Saratoga Strong loses two candidates

By Wendy LiberatoreUpdated May 4, 2021 5:32 p.m.

Commissioner of Public Safety Robin Dalton seeks to be the city's mayor on the third-party line, Saratoga Strong. Adam Israel, running for commissioner of finance on that line with her, stands to her right.
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SARATOGA SPRINGS - Saratoga Strong has lost two of its four candidates.

Democrat Tara Gaston for supervisor and unaffiliated party member Colin Klepetar for commissioner of accounts are not going to run on the line that Commissioner of Public Safety Robin Dalton established for her run for mayor.

Gaston said that her name landing on the Saratoga Strong ballot petition was a misunderstanding, while Klepetar said he wants to step back and make way for another candidate who he said is running on yet another independent line. He claims that candidate, who has yet to step forward, would be more suitable for the job.

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This leaves only one more candidate standing with Dalton -- commissioner of finance hopeful Adam Israel.

On Tuesday, Dalton said Gaston and Klepetar's departure was old news and that she only collected signatures for herself and Israel.

"We are committed more than ever to having a truly independent choice for voters in the upcoming election," Dalton said.

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May 4, 2021|Updated May 4, 2021 5:32 p.m.

By Wendy Liberatore

Wendy Liberatore covers communities in Saratoga County. Prior to joining the Times Union, she wrote features on the arts and dance for the Daily Gazette, Saratoga Living and the Saratogian. She also worked for magazines in Westchester County and was an education reporter with the Bronxville Review-Press and Reporter. She can be reached at wliberatore@timesunion.com, or 518-491-0454 or 518-454-5445.

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