ALBANY—The latest county to endorse Rick Lazio's gubernatorial bid--in advance of a formal endorsement by Rudy Giuliani this afternoon--is Dutchess County.
"The Hudson Valley needs new ideas and new leadership representing it in Albany," said Mike McCormack, the Dutchess Republican leader, in a statement sent by the Lazio camp. "The current government has failed. 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—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—The chairs of 23 24 county Republican organizations have signed a letter supporting Ed Cox for state chairman, following a weekend "listening tour" in central New York and several weeks of conversations.
"Our friend and colleague Joe Mondello has served our party for many years in various capacities. He deserves our respect and gratitude Read More
ALBANY—Assemblyman Jim Tedisco said there is no one to blame but himself for losing a Congressional bid that, by general consensus, was very winnable for a Republican candidate against the all-but-unknown Democrat Scott Murphy.
"I think, any time you lose an election it's basically the candidate's fault," Tedisco told me in Read More
ALBANY—Saratoga County Republican chairman Jasper Nolan was planning to be in New York City last night for the annual Republican dinner, but it the end, he didn't make it. He was busy coordinating the Assemblyman Jim Tedisco increasingly grim-looking fight to win a recount in his House race.
The most recent developments, which Read More
ALBANY—The Tedisco campaign is now also challenging ballots of students who come from outside the 20th Congressional District, many of whom attend Skidmore College in Saratoga Springs.
Yesterday, Republicans began objecting systematically to absentee ballots cast by voters who maintain second homes in some of the southern parts of the district, and Saratoga Read More
SARATOGA SPRINGS—After eight weeks, millions of dollars and countless hours of lost sleep, Jim Tedisco could not, on election night, give a speech declaring victory in his Congressional bid. Instead, he did what he knows how to do: He vowed to fight on.
In his 30-year career in elected office, this is the Read More
ALBANY—The polls don't close until 9 p.m., but turnout in the
"We think it's decent. It's a little early—it's a little unique because it's a March election—but we're getting good people out," said Jasper Nolan. "It's hard to tell, but if we get a good turnout in the Saratoga-Troy area, that's where we feel Read More
ALBANY—Representative Kirsten Gillibrand's name is persistently circulating--along with many others--as a possible replacement for Hillary Clinton in the Senate, but the idea may dissolve if Democrats think that would mean sacrificing a congressional seat.
Gillibrand's district, the 20th, is spread across 10 upstate counties from Columbia to Essex and was represented by Read More
Now that Democrats are about to run everything in Albany, who's watching out for upstate?
The Republican senators who kept locales from Malta to Buffalo in pork are about to be dealt a serious blow in influence after losing their majority status in the chamber. Elected officials, political leaders and ordinary citizens wasted no Read More
