It’s rare to see a real Republican campaign on Manhattan’s East Side, let alone a G.O.P. primary. Not only does the party have bad odds in most parts of the city, here a Congressional challenge means facing the matriarch of the 14th District, Representative Carolyn Maloney, who has held the seat for 18 Read More
A spokesman for the New York State Republican chairman is holding firm, and trying to brush off the implication of the Conservative Party moving up the deate of their convention.
“The Republican Party is going to make its own decisions, regardless of any choices or maneuvers made by outside organizations,” said GOP spokesman Read More
One day after Andrew Cuomo told–I mean leaked–that he’d support David Paterson’s call for restraining state spending, Democrat-turned-Republican Steve Levy is out with a statement calling on Cuomo to reject support from the “radical” Working Families Party because the group pushes for “higher taxes and job-killing policies.”
Cuomo reportedly will accept Read More
Rick Lazio’s campaign manager does some recalibration of the Times Union tally of weighted votes for Republican nomination for governor among county chairmen, showing Rick Lazio leading Steve Levy 51.5 to 31.5 percent.
Campaign Manager Kevin Fullington says, basically, delegates in each county are up for grabs, and that they’ll poach voters from Levy’s column. Read More
One tricky thing about being in elected office while running for another office is that a good chunk of your professional life is subject to review by outsiders (reporters, the public, your opponents’ paid researchers).
So, when Steve Levy looked like he was entering the governor’s race, I sent off a Read More
Andrew Cuomo has increased his lead over Republican Rick Lazio, according to a new poll by Marist.
Mr. Cuomo now leads 65-25 percent among registered voters, up from 61-30 in Marist’s March poll.
Cuomo leads the other major Republican gubernatorial candidate, Steve Levy, 63-25 percent, according to Marist’s latest figures. That’s down slightly Read More
The main concern of Steve Levy’s campaign is getting enough Republican Party support to appear on the GOP ballot, and the launch of radio ads today is a shot across the party at poll-leader Rick Lazio, who trails in fund-raising.
The message Levy is sending with the radio ads, according to a campaign Read More
Steve Levy was supposed to speak at a City Hall News-sponsored breakfast this morning, where protesters were also expected to show up.
The event was cancelled. Levy was sad.
“I was disappointed that they canceled it,” Levy said. “I’m in the middle of a Republican primary here. The best thing that could ever happen to Read More
Despite the fact that Haley Barbour and the Republican Governor’s Association aren’t committing to spending money in New York, Steve Levy says the group is backing him in the Republican primary, and may give him money in the general election.
“They set up a meeting with me,” and “they do not believe Rick Read More
Democrats are delighted about a POLITICO report based on unnamed sources that say the head of a major Republican organization isn’t backing up Steve Levy’s claim that he’s going to get a major cash infusion from the GOP.
POLITICO said the Republican Governor’s Association “threw cold water” on Levy’s claim that the RGA Read More
