See also: Municipal elections in Erie County, New York (2017)

Erie County in New York held a general election for county officials on November 7, 2017. A primary election was held on September 12, 2017. The filing deadline for candidates in this election was July 13, 2017. All 11 county legislators were up for election, as well as the county clerk, sheriff, and comptroller.[2]

Incumbent Edward Rath III (Republican/Conservative/Independence/Reform) ran unopposed in the Erie County Legislature, District 6 general election.[3]

Erie County Legislature, District 6 General Election, 2017
Party Candidate Vote % Votes
     Republican/Conservative/Independence/Reform Green check mark transparent.png Edward Rath III Incumbent (unopposed) 100.00% 15,549
Total Votes 15,549
Source: Erie County, NY, Board of Elections, "Erie County Races, Official Tally of Election Results," accessed December 18, 2017

Campaign themes

2022

Ballotpedia survey responses

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2020

Edward Rath III did not complete Ballotpedia's 2020 Candidate Connection survey.

2019

Edward Rath III did not complete Ballotpedia's 2019 Candidate Connection survey.

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2022

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2021








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Footnotes

Political offices
Preceded by
Michael Ranzenhofer (R)
New York State Senate District 61
2021-2023
Succeeded by
Sean Ryan (D)
Preceded by
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Erie County Legislature District 6
2008-2021
Succeeded by
Christopher Greene (R)


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