GOP 2016 Trump

Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump speaks during a campaign rally, Wednesday, April 6, 2016, in Bethpage, N.Y. on Long Island. It was Trump's first big rally in New York ahead of the state's April 19 presidential primary. (AP Photo/Julie Jacobson)

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WASHINGTON, D.C. -- Donald Trump has designated Onondaga County Clerk Lisa Dell as one of more than a dozen co-chairs of his New York presidential primary campaign, the Trump campaign said Wednesday night.

Dell, of Baldwinsville, had previously declined to disclose which Republican candidate she would support in the April 19 primary.

The first-term clerk did not respond to repeated requests last month from syracuse.com about her endorsement in the GOP primary. Dell was elected to her first term in November.

Trump released a list of his New York leadership team on Wednesday night, with Onondaga County Republican Committee Chairman Tom Dadey joining Dell as one of 14 campaign co-chairs.

The leadership team is topped by three honorary co-chairs: U.S. Rep. Chris Collins, R-Clarence, the first member of Congress to endorse Trump; Buffalo businessman Carl Paladino; and Dutchess County Sheriff Adrian "Butch" Anderson.

Only one other New York member of Congress has endorsed Trump -- U.S. Rep. Tom Reed, R-Corning -- while the other members of the state delegation remained neutral.

Trump's campaign also said Wednesday night that it has the backing of more than 30 Republican county chairs across New York, including GOP chairs Susan Tanner of Cayuga County, Fred Beardsley of Oswego County and John Folmer of Cortland County.

Many of the county chairs who endorsed Trump joined him at a rally Wednesday night in Bethpage, Long Island, according to the Trump campaign.

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