Indian American Attorney Sid Bahl Loses Webster Town Board Seat in Upstate New York

Indian American attorney Sid Bahl lost his bid for a seat in the Webster Town Board in Upstate New York. Data from ABC affiliate WHAM 13 shows Bahl, a Democrat, got 17.61 percent votes, while his slate-mate, Ashley A Teague, received 18.90 percent. They lost to Republicans, Ginny Nguyen (31.32 percent) and Patricia Cataldi (32.15 percent).

“It didn’t go our way yesterday,” Bhal wrote in a Facebook post on Nov. 3. “I’m obviously disappointed, but I am also incredibly proud of the campaigns my slate-mates and I ran. Running for any public office is not easy. It’s a huge commitment of time and energy.”

According to his website, Bahl, a first-generation American, “understands the importance of diversity and knows how powerful different perspectives can be and believes the town’s board should be representative of its residents.”

Bahl has served as a volunteer for Make-A-Wish Foundation since 2012. He also has a robust pro-bono legal practice through the Volunteer Legal Services Project of Monroe County, where he has the privilege of representing indigent litigants in a variety of matters. He is very active with the Monroe County Bar Association and New York State Bar Association, where he’s served on various boards and committees.

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Originally from Boston, Massachusetts, Bahl and his wife, Tori, moved to Webster in 2016 and purchased their first home in 2019. The couple has two daughters – Rowan (2) and Callan (newborn).

He has a BSBA from Suffolk University (2010), an MBA from the University of Massachusetts – Amherst (2013), an MS in public relations from Syracuse University (2016), and a JD from Syracuse University College of Law (2016).