ALBANY—The Buffalo News' Bob McCarthy reports this morning that former boxer "Baby" Joe Mesi, who unsuccessfully ran for the State Senate against Mike Ranzenhofer, is now on the state payroll.
Austin Shafran, a spokesman for State Senate Majority Leader Malcolm Smith, told McCarthy that Mesi will work as the director of the new Buffalo Read More
ALBANY—The Buffalo News’ Bob McCarthy reports this morning that former boxer “Baby” Joe Mesi, who unsuccessfully ran for the State Senate against Mike Ranzenhofer, is now on the state payroll.
Austin Shafran, a spokesman for State Senate Majority Leader Malcolm Smith, told McCarthy that Mesi will work as the director of the new Buffalo Read More
BUFFALO—Western New York may be testing the strength of Barack Obama's considerable coattails.
Democrat Alice Kryzan lost the 26th congressional district to Republican Chris Lee. According to the Buffalo News, with 70 percent of precincts reporting the tally is 55-40 (and five points going to Jon Powers on the Working Families Party line, an Read More
At Kenmore East High School in Tonawanda, near Buffalo, Tom Mesi, brother of State Senate candidate and former boxer Joe Mesi, greeted a steady stream of citizens this afternoon. He said he's been here since 6 a.m.
He's also in shorts.
According to this Mesi, turnout has been good. "Before nine o'clock there Read More
TONAWANDA—Democratic State Senate candidate Joe Mesi is under attack in a last-minute radio ad, paid for by an outside conservative group, for his stance on same-sex marriage.
The ad, which is about 30 seconds long, is airing on AM 930 WBEN, and is sponsored by Focus on the Family. It praises Mesi’s Read More
The score stands at 31-29.
That's the tally oin the State Senate, with Republicans holding a one-seat lead, a razor-thin hold on the chamber that the party has controlled for almost all of the last 70 years.
In past election cycles, the overall contest has come down to a few competitive districts. This year, Read More
ALBANY—David Paterson took to the road this weekend, appearing at a double-barreled rally for Joe Mesi—who's vying to fill the State Senate seat being vacated by Republican Mary Lou Rath—and State Senator Bill Stachowski, who, according to Siena, is back to leading challenger Dennis Delano.
The appearances stand in contrast to a Read More
A new poll from Siena College [PDF] of six key State Senate races show Democrats on the verge of ousting an incumbent on Long Island, and successfully defending a seat in Erie County, but losing in Buffalo–and possibly even in Queens.
If the results of the Siena poll hold on Election Day, Democrats Read More
