Republicans Ponder Scozzafava, Attack Still-Balking Aubertine

ALBANY—Republicans are lashing out at State Senator Darrel Aubertine, the most likely Democratic candidate to succeed John McHugh in Congress, releasing this TV ad tomorrow and a robocall painting him as a tax-and-spend liberal.
“Call Darrel Aubertine. Tell him he voted for too much spending,” says the ad, which the National Republican Congressional Committee Read More

A Young Republican Goes for the McHugh Seat, Seriously

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