Raleigh On The Stump
           What to do when you’re a little-known challenger running in a Democratic primary – the first the district has seen in a decade – against a well-known incumbent with...
View ArticleMcNulty Gets A Chair
U.S. Rep Mike McNulty is in line for the chairmanship of the Subcommittee on Social Security of the House Ways and Means Committee, one of six such chairs on the powerful panel. The Green Island...
View ArticleMcNulty Explains His Vote (Updated)
U.S. Rep. Mike McNulty, D-Green Island, who has been an outspoken critic of the Iraq War, deeming it a “colossal failure” and signing on to a bill that called for a timetable for bringing the troops...
View ArticleAnother Possible Candidate In The 21st
Add Schenectady County Legislature Chairwoman Susan Savage to the growing list of Democrats who are interested in running for the 21st Congressional District seat being vacated next year by veteran...
View ArticleMcEneny In The 21st?
Would longtime Albany Assemblyman Jack McEneny take a run for the 21st Assembly Congressional District being vacated by Mike McNulty who is retiring this year? I asked McEneny that this morning when I...
View ArticleDraft Ron?
There’s a Web movement afoot to draft Assemblyman Ron Canestrari of Cohoes to run for Rep. Mike McNulty’s 21st Congressional District seat, sponsored by a fellow named Aaron Banks, who set up a Web...
View ArticleChasing Chairs In The 21st
The name of potential candidates for the 21st CD keeps expanding while at the same time, the number of serious players may be narrowing. Schenectady Mayor Brian Stratton falls in the latter category,...
View ArticleCallaghan Mulls 21st Bid; Steck Gathers Support
Chris Callaghan, the former Saratoga County treasurer who waged an unsuccessful bid for state comptroller in 2006, said he is “earnestly and honestly exploring” a possible bid for the 21st...
View ArticleRep. McNulty brings down the House (gavel, that is)
Rep. Mike McNulty will cap his 20-year career on Capitol Hill by bringing down the House gavel one final time. McNulty, D-N.Y., is set to serve one last time as speaker pro tempore on Saturday, when he...
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