{"id":30354,"date":"2026-10-04T15:53:56","date_gmt":"2026-10-04T19:53:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.gunpoliticsny.com\/?p=30354"},"modified":"2026-10-04T15:53:56","modified_gmt":"2026-10-04T19:53:56","slug":"wake-me-up-when-its-over","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.gunpoliticsny.com\/?p=30354","title":{"rendered":"Wake me up when it&#8217;s over"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The current election cycle in the state is one of the most boring I can recall.  There&#8217;s just not a lot of excitement for any of the races.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.blakemanfornewyork.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">Bruce Blakeman<\/a> is boring as fuck.  There&#8217;s zero enthusiasm for his campaign.  <a href=\"https:\/\/kathyhochul.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">Kathy Hochul<\/a> is detestable and despised by her own party.  I suspect she&#8217;ll win based upon nothing more than the Democrat enrollment advantage.<\/p>\n<p>On the gun front in <a href=\"https:\/\/www.latfor.state.ny.us\/maps\/2024_Congress\/cd24.pdf\" target=\"_blank\">CD-24<\/a>, incumbent <a href=\"https:\/\/claudiaforcongress.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">Claudia Tenney<\/a> sent out a mailer touting her <a href=\"https:\/\/constitution.congress.gov\/constitution\/amendment-2\/\" target=\"_blank\">2A<\/a> credentials while her challenger <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ellmanforcongress.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">Alissa Ellman<\/a> made <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thedailynewsonline.com\/news\/ellman-to-appear-saturday-at-bergen-gun-range\/article_22b57ed3-d1ef-4fae-9af1-18ec9476e0b1.html\" target=\"_blank\">an appearance at a local range<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>In <a href=\"https:\/\/www.latfor.state.ny.us\/maps\/2024_Congress\/cd21.pdf\" target=\"_blank\">CD-21<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.constantino.com\" target=\"_blank\">Anthony Constantino<\/a> has been running ads declaring his support for gun rights.<\/p>\n<p>In <a href=\"https:\/\/www.latfor.state.ny.us\/maps\/2024_Congress\/cd17.pdf\" target=\"_blank\">CD-17<\/a>, incumbent <a href=\"https:\/\/www.patryanforcongress.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">Pat Ryan<\/a> appeared with <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/photo\/?fbid=1046900244844793&#038;set=a.104425629092264\" target=\"_blank\">some moonbat Moms<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>On the local front, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.pcfoa.org\/\" target=\"_blank\">Putnam County Firearms Owners<\/a> held <a href=\"https:\/\/midhudsonnews.com\/2026\/10\/03\/exec-race-progresses-into-shotgun-blasts\/\" target=\"_blank\">a trap shooting event<\/a> featuring the Republican,  Democrat and Conservative candidates running for County Executive.  Stuff like this is always a good idea and makes all gun rights activists look good.<\/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%3D30354&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=30354\">&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=30354\"><\/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=30354\" data-counter=\"right\"><\/script><\/li><\/ul>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The current election cycle in the state is one of the most boring I can recall. There&#8217;s just not a lot of excitement for any of the races. Bruce Blakeman is boring as fuck. There&#8217;s zero enthusiasm for his campaign. Kathy Hochul is detestable and despised by her own party. I suspect she&#8217;ll win based [&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%3D30354&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=30354\">&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=30354\"><\/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=30354\" 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":[46,15],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-30354","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-elections-2026","category-moonbattery"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.gunpoliticsny.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/30354","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=30354"}],"version-history":[{"count":17,"href":"http:\/\/www.gunpoliticsny.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/30354\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":30371,"href":"http:\/\/www.gunpoliticsny.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/30354\/revisions\/30371"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.gunpoliticsny.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=30354"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.gunpoliticsny.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=30354"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.gunpoliticsny.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=30354"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}