Ralph Mohr
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Ralph M. Mohr | |
|---|---|
| Republican Commissioner of Elections for Erie County, New York | |
| Assumed office January 1, 1993 | |
| Preceded by | Philip D. Smolinski |
| Member of the Erie County Legislature from the 17th district | |
| In office 1983–1992 | |
| Preceded by | Bill Paxon |
| Succeeded by | Dale W. Larson |
| Personal details | |
| Party | Republican |
| Alma mater | University at Buffalo School of Law (JD) |
| Occupation | Attorney, election official |
Ralph M. Mohr is an American attorney, election official, and former politician from Lancaster, New York. A Republican, he served as a member of the Erie County Legislature from the 17th district from 1983 to 1992, and has served as Erie County's Republican commissioner of elections since 1993.[1][2] He has also been active in national Republican politics, including service as an alternate delegate candidate on Rudy Giuliani's 2008 delegate slate in New York and as a delegate pledged to Donald Trump at the 2016 Republican National Convention.[3][4]
Mohr is an attorney based in Lancaster, New York. According to Martindale-Hubbell, he earned a J.D. from the State University of New York Law School at Buffalo and was admitted to the New York bar in 1980.[5]
Political career
Mohr represented the 17th district in the Erie County Legislature from 1983 to 1992.[1] In November 1992, The Buffalo News reported that he would resign effective January 1, 1993 to accept an elections post.[2]
Mohr was formally reappointed as Erie County's Republican commissioner of elections for four-year terms beginning in 1997, 2001, 2009, 2013, 2017, 2021, and 2025.[6][7][8][9][10][11]
National Republican politics
In 2008, Mohr appeared on Giuliani's New York delegate slate as an alternate delegate from the 26th congressional district.[3] In 2016, he was listed as a delegate from the 27th congressional district pledged to Trump at the Republican National Convention.[4]