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Mon Jan 08, 2007 at 07:26:07 AM EST
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Some Monday morning clippage just for you...
Dems select Senate candidate (Newsday)
Port Washington legislator expected to be nominated tonight to run for seat vacated by Michael Balboni
A committee of 38 Nassau Democrats is expected to designate Legis. Craig Johnson tonight to be the party's candidate for the state Senate seat vacated by Michael Balboni, several sources said yesterday.
Johnson (D-Port Washington) beat out four other candidates who interviewed Saturday for the nomination, though he was the favorite from the day Balboni announced he was leaving the Senate to become Gov. Eliot Spitzer's homeland security czar.
Johnson will face Republican Maureen O'Connell, the county clerk, in a special election Feb. 6.
Dems meet tonight to pick Senate nominee (NY Daily News)
Bruno cool to redistricting reform (Albany Times Union)
Reform in eye of beholder (Poughkeepsie Journal)
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Sun Jan 07, 2007 at 11:23:21 AM EST
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I admittedly don't know all that much about Nassau County Politics, so I've been learning quite a lot about the coming special election in SSD-07 from the reporting of Newsday, which is in my mind THE go-to source for reportage on this race. They've got a great story in this morning's edition that offers quite a bit of great info on the players and the dynamics of what is shaping up to be an enormously significant election for the future of the NY GOP, the state Senate and, ultimately for the future of New York itself. The stakes are high and the players know it.
POWER & POLITICS: Stakes high for GOP stalwarts
While Nassau County Clerk Maureen O'Connell is running only for Michael Balboni's former state Senate seat in next month's special election, the fates of New York's few remaining top Republican leaders may rest on her campaign.
For Nassau GOP boss Joseph Mondello, newly named state chairman, it is a major test of strength in his own backyard only a month after taking over the state party in the wake of Gov. Eliot Spitzer's landslide.
For Senate Majority Leader Joseph Bruno (R-Brunswick), 77, already under federal investigation for his outside business activities, a loss could break his hold on his diminishing 33-28 GOP Senate majority, endangering his 12-year reign.
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Sat Jan 06, 2007 at 12:47:18 PM EST
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Newsday reports that the special election for the seat of former Senator and incoming Homeland Security Director Michael Balboni (R) will be held on Tuesday, February 6.
The Republicans have nominated Nassau County Clerk Maureen O'Connell, who reportedly has the Independence and Conservative lines as well. The Democrats will pick their candidate on Monday; Nassau County Legislator Craig Johnson is the front-runner for that nomination. Johnson has run on the WFP line in the past and he will probably get row E against O'Connell. Insiders suggest that the parties could spend up to $4 million on the race.
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