ALBANY—Representative Eric Massa has still not endorsed Kirsten Gillibrand’s re-election, and insists she hasn’t brought it up.
“No, not at all,” he said during a conference call with reporters. “I speak to her almost weekly about matters of legislative business that we collaborate on for the benefit of the people in the district and Read More
ALBANY—Here’s a glimpse into Representative Scott Murphy’s campaign strategy moving forward: show you can raise lots of money, fast, and hope that, despite the party enrollment disadvantage, potential Republican opponents will be scared off.
Murphy raised $363,151 during this quarter, and according to his chief of staff Todd Schulte, has raised $567,000 since April Read More
Back on June 24, Democratic consultant Joe Trippi blogged on the Huffington Post about how polls showed Representative Carolyn Maloney would make a much better, and more viable, candidate for U.S. Senator than Senator Kirsten Gillibrand, and said that he hoped she “does decide to enter the race.”
Trippi later added the following update to his Read More
ALBANY—Joshua Lynch is 26, but there is nothing cutesy about his bid for John McHugh’s House seat.
“My reception has been pretty good,” said Lynch, the youngest of nine people currently seeking the Republican nomination to succeed McHugh, who has been recruited to serve in the Obama administration. “I think it’s a center-right district, Read More
ALBANY—Representative John McHugh’s nomination as Army secretary was sent to the U.S. Senate Monday, and the field of potential candidates to replace him in Congress is starting to shake out.
His nomination must still clear the Senate Armed Services Committee, which has to review materials and schedule a confirmation hearing. It is expected a Read More
ALBANY—With an official announcement imminent from Representative Carolyn Maloney about her intention to run a primary against Kirsten Gillibrand, I asked State Senator Liz Krueger if she would seek Maloney’s House seat.
“I’ve never been in Congress so I don’t know if it’s less frustrating,{” she told me yesterday. “But I suspect pretty much Read More
Carolyn Maloney will turn 62 next year, so if serving in the U.S. Senate is the be-all, end-all goal of her career, then she should go ahead and challenge Kirsten Gillibrand in the Democratic primary. She’s not likely to get another chance and there’d be nothing worse than living out her life wondering what would Read More
It’s not a stretch for Americans to look at the scenes of mass protest in Iran and think back to 1989, when popular uprisings toppled one Soviet-backed regime after another in Eastern Europe. That mental association is one that Barack Obama’s critics have seized upon, arguing that the same presidential bully pulpit that hastened the Read More
ALBANY—Republicans are determined not to let the special election in the 23rd Congressional District be a repeat of their against-the-odds loss earlier this year in the 20th District, starting with the selection process.
While the Capitol melted, the Republican State Committee detailed a system of four candidate forums in various parts of the district, Read More
Did Carolyn Maloney jump the gun in rolling Josh Isay out as a campaign consultant?
Last week, when I called Maloney’s office with a question about her possibly-maybe Senate campaign, I was referred to Isay, the influential consultant to Michael Bloomberg who, according to a report in City Hall News, Maloney had signed up Read More
