ALBANY–After thirty years in politics, most of it as a member of a powerless opposition party, Jim Tedisco has perfected the art of being unignorable.
He’s neither a policy wonk nor a politician who sought office for the perks and platform. He’s never had enough influence to flex his muscles in back room deals. So Tedisco has basked in whatever limelight he could find during his 26 years as a minority Republican member of the assembly. And now, if a 70,000 voter enrollment edge, stronger party apparatus and higher recognition numbers have anything to say about it, Tedisco will be elected to succeed Kirsten Gillibrand in the House of Representatives.
