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Broome County Legislator, District 15

Broome County, New York

My vote power

High

Election date

November 3, 2026 · General election

This seat represents District 15, not the whole district above. We can’t match an address to an area this small, so this race may not be on your ballot.

How do we calculate my vote power?

What goes into the rating: Representation: how much weight one vote carries here compared with a statewide vote — the smaller the district, the more each vote counts. Decisiveness: how likely this race is to be close, based on past results or current analyst ratings, plus the number of candidates.

Representation: High · 71 out of 100

This district is a small slice of its state, so each vote here carries much more weight than a vote in a statewide race. About 197,378 people live here.

Show the representation math

score = 50 + 50 × ln(state population ÷ this district's) ÷ ln(50,000) = 50 + 50 × ln(19,852,366 ÷ 197,378) ÷ ln(50,000) = 71.31, measured against a statewide vote in NY (grades: 66+ high, 55+ above average, 33+ average, otherwise low; a statewide race is the 50 baseline)

Decisiveness: Unknown

No analyst ratings or past results for this contest yet.

High representation → My vote power: High.

Some data is missing, so this rating is based on partial information and capped at "High".

About this office

  • Setting your property tax rate
  • Funding county roads, health programs, and elections
  • Setting land use and building rules outside city limits

Affects: Healthcare Affordability, Environment and Public Health, Government Efficiency,

Candidates

Peoples Choice · declared

Republican · declared

Strawn is vice president of finance at the Children's Home of Wyoming Conference. He represented Binghamton's Sixth District on the City Council from 2020 to 2024.

Democratic · Incumbent · declared

Ames works for Core Building Materials in Vestal and previously worked for the Office of People with Developmental Disabilities. He is a former member and vice president of the Binghamton City School District Board of Education.

Sources: broomevotes.com2