{"id":12974,"date":"2016-05-02T15:19:25","date_gmt":"2016-05-02T19:19:25","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.gunpoliticsny.com\/?p=12974"},"modified":"2016-05-02T15:19:25","modified_gmt":"2016-05-02T19:19:25","slug":"gibson-bows-out","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.gunpoliticsny.com\/?p=12974","title":{"rendered":"Gibson bows out"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/gibson.house.gov\" target=\"_blank\">Congressman Chris Gibson<\/a> has <a href=\"http:\/\/www.poughkeepsiejournal.com\/story\/news\/local\/new-york\/2016\/05\/02\/gibson-wont-run-governor-2018\/83832488\/\" target=\"_blank\">decided against<\/a> a 2018 run for Governor.<\/p>\n<p>That leaves <a href=\"http:\/\/www.robastorino.com\" target=\"_blank\">Weschester County Executive Rob Astorino<\/a> as the strongest likely challenger for <a href=\"http:\/\/www.governor.ny.gov\" target=\"_blank\">Governor Cuomo<\/a> in &#8217;18.\u00a0 Each candidate had their owns strengths: Gibson being a somewhat &#8220;moderate&#8221; Republican and Astorino being better known in the NYC metro area.\u00a0 It is good that he decided to end it now because we do not need a primary contest.\u00a0 Personally I would have gone with Rob over Chris, but either would be an improvement over the incumbent.<\/p>\n<ul class=\"ssb_list_wrapper\"><li class=\"fb2\" style=\"width:135px\"><iframe src=\"\/\/www.facebook.com\/plugins\/like.php?href=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.gunpoliticsny.com%2F%3Fp%3D12974&amp;layout=button_count&amp;action=like&amp;show_faces=false&amp;share=true&amp;width=135&amp;height=21&amp;appId=307091639398582\" scrolling=\"no\" frameborder=\"0\" style=\"border:none; overflow:hidden;  width:150px; height:21px;\" allowTransparency=\"true\"><\/iframe><\/li><li class=\"twtr\" style=\"width:90px\"><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/share\" class=\"twitter-share-button\" data-url=\"http:\/\/www.gunpoliticsny.com\/?p=12974\">&nbsp;<\/a><script>!function(d,s,id){var js,fjs=d.getElementsByTagName(s)[0],p=\/^http:\/.test(d.location)?'http':'https';if(!d.getElementById(id)){js=d.createElement(s);js.id=id;js.src=p+':\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js';fjs.parentNode.insertBefore(js,fjs);}}(document, 'script', 'twitter-wjs');<\/script><\/li><li class=\"gplus\" style=\"width:68px\"><div class=\"g-plusone\" data-size=\"medium\" data-href=\"http:\/\/www.gunpoliticsny.com\/?p=12974\"><\/div><\/li><li class=\"ssb_linkedin\" style=\"width:64px\"><script src=\"\/\/platform.linkedin.com\/in.js\" type=\"text\/javascript\">lang: en_US<\/script><script type=\"IN\/Share\" data-url=\"http:\/\/www.gunpoliticsny.com\/?p=12974\" data-counter=\"right\"><\/script><\/li><\/ul>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Congressman Chris Gibson has decided against a 2018 run for Governor. 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