argued that Magnarelli was too tied to Albany to understand how Onondaga County worked – something the voters should not tolerate. In the course of the race, Mahoney picked up some key endorsements. She was endorsed by Syracuse Tomorrow, the political action committee of the Greater Syracuse Chamber of Commerce; The Post-Standard, the local newspaper in Syracuse; and Republican presidential-hopeful Rudy Giuliani, who is popular in upstate New York. Mahoney won the election by a wide margin, earning 58% of the vote to Magnarelli's 36% . On November 19, 2007, Mahoney announced the names of her transition team that would ease the switch from Pirro's administration to hers. As she had promised on the campaign trail, it was a bipartisan team of Republicans and Democrats. The honorary co-chairs of her transition team were Republican County Executive Nick Pirro and former Syracuse Mayor Thomas Ganley Young, a Democrat. Mahoney was inaugurated as Executive of Onondaga County on January 1, 2008. She was reelected in 2012, and again in 2016. Presidency at SUNY-ESF In September 2018, Mahoney announced her resignation as county executive, midway through her third term, to take a position as chief operating officer with the State University of New York College of Environmental Science and Forestry (ESF). Mahoney was appointed as the fifth president of ESF on November 4, 2020. She is the college's first female president. Electoral history Totals for each candidate are for all lines Mahoney ran as a Republican and under the Fresh Start Party line William Magnarelli ran as a Democrat and under the Working Families Party line Dale Sweetland ran under the Conservative and Independence Parties of New York Ed Ryan ran under the It's Your County Party line Totals for each candidate are for all lines References 1965 births American chief operating officers Onondaga County Executives Lawyers from Rochester, New York Lawyers from Syracuse, New York Living people New York (state) lawyers New York (state) Republicans Politicians from Rochester, New York Politicians from Syracuse, New York Leaders of the State University of New York College of Environmental Science and Forestry Syracuse University alumni Syracuse University College of Law alumni Women in New York (state) politics 21st-century American women Women heads of universities and colleges