NY-20 challenger Scott Murphy has landed the Row E ballot line from the Working Families Party. In what is sure to be a tough, close race, this is very good news indeed. Liz has the goods:
Karen Scharff, co-chair of the WFP's Capital District chapter, confirmed the party has agreed to endorse Muprhy and put him on its line (Row E) in the upcoming special election.
Scharff said the members of the executive committee weren't completely thrilled with some aspects of Murphy's ideology (his plan to follow in the footsteps of the woman he's seeking to succeed, Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand, in joining the Blue Dogs, for example), but decided the rest of his positions are "strong enough in favor of working families in the district that we can work with him and support him."
Scharff said the 20th CD, with is 70,000+ GOP voter enrollment edge, is the kind of district where the WFP could make a "big difference."
Also, House Majority Leader Steny Hoyer is stumping for Murphy at an event in Poughkeepsie, hopefully one of many big guns to lend a hand.
Regardless, the WFP endorsement (and boots on the ground) could be quite significant and decisive in what is sure to be a very tough race. |
