Syracuse voters elected Democrat Stephanie Miner as the 53rd Mayor of Syracuse Tuesday over Republican Steve Kimatian and Conservative Party candidate Otis Jennings. Miner, a member of the Syracuse Common Council, will be the first woman to serve as Mayor of Syracuse.
“Stephanie knows what is needed to run this city,” former Syracuse Common Councilor Mike Atkins, who served with Miner on the Common Council for two years, said. “She’s got eight years of experience in the Common Council, that’s a good prerequisite.”
The unofficial election night returns showed that Miner received 50 percent of the vote while Kimatian received 39 percent and Jennings received ten percent.
"We've elected not only the first woman mayor in Syracuse, but the first woman mayor in any major city in New York state," Onondaga County Democratic Committee Chairwoman Diane Dwire said to Democrats gathered at the Regency Ballroom at the Sheraton Syracuse University Hotel.
Miner thanked all women who, at one point in their lives, encouraged younger girls to go into politics.
“This is a historic, significant night for Syracuse,” Tom Young, former Syracuse Mayor, said during his introduction of the city’s first female Mayor-elect.
Miner praised her supporters for volunteering their time and promised the people of Syracuse pride in the new mayoral administration.
"I have learned first hand that anything worth doing, you can't do alone," Miner said during her acceptance speech. "We have a fantastic city filled with people who care deeply about it."
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