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Scozzafava as a Democrat for Congress?
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| Contributor | karin1492 |
| Last Edited | karin1492 Jun 08, 2009 11:46pm |
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| News Date | Tuesday, June 9, 2009 05:45:00 AM UTC0:0 |
| Description | Certain factions of the Republican party think Assemblywoman Dede Scozzafava is too liberal to run for the congressional seat being vacated by John McHugh.
But what about running as a member of the other party? As one well-connected Democrat argued to me, It's an obvious way to go. She's a moderate, well-liked and known person. It will be interesting to see what the Republicans do with her."
She has not, in the past, been approved by the Republican Party. In 2008, she sought to run for the State Senate seat vacated by Jim Wright, but party elders backed her more conservative colleague Will Barclay, who eventually lost to then-assemblyman Darrell Aubertine.
Now, all three are once again mentioned as replacements for McHugh. Barely an hour had passed before Jim Kelly, a conservative campaign consultant who lives on the edge of the district, sent along an email with "the liberal crap" about Assemblywoman Dede Scozzafava. It made reference to her vote to legalize same-sex marriage and a 2005 pledge to "insure the rights of all women in New York State to control their own reproductive lives, including the right to safe, legal abortion." |
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