Who is running for Erie County Legislature, District 8 in 2026?

Erie County Legislator, District 8

Frank J. Todaro represents District 8 (Alden, Lancaster and part of Cheektowaga) and has served since January 1, 2020, when he succeeded John Bruso²⁴. He took over Queen City Collision from his father in 1997 and founded Collision Masters in 2011, which he ran until selling it in September 2024³. He faces Democrat Sara L. Marmion in 2026 and appears on the Republican and Conservative lines¹.

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  Official action · low confidence

  • On January 16, 2025 the Legislature's Minority Caucus, of which he is a member, submitted Intro. 2-1, a resolution encouraging New York State to increase cooperation with federal law enforcement for the purposes of border security; it was referred to the Government Affairs Committee, was never reported out, and died in committee at the end of 2025 (no further action on it appears in the 2025 minutes, meetings 1 through 24, and it was not carried into 2026). (2025-01-16) source

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Private citizen; nurse

Sara L. Marmion is a nurse who has worked in dialysis since 2016 after graduating from a nursing program in October 2015; she later completed a degree at Hilbert College focused on law and criminal justice and enrolled in a Master of Legal Studies program at the University of Miami³. She lives in Lancaster and became vice chair of her local Democratic committee in 2023³. She is the Democratic and Working Families candidate for District 8 against Republican incumbent Frank J. Todaro¹².

No public position found on: Immigration, Policing and crime, Election rules, Judges, Redistricting, Death penalty.