Frombaugh wins Rochester mayoral race

Kathryn From­baugh may have been a write-in for the Rochester may­oral race, but she was still able to defeat incum­bent William Spicer.

From­baugh, who was run­ning for mayor for the first time, fin­ished with 62.7 per­cent of the votes. Spicer, who was seek­ing his sec­ond term as mayor, fin­ished with 37.3 per­cent of the votes.

“I am very excited for the oppor­tu­nity to serve the com­mu­nity and hum­bled that the peo­ple of Rochester vil­lage trust me with this role,” she said.

From­baugh said she wants the com­mu­nity to become more tight knit.

“I would like to have more planned com­mu­nity activ­i­ties and out­reach to the younger gen­er­a­tion to know the impor­tance of a small, tight com­mu­nity,” she said.

From­baugh has spent the last two years on vil­lage council.

She cur­rently works at Kathryn From­baugh, Attor­ney at Law, in New Lon­don. Despite own­ing her own law prac­tice, she feels she will still have the nec­es­sary time to devote to Rochester.

“Since I have my own prac­tice in New Lon­don, I am only 10 min­utes away from Rochester,” she said. “I am able to set my own hours and I believe I can per­form both jobs effec­tively. I know that coun­cil mem­bers will be sup­port­ive of me and if a con­flict with sched­ul­ing arises, I can del­e­gate to a coun­cil mem­ber. I am excited about this oppor­tu­nity and will con­quer each chal­lenge as it arises.”

From­baugh said the out­go­ing mayor was ded­i­cated to the village.

“I appre­ci­ate the amount of time he devoted to the vil­lage in the time he served as mayor,” she said.

From­baugh said the most enjoy­able part of her cam­paign was meet­ing res­i­dents she hadn’t already met.

From­baugh said she has plenty of peo­ple to thank for her suc­cess­ful campaign.

“I think I ran a clean and pro­duc­tive cam­paign,” she said. “I always have to thank my hus­band, Scott, for being a very sup­port­ive hus­band. I would also like to thank my friends and fam­ily in Rochester vil­lage for sup­port­ing me and exer­cis­ing their vot­ing rights on elec­tion day. Thanks (to the vot­ers) for trust­ing me with this impor­tant job and I will rep­re­sent (them) to the best of my ability.”

Posted by Terra Carlson on Nov 17 2011. You can follow any responses to this entry through the RSS Feed. Both comments and pings are currently closed.