Ed Cox

 

After new scrutiny of his life and work, Cenedella responds, so far, like a candidate

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Despite a rocky welcome to New York politics, Marc Cenedella, an internet entrepreneur and anti-tax activist, isn't showing any signs yet of shying away from a potential challenge to Senator Kirsten Gillibrand. More

By Reid Pillifant

January 24, 2012 12:30 pm

 

Anti-tax entrepreneur Marc Cenedella wants to run against Kirsten Gillibrand and pay for it, too

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Among the parade of lawmakers and lobbyists who crowded into the Capitol on Wednesday afternoon for Governor Andrew Cuomo's State of the State speech was Marc Cenedella, a web entrepreneur, anti-tax activist and would-be Senate candidate.

For the last month and a half, Cenedella has been meeting with Republicans across the state in order to express to them, in person, how serious he is about challenging Democratic incumbent Kirsten Gillibrand this year. More

By Reid Pillifant

January 6, 2012 2:05 pm

 

Meet 'Obi' Murray, the conservative campaign Jedi who ran Bob Turner on the cheap

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Around the time Bob Turner's campaign released an internal poll showing they were within striking distance of the heavily favored Democratic candidate in New York's Ninth Congressional District, there was another set of numbers that were closely guarded.

"I think I had about 2,000 in the bank," said Turner's campaign manager, E. O'Brien Murray, known to friends and colleagues as O'B. More

By Azi Paybarah

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September 16, 2011 2:30 pm

 

At the best-timed G.O.P. dinner in recent memory, Barbour puts New York in play for 2012

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At the annual New York State G.O.P. dinner last night, which fortuitously fell the day after Republicans' biggest election win here in recent memory, local partisans took turns congratulating themselves on Bob Turner's victory, and on what they said was the party's bright future in New York. More

By Reid Pillifant

September 15, 2011 10:08 am

 

'Messenger' Turner thumps hard-working, hopeless Weprin in NY-9, delighting Obama-haters everywhere

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Bob Turner, a Republican former cable TV executive, has won a special election to replace Anthony Weiner in New York's Ninth Congressional District in Brooklyn and Queens. He defeated Assemblyman David Weprin, the loyal, unassuming Democratic assemblyman who was picked by party leaders to defend the seat. More

By Dana Rubinstein and Reid Pillifant

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September 14, 2011 12:54 am

 

'Dump Bishop'

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The D.N.C. is obviously concerned about this seat, considering Bishop was the only congressman in the state thanked for his health care vote in an ad by the national party. More

By Katharine Jose

July 19, 2010 12:19 pm

 

The hot, angry weekend of the Brooklyn Young Republicans

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“We are gathered to celebrate our independence from foreign domination,” said Judge, a compact young man with bright orange hair and, like most of the men in attendance, a thick goatee. "And our independence from corruption and for reform.”

Judge and fifteen club members and guests had gathered atop the roof of former congressional candidate and vice chair of the King’s County Republican Party Susan Cleary, simply to celebrate, they all said. Also in attendance were Lucretia Regina-Potter, the B.Y.R.-backed candidate running for State Assembly against Peter Abbate in the 49th district, and Joseph Hayon, a N.Y.-9 Congressional candidate who is running on religious values. (Hayon says his candidacy is not supported by the B.Y.R., but that he is a member of the group, meaning he is on its email-invite list.) More

By Mark Hay

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July 6, 2010 10:06 am