GOP picks Bill Nojay's replacement for Nov. 8 election [View all]

Former state Assemblyman Joseph Errigo will replace Bill Nojay on the Republican line in November for a Rochester-area seat.

Errigo was selected by Republican leaders in the 133rd Assembly District, which covers parts of Monroe, Steuben and Livingston counties. The unusual selection process came after Nojay killed himself last Friday, just four days before the primary.

Nojay's challenger, Honeoye Falls Mayor Richard Milne, did not want the Nov. 8 slot, the Democrat & Chronicle reported.

Nojay was facing a fraud trial in Cambodia and reportedly under FBI scrutiny when he went to his family's cemetery plot in Rochester and shot himself in front of an arriving police officer last Friday, the Associated Press reported.

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