Who is running for Niagara County Legislature, District 13 in 2026?

Educator

Jocelyn E. Welton is the Democratic candidate for the 13th District in Lockport and appears on the Democratic line only¹. Described as a local educator with an academic background and a former PTA treasurer, she was the Working Families Party's endorsed candidate but lost that line to incumbent Rick Abbott in the June 23, 2026 primary²³⁴. She has said her priorities include living-wage jobs, expanded health care access and addressing federal cuts to Medicaid and Medicare²³.

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Niagara County Legislator, District 13

Richard E. 'Rick' Abbott has represented the 13th District (eastern Lockport city and town) since January 2022; a retired sanitarian and Lockport 5th Ward alderman from 2016 to 2021, he ran as a Democrat before joining the Republican Party and says he spent 25 years as an elected union official with the Public Employees Federation¹¹³². He serves on the Administration, Community Services, Community Safety and Security and Infrastructure and Facilities committees³. He appears on the Republican, Conservative and Working Families lines after defeating Democrat Jocelyn Welton in a June 2026 Working Families primary that the party's leadership had contested⁴²⁵.

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