Gies trounces Stocker in Democratic primary in 23rd Congressional District
Aaron Gies of Olean trounced Kevin Stocker of Erie County in the Democratic primary for Congress in the 23rd District Tuesday.
Gies, a St. Bonaventure University theology professor, polled 13,462 votes, or 68.5%, to 5,188, or 26.4% for Stocker.
Gies, who is also running on the Working Families Party line in November, will now focus on U.S. Rep. Nick Langworthy of Niagara County, the former New York state GOP chairman who is running for re-election to a third term on the Republican and Conservative lines.
The 23rd District is made up of all of Allegany, Cattaraugus, Chautauqua, Chemung and Tioga counties and parts of Erie, Niagara, Schuyler and Steuben counties.
Gies won all nine counties in the 23rd Congressional District. His highest margin came in Allegany County, where he won 86.6 percent of the vote.
Stocker came closest to Gies’ vote count in Erie and Niagara counties, where he received 38.3% and 40.9% of the vote respectively.
Gies won Cattaraugus County 1,209 to 284 or 77.9 to 1…