Roll Call is reporting that James Tedisco will be the GOP’s nominee in the special election to replace Kirsten Gillibrand in NY-20.
While no official announcement has been made yet, the Republican chairmen of the 10 counties that fall within the 20th district agreed to nominate Tedisco during a meeting Tuesday at state GOP headquarters in Albany.
Tedisco, the current minority leader in New York’s State Assembly, is a long-time player in Albany-area politics, in fact known as “Mr. Schenectady.” Wait… what’s that? Schenectady isn’t in the 20th?
The Democratic nomination is still completely up in the air, and the same Roll Call article comes up with a completely different list of names than we saw a few days ago. With over twenty potential names to choose from (none of which seem particularly top-tier), they’re looking at:
… former TV broadcaster Tracy Egan, venture capitalist Scott Murphy, state AFL-CIO official Suzy Ballantyne, and former New York Rangers goalie Mike Richter.
with name recognition, money (or fundraising ability), and roots in the district. Do at least two of those happen to apply to any of these candidates?
would be to pick someone with a similar political profile to Gillibrand’s; someone more of a Blue Dog type of Democrat.
As a resident and member of the Saratoga county Democratic party, I really hate to give this seat up. Unfortunately, there is slim chance of Democrats holding this seat. Against a candidate besides Tedisco, we may have had at least a chance, but dont see much of a chance now. This is really a stake right through many of our hearts because we worked so hard to elect Gillibrand to this Republican district.
anyone know more about her?
Seems like a good Democrat from what I’ve read about him, and I think we need an unconventional candidate to hold this seat. He probably has more name recognition than the other potential candidates too.
Of course, this assumes he has any interest in running, which is doubtful. And even if he ran Tedisco would be the heavy favorite.
Ah well, looks like I’ll have no effective representation at the house level for three years. At least I get to annoy my Senators.