{"id":17660,"date":"2018-09-28T14:23:44","date_gmt":"2018-09-28T18:23:44","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.gunpoliticsny.com\/?p=17660"},"modified":"2018-09-28T14:23:44","modified_gmt":"2018-09-28T18:23:44","slug":"giffords-endorsements-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.gunpoliticsny.com\/?p=17660","title":{"rendered":"Giffords&#8217; endorsements"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Coming on the heels of <a href=\"http:\/\/www.gunpoliticsny.com\/?p=17638\">Everytown&#8217;s endorsments<\/a>, Giffords&#8217; has made <a href=\"https:\/\/giffords.org\/state\/new-york\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">some endorsements<\/a> of their own for the fall elections:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/kirstengillibrand.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Kirsten Gillibrand<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.latfor.state.ny.us\/maps\/2012c\/CD_map_rep_01.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">CD-1<\/a> &#8211; <a href=\"http:\/\/www.perrygershon.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Perry Gershon<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.latfor.state.ny.us\/maps\/2012c\/CD_map_rep_03.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">CD-3<\/a> &#8211; <a href=\"http:\/\/suozziforcongress.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Tom Suozzi<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.latfor.state.ny.us\/maps\/2012c\/CD_map_rep_04.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">CD-4<\/a> &#8211; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.kathleenrice.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Kathleen Rice<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.latfor.state.ny.us\/maps\/2012c\/CD_map_rep_08.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">CD-8<\/a> &#8211; <a href=\"http:\/\/hakeemjeffries.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Hakeen Jeffries<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.latfor.state.ny.us\/maps\/2012c\/CD_map_rep_10.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">CD-10<\/a> &#8211; <a href=\"http:\/\/www.jerrynadler.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Jerrold Nadler<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.latfor.state.ny.us\/maps\/2012c\/CD_map_rep_12.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">CD-12<\/a> &#8211; <a href=\"https:\/\/carolynmaloney.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Carolyn Maloney<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.latfor.state.ny.us\/maps\/2012c\/CD_map_rep_16.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">CD-16<\/a> &#8211; <a href=\"http:\/\/engelforcongress.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Eliot Engel<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.latfor.state.ny.us\/maps\/2012c\/CD_map_rep_17.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">CD-17<\/a> &#8211; <a href=\"https:\/\/loweyforcongress.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Nita Lowey<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.latfor.state.ny.us\/maps\/2012c\/CD_map_rep_19.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">CD-19<\/a> &#8211; <a href=\"http:\/\/www.delgadoforcongress.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Antonio Delgado<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.latfor.state.ny.us\/maps\/2012c\/CD_map_rep_22.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">CD-22<\/a> &#8211; <a href=\"http:\/\/www.brindisiforcongress.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Anthony Brindisi<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.latfor.state.ny.us\/maps\/2012c\/CD_map_rep_24.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">CD-24<\/a> &#8211; <a href=\"http:\/\/www.electdanabalter.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Dana Balter<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.latfor.state.ny.us\/maps\/2012c\/CD_map_rep_26.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">CD-26<\/a> &#8211; <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/RepBrianHiggins\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Brian Higgins<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.latfor.state.ny.us\/maps\/2012s\/SD_map_rep_35.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">SD-35<\/a> &#8211; <a href=\"http:\/\/andreastewartcousins.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Andrea Stewart-Cousins<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Some thoughts on these:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Unlike like Bloomberg&#8217;s these appear to have been done in-house.\u00a0 That does not mean they have a legitimate grassroots, just that they have at least one person on staff with some political knowledge.<\/li>\n<li>The incumbent endorsements are just for prestige, like what <a href=\"http:\/\/www.nra-pvf.org\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">NRA<\/a> does.\u00a0 Since incumbents usually win this gives them the ability to say later on that 85% (or whatever) of Giffords-endorsed candidates won.<\/li>\n<li>It is unclear what, if anything, comes with the endorsements.\u00a0 Money, mailings, etc.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\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%3D17660&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; 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