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In Judiciary Chairmanship And Past Races, Search For Clues On Sampson

Democrats look to draw strength from new leader’s attentive style, change of approach

By Andrew J. Hawkins

On the night the Senate Democrats took the majority, Malcolm Smith handed out a number of nicknames. For John Sampson, he had a simple one: “my conscience.”Now Smith’s Jiminy Cricket is the new conference leader, and a man colleagues expect to bring a tempered, attentive and accommodating leadership style that will diverge significantly from Smith’s. “He has what it takes to unite folks,” said State Sen. Bill ...
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GOP Chair Jockeying Coalesces Around Faso And Wojtaszek

Field narrows to two even as Mondello insists on plan to run again

By Sal Gentile

Joseph Mondello may say he is running for another term this fall, but that has not deterred the two leading candidates to replace the embattled state GOP chair from quietly campaigning for his job.The field of potential Mondello successors once included at least a dozen names, but has by many accounts now narrowed to two: Niagara Chair Henry Wojtaszek and former GOP gubernatorial candidate John Faso. In part, this has to do with other top ...
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