The Republican committees of 11 counties made their choice Wednesday. Assemblywoman Dede Scozzafava of Gouverneur, who represents three northern towns of Oswego County, will be their pick to try to keep the 23rd Congressional District seat held by John McHugh.
Meantime, national Republicans rolled out the first wave of negative attacks on the man they think will be the Democratic party’s candidate.
Well-connected North Country political blogs report today that Republican Assemblywoman Dede Scozzafava of Gouverneur has a solid head start in her effort to be picked by her party to run for Congress today.
State Senator Darrel Aubertine’s got a few more days to say whether he plans to run for Congress or not.
Chairs of the county Democratic committees in the 11 counties that make up the 23rd Congressional District said Monday that they’ve extended to this Thursday their deadline for candidates to announce their intentions.
State Senator Darrel Aubertine is suing the State Assembly to try to
force the Assembly to take up bills the Senate Democrats say they
passed, but which may not be legal.
With Election Day now behind us, I’d like to take this opportunity to commend everyone who voted. We had a tremendous turnout and I also want to thank everyone who took part in the process.
State Sen. Darrel J. Aubertine today expressed his disappointment that lawmakers returned to Albany, but took no action to modify this year’s budget to close budget gaps.
Tuesday’s election results have sealed it. Democrats have control of every major branch of state government, including the New York State Senate. In one of the most heated Senate races, incumbent Democrat Darrel Aubertine beat out Republican challenger Dave Renzi for the 48th District.
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