Election 2017

Benjamin Boykin II Party: Democratic, Working Families, Independence Benjamin Boykin is a member of the Westchester County Board of Legislators (BOL) serving District 5, which includes most of the City of White Plains, Scarsdale and West Harrison. Boykin served on

Milagros Lecuona Party: Republican, Conservative Milagros Lecuona has served on the White Plains Common Council for nearly 10 years. At the 2017 election cycle, she entered a bid for candidacy for the office of Mayor of White Plains as a

Thomas M. Roach Jr. Party: Democratic, Working Families, Independence Tom Roach has been Mayor of White Plains for seven years. He was elected to the Common Council in 2001. He became acting mayor in February 2011, won a special election

Following the example of politics on the national level where candidates take to the “bully pulpit” to condemn their opponents while trying to curry favor with special interest groups, the race for Mayor of White Plains has not been immune

Justin C. Brasch Party: Democratic, Independence Justin Brasch is an attorney specializing in landlord-tenant law. He is an appointed member of the White Plains Planning Board; former member of White Plains School Board Budget Advisory Committee; Westchester County Legislature’s Citizens

There are seven candidates, across several political parties, vying for three seats on the White Plains Common Council. Two, John B. Kirkpatrick and John M. Martin, are incumbents, both Democrats and the Democratic Party primary winners with the highest number