{"id":26768,"date":"2023-02-16T07:09:49","date_gmt":"2023-02-16T12:09:49","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.gunpoliticsny.com\/?p=26768"},"modified":"2023-02-16T07:09:49","modified_gmt":"2023-02-16T12:09:49","slug":"steck-considering-judicial-run","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.gunpoliticsny.com\/?p=26768","title":{"rendered":"Steck considering judicial run"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>According to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.timesunion.com\/news\/article\/assemblyman-phil-steck-said-weighing-state-17781736.php\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">the Times-Union<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/nyassembly.gov\/mem\/Phil-Steck\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Assemblyman Phil Steck<\/a> is considering running for state Supreme Court this fall:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p><em>&#8220;&#8230; Assemblyman Phil Steck of Colonie is among the candidates being discussed in Democratic circles as a possible selection at the party\u2019s nomination convention later this summer. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.albanycountydemocrats.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Albany County Democratic Committee<\/a> members say Steck has shown interest in a state judgeship. Steck declined to comment when asked if he was interested in a spot on the bench. Steck\u2019s seat was a major concern for Assembly Democrats this past election cycle as the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nysdacc.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Democratic Assembly Campaign Committee<\/a> spent more than $363,000 to boost his campaign, the most it spent on any candidate in the state &#8230;&#8221;<\/em><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Steck is one of the <a href=\"https:\/\/nyassembly.gov\/mem\/Phil-Steck\/story\/59905\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">worst antigunners<\/a> in Albany.\u00a0 We don&#8217;t need him on the court.\u00a0 If he runs and looses he keeps his Assembly seat, but that is better than having him on the court.<\/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%3D26768&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=26768\">&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=26768\"><\/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=26768\" data-counter=\"right\"><\/script><\/li><\/ul>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>According to the Times-Union, Assemblyman Phil Steck is considering running for state Supreme Court this fall: &#8220;&#8230; Assemblyman Phil Steck of Colonie is among the candidates being discussed in Democratic circles as a possible selection at the party\u2019s nomination convention later this summer. Albany County Democratic Committee members say Steck has shown interest in a [&hellip;]<\/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%3D26768&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=26768\">&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=26768\"><\/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=26768\" data-counter=\"right\"><\/script><\/li><\/ul>","protected":false},"author":6,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[42,16],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-26768","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-elections2023","category-politics"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.gunpoliticsny.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/26768","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.gunpoliticsny.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.gunpoliticsny.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.gunpoliticsny.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/6"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.gunpoliticsny.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=26768"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"http:\/\/www.gunpoliticsny.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/26768\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":26781,"href":"http:\/\/www.gunpoliticsny.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/26768\/revisions\/26781"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.gunpoliticsny.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=26768"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.gunpoliticsny.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=26768"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.gunpoliticsny.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=26768"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}