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January 7, 2010
Paterson Speech Reax: Papers Exult, GOP Mixed, Democrats Praise Selves
Governor Paterson follows up his program-rich State of the State speech with a round of radio interviews, which Liz Benjamin patiently follows. She finds Paterson expecting the public will respond better to his message than have Albany legislators ("So what I did, what I decided to do, is put out ... More >>
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November 11, 2009
Special Session 1 Isn't Much; Special Session 2 Next Week
This week's special session of the legislature in Albany hasn't been too dramatic. Gay marriage was punted in the senate yesterday, and the bill probably won't be revisited until next month. Senators and assemblymembers are enjoying their Veterans Day holiday without having voted on the deficit red ... More >>
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April 24, 2009
Report: Tedisco Concedes, Murphy Wins NY-20 House Seat
The Albany Project reports that Jim Tedisco has finally conceded the NY-20 Congressional race. The chairman of the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee just sent out his congrats to winner Scott Murphy. It's been looking that way for a day or two, with Murphy up 401 votes in the post-electora ... More >>
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April 17, 2009
Down 178 Votes, Tedisco Asks to Be Declared Winner
In a ballsy move, despite being down by 178 votes at last count, Republican Jim Tedisco has petitioned Duchess County Supreme court to declare him the winner of the NY-20 Congressional post-election. The logic escapes us, but the Hudson Register-Star says Tedisco also wants all the votes, machine or ... More >>
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April 16, 2009
Murphy Up 86; Ballot Challenge Overruled
Jim Tedisco picked up a little ground in the prolonged NY-20 ballot count, and Scott Murphy's lead now stands at 86 after Tedisco received a smaller-than-expected lead in Saratoga County ballots. But Judge James Brands upheld a Democratic motion that 1,200 ballots were improperly challenged. While f ... More >>
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April 15, 2009
NY-20 Vote Count Slogs On: Gillibrand, Military Ballots Disputed
Voters in New York's 20th District, like everyone else, have to pay taxes today, but they won't get representation for several weeks at least. They're still counting the ballots in the NY-20 Congressional special election and so far it's looking good for Democrat Scott Murphy, up 168 votes at last t ... More >>
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April 14, 2009
Absentee Deadline Passed, but NY-20 Vote Count Continues
Well, the April 13 absentee ballot deadline has come and gone, and yet we don't seem to have a winner in the Scott Murphy-Jim Tedisco special Congressional election. Why not? For one thing, the board of elections is counting slowly, probably because they are surrounded by the candidates' lawyers who ... More >>
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April 3, 2009
Tedisco Now Leads in NY-20
Further canvassing of the NY-20 voting machines has put Republican Jim Tedisco up by 12 votes over Democrat Scott Murphy in the special Congressional election. Sean Hannity is spinning that the race may be "already won." Tedisco is sufficiently confident of victory that he announced he's abandoning ... More >>
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April 3, 2009
Cheek, in Review: 7 Days of Runnin' Scared
Obama told Chrysler and GM to get their shit straight or go bankrupt. The new head of GM said that was okay with him. (Aren't they supposed to whine and resign in the Times?) This of course made Obama a fascist. Rightbloggers were also mad when Obama went to Europe and wasn't nice enough to the Qu ... More >>
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March 31, 2009
NY-20 Election Today
Today's that special election in New York's 20th Congressional District between Scott Murphy (D) and Jim Tedisco (R) for Kirsten Gillibrand's old seat. We encourage all eligible citizens to write in Eric Sundwall (pictured), the Libertarian who was kicked off the ballot by Tedisco supporters (includ ... More >>
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March 31, 2009
NY-20: Republican Lawyer Will File to Impound Ballots in Dutchess County
Well, that was quick. Dutchess County Election Commission Fran Knapp tells us that John Ciampoli, a Republican lawyer, has informed her that he plans to file in Supreme Court to impound ballots from that county in today's special election. She says her understanding is that he wants the paper ballot ... More >>
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March 27, 2009
Murphy Takes Lead in New Poll; Election Tuesday
Looks like Scott Murphy actually gained a few more points in that upstate special election slated for Tuesday: the Siena Poll now has Murphy ahead, though just at the edge of statistical significance. You don't suppose it had anything to do with Obama's endorsement? Was opponent Jim Tedisco right or ... More >>
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March 27, 2009
Sundwall Endorses Murphy in NY-20. What Does It Mean?
