State Assemblyman Marc Molinaro is being urged to run for Congress, but the man who once was a 19-year-old mayor isn’t sure he’s going to heed that call. I’m inclined to continue taking on the challenges and the issues facing new York,” said Molinaro, R-Red Hook. “That said, I wouldn’t want to rule (a run [...]
A special prosecutor has been named in the case against former Rep. John Sweeney to avoid any appearance of conflicting interests. Franklin County District Attorney Derek Champagne was appointed to act as the special prosecutor Friday by Saratoga County District Attorney James A. Murphy III. Franklin County is within the Fourth Judicial District, and outside [...]
Assemblyman James Tedisco defended his controversial decision to use a Republican Assembly Campaign Committee account to pay the legal bills of his top aide, adding that he thought of the payment as a loan. In an interview Monday, Tedisco said the $32,500 check from the RACC housekeeping account last July helped his chief of staff, [...]
Jim Tedisco issued his statement earlier: “Mary and I would like to thank the citizens of the 20th Congressional district for their kindness, courtesy and patience shown during this extended campaign. This was a closely contested election that perhaps lasted a little longer than anyone may have expected or wanted. But it was important for [...]
The 20th congressional race drags on in court, but there’s a growing consensus, based on the absentee count so far, that a winner may be emerge soon. And observers, including one prominent Republican, say the odds favor Democrat Scott Murphy over Republican Jim Tedisco. According to the latest count by the state Board of Elections, [...]
After the initial results came in March 31 in the battle for the 20th Congressional District, it looked like the winner would be decided by more than 10,000 absentee ballots that were sent out. Two weeks later, the battle appears headed for an even smaller arena: the much smaller stack of challenged absentee ballots. The [...]
In the ever changing election results, Democrat Scott Murphy has a 55-vote lead over Republican James Tedisco in the latest count of machine and absentee ballots for the too-close-to-call 20th Congressional District race. As of today, the Dutchess County Board of Elections counted about 30 percent of the 740 absentee, affidavit and other paper ballots, [...]
Elections officials in the 20th Congressional District will begin opening absentee ballots Wednesday, a state Supreme Court judge ruled Monday. Lawyers for Republican Jim Tedisco argued Monday the ballots should not be opened until April 14, the day after the deadline for receipt of all absentee ballots, both overseas military and domestic. Lawyers for Democrat [...]
New York Republican Assemblyman Jim Tedisco is now leading by 12 votes in a special election for a U.S. House seat against Democrat Scott Murphy. A re-canvassing of the district voter machines added 37 votes to Tedisco’s tally, erasing Murphy’s 25 vote lead. Tedisco now has 77,236 votes while Murphy has 77,224. The Associated Press [...]
Democrat Scott Murphy is ahead in the latest unofficial results, but that lead has slipped, mirroring the difference between his showing Tuesday and Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand’s five months ago. Murphy is only 25 votes ahead of Republican James Tedisco. Murphy’s 65-vote lead late Tuesday night narrowed Wednesday after votes were recanvassed in Columbia County. Machine [...]
