Thirty-year incumbent State Senator Marty Connor’s opponent, the Schumer-back first-time candidate Dan Squadron, was just endorsed by Michael Bloomberg.
Connor told me he’s not interested in the mayor’s support.
Reached on his cell phone just now, the senator said, “I’m proud that I have Democrats supporting me. The last time I looked, Mike Read More
Michael Bloomberg just endorsed Democratic challenger Dan Squadron over incumbent Marty Connor for the State Senate.
Here’s the statement, from Squadron’s campaign. Mayor Michel R. Bloomberg today endorsed Daniel Squadron in the Democratic Primary for the 25th Senate District in Manhattan and Brooklyn, citing Daniel’s record in public service and his plans to bring overdue Read More
Marty Connor no longer has Chad Marlow as a spokesman.
Marlow’s company “terminated its consulting relationship with the Connor For Senate 08 campaign,” he said in an email to reporters just now.
But he added, “The Public Advocacy Group wishes to express it continuing belief that State Senator Martin Connor remains the only qualified candidate Read More
At a press conference on the City Hall steps just now, incumbent State Senator Marty Connor was endorsed by the five members of Congress whose districts overlap with his: Ed Towns, Nydia Velazquez, Carolyn Maloney and Jerry Nadler. (Yvette Clarke is endorsing him too, but did not attend).
Afterward, I asked the group what Read More
Marty Connor was endorsed by a number of his Democratic colleagues in the State Senate at a press conference on the City Hall steps just now.
While Connor racked up a good number of endorsements, his opponent, Dan Squadron, has the support of one very notable elected official: Chuck Schumer.
I asked two of Read More
Pictured above is part of a mailing that Democratic
The spokesman for Marty Connor’s re-election campaign, Chad Marlow, supports term limits, even though his boss, a state senator, has been in office since 1978.
In 2005, when the City Council was reportedly looking to alter the city’s term-limit laws, Marlow authored a blog post on the Drum Major Institute’s web site called "Confessions Read More
On the surface, the story is a familiar one.
A young insurgent, Dan Squadron, decides to challenge an entrenched incumbent, Marty Connor, in a State Senate race, in a year when public antipathy towards the ossified ways of Albany is greater than it has been in recent memory. The line between underdog liberal reformer and Read More
Democratic State Senate candidate Dan Squadron decisively out-raised incumbent Marty Connor, who he’s challenging.
According to the latest campaign finance filing (January 2008 to July 2008), Squadron raised $226,166.27, spent $122,031.26, and was left with $293,192.01 on hand.
Connor raised $120,555, spent $40,093.08 and has $82,962.92 on hand.
That’s a significant disparity, but Read More
Lewis Cohen, DFNYC finance director, is striking back against critics who were baffled by the organization’s decision not to endorse in the race between State Senator Marty Connor and his challenger, former Chuck Schumer aide Dan Squadron.
Cohen said both candidates posed problems for the group’s progressive membership.
Some members of DFNYC didn’t think Read More
