Updated: Nov. 06, 2025, 6:01 a.m.|Published: Nov. 06, 2025, 6:00 a.m.

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Syracuse, N.Y. – Tim Burtis, the Onondaga County Legislature chair, said he had a sense that Election Day would be tough for Republicans when he knocked on doors last month to ask reliable GOP voters for their support.

Burtis, a fifth-term Republican, ran unopposed in a district that President Donald Trump carried by the widest margin out of the 17 districts in the legislature.

Mark Weiner is the Washington correspondent for Syracuse.com and The Post-Standard. He has four decades of experience reporting on issues important to Central New York. You can reach him at 571-970-3751.

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