At this point it is readily apparent that Senator John DeFrancisco is going to get the GOP gubernatorial nod this fall. He is the only one getting endorsements from the political machine.
Not everyone thinks this is a good idea:
“A prominent Republican consultant is urging GOP leaders to hold off from endorsing state Senate Deputy Majority Leader John DeFrancisco for governor. O’Brien Murray sent an email Tuesday to county GOP leaders saying DeFrancisco’s record in the Senate could torpedo any chance the party has of beating Gov. Cuomo in November … “Gov. Cuomo’s campaign will attack John DeFrancisco for double dipping and they will point out that Sen. DeFrancisco voted for the Cuomo budgets,” Murray wrote. “You can’t fix Albany when you are part of the problem, and voters (will) see this too.” …”
Fair enough. So where does DeFrancisco stand with the voters?
“… Cuomo is likely helped by the fact that a whopping 93% of New Yorkers say they don’t know the names of the Republicans who are seeking the nomination to challenge the two-term incumbent Democrat in November …”
Good news for DeFrancisco then. He doesn’t have to worry about his voting record because nobody knows who the hell he is.