Before Democrats get to take on State Sen. Caesar Trunzo (R-Suffolk) in what they believe is a district where they have one of their best chances to pick up a seat on their way to capturing the majority, they will need to settle the primary between Brookhaven Town Supervisor Brian Foley and two-time Senate candidate Jimmy Dahroug.While Dahroug has been the Democratic nominee ...
Read more »One day every August, the focus of state Republican politics moves to Binghamton, to a golf course in suburban Endicott, where party members feast on grilled meat at State Sen. Thomas Libous' (R-Broome/Tioga/Chenango) annual steak roast. They also have the chance to purchase Libous' own line of steak sauce and seasoning.Libous has been hosting the annual steak roast for 20 ...
Read more »Steve Pigeon has spent over a decade as one of the most dominant and controversial Democratic names in Western New York politics. This year, he may become more dominant and controversial than ever. As the chief political advisor to billionaire Tom Golisano and co-chair of his Responsible New York committee, Pigeon will help shape this year's battle for individual State Senate ...
Read more »According to several Assembly Republicans, the usually bombastic Assembly Member Greg Ball (R-Putnam) has toned down his anti-Albany and anti-immigrant rhetoric as he tries to cope with a competitive primary, the wrath of a local state senator, the dislike of most of his colleagues in the Legislature and rumors that he is already planning a 2010 race for Congress.Ball made his ...
Read more »Tom Golisano is using donations to Responsible New York to
shake up politics around the state. But he is making personal contributions,
too, and those could have far-reaching implications in his home area of Western
New York.
The maverick billionaire and former gubernatorial candidate has
donated $3,800 Paula Banks-Dahlke, a Republican challenging Assembly Member
Francine ...
Read more »Though Tom Golisano has insisted that no decisions have yet been
made about which candidates he will support with massive infusions of cash,
several races seem to have already very much caught his eye. And some are far
from his Western New York base.
A source close to the maverick billionaire and former
gubernatorial candidate confirmed that Golisano is closely looking at ...
Read more »Eliot Spitzer’s chief tormentor in the State Senate has a new tormentor himself.Elmira Mayor John Tonello (D) has announced his underdog candidacy against Sen. George Winner (R-Chemung), who rose to fame chairing last year’s Troopergate investigation into the then-governor.Tonello, in the middle of his second two-year term as mayor, said he decided to enter the ...
Read more » Three young Republican Assembly Members are taking a statewide road trip this summer.Marc Molinaro (R-Dutchess), Jack Quinn (R-Erie) and Rob Walker (R-Nassau) are not out to party and hit the ...
Read more »Tom Golisano has already made a personal
contribution of $3,800, the maximum allowed in a primary, to former Buffalo
Council Member Barbra Kavanaugh (D) in her challenge to Sam Hoyt. A source close to the billionaire hinted that this is a sign that Golisano will use his Responsible New York
committee to back Kavanaugh.
Hoyt, who has long harbored ambitions to be ...
Read more »Tom Golisano will be using
his fortune to influence this year’s battle over the State Senate.
The maverick billionaire and
three-time gubernatorial candidate will next week travel to Albany to announce a plan to form a 527 political action
committee to support candidates in State Senate races across New York.
A source familiar with
Golisano’s thinking said the ...
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