After years of advocacy, running for public office was a natural progression for Thearse McCalmon.
McCalmon, an instructor at Capital Region BOCES, has been vocal on a wide range of issues including police reform, the Black Lives Matter movement and improving the lives of small farmers.
She first entered the political fray in 2019 in a competitive Democratic primary race against Schenectady Mayor Gary McCarthy. McCalmon “I felt that being mayor would keep me closer to the community and closer to ground zero, where I could be more accessible to the community,” McCalmon told the Post-Star in an interview last week.McCalmon […]
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