We mentioned earlier that, as Libertarian candidate Eric Sundwall has been disqualified from the race, we expected Republican Jim Tedisco to gain ground over Democrat Scott Murphy in Tuesday's special election to succeed Kirsten Gillibrand in the House. Murphy is, after all, the candidate of the mor ... More >>
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March 26, 2009
With Race a Dead Heat, Tedisco Running Like It's 1984
As Wayne Barrett pointed out yesterday, Governor Paterson's timing has been disastrously bad for Scott Murphy, who stands for election this Tuesday (barring Federal delay) to replace Kirsten Gillibrand. Yet Murphy's opponent, James Tedisco, continues to campaign as if he were the one in the hole. ... More >>
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March 25, 2009
DOJ Sues to Make Sure Overseas Votes Count in NY-20
The USDOJ is suing the State of New York in regard to the upcoming special election in the 20th Congressional District between Scott Murphy and Jim Tedisco. Already the jackboot heel of Obama presses on Liberty's neck! Get out the shootin' ahrns! Just kidding. Justice is suing on behalf of the Defe ... More >>
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March 25, 2009
Sundwall Off NY-20 Ballot; Tedisco, Murphy Press On
Libertarian candidate in the NY-20 special election Eric Sundwall has been knocked off the ballot by the state board of elections. Most of his signatures were invalidated in petition challenges by three parties, including the chairwoman of the Dutchess County Conservative Party. The remaining candid ... More >>
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March 25, 2009
Barrett: Another Lame Paterson Decision
It's hard to imagine a dumber political move than David Paterson's decision to call a special election for the upstate congressional district vacated by new U.S. Senator Kirsten Gillibrand than the date the governor picked for it, March 31. It's the day before a disaster state budget is due.And now, ... More >>
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March 20, 2009
Murphy Debates Sundwall, Tedisco Goes 3-D
The NY-20 debate-minus-one took place as scheduled last night, with Libertarian Eric Sundwall duking it out with Democrat Scott Murphy for the right to replace Kirsten Gillibrand in the House. Republican James Tedisco declined to appear. This being the age of AIG, Murphy was asked about Synacor, a B ... More >>
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March 18, 2009
Sundwall to Join NY-20 "Round Table," Turn It Into a Debate
Scott Murphy and Jim Tedisco, respectively the Democratic and Republican contenders for Kirsten Gillibrand's vacant House seat in a race to be decided March 31, have had a few debates already. There's another one scheduled for tomorrow on WMHT-TV, but Tedisco has declined to appear. Organizers were ... More >>
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March 12, 2009
Murphy Gaining Fast on Tedisco in NY-20
Hmm. A month ago, in polling on that upcoming special election race to replace Kirsten Gillibrand in the House, Republican Jim Tedisco led Democrat Scott Murphy by 21 points -- or so said Tedisco's campaign, who released the poll. A few weeks ago, a Siena poll found the gap to be 12 points. Now a ne ... More >>
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March 3, 2009
Upstate Election Draws Big PAC Money, Giuliani
The race for Kirsten Gillbrand's vacated congressional seat is attracting the interest of national conservatives hoping to winnow the Democratic lead in the House. The Our Country Deserves Better PAC promises a large cash infusion to GOP candidate Jim Tedisco's campaign. This committee, which ran ... More >>
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February 27, 2009
Tedisco Leads Murphy in NY-20; Gillibrand Effect to Be Seen
To give you some idea how Republican is the district Kirsten Gillibrand left to take her Senate seat, GOP candidate Jim Tedisco (pictured left) leads Dem candidate Scott Murphy in the special election scheduled there for March 31 by 12 points, says a Siena poll. Tedisco leads in every category of p ... More >>
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February 16, 2009
Yet Another Special Election: Tedisco-Murphy, 20th CD
You may be forgiven for failing to keep all the upcoming special elections straight. Along with the city council races, there's an upstate election coming to replace new senator Kirsten Gillibrand in the House of Representatives. The official combatants are Democrat Scott Murphy and Republican Jim ... More >>
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January 23, 2009
Paterson Presents Senator Gillibrand
Your new Senator with Al D'Amato (l.) "So it's August the 14th, 2003," says Governor Paterson, "and I am going to meet a lawyer who is going to be meeting me in an office building in Manhatan." (He wanted her not to run for Congress in '04, as she had planned, but the state senate.) "All the light ... More >>
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January 13, 2009
Assemblyman Brings Bill Requiring Special Senate Election
The expected appointment of Caroline Kennedy to replace outgoing Senator Hillary Clinton has caused Governor Paterson some trouble. If he's interested, Republican assemblyman James Tedisco offers a way out. Tedisco has introduced Bill A1829, which "provides for a special election to fill vacancies i ... More >>
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April 8, 2008
Bloomberg on Congestion Pricing Failure: 'A Special Kind of Cowardice'
The expected appointment of Caroline Kennedy to replace outgoing Senator Hillary Clinton has caused Governor Paterson some trouble. If he's interested, Republican assemblyman James Tedisco offers a way out. Tedisco has introduced Bill A1829, which "provides for a special election to fill vacancies i ... More >>
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August 21, 2007
Congestion Pricing Panel Named
The expected appointment of Caroline Kennedy to replace outgoing Senator Hillary Clinton has caused Governor Paterson some trouble. If he's interested, Republican assemblyman James Tedisco offers a way out. Tedisco has introduced Bill A1829, which "provides for a special election to fill vacancies i ... More >>
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May 26, 2005
Public Enemy No. 1: Viagra
The expected appointment of Caroline Kennedy to replace outgoing Senator Hillary Clinton has caused Governor Paterson some trouble. If he's interested, Republican assemblyman James Tedisco offers a way out. Tedisco has introduced Bill A1829, which "provides for a special election to fill vacancies i ... More >>

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