Mayor Bloomberg’s money dump into Virginia state races did not produce the results he was hoping for.
Unfortunately the roughly $2.2 million he spent is pocket change to him and unlikely to deter him from trying again.
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Mayor Bloomberg’s money dump into Virginia state races did not produce the results he was hoping for.
Unfortunately the roughly $2.2 million he spent is pocket change to him and unlikely to deter him from trying again.
We won two of three major races for State Supreme Court with Craig Doran winning in the 7th District (Cayuga, Livingston, Monroe, Ontario, Seneca, Steuben, Wayne and Yates counties) and Gretchen Walsh in the 9th District (Dutchess, Putnam, Orange, Rockland and Westchester counties).
We won two of three local judicial races, Brenda Freedman in Erie County and Victoria Campbell in Orange County. We also picked up Pat Russo as Rensselaer County Sheriff plus a few local seats in Nassau and Saratoga counties.
Vote against mailings were successful in three of four races, Senate District 52, Monroe county and part of Nassau county.
All in all, not bad. It is also a heck of a lot more than anyone else did. Telling people to go vote only works if there are candidate recommendations and coming up with those requires a lot more effort than simply writing self-aggrandizing e-mail solicitations.
Considering a statewide run in 2018, NY-19 Rep. Chris Gibson says on WAMC News "we can absolutely defeat Andrew Cuomo."
— Ian Pickus (@IanPickus) November 2, 2015
I agree. The question is will the GOP establishment sabotage him like they did Rob Astorino?