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.