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SD-6: McElroy/ Hannon Results Thread

by: phillip anderson

Tue Nov 04, 2008 at 22:31:18 PM EST

McElroy up big early.

With 14% reporting:

McElroy - 58%

Hannon - 42%

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SD-6: Adwatch: Kristen McElroy Goes On The Air

Days after the campaign of Kemp Hannon began airing a truly misleading and dishonest ad using my heavily edited video to twist the words of challenger Kristen McElroy to make it appear that she was saying something that she most certainly wasn't, the McElroy campaign is going up with this rather simple ad in response:

The script:

My opponent Kemp Hannon is running a negative ad asking who I am.
Well, I'm Kristen McElroy. I'm a working mother of three, and, with my husband, I grew up in Garden City and have lived there my whole life
I know first hand how hard it is these days to make ends meet on Long Island.
I know property taxes are just too high.
And I know we can do better.
So now, Mr. Hannon, you know who I am, and why I'm running for State Senate.

Simple and to the point. And yeah, I think they may be feeling the heat.

On the web: Kristen Mcelroy for State Senate.

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SD-6: Schumer Backs McElroy

by: phillip anderson

Fri Oct 24, 2008 at 16:38:23 PM EDT

Kristen McElroy racks up a big one, New York's senior US Senator:

U.S. Senator Charles E. Schumer Endorses
Kristen McElroy for State Senate

(Plainview, NY)- On Sunday, October 26th, U.S. Senator Charles E. Schumer will announce his endorsement of Democratic State Senate candidate, Kristen McElroy (SD-6). Schumer, Chair of the Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee, engineered Democrats successful effort to retake the U.S. Senate in 2006, bringing Democrats back in the majority of both houses of Congress for the first time in twelve years.
McElroy, challenging Republican Senate fixture Kemp Hannon, has steadily gained momentum throughout the campaign and is proud to receive the support of New York's senior senator, Schumer. Every election year, the same Republican politicians make the same empty promises to keep their jobs, but after failing to meet the needs of working families for nearly four decades, their chance is over. Honored to be joined on this day by Senator Schumer, Kristen McElroy is a new leader, committed to taking the state in a new direction- toward the real economic change we need to get New York working again.

On the web: Kristen Mcelroy for State Senate.

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SD-6: Kristen McElroy's First Mailer

by: phillip anderson

Thu Aug 14, 2008 at 16:00:28 PM EDT

As you can see by Robert's post below, it's direct mail season again. Today we see the first mailing by Kristen McElroy who is taking on craptastic incumbent Kemp Hannon in SD-6. While we're still waiting on her website, this mailer looks awfully good and hopefully is a sign of good things to come. From our pals at the Daily Gotham: