ALBANY—Erie County Republican Chairman Jim Domagalski said that Rudy Giuliani's expected endorsement of Rick Lazio is "one politician endorsing another."
Domagalski is a booster of Chris Collins, the Erie County executive who has been moving toward a run for governor, but has not declared his candidacy. I asked Domagalski if the endorsement Read More
ALBANY—Rick Lazio today announced the support of the Niagara County Republican chairman Mike Norris, a move which is a blow at Chris Collins, county executive in neighboring Erie County, who has made noise about entering a primary against Lazio for the Republican line for governor.
Lazio and Norris appeared together at an event Read More
ALBANY—Is this a shift toward Senator Giuliani?
Ed Cox, the Republican State Committee chairman, has suggested as much. He won the chairmanship over Henry Wojtaszek, who was backed by Giuliani and his surrogates Jake Menges and Tony Carbonetti. (Menges told Liz Benjamin that a Times report that Giuliani will not Read More
COLONIE—Is this Ed Cox's guy?
Erie County Executive Chris Collins just addressed a meeting of the Republican State Committee as it prepares to elect Ed Cox chairman. Collins backed Ed Cox over Henry Wojtaszek, the chairman of the Niagara County Republican Committee, and Collins has been making the rounds in preparation Read More
ALBANY—Senate Minority Leader Dean Skelos said it's "wrong" that Mayor Rudy Giuliani isn't returning Ed Cox's phone calls.
"I think that's wrong," Skelos, a strong backer of Cox for the Republican state chairman (which he should assume today) told Fred Dicker on WGDJ. "The decision has been made by the county chairs Read More
ALBANY—Henry Wojtaszek just formally announced he is suspending his efforts to head the New York Republican Party. That post will now go to Ed Cox.
Wojtaszek blamed the fact that he waited for current chair Joe Mondello to formally step aside and Cox didn't. The full statement is below, echoing Maggie Haberman's Read More
ALBANY—Senate Minority Leader Dean Skelos said the decision about who leads the statewide Republican Party has "pretty much been made."
"Two great candidates, but to Ed Cox's credit, he went out and went upstate immediately and won the support of dozens of county chairs, big county chairs, and he is going to be the Read More
ALBANY—Former Senate majority leader Joe Bruno warned not to count out Henry Wojtaszek in the contest to lead the state Republican Party. Bruno is backing Wojtaszek, the Niagara County chairman over Ed Cox, a Manhattan attorney.
Cox this morning announced that Warren County Chairman Mike Grasso has switched his support to Read More
ALBANY—Saratoga County, one of the last bastions where the Republican chairman has been supportive of Henry Wojtaszek to lead the state Republican Party, is moving toward supporting Ed Cox for the position, according to a well-placed Republican source.
"It's time to end this and unite the party," the source said. An announcement Read More
ALBANY—Senate Minority Leader Dean Skelos is now making personal calls to supporters of Henry Wojtaszek, urging them to bring the race for the Republican Party's state chairmanship to a conclusion, according to Republican sources.
The calls went to Wojtaszek's dwindling group of supporters. Skelos' action came after Onondaga and Herkimer Counties endorsed Wojtaszek's rival Ed Read More
ALBANY—Henry Wojtaszek's ongoing campaign to become Republican state chairman has taken a turn toward the negative, with his affiliated operatives telling county chairs that his opponent, Ed Cox, was affiliated with Andrew Cuomo in 2006.
"I did get a call from a friend of mine who said he had heard that Ed Read More
ALBANY—Erie County Republican Chairman Jim Domagalski has sent letters to Republican chairs and officials around the state reminding them that County Executive Chris Collins is a potential candidate for statewide office.
According to people who received the letters, it includes a summary of Collins' biography and accomplishments and explicitly mentions a statewide run.
"It Read More
ALBANY—Craig Eaton, the Brooklyn Republican chairman, says he sees no problem backing Ed Cox as chairman of the state party while working to "Draft Rudy" Giuliani as the Republican gubernatorial candidate.
"I just think that at this time, in the current state of the Republican Party in the state of New York, Ed Read More
ALBANY—Appearing here in the press room to announce the support of Albany and Herkimer counties, Ed Cox took something of a back-handed swipe at Henry Wojtaszek, his rival to replace Joe Mondello as chairman of the Republican State Committee, by invoking the failed coup attempt earlier this year.
"Many people were involved Read More
With photographs of Michael Bloomberg, John McCain and Al Gore staring down from the bookshelf in his midtown office, Ed Cox sat and explained why he thinks that he, and not Rudy Giuliani, has the support of the Republican Party base in New York.
“His problem is he’s saying, ‘I want so-and-so as a Read More
