Blaming Siena
ICYMI: Erie County GOP Chairman Nick Langworthy told me during a CapTon interview last night that the first Siena poll, which he deemed “flawed,” is to blame for the dead-heat contest between incumbent...
View ArticleLen Lenihan Confident In Poloncarz
YNN’s Doug Sampson talked to Erie County Chairman Len Lenihan a little after the polls closed at 9pm tonight, and Lenihan seemed confident that Mark Poloncarz is going to win. Here’s the interview....
View ArticleWith Poloncarz up, Cuomo on track to go 3-0
It looks like Democrats have won the race for Erie County executive, a bellwether for Gov. Andrew Cuomo’s political power in the state. Cuomo personally campaigned for three candidates: Mark Poloncarz,...
View ArticleCollins vs. Hochul? Ex-County Exec Won’t Rule It Out
Former Erie County Executive Chris Collins, a Republican who was ousted by Democrat Mark Poloncarz in November, has officially been out of a job for just six days now, but already is mulling a...
View ArticleHouse Majority PAC Spends To Protect Hochul (Updated)
The House Majority PAC and SEIU announced this afternoon that they have collectively reserved nearly $20 million of television ad time in 38 markets, including $205,000 in Buffalo, site of what’s...
View ArticleHayworth praises Ryan, Gibson more guarded
Democrats are salivating over the Romney campaign’s announcement this weekend that Rep. Paul Ryan, a Wisconsin Republican who authored a fiscal plan that would restructure the Medicare program from a...
View ArticleCollins Raises Off Hochul’s Medicare ‘Cut’ (Updated)
After refusing to take a position – or even comment on – Rep. Paul Ryan’s controversial budget plan, former Erie County Executive Chris Collins is now trying to turn the Medicare tables on his...
View ArticleSiena: Hochul vs. Collins A Statistical Dead Heat
A Siena poll commissioned by The Buffalo News and WGRZ-TV found one of New York’s most competitive House races – the showdown between Democratic Rep. Kathy Hochul and former GOP Erie County Executive...
View ArticleNRA Backs Hochul
Rep. Kathy Hochul is trumpeted her endorsement from the National Rifle Association’s Political Victory Fund today, noting she’s one of just two New York Democrats to receive the organization’s support....
View ArticleAFSCME/SEIU Attack Collins On Outsourcing
The AFSCME and SEIU/1199 have teamed up again in another of New York’s competitive House races, this time launching a withering attack on GOP NY-27 candidate Chris Collins’ record of job creation in...
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