Overview
- Shvets defeated independent G. P. Zurenda, taking about 64.1% to 35.4% of the vote, according to The Ithacan’s count.
- She ran as a Democrat with endorsements from Ithaca DSA, Cornell YDSA and the Ithaca Tenants Union.
- Her platform called for a $25 city minimum wage, just-cause employment protections and stronger tenant safeguards.
- The Fifth Ward covers much of Cornell University’s North Campus and surrounding residential areas.
- People’s World describes her as a Communist Party USA member and highlights protest activity, assertions reported by partisan outlets and not broadly corroborated elsewhere.