We are shocked and saddened to share the news that David Wagenhauser passed away on January 11, 2025 after a brief illness. We think this letter says it all better than we could. Thank you to Nola Heidlebaugh of Oswego for writing it.

There is one important race that effects everyone in Seneca County: the race to sit on the NY State Supreme Court (7th District). We have two excellent Democratic candidates and you can vote for both of them! So please vote on November 4, even if there are no local Races in your town.
David Siguenza for NY State Supreme Court

David has been an attorney here in the 7th Judicial District, which covers Cayuga, Livingston, Monroe, Ontario, Seneca, Steuben, Wayne and Yates Counties, for the last 15 years. He has a strong record of public service, fairness, and serving with integrity. He is a former Monroe County Assistant District Attorney, City of Rochester Law Department Attorney, N.Y.S. Family Court Support Magistrate, and private practice attorney.
He currently serves as the Monroe County Conflict Defender Office's First Assistant where he helps manage the office as well as provide day to day legal representation to clients that have the most financial need.
As a candidate for Judge, David brings a clear understanding of the law, a deep respect for impartial justice, and a lifelong commitment to serving others. He believes every person deserves to be treated with dignity and that the courtroom must remain a place of fairness, balance, and trust.
David is ready to serve with honesty, clarity, and the judicial temperament our communities deserve
Darius Lind for NY State Supreme Court

As an experienced attorney and Court Attorney Referee with 15+ years of litigating and helping families in crisis, Darius is ready to bring fairness, compassion, and justice to the bench as your next Supreme Court Justice.
“I believe every litigant deserves compassion, fairness, and the opportunity to be heard. As Supreme Court Justice, I will prioritize efficiency, consistency and the rule of law for all matters that come before me.”
— Darius Lind
We are shocked and saddened to share the news that David Wagenhauser passed away on January 11, 2025 after a brief illness. We think this letter says it all better than we could. Thank you to Nola Heidlebaugh of Oswego for writing it.

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Early Voting Starts on October 26th
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EARLY VOTING INFORMATION for SENECA COUNTY
Voters can vote in-person before Election Day at the following voting location:
Early voting poll site (1):
SENECA COUNTY HEALTH AND SENIOR SERVICES BUILDING (HSS)
2465 Bonadent Drive Suite 5, Waterloo, NY 13165
General Election Day: Tuesday, November 4th, 2025
Early Voting Period: Saturday October 25th, 2025 through Sunday November 2nd, 2025
Who Can Vote Early: ALL Registered Voters in Seneca County
Seneca County EARLY VOTING POLL SITE will be open on the following dates & times:
Saturday October 25th, 2025 9:00 a.m. – 5:00 p.m.
Sunday October 26th, 2025 9:00 a.m. – 5:00 p.m.
Monday October 27th, 2025 12:00 p.m. – 8:00 p.m.
Tuesday October 28th, 2025 12:00 p.m. – 8:00 p.m.
Wednesday October 29th, 2025 8:00 a.m. – 4:00 p.m.
Thursday October 30th, 2025 8:00 a.m. – 4:00 p.m.
Friday October 31st, 2025 8:00 a.m. – 4:00 p.m.
Saturday November 1st, 2025 9:00 a.m. – 5:00 p.m.
Sunday November 2nd, 2025 9:00 a.m. – 5:00 p.m.
There is one important race that effects everyone in Seneca County: the race to sit on the NY State Supreme Court (7th District). We have two excellent Democratic candidates and you can vote for both of them! So please vote on November 4, even if there are no local Races in your town.
There is one important race that effects everyone in Seneca County: the race to sit on the NY State Supreme Court (7th District). We have two excellent Democratic candidates and you can vote for both of them! So please vote on November 4, even if there are no local Races in your town.
David Siguenza for NY State Supreme Court

David has been an attorney here in the 7th Judicial District, which covers Cayuga, Livingston, Monroe, Ontario, Seneca, Steuben, Wayne and Yates Counties, for the last 15 years. He has a strong record of public service, fairness, and serving with integrity. He is a former Monroe County Assistant District Attorney, City of Rochester Law Department Attorney, N.Y.S. Family Court Support Magistrate, and private practice attorney.
He currently serves as the Monroe County Conflict Defender Office's First Assistant where he helps manage the office as well as provide day to day legal representation to clients that have the most financial need.
As a candidate for Judge, David brings a clear understanding of the law, a deep respect for impartial justice, and a lifelong commitment to serving others. He believes every person deserves to be treated with dignity and that the courtroom must remain a place of fairness, balance, and trust.
David is ready to serve with honesty, clarity, and the judicial temperament our communities deserve
Darius Lind for NY State Supreme Court

As an experienced attorney and Court Attorney Referee with 15+ years of litigating and helping families in crisis, Darius is ready to bring fairness, compassion, and justice to the bench as your next Supreme Court Justice.
“I believe every litigant deserves compassion, fairness, and the opportunity to be heard. As Supreme Court Justice, I will prioritize efficiency, consistency and the rule of law for all matters that come before me.”
— Darius Lind
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July 1, 2024
Today the United States Supreme Court overthrew the central premise of American democracy: that no one is above the law.
It decided that the president of the United States, possibly the most powerful person on earth, has “absolute immunity” from criminal prosecution for crimes committed as part of the official acts at the core of presidential powers. The court also said it should be presumed that the president also has immunity for other official acts as well, unless that prosecution would not intrude on the authority of the executive branch.
This is a profound change to our fundamental law—an amendment to the Constitution, as historian David Blight noted. Writing for the majority, Chief Justice John Roberts said that a president needs such immunity to make sure the president is willing to take “bold and unhesitating action” and make unpopular decisions, although no previous president has ever asserted that he is above the law or that he needed such immunity to fulfill his role. Roberts’s decision didn’t focus at all on the interest of the American people in guaranteeing that presidents carry out their duties within the guardrails of the law.
But this extraordinary power grab does not mean President Joe Biden can do as he wishes. As legal commentator Asha Rangappa pointed out, the court gave itself the power to determine which actions can be prosecuted and which cannot by making itself the final arbiter of what is “official” and what is not. Thus any action a president takes is subject to review by the Supreme Court, and it is reasonable to assume that this particular court would not give a Democrat the same leeway it would give Trump.
There is no historical or legal precedent for this decision. The Declaration of Independence was a litany of complaints against King George III designed to explain why the colonists were declaring themselves free of kings; the Constitution did not provide immunity for the president, although it did for members of Congress in certain conditions, and it provided for the removal of the president for “high crimes and misdemeanors”—what would those be if a president is immune from prosecution for his official acts? The framers worried about politicians’ overreach and carefully provided for oversight of leaders; the Supreme Court today smashed through that key guardrail.
Presidential immunity is a brand new doctrine. In February 2021, explaining away his vote to acquit Trump for inciting an insurrection, Senate minority leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY), who had also protected Trump in his first impeachment trial in 2019, said: “Trump is still liable for everything he did while he was in office…. We have a criminal justice system in this country. We have civil litigation, and former presidents are not immune from being held accountable by either one.”
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