Live updates and results: Syracuse Election Day 2025
Follow along for The Daily Orange's live updates and Election Day results in Syracuse. Cassie Roshu | Senior Staff Photographer
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Polls are open Tuesday across the United States and in the city of Syracuse. Locations close at 9 p.m. Follow along for The Daily Orange’s live updates on Election Day.
1:44 p.m.
Kate Jackson — Asst. Copy Editor
Syracuse voters head to the polls Tuesday to vote in several races. Here’s a look at who’s on the ballot.
Mayor:
- Sharon Owens (Democrat, Working Families)
- Thomas Babilon (Republican)
- Timothy Rudd (independent)
- Alfonso Davis (independent)
Board of Education:
Commissioners
(Vote For 3)
- Twiggy Billue (Democrat, Working Families)
- Karen Cordano (Democrat, Working Families)
- Michael Root (Democrat)
- Jason Petrone (Republican)
Syracuse Common Council:
President
- Rita Paniagua (Democrat, Working Families)
Councilor–at–Large
(Vote For 2)
- Hanah Ehrenreich (Democrat, Working Families)
- Rasheada Caldwell (Democrat)
Councilor 1st District
- Marty Nave (Democrat)
Councilor 2nd District
- Donna Moore (Democrat, Working Families)
Councilor 3rd District
- Corey J. Williams (Democrat)
Councilor 4th District
- Patrona Jones-Rowser (Democrat)
Councilor 5th District
- Jimmy Monto (Democrat, Working Families)
1:15 p.m.
Delia Rangel – News Editor
Onondaga County residents broke their early voting records Sunday, with over 17,000 ballots cast, syracuse.com reported.
The number is a 41% increase from 2023’s local election, with Democrats leading the turnout. On Sunday alone, over 2,000 ballots were cast, breaking the record for the highest single-day turnout since it was set in 2019.
Nearly 66% of early voters in the city of Syracuse were Democrats, syracuse.com reported. 17% were independents and only 15% were Republicans.
County-wide, over 10,000 Democrats voted early, with only 5,534 Republicans and 4,301 independents.
Early voting closed Sunday. Polls are open Tuesday until 9 p.m.
11:40 a.m.
Delia Rangel – News Editor
Democrat Sharon Owens, Republican Thomas Babilon and independents Tim Rudd and Alfonso Davis are all vying to lead the city as mayor. If elected, Owens or Davis would be Syracuse’s first Black mayor.
More stories on Syracuse’s 2025 Mayoral Race:
- Sharon Owens vastly out-fundraises her opponents, other financial figures /a>
- Sharon Owens runs mayoral campaign on accountability, community uplifting
- Syracuse last elected a GOP mayor in 1997. Thomas Babilon hopes he’ll change that.
- No yard signs, no endorsements, few donors: Tim Rudd’s ‘unlikely’ mayoral candidacy
- With independent run for mayor, Alfonso Davis seeks to challenge ‘status quo’
