thursday, november 6, 2025
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Decades in the making Sharon Owens graduated from Syracuse University 40 years ago. Now she's the city of Syracuse's mayor-elect.
By Shivika Gupta
W asst. copy editor
hen Syracuse University junior Alana Leak first met Sharon Owens on a football gameday, she didn’t just meet a politician – she met a proud alum, who insisted they wrap their meeting up quickly so everyone could “root for the Orange” together. Four decades after graduating from SU, students said that same proud alumni energy carried Owens to a historic, landslide mayoral victory. She won with 73.8% of the vote and became the city’s first Black mayor-elect. Culminating at the end of her year-long campaign, Owens delivered her victory speech at see mayor page 4
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2025 onondaga county election
mayor Sharon Owens (dem)*
board of education incumbent
Karen Cordano (dem)* incumbent
Thomas Babilon (rep)
Twiggy Billue (dem)*
incumbent
Nyatwa Bullock (dem) Tim Rudd (ind)
president Rita Paniagua (dem)*
councilor-at-large Hanah Ehrenreich (dem)*
Michael Root (dem) Alfonso Davis (ind)
common council
Jason Petrone (rep)
incumbent
Rasheada Caldwell (dem)
district councilor 1 incumbent
Marty Nave (dem)
district councilor 2 Donna Moore (dem)*
onondaga county legislature (9-8) Democrats won control for the first time in nearly 50 years
district councilor 3 Corey J. Williams (dem)
district councilor 4 Patrona Jones-Rowser (dem)
district councilor 5 Jimmy Monto (dem)*
*working families party
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