58th District: William T. Stachowski. For years, William T. Stachowski has been a senator with a public profile that verged on invisibility. A Democrat in the Republicancontrolled Senate, Stachowski had what appeared to be a safe seat and not a lot to do in a Legislature that muzzles members of the minority party.
But Stachowski has been energized this year by the prospect of a potential Democratic takeover of the Senate and by surprisingly strong opposition from Dennis A. Delano.
Although he has led in the polls, Delano is coasting only on name recognition and his reputation as the cop who helped free Anthony Capozzi from 25 years of wrongful imprisonment. He has said virtually nothing substantive about what he would seek to accomplish as a state senator, and has avoided discussion of issues. Voters deserve better.
