The 2018 midterms were volatile and contentious, and some sort of change was perhaps inevitable. Professional prognosticators said a Blue Wave would put Democrats in control of the House of Representatives, which it did. And Democrats in New York made good on predictions that they’d flip control of the state Senate. The power shifts in […]
2018 elections
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High stakes in Maxwell vs Morelle
Most voters in Monroe County know who Joe Morelle is. He’s spent the past 30 years in elected office, the vast majority of them in the State Assembly. Morelle has had a seat there since 1991 and has served as its majority leader – second in command to the speaker – since 2013. But this […]
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New York Senate races are part of a larger power struggle
Taxes, guns, education, abortion laws, economic development: Pick an issue, and the outcome of this year’s state Senate races will inevitably affect it. At stake in the November 6 elections is the Senate’s precarious power balance. Republicans and Democrats are basically fighting over who can win at least 32 seats, which would provide the edge […]
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Comptroller race is about money
New York’s comptroller is in charge of various aspects of state finances, but one of its biggest obligations is serving as trustee for the state’s pension funds. And it’s in that role that the comptroller can put some pressure on private business, either though shareholder advocacy or by choosing where to invest. Over the last […]
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Collins stays in
Chris Collins has become the unwanted guest Republicans just can’t get rid of. The former Erie County executive has been running for his fourth term in Congress. But after he was hit with criminal charges related to allegations of securities fraud and insider trading, party leaders began trying to devise a way to get off […]
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Cuomo wins primary against Nixon
Governor Andrew Cuomo hasn’t gotten a lot of good press in the last week or two. His campaign was directly implicated in a Democratic Party mailer meant to smear his primary opponent, Cynthia Nixon. And he faced questions about whether he rushed the opening of new span of the Tappan Zee Bridge downstate to generate […]
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Poll shows Morelle leading over Maxwell
A Siena Research Institute poll shows that among respondents, Democrat Joe Morelle holds a commanding lead over Republican Jim Maxwell. Pollsters asked participants who they’d vote for if the general election were held today, among some other questions. Of the respondents, 55 percent chose Morelle, the Assembly majority leader and an Irondequoit resident, while 31 […]
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House race blows up
Republican House Representative Chris Collins halted his reelection campaign after he was hit with federal securities fraud charges, but Republican leaders may not be able to get his name off the November ballot.
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Congressman Chris Collins suspends re-election campaign
[UPDATE]Republican Representative Chris Collins, who was arrested earlier this week on charges related to insider trading, has suspended his re-election campaign. Collins had initially said that he would continue to seek re-election to Congress. In his announcement this morning, he said that after discussions with family and friends, he had concluded that it was “in […]
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Advocates, lawmakers push for abortion law vote
Abortion has been legal in New York since 1970, three years before the Supreme Court legalized abortion nationwide through its decision in Roe v. Wade. But when New York liberalized its abortion laws, it kept them in the state’s penal code. Women are allowed to get abortions, and physicians are allowed to perform them, but […]
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Wilt pivots to Assembly run
Jamie Romeo, chair of the Monroe County Democratic Committee, and Jaclyn Richard, president of the Rochester chapter of the National Organization for Women, have already declared their intention to seek the Assembly seat held by Joe Morelle, who’s running for Congress. Robin Wilt, a member of the Brighton Town Board, now plans to join them. Wilt […]
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Joe Morelle has a fight ahead of him
Joe Morelle, the State Assembly’s second-in-command and the former chair of the Monroe County Democratic Committee, scored a decisive Democractic primary victory against the other three candidates.
