{"id":13330,"date":"2020-01-17T17:59:29","date_gmt":"2020-01-17T22:59:29","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/videonewsservice.net\/?p=13330"},"modified":"2020-01-17T17:59:29","modified_gmt":"2020-01-17T22:59:29","slug":"genesee-county-erie-county-legislator-ed-rath-launches-campaign-for-nys-senate-in-the-61st-district","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/videonewsservice.net\/index.php\/2020\/01\/17\/genesee-county-erie-county-legislator-ed-rath-launches-campaign-for-nys-senate-in-the-61st-district\/","title":{"rendered":"GENESEE COUNTY\/Erie County legislator Ed Rath launches campaign for NYS Senate in the 61st District"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed-youtube wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<span class=\"embed-youtube\" style=\"text-align:center; display: block;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" class=\"youtube-player\" width=\"900\" height=\"507\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/T5IONUu30yA?version=3&#038;rel=1&#038;showsearch=0&#038;showinfo=1&#038;iv_load_policy=1&#038;fs=1&#038;hl=en-US&#038;autohide=2&#038;wmode=transparent\" allowfullscreen=\"true\" style=\"border:0;\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts allow-same-origin allow-popups allow-presentation allow-popups-to-escape-sandbox\"><\/iframe><\/span>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Six term Erie County Republican legislator Ed Rath officially launched his campaign to seek election to the NYS Senate in the 61st District, which includes Genesee County and parts of Erie and Monroe counties.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Rath made his announcement at the Harvester Center in Batavia on Friday afternoon with his family at his side, including his mother, long time Senator Mary Lou Rath. Mary Lou was NYS Senator in the 61st District for 15 years from 1993-2008. Retiring NYS Senator Michael Ranzenhofer has held the office since Mary Lou Rath&#8217;s retirement in 2008 <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Since serving as legislator for 12 years,  Ed Rath was the lead sponsor of Erie County&#8217;s Silver Alert local law and also co-authored the County&#8217;s Cyber-Bullying local law.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large is-resized\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"13332\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/videonewsservice.net\/index.php\/2020\/01\/17\/genesee-county-erie-county-legislator-ed-rath-launches-campaign-for-nys-senate-in-the-61st-district\/rath\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/videonewsservice.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/Rath.jpg?fit=1280%2C589&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"1280,589\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-title=\"Rath\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/videonewsservice.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/Rath.jpg?fit=900%2C414&amp;ssl=1\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/videonewsservice.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/Rath.jpg?resize=763%2C350&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-13332\" width=\"763\" height=\"350\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/videonewsservice.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/Rath.jpg?resize=1024%2C471&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/videonewsservice.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/Rath.jpg?resize=300%2C138&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/videonewsservice.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/Rath.jpg?resize=768%2C353&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/videonewsservice.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/Rath.jpg?resize=150%2C69&amp;ssl=1 150w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/videonewsservice.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/Rath.jpg?w=1280&amp;ssl=1 1280w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 763px) 100vw, 763px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">He was born and raised in Erie County, graduated from Syracuse University and earned his MBA from Canisius College, Rath  has worked in the energy industry for 30 years. He resides in Amherst with his wife Amy and their three daughters. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Six term Erie County Republican legislator Ed Rath officially launched his campaign to seek election to the NYS Senate in the 61st District, which includes Genesee County and parts of Erie and Monroe counties. Rath made his announcement at the Harvester Center in Batavia on Friday afternoon with his family \u2026<\/p>\n<p class=\"continue-reading-button\"> <a class=\"continue-reading-link\" href=\"https:\/\/videonewsservice.net\/index.php\/2020\/01\/17\/genesee-county-erie-county-legislator-ed-rath-launches-campaign-for-nys-senate-in-the-61st-district\/\">Continue reading<i class=\"crycon-right-dir\"><\/i><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":13332,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"nf_dc_page":"","om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"advanced_seo_description":"","jetpack_seo_html_title":"","jetpack_seo_noindex":false,"jetpack_seo_schema_type":"","_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[23],"tags":[1970,1969],"class_list":["post-13330","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-genesee-county","tag-ed-rath","tag-monroe-county"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p8eTP4-3t0","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":14374,"url":"https:\/\/videonewsservice.net\/index.php\/2020\/02\/29\/genesee-county-republican-candidates-running-for-office-meet-in-batavia\/","url_meta":{"origin":13330,"position":0},"title":"GENESEE COUNTY\/Republican candidates running for office meet in Batavia","author":"aka","date":"February 29, 2020","format":false,"excerpt":"Seven Republican Candidates running for office met in Batavia on Saturday morning to circulate petitions and speak to about 70 people who showed up to hear what the candidates had to say. 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