{"id":565,"date":"2010-01-02T08:40:07","date_gmt":"2010-01-02T13:40:07","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.gunpoliticsny.com\/?p=565"},"modified":"2010-01-02T08:40:07","modified_gmt":"2010-01-02T13:40:07","slug":"congressional-races-to-watch","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.gunpoliticsny.com\/?p=565","title":{"rendered":"Congressional races to watch"},"content":{"rendered":"

According to the Star Gazette, the NRCC<\/a> is spotlighting three Congressional races<\/a> as possible Republican pickups this fall in districts 1, 19 and 29. \u00a0That gives us these match-ups:<\/p>\n

CD-1:<\/span><\/strong> F<\/strong> rated incumbent Tim Bishop<\/a> v.\u00a0Randy Altschuler<\/a>. \u00a0Bishop is a longtime anti,\u00a0Altschuler is an unknown quantity.<\/p>\n

CD-19:<\/span><\/strong> F<\/strong> rated incumbent John Hall<\/a> v. Nan Hayworth<\/a>. \u00a0Hall accepted campaign money from the Brady’s<\/a> but wasn’t actively promoting antigun legislation the last time I checked. \u00a0Hayworth struck me as being a RINO<\/a> but does not have any position statement on her campaign website about guns.<\/p>\n

CD-29:<\/span><\/strong> C<\/strong> rated incumbent Eric Massa<\/a> v. Tom Reed<\/a>. \u00a0Not sure what Massa did to earn his last NRA rating<\/a>. \u00a0He seemed concerned about being perceived as being pro-gun in the past. \u00a0Reed is the Mayor of Corning<\/a>, but his position on guns is unknown. \u00a0He isn’t a member of MAIG<\/a>.<\/p>\n