Commisso, Fahy dispute Fahy’s Illinois voting history
Update No. 3: This is been resolved — to the extent I could resolve it — in another post here. Update No. 2: Commisso has now released documentation from the Cook County Clerk’s office asserting that...
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The verdict on Pat Fahy’s first voter registration: Inconclusive
After the bitter dispute yesterday over when Assembly candidate Patricia Fahy first registered to vote — a dispute sparked when Democratic rival Frank Commisso Jr. charged that she failed to do so...
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Anonymous last-minute lit drop targets William McCarthy
Folks in parts of the 109th Assembly District woke up this morning find this anonymous broadside attacking 109th Assembly District candidate William McCarthy Jr. for his family’s Republican ties. As...
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Roundup: It’s Fahy, Steck, McDonald, Breslin and Soares
Fahy Pat Fahy made me eat my words tonight as she cruised to victory in the six-way 109th Assembly District, a race I very wrongly proclaimed on Twitter this week would be too close to call. In...
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Higgins: Vote for Patricia Fahy in the 109th Assembly District
Democrat Christopher Higgins is urging his supporters to back last week’s primary winner, Patricia Fahy, in this fall’s 109th Assembly District race. In an email Tuesday to his supporters, Higgins, who...
View ArticleUpdate: Danz calls on Fahy to condemn ‘Paterno to Lopez’
Update: A review of what Fahy actually said at the candidate panel Danz references appears to indicate she’s being misquoted. Fahy’s response to this question begins about 50 minutes in at this link,...
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Sullivan wins Conservative line, sets up three-way 109th race
Sullivan Joseph Sullivan on Monday narrowly fended off an write-in bid by Republican Ted Danz to wrest the Conservative Party line from in the race for the 109th Assembly District seat. The victory —...
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Pat Fahy also crosses party lines to back Malone in judicial race
Fahy In today’s column I pointed out that Albany’s Democratic mayor, Jerry Jennings, was crossing party lines to back his longtime friend, Bernard “Bud” Malone, for re-election state Supreme Court...
View Article9:45 p.m. — Pat Fahy is pulling away in the 109th A.D.
W/ about 25% of districts in, Democrat Pat Fahy is headed to victory. Up by about 19 points on Republican Ted Danz. #109AD #518vote — J. Carleo-Evangelist (@JCEvangelist_TU) November 7, 2012 It’s...
View Article10:35 p.m. — With 32% in, Amedore leads Tkaczyk
In what may be the most closely fought state legislative race in the region, Republican Assembly George Amedore is leading Democrat Cecilia Tkaczyk 54% to 46% in the newly created 46th Senate District,...
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McDonald in, McEneny out on convention center authority board
McDonald The big splash today about the Albany convention center is that Omni Development is now pitching an aquarium and science museum for the downtown site — seemingly to the immense irritation of...
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Walsh foes allege she’s running for two seats at once
Walsh Update: The Albany County Board of Elections late Tuesday invalidated all of Walsh’s delegate petitions from the 110th and 109th Assembly Districts on these grounds, more or less gutting her...
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A six-point primer on today’s judicial delegate primary
Corcoran By now, if you live in Albany County there’s a decent chance you’ve heard a fair bit about the “Walsh Delegates” waging a campaign to challenge the Albany County Democratic Committee in...
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