She's a Gun-Owning Democrat. Her Opponent Calls Her an Extreme Liberal.
*At a campaign event in Elmira, Ms. Mitrano, who is also a former professor, explained why she jumped into politics. It was Election Day 2016, Ms. Mitrano told the crowd, and she let her class out early that evening.
“I went home and I poured myself a little glass of wine and thought I’d watch the results,” she said. “Then, as it was getting a little less propitious, I poured another glass of wine and around 11 o’clock, I picked up the whole damn bottle and drank it straight.”
Ms. Mitrano, who lives in Penn Yan, a village on Keuka Lake, said she also worried about Russian interference in the election.
“Because I was working in cybersecurity, I wondered, ‘What is this country going to do?’” she said. “The No. 1 thing a government does for you is keep you safe.”
Indeed, Ms. Mitrano said that, if elected, she would parlay her expertise not only into strengthening digital security, but into bringing broadband internet to the 23rd District.
Many communities lack internet access because companies have no incentive to bring cables to remote areas, she said. Moreover, cell service is spotty, so access via smartphones can be impossible.'>>>
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