| If Joe Bruno's visit to the Buffalo area last night is any indication, the Republican to run for Mary Lou Rath's seat in New York's 61st Senate District will be Erie County legislator Michael Ranzenhofer. (Note: Ranzenhofer faced off against the New York blogosphere's own Buffalo Pundit in November.)
Bruno, according to a Buffalo News report, was in Buffalo and stopped in at a Ranzenhofer fundraiser last night. So far, Republicans have already lost their best candidate when Assemblyman Jim Hayes announced that he would not run for the seat. Ranzenhofer's name has been tossed around as the man to run for that seat, although nothing official has been announced as of yet.
Also in SD-61, Dan Ward and Michele Iannello are still the top two candidates on the Democratic side vying for the nomination. I have conducted interviews with both and will be posting them early next week. |
