Maggie Brooks, a Republican, was elected as the Monroe County Executive in 2003.

Brooks leveraged her name recognition in Rochester as a television journalist for News 10 NBC, for her political career.

She served in the Monroe County Legislature before Governor George Pataki appointed her Monroe County Clerk, filling a vacancy left by Margaret DeFrancisco. She served as County Clerk until she defeated Bill Johnson in the 2003 Monroe County Executive race. In 2006, Gubernatorial candidate William Weld attempted to coax her into becoming his running mate, but she declined.

In February 2007, Brooks threatened to remove funding from the Rochester Central Library System because the library did not have a policy which prevented the use of the public internet computers to view pornography, despite that fact that many of the computers were in clear view of minors. This action followed from a report on Internet pornography that aired on local affiliate News 10 NBC, Brooks' former employer.

On February 22, 2008, Brooks announced that the county would appeal an Appellate Court decision recognizing same-sex marriages performed in other jurisdictions under New York State marriage law.

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