SCHENECTADY — The , with two incumbents, including the council president, defeated and the youngest member in the council’s history elected.

In Tuesday’s balloting, the power of the city Democratic endorsement carried more weight than incumbency, with the Democratic slate — Councilman John Mootooveren and first-time candidates Hayden Engert and Kim Wiggins — emerging victorious, with City Council President Marion Porterfield and Councilman Damonni Farley falling short after they launched third-party re-election bids on the Working Families Party line after they were not endorsed by the city Democratic committee and failed to qualify for the June Democratic primary.

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