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A pre-session push for campaign finance reform

Jeremy MouleDecember 13, 2012March 7, 2023

Ted O’Brien isn’t seated in the State Senate yet, but he’s
already joining fellow Democrats calling for campaign finance reform.
Specifically, he’s backing Governor Andrew Cuomo’s proposal, which is essentially a conceptual plan that includes public financing of campaigns.

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O’Brien to join Dems

Jeremy MouleDecember 12, 2012October 31, 2024

Incoming State Senator Ted O’Brien says he’ll conference with Democrats, not the Independent Democratic Conference, when he heads to Albany in January. | “I feel an obligation to conference with the Democrats when I’m elected as a Democrat,” O’Brien said during a phone interview last week. | He said he’s had collegial conversations with IDC […]

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O’Brien says he’ll conference with Dems

Jeremy MouleDecember 7, 2012July 21, 2022

Soon-to-be State Senator Ted O’Brien says he’ll conference with Democrats, not the Independent Democratic Conference when he heads to Albany in January. “I feel an obligation to conference with the Democrats when I’m elected as a Democrat,” O’Brien said during a phone interview this afternoon. He said he’s had collegial conversations with IDC members Jeff […]

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A little County Legislature humor

Jeremy MouleNovember 27, 2012July 21, 2022

During his state Senate campaign, Democrat Ted O’Brien stressed the need to relieve local governments of some burdens imposed by the state. So he had to have expected some post-election joking when he returned to the Monroe County Legislature for a committee meeting last night. (O’Brien, a Democrat, doesn’t take his seat in the Senate […]

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Presidential election boosts local candidates

Christine Carrie FienNovember 14, 2012September 20, 2024

Local political observers say they’re not surprised that incumbent Democrat Louise Slaughter beat Republican Maggie Brooks, the Monroe County executive, in their Congressional contest. But they are surprised, they say, by Slaughter’s margin of victory. According to unofficial results from the Monroe County Board of Elections, Slaughter bested Brooks by about 15 percentage points, 166,342 […]

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Post-election analysis

City news staffNovember 7, 2012November 14, 2024

Analysis and insight from the City news staff on Tuesday’s elections results.

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It’s Barack Obama, for the win

City news staffNovember 6, 2012March 7, 2023

Good night for Dems overall, with Slaughter and O’Brien both winning hotly-contested races.

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O’Brien leads Hanna in Siena poll

Jeremy MouleNovember 2, 2012July 21, 2022

This morning, the Siena Research Institute released poll results that show Democrat Ted O’Brien ahead of Republican Sean Hanna in the state Senate’s 55th District. The poll results show that, of the 476 likely voters interviewed, 50 percent said they’d vote for O’Brien, while 39 percent said they’d vote for Hanna. On the issue of […]

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ELECTIONS 2012: O’Brien should win Senate slugfest

Jeremy MouleOctober 24, 2012December 30, 2023

Republican State Senator Jim Alesi’s decision not to seek re-election set off a savage political scramble that only gets uglier and more personal as the election gets closer. The race between Democrat Ted O’Brien and Republican Sean Hanna for the 55th Senate District is about local representation, but also about control of the Senate. The […]

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Hanna-O’Brien debate is today

Jeremy MouleOctober 9, 2012July 21, 2022

The campaign for the 55th State Senate District seat has been an ugly one, often fought by groups outside the candidates’ camps. But this afternoon the candidates, Democrat Ted O’Brien and Republican Sean Hanna, will go up against each other in a Rotary Club debate. O’Brien is an attorney and a county legislator; Hanna is […]

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Women’s rights advocates vouch for O’Brien

Jeremy MouleSeptember 27, 2012July 21, 2022

Linda Stephens, president of the Rochester chapter of the National Association of Women, says she’s disgusted by a set of ads that attack Democrat state Senate candidate Ted O’Brien. Stephens, along with City Council President Lovely Warren and County Legislator Carrie Andrews, pushed back against the ads during a press conference this afternoon. The ads […]

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Campaign mystery mail

Jeremy MouleSeptember 12, 2012August 30, 2024

Some voters in the 55th State Senate District have received campaign mailers ripping Democratic candidate Ted O’Brien for failing to take ethics training required as a member of the Monroe County Legislature. The mailers are factually wrong. O’Brien did take the training and he’s got the documentation to prove it. But the mailings highlight a […]