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Stefan Mychajliw is the comptroller of Erie County, N.Y., which includes Buffalo. He was elected to the post as a Republican in 2012 and won reelection in 2013 and 2017. Previously, he was investigative journalist at WKBW-TV and WGRZ-TV in Buffalo.
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