Conservative Voters Reject Hate Politics, Elect New Faces in County DA Primaries
Onondaga County District Attorney Bill Fitzpatrick believes that conservative voters rejected the Conservative Party's pick for district attorney, Chuck Keller, in the primary election, signaling their disapproval of being used as pawns in a political grudge match. Fitzpatrick, a Republican who lost the Conservative Party endorsement to Democrat Keller, sees this as a rejection of the "politics of hate" promoted by Tom Dadey, the former Conservative Party chairman.